Welcome to the Social Enterprise
Social networking thought leader, Google, to join salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff on stage
New special sessions on the business of social, public-sector change, and healthcare available to the more than 30,000 expected attendees
Special guests Metallica and will.i.am to perform at ninth annual user and developer conference
SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 August 2, 2011 \u2013 Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing (http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/cloudcomputing\/) company, today announced further details of Dreamforce 2011, the cloud computing event of the year. Dreamforce 2011 will be held Aug. 30 \u2013 Sept. 2 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. Registration is live at http:\/\/www.dreamforce.com.
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\u2022 \u201cEach year at Dreamforce we set the agenda for the cloud computing industry, and this year will be no exception,\u201d said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, salesforce.com. \u201cAt Dreamforce 2011, we will showcase customers that have embraced innovation and transformed themselves into social enterprises.\u201d
Welcome to the Social Enterprise
As we enter the post-PC revolution, companies are improving the way they collaborate, communicate and share information with customers and employees in the cloud – transforming themselves into social enterprises. Social enterprises build social profiles of customers, create internal social networks and listen to and engage with customers over the Internet. Dreamforce offers the content and educational opportunities that will enable attendees to transform their companies into social enterprises.
Dreamforce Expands with Special Guests, Sessions on Government, Healthcare and Social
\u2022 Industry thought leaders such as Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, and others will join salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff on stage at the annual user and developer conference.
\u2022 Benioff will lead Vision for the Future; A Digital Agenda, a special session on innovation-led, public-sector change, with Japan\u2019s House of Representatives Chairman of the Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications Kazuhiro Haraguchi; European Commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes and U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra as panelist on Wednesday, Aug. 31 from 11:30 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m.
\u2022 Social networking thought leaders Loic LeMeur, founder and CEO of Seesmic; Jeremiah Owyang, partner at Altimeter Group; Gary Vaynerchuk, co-founder of VaynerMedia, and more will kick-off the discussion of the business of social in the Social Roadmap on Wednesday, Aug. 31 from 12:00 p.m. \u2013 1:00 p.m.
\u2022 Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Chancellor of UCSF and Mark Laret, CEO of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospital, along with members of the UCSF faculty will lead healthcare sessions in the Unusual Thinkers: The UCSF Track on Thursday, Sept. 1 from 12:00 p.m. \u2013 5:00 p.m.
Dreamforce: the Industry\u2019s Leading Cloud Computing Event
The world\u2019s largest cloud computing industry event, Dreamforce 2011, invites attendees to learn how technology can impact their businesses and industries through social, mobile and open cloud computing. Attendees can learn how their entire company can take advantage of the portfolio of salesforce.com\u2019s cloud offerings, including Salesforce Chatter, Force.com, Heroku, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Radian6 and much more.
\u2022 More than 30,000 Dreamforce attendees are expected to take advantage of the 450 sessions featuring 700 expert users from leading customer and partner companies and the more than 275 cloud leader exhibitors.
\u2022 Salesforce.com is excited to welcome extra special guests, Metallica to perform at the Dreamforce 2011 gala followed by an after party with will.i.am.
\u2022 The Salesforce.com Foundation is thrilled to announce the second Concert for UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospital at Davies Symphony Hall. The benefit concert will feature special guests Jay Leno, Alanis Morissette and will.i.am spinning at the after party. To purchase tickets or for more information, please visit http:\/\/www.theconcertforucsfbch.com\/.
Additional Information
\u2022 Conference registration is now open at http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/dreamforce\/
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