Dreamforce – Salesforce’s 14^th annual conference, begins today at San Francisco, CA. The four-day event is expecting more than 170,000 attendees from 83 countries, and 3,000-plus speaking sessions.
 
With 1,600+ sessions, 400+ theaters, 100+ hours of hands-on training, and 75 Circles of Success, Dreamforce is probably like a paradise for a techie. The event stands out as it inspires, offers infinite opportunities to learn and network like there is no tomorrow, empower every person to achieve more, and give something back.
 
Believed to be among the largest tech events in the world, Dreamforce is a wonderful platform to learn something new from the industry pioneers, share best practices, connect with industry peers, and grow your business opportunities.
 
What sounds most interesting to me is the innovative session like “Hands-on training for building an app”, conducted by experts. Being a developer, another interesting session probably would be ‘Circles of Success’, an interactive exchange of questions and answers, where Salesforce product experts will talk about the challenges, and answer adoption and product-related topics.
 
At Salesforce, giving back is integrated into everything the company does, that is why they prefer to call Dreamforce a non-profit tech event. You get an opportunity to participate in charitable activities, observe kids coding, maker workshops, and campus tours in action. Each day will highlight a different theme with unique opportunities to get involved, learn more and give something back. Thus, the destination of enormous magnitude will also teach us to lend a hand and lift a heart as well.

Suyati has the privilege for the second time to present a paper at Dreamforce. We invite all of you to hear out our Senior Salesforce Evangelist, Arunraj Pazherickal and co-presenter Abhishek Sivasubramanian, our Tech Lead and Break Out session speaker from Dreamforce 2014. They will be speaking on “SOQL Performance Tuning and the Multi-Tenant Query Optimizer”. Please mark your calendar on 4th Oct from 12-12.30 pm to hear out our speakers at the Developer Break Out session of Dreamforce 2016 (at the Moscone West, Innovation Theater).
 

The schedule for the four fantastic days are as follows:

Tuesday, 4th October:

7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Registration and Badge Pickup
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions
9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Innovation and Dreamtalk Speakers
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Salesforce & Partners, Blazing Trails to Customer Transformation
11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Cloud Expo Open
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Dreampitch
4:00 p.m.–4:55 p.m. Keynote: Supercharge Productivity with Quip
4:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Keynote with Tony Robbins
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception
 

Wednesday, 5th October:

7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Registration and Badge Pickup
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Cloud Expo Open
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Financial Services Keynote: Getting Smarter in the Age of the Customer
10:00 a.m.–10:40 a.m. Community Cloud Keynote: Build Communities & Portals Fast with Lightning Bolt
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Salesforce for Growing Small & Medium Business Keynote
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Analytics Cloud Keynote: Smarter Answers for Salesforce Users
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Keynote with Marc Benioff and special guests
4:30 p.m.–5:10 p.m. The State of IoT Keynote: Transform Connected Products into Engaging Experiences
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Fireside Chat with Melinda Gates and Robin Roberts
7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Dreamfest and Benefit for UCSF Children’s Hospitals featuring U2
 

Thursday, 6th October:

7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Registration and Badge Pickup (Moscone West Only)
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions
8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Analytics Cloud Keynote: Smarter Answers for Salesforce Users (Repeat)
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Fortune CEO Panel
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Salesforce for IT Keynote: Build Smart Experiences People Love
9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Salesforce for Marketing Keynote: The Smartest CRM for 1-to-1 Customer Journeys
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Cloud Expo Open
10:00 a.m.–10:40 a.m. Community Cloud Keynote: Build Communities & Portals Fast with Lightning Bolt (Repeat)
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Salesforce for Developers Keynote
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Salesforce for Sales Keynote: Transform Sales from Lead to Cash
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Introducing Commerce Cloud, the Newest Salesforce Cloud
1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Salesforce for Service Keynote: Differentiate your Company with Smarter Service
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Salesforce Einstein Keynote: AI for Everyone
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Salesforce for Admins Keynote
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Women & Equality Keynote
9:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m. AppBash and Partner Parties
 

Friday, 7th October:

8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Registration and Badge Pickup (Moscone West Only)
8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Day of Compassion Keynote
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Cloud Expo Open

After these four epic days, you will be well-equipped with a lot of vibrant ideas and experiences that will last for a lifetime.