The presentations cover programming, design, and other topics and range from introductory to advanced. Several session tracks run simultaneously from Tuesday through Friday. The Apple Design Awards are also announced on the first day of the conference.

The keynote address is followed in the afternoon by a Platforms State of the Union address, which highlights and demonstrates changes in Apple's software developer platforms that are detailed in sessions later in the week. Hardware announced during the address is sometimes exhibited in the conference hall afterwards. ) It is attended by both conference attendees and the media, since Apple regularly makes product announcements at the event. (From 1998 until his resignation and death in 2011, Steve Jobs gave the keynote address, which the media often called the Stevenote. The conference begins with a Monday morning keynote address by Tim Cook and other Apple executives. The Platforms State of the Union address at WWDC 2017 The conference consists primarily of a keynote address, presentation sessions, one-on-one 'lab' consultations, and special get-togethers and events. WWDC is held annually from Monday to Friday on one week in June. WWDC 2018 had 6,000 attendees from 77 countries, including 350 scholarship recipients. The WWDC events held from 2008 to 2015 were capped, and sold out at 5,000 attendees (5,200 including special attendees). Until 2007, the number of attendees varied between 2,000 and 4,200 however, during WWDC 2007, Steve Jobs noted that there were more than 5,000 attendees. Attendees must be 13 years or older and must be a member of an Apple Developer program. Scholarships are available for students and members of STEM organizations. Tickets are obtained through an online lottery. Īttendance Attendees wait to enter Moscone West to watch the 2009 keynote address.Ī $1,599 ticket is required to enter the conference. The most recent conference, called WWDC 2023, was held both online and in-person. All of these events were hosted at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. Customers and consumers watched the event via online live streams. WWDC 2022 invited developers and the press back to Apple Park for the first time in about three years despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

WWDC 2020 and WWDC 2021 were hosted as online-only conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic. WWDC returned to San Jose 13 years later. After 15 years in nearby San Jose, the conference moved to San Francisco, where it eventually became Apple's primary media event of the year and regularly sold out. Beginning in 1987, WWDC was held in Santa Clara. The first ever WWDC was held in 1983, with the introduction of Apple Basic, but it was not until 2002 that Apple started using the conference as a major launchpad for new products. Attendees can participate in hands-on labs with Apple engineers and attend in-depth sessions covering a wide variety of topics. WWDC is also an event hosted for third-party software developers that work on apps for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other Apple devices. The event is usually used to showcase new software and technologies in the macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS families as well as other Apple software new hardware products are sometimes announced as well. The conference is usually held at Apple Park in California. The Worldwide Developers Conference ( WWDC) is an information technology conference held annually by Apple Inc. June 5–9, 2023 (both online and in-person) For the former AM radio station, see WQOF.ġ987: Universal Amphitheater and Santa Clara Convention Centerġ988–2002 2017–19: San Jose Convention CenterĢ020–21: Pre-recorded in Apple Park (Conferences presented online due to COVID-19 pandemic)Ģ022–: Pre-recorded and Apple Park (Conference presented in-person and online despite COVID-19 pandemic) Ģ020–21: Cupertino, California (Digital conference)Ģ022–: Cupertino, California (In-person and digital conference)

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