The hottest topics for UIKonf 2015

In October we asked you to fill out a survey about your experience at previous UIKonfs and your expectations and hopes for UIKonf 2015. Read here what people answered.

According to our community, the most interesting topics of the one we suggested are:

• Hardcore Swift
• UIKit Wizardry
• Developing for Apple Watch

We also asked people to contribute their own topic ideas. Following topics where mentioned by multiple participants:

• Architectures
• Realm.io
• ReactiveCocoa / Reactive Functional programming
• OSX development
• Podcasting, blogging, building a community

A more detailed list can be found in this Google Doc.

Maxim Cramer and Natasha Murashev at UIKonf 2015

We are happy to announce two more speakers for UIKonf 2015. Meet Maxim Cramer and Natasha (the Robot) Murashev.

Maxim Cramer

Maxim currently works at SwiftKey where she had the privilege to be part of developing and launching SwiftKey Keyboard for iOS. Starting off with digital design at a young age, she grew curious about programming and so pursued it professionally, yet never straying far from UI/UX. Passionate about humans, she advocates testing products with people first and foremost, always enjoying the looks of surprise, confusion, and delight.

Natasha (the Robot) Murashev

Natasha is a Swift enthusiast who writes about her experiences with this still developing language on natashatherobot.com. She is currently working as an iOS engineer for Capital One in San Francisco and is also introducing beginners to mobile app development at General Assembly.

You can speak at or select speakers for UIKonf, too. Submit your proposal through our Vestibule or comment on proposals of others. We are looking forward to your ideas.

First confirmed speakers - Graham Lee and Mike Lee

Thanks to everyone who filled out our survey. We were pleasantly surprised by the number and content of your responses. We were also happy to find out that we are already on track to cover most requested topics and speakers. So we are pleased to introduce the first two confirmed speakers...

Graham Lee

Graham Lee works at Facebook, where he helps people make better tests so they can help people make better software. In the past he worked with some other people, and has written books and blogs so he can work with people he hasn't met too. His blog is at sicpers.info.

Mike Lee

Mike Lee is an American engineer living in Amsterdam. He has worked with some interesting and even historic project teams, including such titles and company names as Delicious Monster, Tap Tap Revenge, Appsterdam, Obama '08, Black Pixel, Lemurs Chemistry, and Apple. He is currently studying terraforming.

Stay tuned for more announcements and for the call for papers.

Meet the new UIKonf team

Life has been really busy for Chris, Peter, Matt and Max. So busy that the future of UIKonf was uncertain for a while. However, a new team has been found to continue their project.

We are ...
Engin Kurutepe (iOS developer and organizer of CocoaHeads Berlin)
Maxim Zaks (iOS Game Developer)
Sabine Geithner (iOS Developer and co-organizer of Rails Girls Berlin)
Diana Arce (Artist and event manager)

We are honored and excited to organize the UIKonf 2015. In the last weeks we have been collecting new ideas to make the conference even greater and even confirmed the first speakers. More informations will follow soon.

Learn more about the new organizers ➡

Shape UIKonf with us

UIKonf is not just about expanding your skill set. It is also about meeting interesting people and making new connections. Because its participants greatly contribute to the experience of UIKonf, we want you to be able to shape the conference as well. Therefore, we are asking for your feedback.

What did you like about the last two UIKonfs? What could be done better?
Which topics would you like to have covered this time?
And who would you really like to see on stage as a speaker?

Help us make UIKonf awesome and fill out this really short (we promise!) survey.

Take part in our survey ➡

UIKonf 2015

After our previous post, we heard back from you. Thanks!
We are very excited to announce that three people from the local community will take over UIKonf, and they have already started planning lots of things for the 2015 edition. We can't think of any better team to take UIKonf to the next level than Engin, Maxim and Sabine. All three are passionate developers, and great at organizing things.

As we've built up quite some experience in what works (and more importantly, what doesn't), we'll be there for any advice that they need. Hereby, we hand over all the virtual keys, and are really looking forward to 2015. All of us are very much looking forward to being at next year's edition, and it'll be great to enjoy the conference from the other side of the stage. Here's to Engin, Maxim and Sabine!