PRESS RELEASE 08 May 2003

Steve Jobs to Kick Off Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2003

CUPERTINO, California - May 8th, 2003
Apple today announced that Steve Jobs will kick off its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote on Monday, June 23rd, 2003, beginning at 10:00am (PDT) at San Francisco’s Moscone West.
The five-day event, which runs from June 23rd to 27th, will feature more than 170 scheduled in-depth technical sessions with new content designed to serve awider range of Mac developers, including a dedicated track for QuickTimedevelopers and content creators.
Other activities at Apple’s WWDC 2003 will include:
  • WWDC’s first Enterprise IT Track specifically designed for enterprisedevelopers, system administrators and IT managers so they can fully leveragethe open source and open standards approach at the base of Mac OS X;
  • a completely new QuickTime Track for developers and content creatorslooking to exploit the power, quality and scalability of QuickTime andMPEG-4;
  • expanded labs with the latest Mac systems where developers can port andtest their code and get technical assistance from the Apple engineersdirectly responsible for the technologies;
  • comprehensive sessions providing a roadmap and technical information onApple Developer Tools, Application Frameworks, Core OS, Hardware, Graphicsand Imaging; and
  • special events and activities such as the Apple Design Awards, AppleCampus Bash, WWDC Exhibit Fair and Special Interest Groups.

Cost & Registration:
The cost of the five-day conference is US$1,295 per attendee until May23rd, and US$1,595 per attendee thereafter. Visit Apple’s WWDC Web site forregistration, pricing and complete session details athttps://102.p.syniva.es/wwdc.
Press Registration:
Members of the UK media and industry analysts are invited to attend thekeynote and can register by contacting the UK press contacts listed below.
Press Contacts:
Apple UK and Ireland Public Relations
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +44 (0)20 8218 1440
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