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Tuesday, 18th Apr Wednesday, 19th Apr Virtual Reality Ads & Monetization Messenger Games General Workplace Engineering & Open source Facebook Platform Camera Research Analytics Engineering & Open Source Growth Instagram Media & Publishers Keynotes Ads & Monetization Growth Instagram Artifical Intelligence WhatsApp Virtual Reality Engineering & Open source Facebook platform General Keynotes Analytics
Tuesday, 18th Apr
12:30 - 13:20
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.
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.
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.
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
13:30 - 14:20
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.
Global Head of Production Facebook
Executive Producer Oculus
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.
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.
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
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.
Software Engineer Facebook
Software Engineer Facebook
Hall LL
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 14:30 - 14:50
- Virtual Reality
15:00 - 15:50
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.
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
16:00 - 16:20
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.
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
14:30 - 14:50
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.
16:00 - 16:20
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.
Product Manager Facebook
Software Engineer Facebook
Hall C
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 16:20
- Ads & Monetization
16:00 - 16:20
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.
Product manager Facebook
I love building offerings that solve important user problems and building businesses around these offerings.
Product marketing lead Facebook
Hall C
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 16:20
- Ads & Monetization
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.
Product marketing lead Facebook
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
- Ads & Monetization
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.
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
Product Manager Facebook
Hall B
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 12:30 - 12:50
- Messenger
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.
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.
Engineering Manager Facebook
Hall B
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 13:00 - 13:20
- Messenger
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.
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.
Software Engineer Facebook
Hall B
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 13:30 - 13:50
- Games
14:30 - 15:20
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.
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
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
- Games
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.
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!
Strategic Partnerships Facebook
Hall B
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 15:30 - 15:50
- Games
13:30 - 13:50
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.
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
14:30 - 14:50
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
15:00 - 15:50
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.
Software Engineer Facebook
Partner Engineer Facebook
Hall C
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 15:00 - 15:50
- Workplace
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.
Engineering Manager Facebook
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
- Engineering & Open source
16:00 - 16:20
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.
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
- Engineering & Open source
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.
Software Engineer Facebook
I've worked on: Facebook Lite, Facebook for Android, Facebook Home, Instagram
Engineering Manager Facebook
Hall F
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 17:30 - 17:50
- Engineering & Open source
16:00 - 16:20
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.
Partner Manager Facebook
Software Engineer Facebook
Hall G
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 16:20
- Facebook Platform
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.
13:30 - 14:20
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.
Engineering Manager Facebook
Product manager Facebook
Hall G
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 13:30 - 14:20
- Camera
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.
Engineering Manager Facebook
Augmented Reality, Graphics and Machine Learning @ Facebook
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
- Camera
16:00 - 16:20
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.
17:00 - 17:20
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.
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
12:30 - 13:20
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.
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.
Software Engineer Facebook
Hall F
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 12:30 - 13:20
- Engineering & Open Source
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.
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
Software Engineer Facebook
Hall F
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 13:30 - 14:20
- Engineering & Open Source
15:30 - 15:50
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
Software Engineer Facebook
Hall F
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 15:30 - 15:50
- Engineering & Open Source
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.
Software Engineer Facebook
Software Engineer Facebook
Hall F
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 16:20
- Engineering & Open Source
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.
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
- Growth
16:00 - 17:50
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.
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
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
- Growth
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.
12:00 - 13:50
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.
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.
Product manager Facebook
Hall A
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 12:00 - 13:50
- Media & Publishers
13:00 - 14:50
Adam Mosseri, VP, News Feed, will dive into how News Feed works so publishers can more effectively reach their audiences.
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
- Media & Publishers
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.
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.
Director Facebook
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.'
Founder and CEO XIX entertainment
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
- Media & Publishers
16:00 - 17:50
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.
Product marketing manager Facebook
Strategy & Operations Manager, Emerging Business @ Facebook, Operations and Planning Manager @ Facebook,Engagement Manager @ McKinsey & Company
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
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.
Head of programming Tastemade
Seasoned business executive with 12+ years of experience in general management, business development and business affairs
President NowThis
Hall A
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 16:00 - 17:50
- Media & Publishers
10:30 - 11:30
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
VP of platform and marketplace Facebook
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.
VP of product partnerships Facebook
VP of messaging products Facebook
Specialties: Mobile, Payments, Consumer, Internet, Technology, Getting stuff done.
City National Civic
Tuesday, 18th Apr, 10:30 - 11:30
- Keynotes
Wednesday, 19th Apr
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.
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
- Ads & Monetization
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.
Product manager Facebook
Product marketing manager Facebook
Hall C
Wednesday, 19th Apr, 15:30 - 15:50
- Ads & Monetization
12:00 - 12:20
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.
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
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.
Engineering manager Facebook
Hall G
Wednesday, 19th Apr, 12:00 - 12:20
- Artifical Intelligence
13:00 - 13:20
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.
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.
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
- Artifical Intelligence
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.
Engineering manager Facebook
Specialties: Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning
Technical program manager Facebook
Hall G
Wednesday, 19th Apr, 13:30 - 13:50
- Artifical Intelligence
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
Research Scientist Facebook
Hall G
Wednesday, 19th Apr, 14:30 - 14:50
- Artifical Intelligence
12:00 - 12:20
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.
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
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.
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
- Virtual Reality
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.
Head of Development Engineering for Mobile Facebook
I'm a developer relations guy at Oculus.
Hall A
Wednesday, 19th Apr, 16:30 - 15:30
- Virtual Reality
13:00 - 13:20
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.
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
- Engineering & Open source
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.
Research scientist Facebook
Engineering Manager Facebook
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
- Engineering & Open source
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
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.
Software Engineer Facebook
Hall F
Wednesday, 19th Apr, 15:00 - 15:20
- Engineering & Open source
15:30 - 15:50
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.
Software Engineer Facebook
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
- Engineering & Open source
14:00 - 14:20
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.
Product Manager Facebook
A former Scientist and Analyst, now an entrepreneurial Product Manager with passion for changing the world with technology.
Technical program Manager Facebook
Hall G
Wednesday, 19th Apr, 14:00 - 14:20
- Facebook platform
10:30 - 11:30
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
Chief scientist, Oculus research Facebook
VP of engineering and head of building 8 Facebook
Director, AML Facebook
Specialties: Mathematical Modelling, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Machine Learning Research, Bayesian and Probabilisitic Inference
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
- Keynotes
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.
Data Scientist Facebook
Software Engineer Facebook
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Wednesday, 19th Apr, 13:00 - 13:20
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