# How to attend Tableau Conference 2022  virtually & free

> 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:** 2022-05-10
- **Format:** Video · 14 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Community, Data visualisation
- **Tools:** Tableau
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/how-to-attend-tableau-conference-2022-virtually-free
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q2bnS9O_80

I walk you through how to register for and navigate the free virtual version of Tableau Conference 2022. I cover the registration process, building your schedule across the three time zones, connecting with people via Slack and the community, and a few extras like the photo gallery and sponsors page.

## Key takeaways

- The virtual conference is completely free, but you'll need a Tableau account to register through Tableau.com.
- Watch the American broadcast even from other time zones, as it runs simultaneously with the live event so you don't miss community conversations on Twitter.
- Use the session program (a TV-guide view mapped to your local time zone) or the session library (a searchable, filterable view) to build your schedule, then export it to your calendar from the MyTC page.
- Sessions run across six parallel channels, so check you're joining the right channel for the content you want.
- Brain dates and Tableau Doctor sessions are reserved for in-person attendees only this year and aren't available virtually.

## Chapters

- 0:17 Live stream plans for the keynote
- 1:03 Registering for the conference
- 1:59 Navigating the conference page and time zones
- 3:35 Building your schedule: session program
- 5:52 Using the session library to filter sessions
- 6:46 Viewing and exporting your schedule
- 8:08 Understanding the channels system
- 8:54 Connecting with people via Slack and community
- 10:25 What's missing: brain dates and Tableau Doctors
- 11:30 Photo gallery, sponsors and help pages

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/how-to-attend-tableau-conference-2022-virtually-free

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