To emphasize the importance of China, the Spring 2007 IDF was held in Beijing instead of San Francisco, and San Francisco and Taipei shared the Fall IDF event in September and October, respectively.
In previous years, events were held in major cities around the world such as San Francisco, Mumbai, Bangalore, Moscow, Cairo, São Paulo, Amsterdam, Munich and Tokyo.
On April 17, 2017, Intel announced that it would no longer be hosting IDF.
As a result of this announcement, IDF17, which was scheduled for August in San Francisco, was canceled.
[3] On April 17, The event was cancelled with the retirement of the entire program.