Dreamforce Sessions By The Numbers

Posted on September 11, 2024  (Last modified on May 15, 2025) • 3 min read • 535 words

What to expect in the coming week!

The Dreamforce App is live and ready to help Trailblazers attending this multi-day event discover, engage and connect! With many features available in the coming days let’s breakdown some of the key highlights that may be able to assist when deciding what sessions to attend or add to the agenda builder.

Let’s Dive In!

By Role/Industry/Product/Topic/Type: Sessions For All  

As of this past week, Dreamforce will feature over 1600+ sessions (with some available multiple times a day) with the intent to bring everyone up to speed on the latest developments within this ecosystem. Let’s take a peek at what categories the majority of these sessions will fall into.

Top 5 Roles  

These sessions provide a better understanding of select roles within the ecosystem. Offering attendees a chance to expand their knowledge and skills in their respective roles.

• Administrator : +18%
• IT : +16%
• Sales : +10%
• Developer : +9%
• Service : +9%

Top 5 Industies  

These type of sessions can help identify unique challenges and solutions in their respective fields.

• Technology : +18%
• Financial Services : +13%
• Health and Life Sciences : +12%
• Manufacturing : +9%
• Retail : +8%

Top 5 Topics  

These type of sessions focus on current trends and cutting-edge technologies entering the ecosystem.

• Artificial Intelligence : +34%
• Data : +21%
• Productivity : +11%
• Automation : +8%
• Integration : +7%

Top 5 Products  

These sessions cover the core of Salesforce, its products. And can help Trailblazers better understand how they are intertiwined with each other.

• SF Platform : +13%
• Einstein : +11%
• Data Cloud : +10%
• Sales Cloud : +9%
• Service Cloud : +9%

Top 5 Types  

These type refer to the size and format of the sessions. Whether its a closed room, open theater, roundtable or more.

• Theater : +50%
• Breakout : +22%
• Roundtable : +12%
• Workshop : +6%
• Hands-on Training : +3%

Session Levels  

Dreamforce always welcomes new visitors/attendees and does this by ensuring that the material available can help bring them up to speed. The material/depth of subject matter covered in a session can either be entry-level or beginner, intermediate, or advanced. Here is the breakdown.

• Beginner : +53%
• Intermediate : +42%
• Advanced : +4%

Sessions By Location (New Filter)  

As soon as the Maps and Guides go live within the Salesforce Events App, one can quickly identify where sessions are located in their agenda builder. That’ll help attendees avoid going in circles or having to wave someone down for wayfinding help. (I believe this is a newly added filter, which was not availble in previous years?)

Top Locations  

• Moscone West, Level 1 : +27%
• Moscone West, Level 2 : +13%
• Moscone West, Level 3 : +8%
• Content Pavilion : +8%
• Moscone South : +8%

What Next?  

Dreamforce 2024 promises to offer something for everyone. Whether you’re looking to network with peers, get hands-on with the latest Salesforce innovations, or dive into your industry’s biggest challenges, the upcoming week is packed with valuable content and opportunities.

Prepare to take full advantage of the experience and set yourself up for success by planning your schedule.

Until next time keep working hard, smart, and happy. And we’ll see you in the cloud!