The Farmington Hills Salesforce Developer User Group hosted a session on September 30, 2017, featuring speakers Jitendra Zaa and Amit Chaudhary, focusing on new features in Winter '18 for developers. Key topics included enhancements in Lightning components, improved debug log capabilities, and the introduction of flows as object actions within the app builder. Resources for further learning and the community's social media channels were also shared during the event.