Schedule

Tuesday, 18th Apr

10:30 - 11:30
12:00 - 13:50
Even the most successful apps must constantly work to build and maintain their customer bases. Join Facebook’s growth marketing experts for best practices in acquisition, optimization, engagement and virality.
Chris Cox, Facebook's Chief Product Officer, explores the role media plays on Facebook and what we're learning from our community. Dan Rose, VP of Partnerships, will share how we're partnering with our media partners to deliver business value.
12:30 - 12:50
Facebook Messenger connects over a billion people around the world. For marketers and bot builders, this session presents best practices and tips for engaging your audience with Messenger.
12:30 - 13:20
Come hear more about Camera Effects Platform, a suite of creative tools that lets you create effects for the Facebook camera, from simple photo frames to interactive masks and effects that use Augmented Reality (AR). In this session you’ll learn what camera effects are, how to create and submit your own, and how you can connect with the audiences that matter to you by providing rich experiences that help them express themselves.
Components for Android allows developers to implement complex, efficient RecyclerViews through a simple declarative API. In this session we’ll discuss the function and features of this powerful framework.
Web-based frameworks such as React VR are making it easier than ever to create VR content that can be shared with a huge audience across VR, mobile, and the web. Coupled with the new web browser that Oculus is building, more of the web will become immersive over the coming years. Join us to learn what you can build with WebVR and how this new technology can help enhance your existing content.
13:00 - 13:20
Understand the features and technology available to developers in Messenger. Engineers and bot developers, join us for a technical deep dive, including best practices on major features, and updates on the latest in the Messenger Platform.
13:00 - 14:50
Adam Mosseri, VP, News Feed, will dive into how News Feed works so publishers can more effectively reach their audiences.
13:30 - 13:50
Facebook Gameroom helps you build your business and connect with highly engaged players on a new gaming platform dedicated to gaming. Join us to learn top tips on how to get started with the SDK, publish native games, and take advantage of services like hosting.
How does one succeed in creating products for a world that is increasingly divided? Bold ideas are proposed, changes in Southeast Asia, and personal confessions from Khailee Ng's journey from petty crimes to repeatedly creating successful startups in emerging markets.
13:30 - 14:20
With cutting-edge rendering and data-fetching, React and GraphQL continue to revolutionize modern apps. In this session, we’ll discuss new developments in these frameworks that will help improve performance in the next evolution of app design.
Learn how to develop a VR experience, and take a project from creative idea to a piece ready for prime time. Gain best practices and tips and tricks for producing experiences, how to approach acting and directing in VR, and distribution.
Facebook's Camera Effects Platform includes AR Studio, a new tool that lets 3D artists and developers create interactive photo and video effects for the new Facebook camera. Join this live demo to learn more about AR Studio and what’s involved in building effects, and see an effect be built live on stage.
14:00 - 14:20
Gary Urteaga shares his entrepreneurial journey from his initial curiosity about Silicon Valley, various web & app projects, milestones as a startup founder, and his work helping entrepreneurs transform big ideas into startups that solve the humanity's grand challenges.
14:00 - 14:50
Workplace by Facebook is changing the way companies are run and how teams work together. Learn about our new integration APIs for bots, file storage, e-discovery and live video streaming. See how we're automating workflows at Facebook.
14:00 - 15:50
Video is playing an increasingly important role in connecting people. Learn how we're bringing video to the forefront of the Facebook experience and harnessing the power of the Facebook community to drive discovery, consumption, discussion, and sharing of video.
14:30 - 14:50
Learn how React VR builds upon React Native, and how the supporting layers and libraries interact. We will take you through a sample VR web app built with React VR, and show how easy it is to create immersive experiences across VR, mobile, and web.
There’s been 110 billion-dollar tech startups since 2010, and behind them lies the whole route of China's mobile economy boom. With a highly connected and digitalized social environment, it’s possible to fill big gaps of user demands in a more efficient and intelligent way - a pattern that can be repeated.
Facebook's Marketing API enables developers and businesses to deliver solutions beyond the capabilities of traditional marketers. Learn how Netflix used the Marketing API’s to automate their ads management process and drive better ads performance.
14:30 - 15:20
Yarn and Jest are popular and widely adopted open source projects. In this session, we’ll present our roadmap for these projects and share our experiences – good and bad – in releasing and maintaining popular open source projects.
Distribution on mobile is exceptionally difficult. Come hear about Facebook’s latest way of solving mobile game distribution in a fun way that brings people together to play and compete across our social platforms.
15:00 - 15:50
With AI that transforms images, Facebook’s Camera Effects Platform lets you create animated masks, interactive overlays, frames, and other effects that people can apply to their photos and videos in the Facebook camera. Learn best technical and design practices for creating effects using this innovative technology, and see examples of successful effects.
A behind-the-scenes look at how we built Facebook Spaces, the new immersive social VR experience from Facebook. We’ll walk through major product features and how they were developed, sharing the lessons we learned about how to create compelling social experiences in VR.
Workplace by Facebook can revolutionize the way your company works together. Join us for a technical deep dive and a first look at the new integrations announced for bots in groups and Work Chat, and tips on how to build more effective bots.
15:00 - 16:50
In a world where video is the primary format, what kind of content works well? We'll talk about the types of creative that drive community and engagement and hear from special guests on how they think about this.
15:30 - 15:50
Who streams their gameplay live, and why? Join a former pro gamer and veteran streamer to explore why people stream, and who’s watching. If you’ve thought about adding live streaming to your game, this talk is for you.
Learn about the unique scaling challenges encountered when developing Hack, the programming language behind Facebook.com. We’ll share the story of how we migrated from millions of lines of PHP, engineering through the problems that only come with a rapidly evolving codebase
16:00 - 16:20
At Facebook, we help developers move fast by providing them with powerful tools. We'll take a look at how Facebook optimizes developer workflows today, and will explore the use of deep learning to power the next wave of advances.
Power your app with the Places Graph. We're providing free access to the same place data that powers Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. Learn how to use data about 140M+ places around the world to create location aware app experiences.
Canvas is an immersive platform that makes it simple to create fullscreen, engaging experiences on mobile. In this session, we’ll share tips for easily creating your own Canvas, along with highlights from partner integrations on the Canvas API.
Building products for unfamiliar markets is challenging, and there are many factors to take into consideration before getting started. Hear the process the Facebook Research team follows to guide product development for new markets.
We’ve already learned a lot since launching Oculus Rooms. We’ll share insights from our research and observations on what works, what doesn’t, and how people interact together in Rooms — plus the latest features we’ve added to the experience.
The monetization ecosystem is ever changing and complex, leaving mobile developers and publishers struggling to find the right solutions to maximize monetization and user experience. Learn how Audience Network is helping developers and publishers tackle these challenges today, and into the future.
Facebook is committed to accessibility. In this session we’ll discuss how we’re helping engineers identify problem areas for accessibility and implement fixes with Stetho, our open source Android debugging tool.
16:00 - 17:50
People use multiple channels across different devices throughout their customer journey. Learn how Facebook Analytics can help you simplify measurement with powerful omni-channel analytics
Over the last year, we've made product improvements to Facebook Login and Account Kit based on insights on consumer preferences and market trends. Learn about the impact these could have on your business along with coding demos on how to integrate these exciting features into your apps.
Our partners are investing heavily in video. We want to help them achieve a sustainable return on that investment, both on Facebook and on their own sites. Executives from three different publishers will talk about what they've learned in testing some of our latest monetization features.
17:00 - 17:20
Instagram’s mission is to help people connect through shared experiences. 80% of the community is outside of the US, and as our platform grows, Instagram must perform across an increasing variety of devices and networks to keep people connected. For people in low-bandwidth regions, we’ve begun testing offline experiences that keep the Instagram experience consistent and let people consume and engage with content, even if they don’t have service. In this talk we’ll introduce some of our initial explorations into offline features, and share learnings you can apply to your own apps.
Insights from research guide good business decisions. In this session, we’ll discuss creative methods used at Facebook for conducting research to help you get deeper, more engaging insights.
17:00 - 18:50
Join us for a discussion on the future of media with Fidji Simo, VP of Media Products at Facebook, and James Gunn, Writer and Director, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
17:30 - 17:50
Like. Love. Haha. Wow. Sad. Angry. Join engineers who worked on Facebook's reactions for an inside peek at how Facebook launches a brand new feature to the world.
17:30 - 18:20
Maintaining a connection with high-value customers after download is key to your app’s success. Learn how mobile app ads’ sophisticated targeting and optimization help you reach these customers and grow your app.

Wednesday, 19th Apr

10:30 - 11:30
12:00 - 12:20
Deep learning has profoundly shaped the translation process. Join us as we discuss the unique challenges faced in translation, difficulties with neural networks, how these challenges were overcome, and future applications of deep learning in translation.
We show you how to provide an experience for your customers that is consistent, safe, and delightful across channels and throughout their journey with your business.
Building a spam detection system for an end-to-end encrypted messaging system serving over 1 billion people worldwide is no small task. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how the anti-spam team designed scalable ways to detect and prevent abuse.
13:00 - 13:20
Analytics can provide powerful insights to help you grow. Learn how you can save time, make better decisions, optimize your product, and win with Facebook Analytics.
As media content grows on FB, we are investing in new ways for engineering teams to harness the power of computer vision for their products and services without the need for prior expertise. Come for a sneak peek into how we're advancing this framework for video products, which has both multimodal and time complexities.
360 Capture SDK makes it accessible for people to capture and share their VR experience through a 360 photo or video on Facebook. Find out about using this SDK in VR titles.
13:30 - 13:50
In this brief talk, we will highlight some of the natural language understanding technologies that have been developed at Facebook and how they are already powering new user’s experiences.
Businesses worldwide are connecting with millions of potential customers through Instagram. Learn how Instagram is using the power of visual storytelling to help businesses strengthen relationships with customers and find new ones through business tools, shopping and Instagram Stories.
14:00 - 14:20
Facebook’s developers have a variety of goals – from driving installs to building on the marketing API. Whatever your aim, we have the advertising tools you need for success. Join the ads team as we reveal the latest in video, Live, Pages, and ad formats.
People use Facebook to discover and engage with products and services, increasingly on mobile. Hear tips to help businesses drive discovery and sales on Facebook.
14:30 - 14:50
This session will look at traditional scene capture through images and the ability to, for the first time, add depth and context to images and applying them in VR + Feed
14:30 - 15:20
Last year, we introduced VR video streaming tech that made videos look clearer and play faster. We’ll give an update on that technology, including our latest techniques to analyze VR video so it can be compressed and streamed in an even more efficient manner.
14:30 - 15:30
Interactive and fun social experiences foster greater consumer engagement in VR. This talk will focus on the APIs and features that Oculus provides to add a social layer to your app, including the Avatar SDK, VoIP, Invites, and Oculus Rooms.
15:00 - 15:20
In this talk, we will explain how we have managed to maintain a culture of speed while staying in tune with our global and diverse user base, testing and shipping new features and improvements that work for everyone around the globe
15:30 - 15:50
Facebook Pages help developers manage and curate content as well as grow their communities. Come hear the benefits of the Pages API, learn about upcoming features, discover insights, and dive into webhooks.
As web services shifted to mobile, machine-learning was left in the data centers. We’ve moved ML to the phone, launching a full machine-learning runtime inside Facebook. Come learn what we’ve built, how it’s used, and what it means for developers.
16:30 - 15:30
We will share some of the road blocks that engineers will encounter as they ramp up in VR development with practical lessons and case studies to overcome them. Attendees can expect insights on everything from code samples to tools to design tips.
17:00 - 17:20
Maintaining account security goes beyond the login process: learn how trusted identities by sites like Facebook can make account recovery more efficient, more secure, and easier to manage for developers—all while putting privacy front and center.
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City National Civic
Keynote day 1
Keynote day 1 (10:30 - 11:30)

About the session

Speakers

Mark Zuckerberg

CEO and Co-founder Facebook

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of Facebook, and currently operates as its chairman and chief executive officer
 

Deb Liu

VP of platform and marketplace Facebook

Rachel Franklin

Head of social VR Facebook

I’m an “approachable executive” with over 20 years of experience leading production teams and creating interactive entertainment products. The varied branches of my career have extended to running businesses, leading engineering teams, and marketing new brands. I’m proud to say that I’ve played a role in launching hundreds of entertainment products, video games, websites and live services with some incredibly talented teams.
 

Ime Archibong

VP of product partnerships Facebook

 

David Marcus

VP of messaging products Facebook

Specialties: Mobile, Payments, Consumer, Internet, Technology, Getting stuff done.
   

City National Civic

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 10:30 - 11:30

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  • Keynotes


Hall A
Media and Facebook
Media and Facebook (12:00 - 13:50)

About the session

Chris Cox, Facebook's Chief Product Officer, explores the role media plays on Facebook and what we're learning from our community. Dan Rose, VP of Partnerships, will share how we're partnering with our media partners to deliver business value.

Speakers

Adam Mosseri

VP Facebook

Interface desginer and software engineer that values innovative design. More interested in product than in service. Specialties: Bridging the gap between design and engineering.
     

Daniel Danker

Product manager Facebook

 

Hall A

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 12:00 - 13:50

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  • Media & Publishers


What's new with news feed
What's new with news feed (13:00 - 14:50)

About the session

Adam Mosseri, VP, News Feed, will dive into how News Feed works so publishers can more effectively reach their audiences.

Speakers

Adam Mosseri

VP Facebook

Interface desginer and software engineer that values innovative design. More interested in product than in service. Specialties: Bridging the gap between design and engineering.
     

Hall A

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 13:00 - 14:50

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  • Media & Publishers


The future of video on facebook
The future of video on facebook (14:00 - 15:50)

About the session

Video is playing an increasingly important role in connecting people. Learn how we're bringing video to the forefront of the Facebook experience and harnessing the power of the Facebook community to drive discovery, consumption, discussion, and sharing of video.

Speakers

Daniel Danker

Product manager Facebook

 

Hall A

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 14:00 - 15:50

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  • Media & Publishers


Video content that connects
Video content that connects (15:00 - 16:50)

About the session

In a world where video is the primary format, what kind of content works well? We'll talk about the types of creative that drive community and engagement and hear from special guests on how they think about this.

Speakers

Ricky Van Veen

Director Facebook

 

Jason Blum

Founder Blumhouse Productions

Founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, where we are focused on producing high-quality, micro-budget films for wide release (including ‘Paranormal Activity,'​ ‘Insidious,'​ ‘The Purge,'​ and ‘Sinister'​ franchises). 'Paranormal Activity,'​ my first movie that followed this model, cost $15,000 to make, and grossed nearly $200 million worldwide, making it the most profitable film in the history of Hollywood.In 2014, I produced the Academy Award-nominated drama film Whiplash, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. On the television side of the business, I produced and received an Emmy for HBO's 'The Normal Heart.'​
 

Simon Fuller

Founder and CEO XIX entertainment

Erika Nardini

CEO Barstool sports

A dynamic media and technology executive, Erika is known for her tenacity and passion for building, marketing and monetizing digital brands.
   

Hall A

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 15:00 - 16:50

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  • Media & Publishers


Monetizing in a video-first environment
Monetizing in a video-first environment (16:00 - 17:50)

About the session

Our partners are investing heavily in video. We want to help them achieve a sustainable return on that investment, both on Facebook and on their own sites. Executives from three different publishers will talk about what they've learned in testing some of our latest monetization features.

Speakers

Kate Orseth

Product marketing manager Facebook

Strategy & Operations Manager, Emerging Business @ Facebook, Operations and Planning Manager @ Facebook,Engagement Manager @ McKinsey & Company
 

Scott Hershkowitz

Partnerships Director Facebook

Work closely with Facebook's media product organization to create opportunities for media companies to generate revenue directly on Facebook. Responsible for strategy and go-to-market execution of any related programs. Specialties: Business Development, Licensing, Contract Negotiation, Relationship Management, Product Development, Modeling
   

Nicholas Carlson

Editor-in-chief Insider

I'm a business journalist. The industry I cover most is the technology industry, but I'll write about whatever interests me and readers.
     

Oren Katzeff

Head of programming Tastemade

Seasoned business executive with 12+ years of experience in general management, business development and business affairs
   

Athan Stephanopoulaos

President NowThis

   

Hall A

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 17:50

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  • Media & Publishers


Fireside chat: the future of media
Fireside chat: the future of media (17:00 - 18:50)

About the session

Join us for a discussion on the future of media with Fidji Simo, VP of Media Products at Facebook, and James Gunn, Writer and Director, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

Speakers

Fidji Simo

President NowThis

   

Hall A

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 17:00 - 18:50

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  • Media & Publishers


Hall B
Boost Your Business With Messenger
Boost Your Business With Messenger (12:30 - 12:50)

About the session

Facebook Messenger connects over a billion people around the world. For marketers and bot builders, this session presents best practices and tips for engaging your audience with Messenger.

Speakers

Kemal El Moujahid

Product Manager Facebook

PM in the Messenger Team @ Facebook, working on AI powered services. Product guy and Entrepreneur. Previously VP Products @ Fuze, Video-Conferencing and Enterprise Communications provider. Previously CEO and co-founder of LiveMinutes (acquired in 2015), real-time Team Collaboration App. Previously founded Teacheo, France's first live online tutoring Marketplace. My skill set range from Business to Technology, and I mostly enjoy mixing both to build great teams, products and businesses
   

Allison Swope

Product Manager Facebook

 

Hall B

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 12:30 - 12:50

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  • Messenger


How to Build a Great Bot
How to Build a Great Bot (13:00 - 13:20)

About the session

Understand the features and technology available to developers in Messenger. Engineers and bot developers, join us for a technical deep dive, including best practices on major features, and updates on the latest in the Messenger Platform.

Speakers

Mikhail Larionov

Engineering Manager Facebook

Building software products for a decade. Roles ranging from developer to product lead and architect and lately to engineering manager.Currently I run engineering team at Messenger Platform.
   

Helen Tsang

Engineering Manager Facebook

   

Hall B

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 13:00 - 13:20

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  • Messenger


Building Native Games for Facebook Gameroom
Building Native Games for Facebook Gameroom (13:30 - 13:50)

About the session

Facebook Gameroom helps you build your business and connect with highly engaged players on a new gaming platform dedicated to gaming. Join us to learn top tips on how to get started with the SDK, publish native games, and take advantage of services like hosting.

Speakers

Tejal Parekh

Product Marketing Manager Facebook

Hands on marketing executive with proven track of putting companies and initiatives on the map. Passionate about evangelizing how technology improves lives at work and at home. Experienced in creating markets, hiring great people, honing product and market vision, crafting partnerships, executing boldly and delivering rapid and profitable growth.
 

Kevin Thai

Software Engineer Facebook

 

Hall B

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 13:30 - 13:50

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  • Games


A Startup Journey from an Emerging Market
A Startup Journey from an Emerging Market (14:00 - 14:20)

About the session

Gary Urteaga shares his entrepreneurial journey from his initial curiosity about Silicon Valley, various web & app projects, milestones as a startup founder, and his work helping entrepreneurs transform big ideas into startups that solve the humanity's grand challenges.

Speakers

Gary Urteaga

VP of Business Development Facebook

Hall B

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 14:00 - 14:20

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  • Workplace


What's Next for Instant Games
What's Next for Instant Games (14:30 - 15:20)

About the session

Distribution on mobile is exceptionally difficult. Come hear about Facebook’s latest way of solving mobile game distribution in a fun way that brings people together to play and compete across our social platforms.

Speakers

Ray Guang

Software Engineer Facebook

- Mobile App Development - Large Scale Service Development - BI Data Mining Specialties: Java C++/C# WCF WPF SQL, PHP Objective - C HTML Javascript
 

Leo Olebe

Global Gaming Partnerships Director Facebook

Leo leads the global Games business at Facebook, with teams based in Menlo Park, London and Singapore
 

Hall B

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 14:30 - 15:20

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  • Games


Understanding Gaming Video on Facebook
Understanding Gaming Video on Facebook (15:30 - 15:50)

About the session

Who streams their gameplay live, and why? Join a former pro gamer and veteran streamer to explore why people stream, and who’s watching. If you’ve thought about adding live streaming to your game, this talk is for you.

Speakers

Stephen Ellis

Strategic Partnership Manager Facebook

I'm going to help shape the future of esports and gaming. I encourage everyone to be open minded before drawing conclusions and enjoy the journey!
   

Guy Cross

Strategic Partnerships Facebook

 

Hall B

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 15:30 - 15:50

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  • Games


International Research: Gaining Cultural Context for Scalable Solutions.
International Research: Gaining Cultural Context for Scalable Solutions. (16:00 - 16:20)

About the session

Building products for unfamiliar markets is challenging, and there are many factors to take into consideration before getting started. Hear the process the Facebook Research team follows to guide product development for new markets.

Speakers

Megan Witmer

Research Manager Facebook

Hall B

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 16:20

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  • Research


Hall C
Growth marketing: best practices for getting and keeping an audience
Growth marketing: best practices for getting and keeping an audience (12:00 - 13:50)

About the session

Even the most successful apps must constantly work to build and maintain their customer bases. Join Facebook’s growth marketing experts for best practices in acquisition, optimization, engagement and virality.

Speakers

Brian Hale

Growth Marketing Director Facebook

Search Engine Optimization, Online Marketing, Social Marketing, Traffic Generation, Data Analytics, Business Management, Business analysis, Business Development, Specialties: Search Marketing,Social Media Marketing,Software Conversion,Driving Traffic,Conversion Optimization,Analytics,Business Development,Vendor Management,SEM,SEO
     

Hall C

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 12:00 - 13:50

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  • Growth


Weapons of Mass Creation
Weapons of Mass Creation (13:30 - 13:50)

About the session

How does one succeed in creating products for a world that is increasingly divided? Bold ideas are proposed, changes in Southeast Asia, and personal confessions from Khailee Ng's journey from petty crimes to repeatedly creating successful startups in emerging markets.

Speakers

Khailee Ng

Managing Partner 500 Startups

I’ m a Managing Partner of Silicon Valley’ s most active seed venture capital firm,500 Startups.The firm has done over 1,600 investments in 50 countries,of which I’ ve led 120 + investments in Southeast Asian tech startups,including Grab,Carousell,Bukalapak and other regional champions.
     

Hall C

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 13:30 - 13:50

  •  
  • General


What's Next for Workplace by Facebook?
What's Next for Workplace by Facebook? (14:00 - 14:50)

About the session

Workplace by Facebook is changing the way companies are run and how teams work together. Learn about our new integration APIs for bots, file storage, e-discovery and live video streaming. See how we're automating workflows at Facebook.

Speakers

Simon Cross

Product Manager Facebook

I'm a product manager and engineer who likes building things. At Facebook, I've worded on both consumer-facing and developer-facing products - Facebook Login (nee Facebook Connect), Social Plugins, and the APIs and SDKs used by hundreds of thousands of developers and hundreds of millions of people each week.
       

Joanna Tong

Growth Manager Facebook

Joanna is responsible for the growth and adoption of Workplace across the EMEA region, working with companies and organisations to improve their collaboration, transparency and engagement through using Workplace.
   

Hall C

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 14:00 - 14:50

  •  
  • Workplace


Marketing API's: The automation advantage, for all
Marketing API's: The automation advantage, for all (14:30 - 14:50)

About the session

Facebook's Marketing API enables developers and businesses to deliver solutions beyond the capabilities of traditional marketers. Learn how Netflix used the Marketing API’s to automate their ads management process and drive better ads performance.

Speakers

Melody Chu

Product marketing lead Facebook

 

Hall C

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 14:30 - 14:50

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  • Ads & Monetization


Building Custom Integrations for Workplace by Facebook
Building Custom Integrations for Workplace by Facebook (15:00 - 15:50)

About the session

Workplace by Facebook can revolutionize the way your company works together. Join us for a technical deep dive and a first look at the new integrations announced for bots in groups and Work Chat, and tips on how to build more effective bots.

Speakers

Astha Agarwal

Software Engineer Facebook

   

Connor Treacy

Partner Engineer Facebook

   

Hall C

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 15:00 - 15:50

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  • Workplace


Create Fullscreen Experiences On Mobile with Canvas
Create Fullscreen Experiences On Mobile with Canvas (16:00 - 16:20)

About the session

Canvas is an immersive platform that makes it simple to create fullscreen, engaging experiences on mobile. In this session, we’ll share tips for easily creating your own Canvas, along with highlights from partner integrations on the Canvas API.

Speakers

Rachel Tucker

Product Manager Facebook

 

Rohan Kuruvilla

Software Engineer Facebook

   

Hall C

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 16:20

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  • Ads & Monetization


The future of monetizing with audience network
The future of monetizing with audience network (16:00 - 16:20)

About the session

The monetization ecosystem is ever changing and complex, leaving mobile developers and publishers struggling to find the right solutions to maximize monetization and user experience. Learn how Audience Network is helping developers and publishers tackle these challenges today, and into the future.

Speakers

David Park

Product manager Facebook

I love building offerings that solve important user problems and building businesses around these offerings.
 

Christine De martini

Product marketing lead Facebook

 

Hall C

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 16:20

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  • Ads & Monetization


Thinking beyond the install
Thinking beyond the install (17:30 - 18:20)

About the session

Maintaining a connection with high-value customers after download is key to your app’s success. Learn how mobile app ads’ sophisticated targeting and optimization help you reach these customers and grow your app.

Speakers

Christine De martini

Product marketing lead Facebook

 

David Park

Product manager Facebook

I love building offerings that solve important user problems and building businesses around these offerings.
 

Hall C

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 17:30 - 18:20

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  • Ads & Monetization


Hall F
Litho: A Declarative Framework for Efficient UIs
Litho: A Declarative Framework for Efficient UIs (12:30 - 13:20)

About the session

Components for Android allows developers to implement complex, efficient RecyclerViews through a simple declarative API. In this session we’ll discuss the function and features of this powerful framework.

Speakers

Lucas Rocha

Engineering Manager Facebook

Currently at Facebook leading a team focused on the development of frameworks for building efficient UIs at scale across multiple platforms. My team works on open source projects like Litho, Yoga, and ComponentKit.
       

Emil Sjölander

Software Engineer Facebook

       

Hall F

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 12:30 - 13:20

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  • Engineering & Open Source


The Evolution of React and GraphQL at Facebook and Beyond
The Evolution of React and GraphQL at Facebook and Beyond (13:30 - 14:20)

About the session

With cutting-edge rendering and data-fetching, React and GraphQL continue to revolutionize modern apps. In this session, we’ll discuss new developments in these frameworks that will help improve performance in the next evolution of app design.

Speakers

Tom Occhino

Engineering Manager Facebook

Front-end web developer with experience architecting and managing large applications. Focus on standards, organization, clean code, and expandability.Specialties: JavaScript, HTML, and CSS development
 

Yuzhi Zheng

Software Engineer Facebook

   

Hall F

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 13:30 - 14:20

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  • Engineering & Open Source


Building High-Quality JavaScript Tools
Building High-Quality JavaScript Tools (14:30 - 15:20)

About the session

Yarn and Jest are popular and widely adopted open source projects. In this session, we’ll present our roadmap for these projects and share our experiences – good and bad – in releasing and maintaining popular open source projects.

Speakers

Christoph Pojer

Engineering Manager Facebook

   

Konstantin Raev

Software Engineer Facebook

JavaScript (ES6, React, Angular 1 & 2, Node.js), Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, Elastic Beanstalk, Route 53), Microsoft Azure (Web Sites, Database, Storage, CDN, Node.js API), iOS and Android Apps (React Native, Phonegap, HockeyApp, TestFlight), Chrome Apps, NoSQL (MongoDB, LevelDB), SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Timesten, etc), SDLC (SCRUM, Agile, Waterfall)
     

Hall F

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 14:30 - 15:20

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  • Engineering & Open source


Hack: Compilations @ Scale
Hack: Compilations @ Scale (15:30 - 15:50)

About the session

Learn about the unique scaling challenges encountered when developing Hack, the programming language behind Facebook.com. We’ll share the story of how we migrated from millions of lines of PHP, engineering through the problems that only come with a rapidly evolving codebase

Speakers

Dwayne Reeves

Software Engineer Facebook

 

Hall F

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 15:30 - 15:50

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  • Engineering & Open Source


Improving Android Acessibility with Stetho
Improving Android Acessibility with Stetho (16:00 - 16:20)

About the session

Facebook is committed to accessibility. In this session we’ll discuss how we’re helping engineers identify problem areas for accessibility and implement fixes with Stetho, our open source Android debugging tool.

Speakers

Jill Christ

Research manager Facebook

Experienced user experience researcher focused on user centered design and customer centricity. Specializing in running iterative usability test sessions, to inform design decisions, and strategic business decisions. Coordinating usability feedback sessions such as traditional usability testing, remote user testing, card sorting, focus groups, and contextual inquiry. Interested in remote user research, running better stakeholder reviews with user-research, using social media for participant recruitment, and hi-fidelity prototyping. Looking to connecting with those who not only discover usability issues but want to inspire change in the products they are testing!
     

Hall F

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 16:20

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  • Engineering & Open source


Moving Faster: Optimizing Developer Experiences of Facebook Engineers
Moving Faster: Optimizing Developer Experiences of Facebook Engineers (16:00 - 16:20)

About the session

At Facebook, we help developers move fast by providing them with powerful tools. We'll take a look at how Facebook optimizes developer workflows today, and will explore the use of deep learning to power the next wave of advances.

Speakers

Katie Coons

Software Engineer Facebook

Kasper Kopec

Software Engineer Facebook

Hall F

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 16:20

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  • Engineering & Open Source


Building offline experiences for instagram
Building offline experiences for instagram (17:00 - 17:20)

About the session

Instagram’s mission is to help people connect through shared experiences. 80% of the community is outside of the US, and as our platform grows, Instagram must perform across an increasing variety of devices and networks to keep people connected. For people in low-bandwidth regions, we’ve begun testing offline experiences that keep the Instagram experience consistent and let people consume and engage with content, even if they don’t have service. In this talk we’ll introduce some of our initial explorations into offline features, and share learnings you can apply to your own apps.

Speakers

Hendri

Software Engineer Facebook

 

Hall F

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 17:00 - 17:20

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  • Instagram


How we shipped reactions
How we shipped reactions (17:30 - 17:50)

About the session

Like. Love. Haha. Wow. Sad. Angry. Join engineers who worked on Facebook's reactions for an inside peek at how Facebook launches a brand new feature to the world.

Speakers

Mark Peng

Software Engineer Facebook

I've worked on: Facebook Lite, Facebook for Android, Facebook Home, Instagram
 

Ergin Erant

Engineering Manager Facebook

   

Hall F

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 17:30 - 17:50

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  • Engineering & Open source


Hall G
Introduction to the Camera Effects Platform
Introduction to the Camera Effects Platform (12:30 - 13:20)

About the session

Come hear more about Camera Effects Platform, a suite of creative tools that lets you create effects for the Facebook camera, from simple photo frames to interactive masks and effects that use Augmented Reality (AR). In this session you’ll learn what camera effects are, how to create and submit your own, and how you can connect with the audiences that matter to you by providing rich experiences that help them express themselves.

Speakers

Michael Slater

Product Manager Facebook

     

Hall G

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 12:30 - 13:20

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  • Camera


Intro to Building Camera Effects with the AR Studio: Live Demo
Intro to Building Camera Effects with the AR Studio: Live Demo (13:30 - 14:20)

About the session

Facebook's Camera Effects Platform includes AR Studio, a new tool that lets 3D artists and developers create interactive photo and video effects for the new Facebook camera. Join this live demo to learn more about AR Studio and what’s involved in building effects, and see an effect be built live on stage.

Speakers

Dolapo Falola

Engineering Manager Facebook

     

Sam Krug

Product manager Facebook

 

Hall G

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 13:30 - 14:20

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  • Camera


What can be Learned from China's Mobile Economy Boom in Past 5 Years?
What can be Learned from China's Mobile Economy Boom in Past 5 Years? (14:30 - 14:50)

About the session

There’s been 110 billion-dollar tech startups since 2010, and behind them lies the whole route of China's mobile economy boom. With a highly connected and digitalized social environment, it’s possible to fill big gaps of user demands in a more efficient and intelligent way - a pattern that can be repeated.

Speakers

Jack (Peng) Zhang

Founder & President GeekPark

Hall G

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 14:30 - 14:50

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  • General


Making Great Camera Effects
Making Great Camera Effects (15:00 - 15:50)

About the session

With AI that transforms images, Facebook’s Camera Effects Platform lets you create animated masks, interactive overlays, frames, and other effects that people can apply to their photos and videos in the Facebook camera. Learn best technical and design practices for creating effects using this innovative technology, and see examples of successful effects.

Speakers

Volodymyr Giginiak

Engineering Manager Facebook

Augmented Reality, Graphics and Machine Learning @ Facebook
   

Stef Smet

Product Designer Facebook

Product design, user experience, interface design, system thinker, mobile, iOS, Android, web, AR, VR, Unity, 3D,prototyping,JavaScript,animation
     

Hall G

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 15:00 - 15:50

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  • Camera


Explore the Power of the Places Graph
Explore the Power of the Places Graph (16:00 - 16:20)

About the session

Power your app with the Places Graph. We're providing free access to the same place data that powers Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. Learn how to use data about 140M+ places around the world to create location aware app experiences.

Speakers

Matias Castello

Partner Manager Facebook

 

Aileen Chen

Software Engineer Facebook

 

Hall G

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 16:20

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  • Facebook Platform


Facebook login and account kit: sign up landscape, trends, and product updates
Facebook login and account kit: sign up landscape, trends, and product updates (16:00 - 17:50)

About the session

Over the last year, we've made product improvements to Facebook Login and Account Kit based on insights on consumer preferences and market trends. Learn about the impact these could have on your business along with coding demos on how to integrate these exciting features into your apps.

Speakers

Olga Kuznetsov

Engineering manager Facebook

I love working on projects that are used by customers that I can interact with, working with passionate people and full stack ownership
 

Raman Hansi

UX Research Facebook

My expertise and interests center on bridging people and technology together by using creativity, data, and intelligence to create and deliver meaningful user experiences for people when they use technology to improve their lives.
 

Hall G

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 17:50

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  • Growth


Hall LL
WebVR: Enabling Developers to Build Engaging Cross-Platform VR Content
WebVR: Enabling Developers to Build Engaging Cross-Platform VR Content (12:30 - 13:20)

About the session

Web-based frameworks such as React VR are making it easier than ever to create VR content that can be shared with a huge audience across VR, mobile, and the web. Coupled with the new web browser that Oculus is building, more of the web will become immersive over the coming years. Join us to learn what you can build with WebVR and how this new technology can help enhance your existing content.

Speakers

Justin Rogers

Software Engineering Manager Facebook

I'm a developer and architect for web platform and web browser related features. I have a passion for bringing increased access to information and new experiences through the work I do at Microsoft on the Web Platform and Microsoft Edge. My focus is on the stabilization of the existing Web APIs for interoperability across browsers while developing new APIs for emerging technologies such as Service Worker, WebVR/AR and new input/sensor models.
       

Andrew Mo

Product Manager Facebook

Seasoned entrepreneur and executive with nearly a decade of experience working in China & SE Asia. Track record of building cross - disciplined teams and launching award - winning products for a global audience.
 

Mike Armstrong

Software Engineer Facebook

Specialties: Rendering, animation, collision detection and physics, tools and low level system programming. Twitter: @m1k3
   

Hall LL

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 12:30 - 13:20

  •  
  • Virtual Reality


Bringing VR Experiences to Everyone: Scripting, Producing and Planning
Bringing VR Experiences to Everyone: Scripting, Producing and Planning (13:30 - 14:20)

About the session

Learn how to develop a VR experience, and take a project from creative idea to a piece ready for prime time. Gain best practices and tips and tricks for producing experiences, how to approach acting and directing in VR, and distribution.

Speakers

Megan Summers

Global Head of Production Facebook

 

Yelena Rachitsky

Executive Producer Oculus

 

Julia Sourikoff

Head of VR Tool North America

Julia heads up the virtual reality division of the award-winning commercial production company, Tool of North America. For nearly twenty years, Tool has mastered the art of visual storytelling through video, interactive installations, and digital experiences, receiving honors at the Emmys, Oscars, Webbys, DGA Awards, Cannes Lions, AICPs, and SXSW.
     

Christina Heller

CEO VR Playhouse

Christina Heller is the CEO and Co-Founder of VR Playhouse, a VR creative studio based in Los Angeles. VR Playhouse provides production services for 360 and volumetric video, computer animation, and interactive content for VR and AR. Since founding in 2014 VR Playhouse has completed over 50 projects, some of which have been featured at SXSW, Sundance, and Cannes.
   

Ryan Horrigan

CEO Felix and Paul Studios

Virtual reality executive and former film studio executive with 10+ years in the entertainment and virtual reality businesses, leading content development, strategy and partnerships, business development and distribution, while overseeing the production of virtual reality experiences and series with industry leading writers, directors, actors and producers. Strong relationships in VR, film, TV, digital and technology in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, New York. Previously served as an executive for the studio behind back-to-back Academy Award Best Picture Winners, 12 Years A Slave and Birdman, and 2016 Oscar winners The Revenant and The Big Short.
 

Hall LL

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 13:30 - 14:20

  •  
  • Virtual Reality


React VR: Build amazing VR experiences using React
React VR: Build amazing VR experiences using React (14:30 - 14:50)

About the session

Learn how React VR builds upon React Native, and how the supporting layers and libraries interact. We will take you through a sample VR web app built with React VR, and show how easy it is to create immersive experiences across VR, mobile, and web.

Speakers

Andrew Imm

Software Engineer Facebook

   

Amber Roy

Software Engineer Facebook

Hall LL

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 14:30 - 14:50

  •  
  • Virtual Reality


The Making of Facebook Spaces
The Making of Facebook Spaces (15:00 - 15:50)

About the session

A behind-the-scenes look at how we built Facebook Spaces, the new immersive social VR experience from Facebook. We’ll walk through major product features and how they were developed, sharing the lessons we learned about how to create compelling social experiences in VR.

Speakers

Mike Booth

Product Manager Facebook

I'm building a team to explore how Virtual Reality can empower the 1.5+ billion people on Facebook to share their experiences and connect with each other in amazing and powerful new ways. If you're a veteran game developer experienced in building multiplayer online 3D games, come help me build the future of Social VR!
 

Hall LL

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 15:00 - 15:50

  •  
  • Virtual Reality


Early Lessons in Social VR from Oculus Rooms
Early Lessons in Social VR from Oculus Rooms (16:00 - 16:20)

About the session

We’ve already learned a lot since launching Oculus Rooms. We’ll share insights from our research and observations on what works, what doesn’t, and how people interact together in Rooms — plus the latest features we’ve added to the experience.

Speakers

Mike LeBeau

Product Manager Oculus

A dedicated researcher, Megan is enthusiastic about learning and discovery. She started her research career as a bioengineer in consumer goods, medical devices and pharma, but quickly realized her passion for people and the psychological processes driving their consumption. After graduate work, including ethnographic and experimental research studying implicit and explicit consumption motivation, Megan returned to industry as a User Experience Researcher. She now employs mixed methods to investigate Payments and Commerce experiences at the foundational and evaluative level. She enjoys cooking, ceramics and sewing as thoughtful departures from her professional endeavors
 

Hall LL

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 16:20

  •  
  • Virtual Reality


Measure the complete customer journey with Facebook Analytics
Measure the complete customer journey with Facebook Analytics (16:00 - 17:50)

About the session

People use multiple channels across different devices throughout their customer journey. Learn how Facebook Analytics can help you simplify measurement with powerful omni-channel analytics

Speakers

Josh Twist

Product manager Facebook

Hall LL

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 17:50

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  • Analytics


Creative ways to conduct research
Creative ways to conduct research (17:00 - 17:20)

About the session

Insights from research guide good business decisions. In this session, we’ll discuss creative methods used at Facebook for conducting research to help you get deeper, more engaging insights.

Speakers

Jill Christ

Research manager Facebook

Experienced user experience researcher focused on user centered design and customer centricity. Specializing in running iterative usability test sessions, to inform design decisions, and strategic business decisions. Coordinating usability feedback sessions such as traditional usability testing, remote user testing, card sorting, focus groups, and contextual inquiry. Interested in remote user research, running better stakeholder reviews with user-research, using social media for participant recruitment, and hi-fidelity prototyping. Looking to connecting with those who not only discover usability issues but want to inspire change in the products they are testing!
     

Hall LL

Tuesday, 18th Apr, 17:00 - 17:20

  •  
  • Research


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Keynote day 2
Keynote day 2 (10:30 - 11:30)

About the session

Speakers

Mike Schroepfer

Chief Technology Officer Facebook

Mike Schroepfer is an entrepreneur, technical architect and manager who is the CTO at Facebook since his appointment in March 2013. He was previously Vice President of Engineering in the same company since July 2008
   

Michael Abrash

Chief scientist, Oculus research Facebook

Regina Dugan

VP of engineering and head of building 8 Facebook

Joaquin Quinonero Candela

Director, AML Facebook

Specialties: Mathematical Modelling, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Machine Learning Research, Bayesian and Probabilisitic Inference
   

Yael Macguire

Director, Connectivity program Facebook

Mike Schroepfer is an entrepreneur, technical architect and manager who is the CTO at Facebook since his appointment in March 2013. He was previously Vice President of Engineering in the same company since July 2008
   

City National Civic

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 10:30 - 11:30

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  • Keynotes


Hall A
Build Meaningful customer connections with facebook
Build Meaningful customer connections with facebook (12:00 - 12:20)

About the session

We show you how to provide an experience for your customers that is consistent, safe, and delightful across channels and throughout their journey with your business.

Speakers

John Anderson

Software Engineer Facebook

I enjoy helping people, products, and companies grow.Specialties include: General management across product, sales, and global business operations.Industry expertise in global expansion, payments, consumer product management, risk & fraud management, community building, internet marketing, strategy, analytics, advertising, marketplaces, b2b, SMB, machine learning, e-commerce.
     

Hall A

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 12:00 - 12:20

  •  
  • Growth


VR Together: adding social components to your VR apps
VR Together: adding social components to your VR apps (14:30 - 15:30)

About the session

Interactive and fun social experiences foster greater consumer engagement in VR. This talk will focus on the APIs and features that Oculus provides to add a social layer to your app, including the Avatar SDK, VoIP, Invites, and Oculus Rooms.

Speakers

Mike Howard

Product Manager Facebook

I am a CS major, Stanford MBA and former analytics/ data viz aficionado now working in Product Management at Oculus. I have a passion for creating delightful, intuitive products.
   

Hall A

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 14:30 - 15:30

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  • Virtual Reality


VR 201: Lessons from the frontline
VR 201: Lessons from the frontline (16:30 - 15:30)

About the session

We will share some of the road blocks that engineers will encounter as they ramp up in VR development with practical lessons and case studies to overcome them. Attendees can expect insights on everything from code samples to tools to design tips.

Speakers

Chris Pruett

Head of Development Engineering for Mobile Facebook

I'm a developer relations guy at Oculus.
     

Hall A

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 16:30 - 15:30

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  • Virtual Reality


Hall C
How whatsApp reduced spam for over 1 billion people
How whatsApp reduced spam for over 1 billion people (12:00 - 12:20)

About the session

Building a spam detection system for an end-to-end encrypted messaging system serving over 1 billion people worldwide is no small task. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how the anti-spam team designed scalable ways to detect and prevent abuse.

Speakers

Matt Jones

Software engineer Facebook

I've worked on designing, building, and maintaining spam- and abuse- detection systems; concentrating on moving quickly, understanding the data available, and fixing in the short-term but designing for the long-term.
     

Hall C

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 12:00 - 12:20

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  • WhatsApp


Facebook Analytics: introducing Automated Insights
Facebook Analytics: introducing Automated Insights (13:00 - 13:20)

About the session

Analytics can provide powerful insights to help you grow. Learn how you can save time, make better decisions, optimize your product, and win with Facebook Analytics.

Speakers

Lisa Jones

Data Scientist Facebook

Luke Sernau

Software Engineer Facebook

Hall C

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 13:00 - 13:20

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  • Analytics


Visually connecting people and businesses
Visually connecting people and businesses (13:30 - 13:50)

About the session

Businesses worldwide are connecting with millions of potential customers through Instagram. Learn how Instagram is using the power of visual storytelling to help businesses strengthen relationships with customers and find new ones through business tools, shopping and Instagram Stories.

Speakers

Jeff Hui

Marketing operations manager Facebook

Dan Rose

VP, partnerships Facebook

 

Hall C

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 13:30 - 13:50

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  • Instagram


Discover new facebook advertising tools
Discover new facebook advertising tools (14:00 - 14:20)

About the session

Facebook’s developers have a variety of goals – from driving installs to building on the marketing API. Whatever your aim, we have the advertising tools you need for success. Join the ads team as we reveal the latest in video, Live, Pages, and ad formats.

Speakers

Richard Sim

Product marketing director Facebook

Facebook executive with over 20 years of experience in strategy, product management, and product marketing. Areas of expertise include online advertising, predictive analytics, web usability, and consumer software.
     

Hall C

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 14:00 - 14:20

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  • Ads & Monetization


Explore the power of the pages API
Explore the power of the pages API (15:30 - 15:50)

About the session

Facebook Pages help developers manage and curate content as well as grow their communities. Come hear the benefits of the Pages API, learn about upcoming features, discover insights, and dive into webhooks.

Speakers

Suvrat Joshi

Product manager Facebook

Bradley Owens

Product marketing manager Facebook

 

Hall C

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 15:30 - 15:50

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  • Ads & Monetization


Hall F
360 Capture SDK: Making VR social through immersive media capture
360 Capture SDK: Making VR social through immersive media capture (13:00 - 13:20)

About the session

360 Capture SDK makes it accessible for people to capture and share their VR experience through a 360 photo or video on Facebook. Find out about using this SDK in VR titles.

Speakers

Chetan Gupta

Product manager Facebook

I am currently working at Facebook as a product manager focused on 360 video and 360 live. Currently my main focus is on 360/VR media though I have strong interests in general product development and applications of AI/ML tech. Feel free to reach out if you work on VR, 360, or have general interests that overlap.
 

Hall F

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 13:00 - 13:20

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  • Engineering & Open source


The evolution of dynamic streaming
The evolution of dynamic streaming (14:30 - 15:20)

About the session

Last year, we introduced VR video streaming tech that made videos look clearer and play faster. We’ll give an update on that technology, including our latest techniques to analyze VR video so it can be compressed and streamed in an even more efficient manner.

Speakers

Shannon Chen

Research scientist Facebook

 

David Pio

Engineering Manager Facebook

   

Evgeny Kuzyakov

Software Engineer Facebook

I've spent a lot of time improving my programming and problem solving skills. Finally our team archived Gold Medal in the ACM ICPC World Finals in 2008. I also love to play and develop computer games.
   

Hall F

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 14:30 - 15:20

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  • Engineering & Open source


Building for a billion people: behind the scenes with facebook's product engineers
Building for a billion people: behind the scenes with facebook's product engineers (15:00 - 15:20)

About the session

In this talk, we will explain how we have managed to maintain a culture of speed while staying in tune with our global and diverse user base, testing and shipping new features and improvements that work for everyone around the globe

Speakers

Jenny Yuen

Engineering manager Facebook

I manage several cross platform teams (Android, iOS, JS, php) working on helping people connect with friends and family and inform them about events in the world through News Feed.
 

Ansha Yu

Software Engineer Facebook

Hall F

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 15:00 - 15:20

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  • Engineering & Open source


Delivering real-time AI in the palm of your hand
Delivering real-time AI in the palm of your hand (15:30 - 15:50)

About the session

As web services shifted to mobile, machine-learning was left in the data centers. We’ve moved ML to the phone, launching a full machine-learning runtime inside Facebook. Come learn what we’ve built, how it’s used, and what it means for developers.

Speakers

Andrew Tulloch

Software Engineer Facebook

       

Yangqing Jia

Software Engineer Facebook

I am hiring talents to join our team that builds Facebook's future AI platform across all products. If you are passionate about AI, machine learning, high performance computation, mobile, IoT, etc, please feel free to reach out at jiayq@fb.com or me@daggerfs.com.
   

Hall F

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 15:30 - 15:50

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  • Engineering & Open source


Hall G
Use machine translations to remove language barriers on Facebook
Use machine translations to remove language barriers on Facebook (12:00 - 12:20)

About the session

Deep learning has profoundly shaped the translation process. Join us as we discuss the unique challenges faced in translation, difficulties with neural networks, how these challenges were overcome, and future applications of deep learning in translation.

Speakers

Necip Fazil Ayan

Engineering manager Facebook

Hall G

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 12:00 - 12:20

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  • Artifical Intelligence


Making the facebook social graph semantic
Making the facebook social graph semantic (13:00 - 13:20)

About the session

As media content grows on FB, we are investing in new ways for engineering teams to harness the power of computer vision for their products and services without the need for prior expertise. Come for a sneak peek into how we're advancing this framework for video products, which has both multimodal and time complexities.

Speakers

Manohar Paluri

Research Lead Facebook

My experience spans Computer Vision, Robotics, Machine Learning and Software Engineering which is an important component that helps deliver in all the above mentioned fields. I enjoy prototyping and take it as a challenge to learn new things, thrive in challenging environments and build cool products. I have a simple goal in life, create something cool, something useful and in the process have fun and learn! Currently my goal is to build world's best image and video understanding system.
   

Merlyn Deng

Product Manager Facebook

Currently a product manager at Facebook in the Applied Machine Learning group. Merlyn likes traveling, Egyptology,precision medicine,guzheng music,machine learning and gardening.
   

Hall G

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 13:00 - 13:20

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  • Artifical Intelligence


Natural language understanding @facebook
Natural language understanding @facebook (13:30 - 13:50)

About the session

In this brief talk, we will highlight some of the natural language understanding technologies that have been developed at Facebook and how they are already powering new user’s experiences.

Speakers

Benoit Dumoulin

Engineering manager Facebook

Specialties: Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning

Aparna Lakshmiratan

Technical program manager Facebook

 

Hall G

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 13:30 - 13:50

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  • Artifical Intelligence


Powering mobile commerce on facebook
Powering mobile commerce on facebook (14:00 - 14:20)

About the session

People use Facebook to discover and engage with products and services, increasingly on mobile. Hear tips to help businesses drive discovery and sales on Facebook.

Speakers

Chen Zheng

Product Manager Facebook

A former Scientist and Analyst, now an entrepreneurial Product Manager with passion for changing the world with technology.
 

Susan Kwok

Technical program Manager Facebook

 

Hall G

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 14:00 - 14:20

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  • Facebook platform


Casual 3D capture
Casual 3D capture (14:30 - 14:50)

About the session

This session will look at traditional scene capture through images and the ability to, for the first time, add depth and context to images and applying them in VR + Feed

Speakers

Johannes Kopf

Research Scientist Facebook

Hall G

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 14:30 - 14:50

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  • Artifical Intelligence


Account recovery: beyond email
Account recovery: beyond email (17:00 - 17:20)

About the session

Maintaining account security goes beyond the login process: learn how trusted identities by sites like Facebook can make account recovery more efficient, more secure, and easier to manage for developers—all while putting privacy front and center.

Speakers

Brad Hill

Security Engineer Facebook

   

Hall G

Wednesday, 19th Apr, 17:00 - 17:20

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  • General


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  • Engineering & Open Source
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  • Facebook Platform
  • Facebook platform
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  • Growth
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  • Keynotes
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