Architect Dreamin' Americas 2026
Past edition
2026 sessions
What architects worked on together in Scottsdale. Times are local time at the venue.
Wednesday, January 21
9:30 AM – 10:50 AM
Workshop
Architecting Your AI Launch Plan
Janeen Marquardt
WorkshopEvaluating People First AI with private AI Pipelines and Open Source LLMs
Jon Cline
WorkshopFrom Messy to Meaningful: How Architects Design Diagrams That Actually Drive Decisions
Blake Ferguson
WorkshopSolving for Intent: Architects Are Not Order Takers
Louise Lockie, Walter Spinrad
9:30 AM – 4:20 PM
11:00 AM – 12:20 PM
1:30 PM – 2:50 PM
Workshop
Async Under Fire: Architecting a Scalable Solution Before It Breaks... Again
Marlene Guerra-Reeve, Beech Horn
WorkshopDesigning for Resilience: Building Architectures That Don’t Break at Scale
Gaurav Kheterpal
WorkshopDesigning Reliable Agents with Agentforce Script and Builder
Stephan Chandler-Garcia
Thursday, January 22
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
Working session
Designing for Trust: The Art and Architecture of Salesforce Security
Crystal Zhu
Working sessionEnterprise Architecture and Salesforce: Approaching Enterprise Architecture as a Salesforce Architect
Allison Park, Shelly Sousa
Working sessionThe Architect's Role in the Agentic Era
Melissa Hill Dees
Working sessionThe Right Tool for the Job
Susan Thayer
Working sessionUnifying the Un-unifiable: Exploring Custom Unification Strategies in Data Cloud
Allie Vaughan
10:00 AM – 11:20 AM
More sessions
Working session
Architect-to-Architect: A Community Roundtable on Designing What’s Next
Miriam McCabe, David Nava, Lilith Van Biesen, Von Clark McClendon
WorkshopArchitecting Across Many Orgs: Building Connection Without Chaos
Steven Loper
Working sessionGovernance Wargaming: What Do You Do When...
Charly Prinsloo
WorkshopSecure Architecting Quickfire: Patterns, Antipatterns, and Rapid Remediation
Miriam McCabe, David Nava, Lilith Van Biesen, Von Clark McClendon
WorkshopTrusted AI: Architecting Securely for Next-Generation Salesforce Solutions
Miriam McCabe, David Nava, Lilith Van Biesen, Von Clark McClendon