@Radar: WWDC 2024 Lightning Talks ⚡️

Radar will be hosting us this month.
Food and drink will be provided!

Welcome to yet another great evening of learning and networking!
This event will be held both in person and online.

This is our annual WWDC Lightning Talks special Meetup ⚡️. Instead of the usual 2 talks, there will be 8 short presentations covering various WWDC topics.

Agenda:
• 6:00 PM - Doors Open (in-person attendees). Don't forget your ID!
• 6:30 PM - Welcome (in-person and Zoom attendees. Join remotely here)
• 6:35 PM - Lightning Talks Begin
• 7:20 PM - Community Announcements
• 7:30 PM - Lightning Talks Continue
• 8:15 PM - Networking
• 9:00 PM - Doors close. Regroup at a bar nearby (Reservoir)

Lightning Talks Description:

• What's New in Swift 6
by Stéphane Copin
Swift 6 comes with major improvements to its concurrency model, exciting language additions and new default features that I will briefly present alongside the updated tooling in Xcode 16 that will allow you to start your migration.

• What's New in RealityKit
by John Forester
A look at new APIs in RealityKit and new features in Reality Composer Pro.

• Quick SwiftUI Tips To Delight Users
by Prithiv Dev Devendran
This talk delves into MeshGradient and TextRenderer, this new structure and protocol respectively lets iOS engineers delight their users with beautiful UI/UX.

• Indoor Location - Navigating a Sea of Unknown
by Greg Sadetsky
Typical mapping apps don't do well indoors - can we use existing signals to help users navigate malls, airports, offices..?

• Exploring Swift Performance
by Sean Zhang
Discover how Swift balances abstraction and performance. Learn what elements of performance to consider and how the Swift optimizer affects them. Explore the different features of Swift and how they're implemented to further understand the tradeoffs available that can impact performance.

• Exploring Navigation Transitions in iOS 18
by Kris Arnold
iOS 18 Introduces a new hero transition for use when navigating between screens. Let's take a closer look: we'll see to use the transition and how to customize it.

• Thinking About the Quality of Design
by Akhil Pothana
Talking about some learnings and ideas around design and how that related to product design for mobile apps.

• Apple Intelligence
by Julie Yaunches
Where does apple's strategy sit in the wider AI hype cycle and what does it mean for app developers.

Location:
Radar Labs
841 Broadway 7th Floor
New York, NY 10003

How to find us:
Building is near Union Square at the corner of Broadway and East 13th street. In-between Max Brenner's and Smile Lab.

What you need to bring:
ID. Note you will need to sign a waiver upon arrival. You are encouraged to sign it ahead of time to speed up the check-in process

When to arrive:
Doors open at 6pm ET
Event will start at ~6:30pm ET

Will food and drinks be provided?
Yes! Thank you Radar!

Zoom link:
You can join virtually here
Note we will start the Meetup around 6:30 PM ET.

Call for speakers and hosts:
If you are interested in hosting or speaking at future events, please fill out this form.

Code of Conduct:
Our Code of Conduct is shared with the Women in iOS Meetup and is in effect at all of our events. Read it here.