Blaze Your Trail: 4 Perfect Days at Dreamforce ‘17 for Higher Ed Admins and Developers

With thousands of sessions to choose from at Dreamforce ‘17, tough choices have to be made! Now that Agenda Builder is live, you’ve got a chance to plan out four days of amazing content that will enable you with tips, tricks, and knowledge to take back to your institution!

For higher ed admins and developers, there is a plethora of content in almost every Lodge. But we wanted to shed some light on a few higher ed-specific sessions. Here’s what we think would make a pretty perfect four days of content at Dreamforce for admins and developers who want to learn how Salesforce can help across campus. This list is not exhaustive ― it’s just meant to help you jumpstart your Dreamforce planning. Take a look!

Monday, November 6

Salesforce.org Higher Ed Kickoff
9:00am – 10:00am
Speakers: Salesforce.org, Michigan State University, Oregon State University, University of Florida, University of San Diego
Location: Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel | Grand Ballroom B

Salesforce.org Kickoff: The Empowered Individual
10:30am – 11:30am
Speakers: Salesforce.org, Georgetown University, Anti-Defamation League, United Way
Location: Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel | Grand Ballroom B

Power to the People: How MIT Created an Internal User Group
10:30am – 10:50am
Speaker: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: The Westin St. Francis | Grand View Theater

Solving the Data Integrations Rubik’s Cube
11:00am – 11:40am
Speaker: University of Texas, Cornell University
Location: The Westin St. Francis | California West

Salesforce Advisor Link Roadmap
1:00pm – 1:40pm
Speaker: Salesforce.org
Location: The Westin St. Francis | California West

Keynote with Marc Benioff & Special Guests
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Moscone North | Main Keynote Room – North Hall D

Tuesday, November 7

Using Technology to Expand Human Capacity in Higher Education Administration
5:30pm – 5:50pm
Speaker: University of Florida Distance & Continuing Education
Location: The Westin St. Francis | Grand View Theater

Wednesday, November 8

Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: Migrating a Custom Org to HEDA
12:30pm – 1:10pm
Speaker: Smith School of Business at Queen’s University
Location: The Westin St. Francis | California West

Constituent 360: How ASU is Leveraging a Multi-org Integration Architecture
4:30pm – 5:10pm
Speaker: Arizona State University
Location: The Westin St. Francis | California West

Know when to hold’em Know when to fold’em – Deprecating code for click solutions
5:00pm – 5:20pm
Speaker: Western Governors University
Location: The Westin St. Francis | Grand View Theater

Thursday, November 9

Innovation Roadmaps with Salesforce.org: HEDA and More! Pt. 2
8:00am – 8:40am
Speaker: Salesforce.org
Location: The Westin St. Francis | California East