Facebook announced 27 F8 meetups around the world to coincide with F8, its annual developer event, which will take place on April 12 and 13. These will feature a live streams of the opening day keynote and time for developers to connect with their local developer communities.
According to Facebook, over 70% of developers building on its platform are outside of the U.S., so the meetups are designed to get key content from the event in front of them.
There are 18 meetups scheduled for April 12 in the following cities:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bangalore, India
Berlin, Germany
Bogota, Colombia
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cape Town, South Africa
Casablanca, Morocco
Lagos, Nigeria
London, United Kingdom
Los Angeles, U.S.
Mexico City, Mexico
Nairobi, Kenya
Paris, France
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Seattle, U.S.
Stockholm, Sweden
Tel Aviv, Israel
Warsaw, Poland
The following day will have meetups in the following locations:
Delhi, India
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jakarta, Indonesia
Lahore, Pakistan
Manila, Philippines
Seoul, Korea
Singapore, Singapore
Taipei, Taiwan
Tokyo, Japan
Developers can register to attend one of the meetups here. If you’re interested, you better do it quickly because space is limited.
The F8 keynote speech and selected sessions will be streamed live online.
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