Apple execs to preview "Leopard" at WWDC

Throughout the presentation, Jobs will be joined on stage by Philip Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, Bertrand Serlet, senior vice president of Software Engineering and Scott Forstall, vice president of Platform Experience.

The keynote is scheduled for Monday, August 7, 2006, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at San Francisco's Moscone West.

"Throughout WWDC, developers will receive detailed information and best practices on developing Universal applications that take advantage of the performance of Intel-based Macs, including special sessions on performance optimization using Apple software development tools," Apple said.

The five-day event, which runs from August 7 to August 11, will deliver more than 175 technical sessions and labs with new content designed to serve a wide range of Mac developers, including tracks that preview Leopard and dozens of hands-on labs providing opportunities to work developer-to-developer with Apple engineers.

Other activities at Apple's WWDC 2006 include:

Cost & Registration

The cost of the five-day conference is $1,595 per attendee, with a $300 Early Registration Discount that has been extended through July 7.