# Get ready for Tableau Conference 2023 | Virtual and in person.

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2023-05-04
- **Format:** Video · 14 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Community, Industry trends
- **Tools:** Tableau
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/get-ready-for-tableau-conference-2023-virtual-and-in-person
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZU3UuKspbg

With a week to go before Tableau Conference 2023, I walk you through how to get set up whether you're attending in person or virtually. I can't attend in person this year due to recent surgery, but I cover registration, session planning, headline events and how to access everything through Salesforce+.

## Key takeaways

- Prioritise sessions that only happen at this conference rather than ones that will end up recorded on Salesforce+ or YouTube, since you can catch those anywhere
- Underestimate your own skill level when picking sessions, an 'intermediate' label often delivers value to advanced attendees
- Overbook by three or four sessions per slot so you have alternatives if a room is full or you end up in the wrong place
- Add your agenda to your phone calendar with locations, as conference floor data is poor and signage plus offline calendar gets you A to B
- Virtual attendees can register for free on Salesforce+, where sessions show in your local time and keynotes appear on-demand after the event

## Chapters

- 0:00 Intro and why I'm not attending
- 1:41 Check your travel and booking details
- 2:47 Planning and overbooking sessions
- 6:48 Headline events and scheduling around lunch
- 8:53 Attending virtually on Salesforce+
- 12:49 My conference roundup plans

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/get-ready-for-tableau-conference-2023-virtual-and-in-person

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