The VMworld Content Catalog is now live for the US event, there are a total of 609 sessions this year which is broken down into the following type of sessions:
- 379 – Breakout sessions
- 70 – Hands-on labs (self-paced)
- 33 – Hands-on labs (expert-led)
- 38 – Panel discussions
- 5 – Spotlight sessions
- 20 – Solutions Exchange Theater sessions
- 24 – Quick Talks
- 10 – PEX Boot Camp sessions
- 2 – PEX Workshops
- 29 – PEX Breakout sessions
Any session that has SPO in the session ID means it is a sponsor session, a quick search shows that out of the 379 Breakout sessions, 47 of them are sponsor sessions. A search on “, VMware” and sorting through the results returns the following session breakdown (math may not be completely perfect):
- 255 sessions with exclusive VMware speakers
- 40 sessions with at least one VMware speaker (other is a customer/partner)
- 47 sessions that are sponsor sessions (paid)
- 37 sessions left over (non VMware or sponsor)
Note that while you can see all the sessions available right now, the Schedule Builder will not be live until July 19th.