Apple will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 2 through 6 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, the company announced on Thursday.

This year's conference will focus on Apple's two major platforms, iOS and OS X. Apple promises more than 100 technical sessions with more than 1,000 Apple engineers, as well as hands-on labs. Apple Design Awards will also showcase the best apps from the past year.

"Every year, the WWDC audience becomes more diverse, with developers from almost every discipline you can imagine and coming from every corner of the globe," said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing. "We look forward to sharing with them our latest advances in iOS and OS X so they can create the next generation of great apps."

Developers interested in attending can apply for tickets (each will set you back $1,599) through the WWDC website between Thursday and Monday. However, applying for the tickets doesn't automatically grant you access to the conference. Instead, Apple will randomly select 5,000 participants, who will be publicly announced on April 7 at 5:00 p.m. PT.

You can find an overview of this year's WWDC here.

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