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Google I/O 2018 is starting today in California, to an international audience of 7,000+ developers. It will run until Thursday night. It is our annual developers festival, where product announcements are made, new APIs and frameworks are introduced, and Product Managers present the latest from Google.
However, you don't have to physically attend the event to take advantage of this once-a-year opportunity: many conferences and talks are live streamed on YouTube for anyone to watch. You will find the full-event schedule here.
Dozens upon dozens of talks will take place over the next 3 days. We have hand picked the talks that we think will be the most interesting for webmasters and SEO professionals. Each link shared will bring you to pages with more details about each talk, and you will find out how to tune in to the live stream. All times are California time (PCT). We might add other sessions to this list.
Tuesday, May 8th

• 3pm - Web Security post Spectre/Meltdown, with Emily Schechter and Chris Palmer - more info.
• 5pm - Dru Knox and Stephan Somogyi talk about building a seamless web with Chrome - more info.

Wednesday, May 9th

• 9.30am - Ewa Gasperowicz and Addy Osmani talk about Web Performance and increasing control over the loading experience - more info.
• 10.30am - Alberto Medina and Thierry Muller will explain how to make a WordPress site progressive - more info.
• 11.30am - Rob Dodson and Dominic Mazzoni will cover "What's new in web accessibility" - more info.
• 3.30pm - Michael Bleigh will introduce how to leverage AMP in Firebase for a blazing fast website - more info.
• 4.30pm - Rick Viscomi and Vinamrata Singal

Read more from our friends at Google Webmaster Central