2nd conference · Past edition
Architect Dreamin' Americas 2026
January 21–22, 2026 · SkySong, The ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center · Scottsdale, Arizona

What happened
Architect Dreamin' Americas 2026 in short
Our second conference in the Americas. More than 20 architect-led sessions across five tracks, a full-day CTA prep track, a live CTA mock review board and a community dinner. Held together with Cactusforce, which started the afternoon of the second day.
Sessions
The 2026 sessions
Workshop · 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Architecting Your AI Launch Plan
Janeen Marquardt
Workshop · 9:30 AM–10:50 AMEvaluating People First AI with private AI Pipelines and Open Source LLMs
Jon Cline
Workshop · 9:30 AM–10:50 AMFrom Messy to Meaningful: How Architects Design Diagrams That Actually Drive Decisions
Blake Ferguson
Workshop · 9:30 AM–4:20 PMFull Day CTA Prep Track
Steve Simpson
Workshop · 9:30 AM–10:50 AMSolving for Intent: Architects Are Not Order Takers
Louise Lockie, Walter Spinrad
Workshop · 11:00 AM–12:20 PMArchitecting high-performance Salesforce-native platforms for controlled public data access
Mikel Lindsaar
Photos
Scenes from 2026
















