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Ex. SEC-12-GM-029 Organizer notice Confirmed from a secondary source

9to5Mac, "Apple announces WWDC 2020 coming in June as an 'online experience'" (Mar. 13, 2020), as captured Mar. 13, 2020

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2020 and 2021

Apple · San Jose (McEnery Convention Center), CA (Organizer)

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The record

Jurisdiction
San Jose (McEnery Convention Center), CA · California
Level
Organizer
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 (the notice's date)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Functions reached
  • EV
  • BD
  • DC
  • HR
Collection
Professional and Information Services SEC-12

Operative words

"the current health situation has required that Apple change the format for this year" (Apple statement as reported by 9to5Mac)

The organizer's notice

9to5Mac, "Apple announces WWDC 2020 coming in June as an 'online experience'" (Mar. 13, 2020), as captured Mar. 13, 2020

Notes

2020: Announced Mar. 13, 2020 as "a completely new online experience," "confirming that a physical event will not be happening this year due to coronavirus concerns"; Phil Schiller: "the current health situation has required that Apple change the format for this year" (as reported). 2021: WWDC 2021 held online June 7-11, 2021 (9to5Mac keynote report; not saved). Usual dates: Early June. Scale: "a 5000-attendee conference in San Jose" (9to5Mac); the 2020 online keynote drew "22 million viewers" (Tim Cook, July 30, 2020). Venue orders 2020: MET-SFO-023, CA-007, CA-015. Venue orders 2021: CA-029.