▁by ▁Facebook , ▁intended ▁for ▁developers ▁and ▁entrepr ene urs ▁who ▁build ▁products ▁and ▁services ▁around ▁the ▁website . ▁It ▁was ▁hosted ▁in ▁ ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁California ▁until ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁more ▁central ▁Sil icon ▁Valley ▁location ▁in ▁San ▁Jose , ▁California ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁Pre vious ▁events ▁have ▁started ▁with ▁a ▁ke yn ote ▁speech ▁by ▁Facebook ▁founder ▁Mark ▁Z ucker berg , ▁followed ▁by ▁various ▁break out ▁sessions ▁concentr ating ▁on ▁specific ▁topics . ▁Facebook ▁has ▁often ▁introduced ▁new ▁features , ▁and ▁made ▁new ▁announ c ements , ▁at ▁the ▁conference . ▁ ▁The ▁" F 8 " ▁name ▁comes ▁from ▁Facebook ' s ▁tradition ▁of ▁ 8 ▁hour ▁hack ath ons . ▁ ▁The ▁sched uling ▁of ▁F 8 ▁has ▁been ▁somewhat ▁err atic . ▁No ▁con ferences ▁were ▁held ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁and ▁the ▁date ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁conference ▁was ▁announced ▁late ▁in ▁the ▁year . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁F 8 ▁conference , ▁originally ▁scheduled ▁for ▁May ▁ 5 ▁and ▁ 6 , ▁will ▁not ▁be ▁an ▁in - person ▁event . ▁The ▁event ▁will ▁be ▁held ▁online ▁and ▁will ▁be ▁live ▁stream ed . ▁This ▁change ▁is ▁due ▁to ▁the   2 0 1 9 - 2 0 ▁coron av irus ▁pan demic . ▁▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁ ▁The