Macoun Developers Conference
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The Macoun Developers Conference (pronounced as “Ma-coon” [mə'kuːn]) is a conference held annually since 2007 in Frankfurt am Main by Macoun GbR. It is Europe's biggest conference focused on Apple systems and is held in German.
Macoun Developers Conference | |
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Frequency | Annual |
Venue | Haus der Jugend |
Location(s) | Frankfurt |
Founded | October 25, 2007 |
Most recent | October 4-6, 2019 |
Participants | ~450 |
Organized by | Macoun GbR |
Website | www |
While the event is organized by a single-purpose company, most of the work is done by a community on a pro-bono basis. Chris Hauser and Thomas Biedorf, founders of Macoun GbR, started the conference to allow European developers that cannot attend Apple's WWDC to have a “small WWDC”.
The number of attendees grew from initially 200 to around 450, with a maximum of 507 in 2016. The location, a youth hostel (“Haus der Jugend”), limits the number of attendees to 500. During the first ten years, 99 speakers have held more than 200 talks at Macoun.
The conference name “Macoun” is derived from the apple of the same name.[1][2] Having “#Macoun” as official hashtag has led to confusion for American fruit-lovers on social media.