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Jesse Sipola

Founder of ARCtic Conference, the world's northernmost Apple developers' conference.

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The work

What we are celebrating, specifically.

  • Founded ARCtic Conference in Oulu, Finland, its first edition (2025) drawing over 170 attendees from 25 countries.
  • Created an Apple developer event with a distinct northern character, pairing tech talks with sauna, ice swimming and the Northern Lights.
  • Introduced the conference to the community on the Swift Forums and built it in the open.

ARCtic Conference

Founder & Organizer · current

Founded and runs the Apple developers' conference in Oulu, Finland.

OP

iOS Developer · current

iOS developer, building apps since Swift 1.0.

Why

Why we celebrate them.

Jesse built a warm, welcoming Apple conference at the top of the world, proof that community can flourish anywhere someone cares enough to start it.

Sources — their own pages, so you can check us

  • arcticonference.com
  • GitHub · @dorjeozer
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