Nikki Gilliland says, “For most companies, forward planning might mean thinking about what is going to happen in the next 12 months.

For Facebook, it means the next 10 years.

These were the opening words of Mike Schroepfer, CTO of Facebook, in his kick-off talk at Web Summit in Lisbon.

I was sat in the audience, pastei de nata in hand, ready to hear what he had to say.

Here is a summary of his talk.

1. Connectivity

Facebook’s mission has always been to make the world a more open and connected place.

However, when it comes to the next decade, this involves solving three important issues – the first of which is greater connectivity.

Of course, in today’s technology-driven world, it is easy to forget that the internet is still a far flung notion for around 4.1bn people across the globe”.

Facebook’s 10-year plan: Connectivity, artificial intelligence & VR

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