By Hilary Salazar, Community Manager
Free grilled chicken at KFC. Free tote bag with purchase. Free samples at Costco. Free….conference? Now THAT is rare.
Each year, SuccessFactors hosts our user conference with our customers from around the globe. Last year, we had tremendous attendance at our conference in San Francisco. But this year, we’re changing it up. For the first time, SuccessConnect is coming to 4 different cities—San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Melbourne. And—it’s completely free this year! Yes, I too am pleasantly surprised.
To quote our CEO, Lars Dalgaard:
In an effort to meet the needs of our customers and this ever changing economic environment, SucccessFactors has made two important changes to our customer conference. First, we are bringing our customer conference to you! We realize that in times like these travel budgets are tight and every penny counts. Secondly, each event will be one and a half days of fantastic content for FREE! We plan to deliver as we always do with customer lead sessions, ask the experts, product demonstrations, executive 1:1 meetings, industry breakouts, networking time and much more. This is unprecedented in a time like this, but we know how important it is for you to have the opportunity to listen, learn and share with your peers in this environment.
So despite tough times, we wanted to make sure that this important event was accessible to more customers across all regions and industries. With a record number of submissions for presentations by our diverse and global customer base, we are excited to still bring this event to our growing customer base. “What are the dates?” you ask?
San Francisco, CA - June 8 - 9, 2009
Chicago, IL - June 15 - 16, 2009
New York, NY - June 18 - 19, 2009
Melbourne, Australia - August 13 - 14, 2009
In each city, you can take advantage of all you have come to know about SuccessConnect, from industry keynotes to customer lead sessions; from product and partner demonstrations to ask the experts; from industry breakouts to networking galore. And, as usual, we are adding some new and exciting parts to SuccessConnect Local. We will be offering one-on-one meetings with our executive team throughout the event. If you want to spend 20 minutes with a SuccessFactors executive to get to know our business better or share your company goals, we will assist in setting up the appropriate meeting for your needs.
