Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff to Speak at United Nations General Assembly and World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, today announced that Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff will speak at two events on Monday, September 18, hosted by the United Nations and the World Economic Forum, respectively.

• United Nations General Assembly: Benioff will join Ashish Thakkar, Founder of Mara Group and Chair of the UN Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council, in conversation at the United Nations General Assembly. The conversation will begin at approximately 10:45 am EDT. A live webcast of the event will be available at: http://webtv.un.org.
• WEF Sustainable Development Impact (SDI) Summit: Benioff will participate in a panel discussion entitled, "The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Technology-Driven, Human-Centred" at the WEF SDI Summit. The session will begin at approximately 4:45 pm EDT. A live webcast of the event will be available at: http://webcasts.weforum.org/widget/1/sdi2017?id=a0Wb0000009D2yKEAS&p=1&pi=1.

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