Worldwide Developers Conference

Worldwide Developers Conference, formerly Apple Developers Conference,Apple T-shirts: A Yearbook of History at Apple Computer by Gordon Thygeson, p.5. Pomo Publishing. 1997.Video Prototypes: Creating Visions and Usage Scenarios in Software Design by Kellogg, Bellamy, and Van Deusen, Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction p.975. Elsevier Science. 1997. is an annual conference hosted by Apple Inc. for hardware and software developers of its products. Commonly abbreviated to WWDC and sometimes colloquially referred to as "Dub-Dub",WWDC19 🤖: Best Dub-Dub ever! by Abram Situmorang
, hmiftech, Medium. 2019-06-24. the event is held in , near Apple's U.S. headquarters.Apple's Developers Conference: Best, Worst, and Weirdest Moments by Dan Tynan, Yahoo Tech. 2015-06-05. Archived 2015-08-19. Apple also uses the venue to introduce new technologies and preview upcoming versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS, and related products.
==Attendance==
A $1,599 ticket is required to enter the conference. Tickets are obtained through an online lottery. Scholarships are available for students and members of organizations. Attendees must be 13 years or older and must be a member of an Apple Developer program.
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. The WWDC events held from 2008 to 2015 were capped, and sold out at 5,000 attendees (5,200 including special attendees). WWDC 2018 had 6,000 attendees from 77 countries, including 350 scholarship recipients.
==Format==
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The conference is typically opened with a keynote. From 1998 to 2011, the keynote was presented by then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs. After Jobs passed away in 2011, current Apple CEO Tim Cook began to take Jobs' place of introducing the conference.
All attendees have to sign a (NDA) that covers the sessions and other material handed out at WWDC. In the past, the keynote was also covered by the NDA, but Apple is now ing the keynote address to an audience much wider than just developers.
===Scope===
WWDC originally was not a place for hardware announcements, but Apple deviated from that principle in 2002 when it announced the rack mounted server Xserve, and in 2003, with the consumer-oriented iSight.
In 2003 and 2004, the number of QuickTime sessions was increased, and the Apple Design Awards recognized exemplary QuickTime content. At the same time, more enterprise-oriented content was added, focusing on the Xserve and Mac OS X Server operating system.
==History==
# 	Event 	Date 	Location 	Note
 	AISDC 1983 	Aug 08-11, 1983 	Dunfey Hotel, San Mateo, California 	Apple’s Independent Software Developer's Conference by Don Norris, Apple Orchard p.10-11. 1983-10.
 	Apple II Forever 	Apr 23-24, 1984 	Moscone Center, San Francisco, California 	‘Apple II Forever’: Found photos offer early look at icons by Peter Hardlaub, San Francisco Chronicle. 2017-03-23. Archived 2017-03-23.
 	Apple World Conference 1986	Jan 15-17, 1986 	Brooks Hall, San Francisco, California 	Apple - The 1986 Apple World Conference, Computer History Museum. Accessed 2020-05-09.Events by Nancy Groth, InfoWorld. 1985-12-16.
 	AppleWorld Conference 1987 	Mar 02-04, 1987 	, Los Angeles, California 	Apple debuts two "open" Macintoshes by Mary Petrosky, Network World. 1987-03-02.
 	DevCon 1987 	early April 1987 	Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California 	Beyond the Blue Horizon by Robert R. Wiggins, MacUser, p.45. 1987-08.
 	DevCon Spring 1988 	late April 1988 	San Jose Civic, San Jose, California 	Atkinson shows CD ROM Hypercard by Laurie Flynn, InfoWorld, p.89. 1988-05-02.
 	DevCon Summer 1988 	August 1988 	Boston, 	Apple-DEC alliance haze lifting by Patricia Keefe, ComputerWorld, p.7. 1988-08-15.
 	DevCon 1989 	May 09-12, 1989 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	System 7.0 Software Is Change for Better by Don Crabb, InfoWorld, p.S19. 1989-08-07.
1 	WWDC 1990 	May 07-11, 1990 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
2 	WWDC 1991 	May 13-17, 1991 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
3 	WWDC 1992 	May 11-15, 1992 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
4 	WWDC 1993 	May 10-14, 1993 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
5 	WWDC 1994 	May 15-20, 1994 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
6 	WWDC 1995 	May 08-12, 1995 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
7 	WWDC 1996 	May 13-17, 1996 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
8 	WWDC 1997 	May 13-16, 1997 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
9 	WWDC 1998 	May 11-15, 1998 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
10	WWDC 1999 	May 10-14, 1999 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
11	WWDC 2000 	May 15-19, 2000 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
12	WWDC 2001 	May 21-25, 2001 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
13	WWDC 2002 	May 06-10, 2002 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
14	WWDC 2003 	Jun 23-27, 2003 	Moscone Center WestSan Francisco, California 	
15	WWDC 2004 	Jun 28-Jul 2, 2004	Moscone Center WestSan Francisco, California 	
16	WWDC 2005 	Jun 06-10, 2005 	Moscone Center WestSan Francisco, California 	
17	WWDC 2006 	Aug 07-11, 2006 	Moscone Center WestSan Francisco, California 	
18	WWDC 2007 	Jun 11-15, 2007 	Moscone Center WestSan Francisco, California 	
19	WWDC 2008 	Jun 09-13, 2008 	Moscone Center WestSan Francisco, California 	
20	WWDC 2009 	Jun 08-12, 2009 	Moscone Center WestSan Francisco, California 	
21	WWDC 2010 	Jun 07-11, 2010 	Moscone Center WestSan Francisco, California 	
22	WWDC 2011 	Jun 06-10, 2011 	Moscone Center WestSan Francisco, California 	
23	WWDC 2012 	Jun 11-15, 2012 	Moscone Center WestSan Francisco, California 	
24	WWDC 2013 	Jun 10-14, 2013 	Moscone Center WestSan Francisco, California 	
25	WWDC 2014 	Jun 02-06, 2014 	Moscone Center WestSan Francisco, California 	
26	WWDC 2015 	Jun 08-12, 2015 	Moscone Center WestSan Francisco, California 	
27	WWDC 2016 	Jun 13-17, 2016 	Moscone Center West / Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 	
28	WWDC 2017 	Jun 05-09, 2017 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
29	WWDC 2018 	Jun 04-08, 2018 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
30	WWDC 2019 	Jun 03-07, 2019 	San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose, California 	
31	WWDC 2020 	Jun 22-26, 2020 	Held online through theApple Developer website and app 	Apple reveals lineup for its biggest-ever Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple Inc. 2020-06-11.
32	WWDC 2021 	Jun 07-11, 2021 	Held online through theApple Developer website and app 	Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is back in its all-online format, Apple Inc. 2020-03-30.
33	WWDC 2022 	Jun 06-10, 2022 	Mixed in-person event at Apple Park and onlinethrough the Apple Developer website and app	Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference returns in its all-online format, Apple Inc. 2022-04-05.
34	WWDC 2023 	Jun 05-09, 2023 	Mixed in-person event at Apple Park and onlinethrough the Apple Developer website and app	WWDC 2023 Includes Special Event at Apple Park: How to Request to Attend by Joe Rossignol, MacRumors. 2023-03-29.
35	WWDC 2024 	Jun 10-14, 2024 	Mixed in-person event at Apple Park and onlinethrough the Apple Developer website and app	Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference returns June 10, 2024, Apple Inc. 2024-03-26.
===Trivia===
*Siri pronounces WWDC as "dub-dub-dee-see".TIL Siri pronounces "WWDC" as "dub-dub-dee-see" and will fill in "WWDC" if you pronounce it as such by u/PM_ME_YOUR_MASS, Reddit. 2017-04-27.
*Starting with WWDC 2012, Apple changed the requirement of attendees being from 18 year old and older, to 13 years old and older.
*WWDC 2020 was the be the first to be hold solely in an online format without a live audience, due to the impact of the caused by the COVID-19 virus.Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2020 kicks off in June with an all-new online format, Apple Inc. 2020-03-13.
==References==
==See also==
*Macworld Conference & Expo
==External Links==
*WWDC at Apple Developer
**WWDC20
**WWDC19
**Introducing the Apple Developer App (2019-11-18)
*Apple Events at Apple
*WWDC at ApfelWiki (German)
*WWDC roundup at MacRumors
*Apple WWDC Videos at YouTube
*Worldwide Developers Conference at Logopedia
*Worldwide Developers Conference at the Pippin @World & Atmark Wiki
*Worldwide Developers Conference at Wikimedia Commons
* at Wikipedia
===Articles===
*The History Of WWDC: Apple’s Biggest Announcements by Alex Heath at Cult of Mac (2012-06-08)
*WWDC: Looking back at the past 10 years by Kelly Hodgkins at Engadget (2011-06-05)
*10 Reasons Why You Should Care About WWDC by Bryan Wolfe at MakeUseOf (2017-05-25)
*A Brief History of Apple’s WWDC Keynotes, 1997-Present by Harry McCracken at Time (2012-06-11)
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