Keynotes

General Session Keynotes | A Vision for the Future: The Digital Agenda | Mini-Keynotes

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Dreamforce '11 is the place to be for the latest announcements and hottest technology. What's next for cloud computing—and what does that mean for you? Hear firsthand from industry leaders about how cloud computing will continue to revolutionize the way we work.

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General Session Keynotes

Marc Benioff is the chairman and CEO of salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), which he co-founded in 1999. Under Benioff's direction, salesforce.com has grown from a groundbreaking idea into a publicly traded company that is the leader in enterprise cloud computing. Salesforce.com has received a Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award, been lauded as one of BusinessWeek's Top 100 Most Innovative Companies, named No. 7 on The Wired 40, and selected for the past 2 years as a Top Ten Disrupter by Forbes. Benioff is the recipient of dozens of awards for pioneering innovation, including the 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2000, Benioff launched the Salesforce.com Foundation—now a multimillion-dollar global organization. He has been twice honored with the Points of Light Foundation Award for Excellence in Corporate Community Service. The World Economic Forum named Benioff as one of its Young Global Leaders, and in 2007 the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy presented Benioff with the coveted Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award. He lives in San Francisco.

Eric E. Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google

Since joining Google in 2001, Eric Schmidt has helped grow the company from a Silicon Valley startup to a global leader in technology. As executive chairman, he is responsible for the external matters of Google: building partnerships and broader business relationships, government outreach and technology thought leadership, as well as advising the CEO and senior leadership on business and policy issues. From 2001-2011, Eric served as Google's chief executive officer, overseeing the company's technical and business strategy alongside founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Under his leadership, Google dramatically scaled its infrastructure and diversified its product offerings while maintaining a strong culture of innovation. Prior to joining Google, Eric was the chairman and CEO of Novell and chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Previously, he served on the research staff at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Bell Laboratories and Zilog. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University as well as a master's degree and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. Eric is a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the Prime Minister's Advisory Council in the U.K. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 and inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a fellow in 2007. He also chairs the board of the New America Foundation, and since 2008 has been a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

A Vision for the Future: The Digital Agenda

Wednesday, August 31 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Kazuhiro Haraguchi Chairman, Comms Committee, Japan

Vivek Kundra Former CIO of the United States of America

Neelie Kroes European Commissioner for Digital Agenda

Cloud computing is rewriting the rules not just for business and the economy, but for government and politics, too. Attend this lively session to learn what the top digital policymakers in the U.S., Europe, and Japan see as the impact of cloud computing. How is it changing the relationship between government and citizens? What are the implications for foreign policy? How can governments harness it to drive jobs and economic growth? What keeps them up at night? CEO Marc Benioff will moderate a panel discussion with Vivek Kundra, former U.S. Chief Information Officer, Neelie Kroes, Vice President responsible for the Digital Agenda European Commission, and Kazuhiro Haraguchi, Chairman of the Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications, about how governments are trying to harness the transformative power of cloud computing and what it means for you and for your business.

NEW: Mini-Keynotes at Dreamforce!

This year we have added Super Sessions to the agenda. These mini-keynotes, at the Novellus Theater, will cover how-to topics for the next generation of Cloud Computing.

We invite you to visit agenda builder today to search on the titles and to register for these important learning sessions with industry visionaries and global thought leaders and get information they need to transform their company into to a social enterprise.

Wednesday, August 31st:

12:30pm – Driving Extraordinary Growth Through Sales and Marketing Performance with marketing automation leader, Joe Payne, CEO, Eloqua and guest, Ann Lewnes, SVP Global Marketing, Adobe. A special welcome from salesforce.com executive, Kraig Swensrud, CMO.

2:00pm – Five Rules for Building an Agile Enterprise with Eric Berridge, CEO, Bluewolf and guest, success-coach Julie Overholt of Julie Overholt Coaching & Assessments, Inc.

3:30pm – 10 Strategies for Content Marketing, Events and Marketing Automation Success with marketing automation leader Jon Miller, Co-Founder and VP of Marketing, Marketo and guest, Ann Handley, Chief Content Officer, MarketingProfs LLC. Attend to receive a copy of Ann's book, Content Rules. Opening remarks from salesforce.com executive, William Macaitis, SVP, Online Marketing and Operations.

5:00pm - Enabling Real-World Outcomes via the LinkedIn Professional Network with Ellen Levy, LinkedIn's VP of Strategic Initiatives about the transformative power of social technologies in the business world and perspectives from John Sabino, GE Capital's Senior Vice-President of Commercial Operations.

Thursday, September 1st:

11:45am – Driving Business Results from the Social Enterprise with Accenture Global Managing Director, Customer Relationship Management, Robert Wollan. Special welcome remarks from George Hu EVP, Platform, Marketing, and Operations, salesforce.com.

1:15pm – Your Checklist: Cloud, Mobile, Social & Analytics for the Post Digital Enterprise with Deloitte CTO Mark White. Special welcome remarks from George Hu, EVP, Platform, Marketing, and Operations, salesforce.com. Attend for a chance to win one of 100 Apple TVs!

2:45pm – Google - Designed for Teams, Built for the Web with Mike Lock, VP of Enterprise Sales, Americas at Google. Opening remarks from salesforce.com executive, Amit Kulkarni, Senior Director, Product Management.