Facebook F8 Facebook F8 Facebook F8 (pronounced ""eff eight"") is a mostly-annual conference held by Facebook, intended for developers and entrepreneurs who build products and services around the website. It is hosted in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, previously in San Francisco (until 2016) and now in San Jose, in Silicon Valley. Previous events have started with a keynote speech by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, followed by various breakout sessions concentrating on specific topics. Facebook has often introduced new features, and made new announcements, at the conference. The "F8" name comes from Facebook's tradition of 8 hour hackathons. The scheduling of
QED (conference) of these nominations comprise the shortlists. The shortlist winners are then contacted to provide a selection of their best work, and "The Skeptic"'s panel of Judges makes the final decision from there. The ironic award 'for the most audacious pseudo-science', "The Rusty Razor" (introduced in 2017), is determined entirely by public vote. "The Editors' Choice Award" is a special Ockham without a category, chosen by the current and past editors-in-chief of "The Skeptic", Chris French, Wendy Grossman and Deborah Hyde. QED (conference) QED: Question, Explore, Discover, also called QEDcon or simply QED, is an annual skeptical conference held in Manchester,