def createSessionObject(self, request):
        """Create or update Session object, returning SessionForm/request."""
        # check if user is logged in
        user = endpoints.get_current_user()
        if not user:
            raise endpoints.UnauthorizedException('Authorization required')
        user_id = getUserId(user)

        # get conference object using websafeConferenceKey
        conf = ndb.Key(urlsafe=request.websafeConferenceKey).get()
        if not conf:
            raise endpoints.NotFoundException(
                'No conference found with key: %s' % request.websafeConferenceKey
                )

        # check that user is owner of conference
        if user_id != conf.organizerUserId:
            raise endpoints.ForbiddenException(
                'Only the owner can update the conference.')

        # convert date string to date object
        date_convert = request.date
        if date_convert:
            date_convert = datetime.strptime(date_convert[:10], "%Y-%m-%d").date()
        # saving variables in the request to Session()
        sess = Session()
        sess.name = request.name
        sess.highlights = request.highlights
        sess.speaker = request.speaker
        sess.duration = request.duration
        sess.typeOfSession = request.typeOfSession
        sess.date = date_convert
        #sess.websafeConferenceKey = request.websafeConferenceKey
        #sess.conferenceName = conf.name
        sess.startTime = request.startTime
        sess.endTime = request.endTime

        # getting sessionkey with conference as parent
        c_key = ndb.Key(urlsafe=request.websafeConferenceKey)
        s_id = Session.allocate_ids(size=1, parent=c_key)[0]
        s_key = ndb.Key(Session, s_id, parent=c_key)
        sess.key = s_key
        sess.websafeKey = s_key.urlsafe()
        sess.put()

        # calling cacheFeaturedSpeaker using taskqueue
        taskqueue.add(
            params={
                'speaker': request.speaker,
                'websafeConferenceKey': request.websafeConferenceKey
                },
            url='/tasks/set_featured_speaker'
            )
        return self._copySessionToForm(sess)