SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce
[NYSE: CRM], the world's #1 CRM company and Intelligent Customer
Success Platform, today announced its upcoming World Tour event in
Washington D.C. on April 4, 2017. In addition to a keynote address
by Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc
Benioff and Co-founder and CTO Parker Harris, this sold-out event will include
new inspirational sessions on equal pay, artificial
intelligence and workforce development created with the support of
the World Economic Forum.
Live broadcast of the day's events will be available on
Salesforce Live: www.salesforce.com/video.
10:30am-12:00pm ET: Our Path
Together Keynote with Marc Benioff, Parker Harris and special
guests will outline Salesforce's vision for the future of
technology, showcase inspirational customer success stories
and unveil entirely new Einstein AI innovations, empowering every
attendee to become a trailblazer.
1:00-1:40pm ET: Equal Pay
Trailblazers Panel featuring Billie Jean King, sports icon and humanitarian;
Patricia Arquette, Oscar-winning actress; Lilly
Ledbetter, Equal Pay for Equal Work activist; introduced by
Saadia Zahidi, Head of Education,
Gender and Employment Initiatives, World Economic Forum and
moderated by Marc Benioff, Chairman
& CEO, Salesforce.
1:50-2:30pm ET: AI and the
Future of Business Panel featuring John
Frémont, Artificial Intelligence Go to Market Lead for
North America,
Accenture; Michael Chui, Partner, McKinsey Global
Institute; Sarah Aerni, Senior
Manager of Data Science, Salesforce; introduced by
Zvika Krieger, Head of Technology
Policy and Partnerships, World Economic Forum and moderated by
Alexis Sobel Fitts, Editor,
Backchannel.
2:40-3:20pm ET: Preparing
a 21st Century Workforce Panel featuring Jay
Banfield, Chief Officer of Innovation and Scale, Year
Up; Daniel Villao, Deputy Administrator, Apprenticeship
USA Department of Labor;
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01); Chris Liddell, Office of American Innovation,
The White House; introduced by Saadia
Zahidi, Head of Education, Gender and Employment
Initiatives, World Economic Forum and moderated by Stephanie
Ruhle, Anchor, "MSNBC Live" and Correspondent, NBC News.
3:30-4:00pm ET: Fireside
Chat Christine Lagarde, Managing
Director, International Monetary Fund and Marc Benioff will discuss gender equality and
the social and economic benefits of empowering women around the
world.
Additional World Tour Opportunities
Attendees will be
able to participate in more than 40 sessions, visit the Trailhead
area or join the vibrant partner ecosystem in the Cloud Expo to
experience the future with Salesforce and learn how to connect with
customers in new ways. In addition, attendees can write notes
sharing their career advice and encouragement to current Year Up
participants, helping this non-profit focused on empowering
low-income young adults to go from poverty to professional careers
in a single year.
About the Salesforce World Tour Events
Each year,
Salesforce World Tour events inspire and educate the entire
global Salesforce community. During this roadshow, Salesforce
showcases the future of enterprise software—exploring how cloud,
social, mobile, the internet of things (IoT) and artificial
intelligence (AI) technologies are transforming companies and
enabling them to get closer to their customers. Each event will
feature keynotes from Salesforce executives, specialized breakout
sessions for every role and industry, live demos of cutting-edge
technologies and customers showcasing how they are using Salesforce
to grow their business. Future Salesforce World Tour destinations
include: New York, Toronto, London, Boston, Paris, Chicago, Tokyo and more.
About Salesforce
Salesforce, the world's #1 CRM
company and Intelligent Customer Success Platform, empowers
companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way. For
more information about Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit:
www.salesforce.com.
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