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| Facebook F8 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Facebook F8 2017 atMcEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California | |
| Frequency | Yearly (except 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2022) |
| Venue | San Francisco Design Center (2007–08 and 2010) Fort Mason Center (2015) |
| Location(s) | San Francisco, California, US (2007–08, 2010–11 and 2014–16) San Jose, California, US (2017–19) |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Most recent | June 2–3, 2021 |
| Organized by | Meta Platforms |
| Website | f8 |
Facebook F8 was a mostly-annual conference held byMeta Platforms (formerly Facebook) from 2007 to 2021, intended for developers and entrepreneurs who build products and services around the website. The event has generally started with akeynote speech by Facebook founderMark Zuckerberg, followed by various breakout sessions concentrating on specific topics. Facebook has often introduced new features and made new announcements at the conference.
The "F8" name comes from Facebook's tradition of 8 hourhackathons.[1]
Facebook F8 was hosted inSan Francisco,California from 2007 to 2016, then in a more centralSilicon Valley location inSan Jose, California from 2017 to 2019.[2] In 2020 and 2021, it was a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] There was no F8 event in 2009, 2012, 2013.[5][6][7] Starting 2022 the event was replaced by a new conference format called "Conversations", focusing more on business topics.
The first F8 event was held on May 24, 2007, at the San Francisco Design Center inSan Francisco.[8] The notion of thesocial graph was introduced.[9]
The 2008 F8 event was held on July 23, 2008, at the San Francisco Design Center once again. News and announcements from this event included:
The 2010 F8 event was held on April 21, 2010, at the San Francisco Design Center. The main announcement was the feature to add a “Like” button to any piece of content on a website by the owner.[10] This feature is now integrated within around 2.5 million websites worldwide, with 10,000 more being added daily.
Additional news and announcements included:
F8 2011 was held on September 22, 2011.[11][12] Various things Facebook introduced at the conference included a new profile redesign named 'Timeline' that showed a history of user's activity on their profile, and a broader, more advanced version of the 'Open Graph' protocol.
The F8 2011 event was mainly focused on introducing new products, transforming industries, building and growing social applications and product Q&A. Some of the details of the topics were:
F8 2014 was announced on March 8, 2014, by Facebook representative Ilya Sukhar that the F8 event would return on April 30.[13]
The conference was focused on Facebook's strategy to become a 'cross-platform platform'.[14]
Here is a list of the main topics:
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The 2015 F8 conference was held on March 25, 2015, at theFort Mason Center.[15]
The 2016 F8 conference was held on April 12 and 13, 2016.[16]
Announcements: Facebook Analytics adds push and in app notifications feature[17]
The 2017 F8 conference was held on April 18 and 19, 2017, at theSan Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California.[18] Announcements included:[19]
The 2018 F8 conference was held on the first two days of May 2018 at theMcEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.[22] At the conference, Facebook announced the creation of their own online dating service. Shares in the dating businessMatch Group fell by 22% after the announcement.[23] Announcements included:
The 2019 F8 conference was held at the end of April 2019 and the beginning of May 2019 at theMcEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. During the keynote,Mark Zuckerberg announced: "The future is private."[26]
The 2020 F8 conference was held on April 25, 2020, as a virtual event due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
The 2021 F8 conference, AKA F8 Refresh, was held on June 2–3, 2021 as another virtual event.
The 2022 F8 conference was canceled on April 6 in favor of Conversations, which was held on May 19 as a virtual event, focused on Meta Platforms'virtual reality "Metaverse" initiative.
The second iteration of Conversations was held 2023 inMumbai, India.[27]
The 2024 Conversations was held inSao Paulo, Brazil, and focused on Whatsapp for Business.[28]
