--- title: "The top 5 reasons to attend illuminate" page_name: "The Top 5 Reasons to Attend Illuminate" type: "blog" slug: "top-5-reasons-attend-illuminate" published_at: "2017-08-21" modified_at: "2026-02-10" url: "https://www.sumologic.com/blog/top-5-reasons-attend-illuminate" canonical: "https://www.sumologic.com/blog/top-5-reasons-attend-illuminate" markdown_url: "https://www.sumologic.com/blog/top-5-reasons-attend-illuminate.md" lang: "en" excerpt: "Sumo Logic’s Illuminate streamlines continuous data, monitors workloads, and gives you visibility across all systems surfacing the most important insights." --- [ All blogs ](https://www.sumologic.com/blog "blog") # The Top 5 Reasons to Attend Illuminate [Melissa Beck](#blog-author-block-218) August 21, 2017 0 min read ##### Table of contents We” class=”redactor-autoparser-object”>https://www.sumologic.com/blog… are nearly three weeks away from our very first user conference [Illuminate!](https://www.sumologic.com/events/illuminate2017/) The entire team is excited to bring together our customers, partners, practitioners and leaders across IT ops, DevOps and security for hands-on training, certifications, technical sessions and real-world case studies to help attendees get the most out of the Sumo Logic platform. Here’s five reasons you should [register](https://events.tpgnc.com/events/sumo-logic-illuminate-2017/registration-cf39ac0ab8ee440383a8594059df8dd7.aspx) for Illuminate TODAY: 1. **Get Your Certification On** – Get legit bragging rights by becoming your company’s certified expert on Sumo Logic and help your team unleash the power of your data. 2. **Master the New World** – Hear from industry experts like Silicon Valley legend Reid Hoffman on how to navigate today’s Modern App world. 3. **Answer the Unknown** – Have tough questions? Pick our brains and get 1:1 time with Sumo Logic technical experts. 4. **Get Inspired** – Learn from other Sumo users how they are pushing the limits and leveraging their machine data in new and exciting ways. 5. **Snag Your Swag** – Get a taste of SF, network, and party with your peers and Team Sumo. Check out the full conference agenda [here](https://www.sumologic.com/events/illuminate2017/). It will no doubt be two days filled with lots of great content, ideas, opportunities to network with peers and Sumo Logic experts, and of course fun. Bring a colleague, heck bring your whole team, we look forward to seeing you there! Melissa Beck VP, Corporate Marketing Melissa is a strategic communications professional with 20+ years of experience developing and scaling global communications and influencer programs. Currently, she leads global communications for Sumo Logic focusing on corporate thought leadership, customer advocacy, employee communications and social media. In addition, she runs Sumo Logic’s Customer Advisory Board. [](https://www.sumologic.com/feed "RSS Feed")[](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=The%20Top%205%20Reasons%20to%20Attend%20Illuminate&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sumologic.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-5-reasons-attend-illuminate "X")[](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sumologic.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-5-reasons-attend-illuminate "Facebook")[](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sumologic.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-5-reasons-attend-illuminate "Linkedin") [Previous blog GDPR Compliance: 3 Steps to Get Started](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/gdpr-3-steps-to-get-you-started)[Next blog Detecting Insider Threats with Okta and Sumo Logic](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/detecting-insider-threats-okta-sumo-logic) [AI Instructions](https://www.sumologic.com/ai-instructions.md)