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| - The Worldwide Developers Conference is an annual trade show for Apple developers. It is commonly abbreviated to WWDC. It normally takes place in California. The attendee numbers have varied between roughly 2000 - 3500 developers in recent years. It is Apple's chance to introduce new technologies to its developers, and has been used in recent years to demonstrate and distribute preview versions of upcoming Mac OS X versions. The conference starts off with a keynote. Since 1998, it has always been held by CEO Steve Jobs. But when Steve Jobs passed away in 2011, current CEO of Apple Inc. Tim Cook, began to take Steve Jobs place of holding the WWDC's. The first WWDC was held in Monterey, CA in 1983. See Worldwide Developers Conference 1983. Locations and dates of recent WWDCs:
* 1998: San Jose, California, USA, May 11 - May 15
* See: Worldwide Developers Conference 1998
* 1999: San Jose, California, USA, May 10 - May 14
* See: Worldwide Developers Conference 1999
* 2000: San Jose, California, USA, May 15 - May 19
* See: Worldwide Developers Conference 2000
* 2001: San Jose, California, USA, May 21 - May 25
* See: Worldwide Developers Conference 2001
* 2002: San Jose, California, USA, May 6 - May 10
* See: Worldwide Developers Conference 2002
* 2003: San Francisco, California, USA, June 23 - June 27
* See: Worldwide Developers Conference 2003
* 2004: San Francisco, California, USA, June 28 - July 2
* See: Worldwide Developers Conference 2004
* 2005: San Francisco, California, USA, June 6 - June 10
* See: Worldwide Developers Conference 2005
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