NEW YORK, May 31 (Reuters) - Apple Inc said Chief Executive Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave, will 'kick off' the company's annual developers conference June 6.
The brief statement issued on Tuesday did not make clear what role Jobs would play at the conference or whether he would be coming back from medical leave.
An appearance by Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, would mark one of the few occasions he's been seen in public on the company's behalf since he went on his third medical leave in January.
(Reporting by Sinead Carew; editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
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The brief statement issued on Tuesday did not make clear what role Jobs would play at the conference or whether he would be coming back from medical leave.
An appearance by Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, would mark one of the few occasions he's been seen in public on the company's behalf since he went on his third medical leave in January.
(Reporting by Sinead Carew; editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
((sinead.carew@thomsonreuters.com + 1 646 2236186)) Keywords: APPLE/JOBS (Multimedia versions of Reuters Top News are now available for: * 3000 Xtra: visit http://topnews.session.rservices.com * BridgeStation: view story .134 For more information on Top News: http://topnews.reuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.