Timeline
Open Dec 15, 2025
Closed Jan 23, 2026
Key Dates for Speaker Submissions
To ensure a smooth and organized process, please take note of the following key dates for the Call for Speakers.
| Milestone | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Call for Speakers Open | Dec 15, 2025 | The official opening date for speaker submissions. From this date, interested individuals can submit their proposals to speak at the Dreamin’ in Data event. |
| Call for Speakers Close | Jan 23, 2026 | The deadline for submitting speaker proposals. All submissions must be received by this date to be considered for evaluation. |
| Speaker Acceptance and Invitations | By Feb 16 | Notification of acceptance. Selected speakers will receive invitations and be informed of their acceptance status. This allows ample time for speakers to prepare their presentations. |
| Agenda Published | By March 16 | The (near) finalized agenda will be published. This date ensures that all speaker acceptances are processed and any necessary adjustments or substitutions are made. |
Adhering to these deadlines is crucial for the timely selection and preparation of sessions. If speakers cannot confirm acceptance, we will reach out to find alternate speakers within the same session tracks to ensure a rich event experience.
Why Apply to Speak?
- Share Your Expertise: Showcase your knowledge and experience in data management, integration, and analytics.
- Network with Peers: Connect with professionals across Salesforce, MuleSoft, and Tableau communities.
- Influence Your Industry: Shape the future of data practices by sharing innovative solutions and strategies.
- Grow Professionally: Enhance your public speaking skills and gain recognition as an industry leader.
- Drive Change: Help others understand how to apply the right tools to the right problems, ensuring technologies and projects deliver desired business outcomes.
Session Tracks
At Dreamin’ in Data, we emphasize addressing needs first rather than a product-first approach. Sessions should cover how to apply the right tool to the right problem, as well as non-technical aspects of ensuring technologies and projects deliver the desired business outcomes.
| Tracks | Track’s Goal | Sample Topics | |
| Plan & Use | Data + AI Strategy (Primary Audience: Business Leaders and Analysts) | Explore how organizations turn data into actionable strategy and intelligent automation, for a specific industry (e.g., Nonprofit) or business use case (e.g., case deflection). | How to define an AI strategy for a business use case; Data readiness assessment and risk mitigation; Responsible AI adoption frameworks; Use case prioritization and ROI measurement; Customer use case success story and decomposition |
| Enterprise Architecture & Strategy | Perspective and techniques to modernize the enterprise architecture, to take advantage of distributed agentic capabilities, with governance, compliance, resilience in mind, at scale.Explore how to design and govern an agentic enterprise architecture that unifies data, analytics, AI, and automation at scale — ensuring adaptability, governance, and resilience in a data-driven organization. | What is an Agentic Enterprise Architecture; Architecting for trust and adaptability across AI and automation platforms; Designing composable data and AI services; Aligning enterprise architecture with AI governance and ethics; Scaling governance and resilience in distributed systems. | |
| Build | Data Integration Architecture | Architecture and design patterns and best practices for data unification and integration, including Data 360 or data lakes, content and unstructured data management, application integration (batch, streaming, federation), master data management, automation workflows, and agent-to-agent integrations. | Multi-org data unification; Zero-copy data federation patterns;Composable agents (A2A vs MCP); Real-time and event-driven integration with Flow or MuleSoft Fabric |
| Data Analytics and Visualization | Learn about latest tools and techniques for data analysis, discovery, and visualization—whether using Salesforce Reports and Dashboards, Tableau Next or CRM-A, SOQL/SQL, or even Vibe—to deliver meaningful insights and business outcomes. | Data storytelling with evidence and examples; Measuring ROI with metrics and KPIs; Predictive and prescriptive analytics; Modern data visualization and AI-assisted analysis practices. | |
| Manage | Data Management: Quality, Retention, Security | Data operations best practices to assess and ensure data is fit for business purpose | Data reliability and health assessments; Data governance or management frameworks; Data retention and compliance; Data security. |
| Learn | Professional Development | Advance professional skills and leadership. | Upleveling Admin skills for Data Management; Latest Certifications and Trails; Women in Data; Mentorship and community-led innovation. |
| Data Culture | Strengthen how organizations adopt a data-driven mindset through literacy, collaboration, and change management. | Organizational Change Management. Data vs. Business Literacy.Navigating cultural and compliance boundaries |
Evaluation Process for Speaker Submissions
Understanding how your submission will be evaluated is crucial for preparing a successful proposal. Our evaluation process ensures a comprehensive review of each submission, focusing on the quality and relevance of the content.
Topic Balance
We monitor the distribution of topics across various categories to ensure a well-rounded agenda. If certain categories are underrepresented, we actively seek additional submissions from the community to maintain a balanced representation of products and topics.
Category Variety
We aim for diversity within each category. While everyone has a preferred product or area of expertise, we encourage submissions that explore a wide array of options. Our primary focus is on How-To guides and practical solutions rather than introductory product sessions, which are often covered in other community and product-led events.
Anonymous Content Evaluation
To ensure unbiased selection, each submission is reviewed anonymously by the event’s leadership team. The evaluation focuses on:
- Theme: The central idea and its alignment with the event’s mission.
- Relevance: How pertinent the topic is to the current needs and interests of the audience.
- Uniqueness: The distinctiveness of the session and its potential to offer new insights or approaches.
- Audience Interest: Why the topic would engage and benefit the audience.
- Presenter Expertise: The submitter’s knowledge and experience related to the topic, ensuring a good match between the content and its presenter.
Panel Discussions – An Exception
Panel discussions are an exception to the anonymous review process. These sessions are designed to feature domain Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from Salesforce, MuleSoft, and Tableau discussing specific topics. Therefore, panelists are selected based on their expertise and ability to provide comprehensive insights, ensuring high-quality discussions.
Speaker Policy & Guidelines
To ensure a successful and impactful event for our Trailblazer Community, all potential speakers must agree to the following terms and conditions within five business days of receiving their invitation. Compliance with these guidelines is essential for inclusion in the official event agenda.
| Term | Description |
| Presentation Deadline | All confirmed speakers are required to submit their final presentation slide deck no later than two weeks prior to the conference date. Early submission allows us to distribute digital versions of all conference materials to attendees in advance, enhancing the overall experience and engagement during the event. |
| Copyright Release | By accepting the invitation to speak, you agree to the following copyright and reproduction terms: 1. The copyright for original presentation material remains with the speaker. 2. The event organizer is granted the right to record, reproduce, and distribute the presentation in various forms, including but not limited to printed materials, conference websites, and audio/video recordings (both digital and analog). These rights are granted without any royalties or fees payable to the speaker. |
| Recordings | The event organizer may record sessions in whole or in part. These recordings may be made available to attendees post-event or used for promotional purposes. Speakers are required to use a microphone during their presentation to ensure accessibility for all attendees, including those with hearing impairments. |
| No Sales Pitches | Our community events are designed for learning and engagement, not sales. Speakers are expected to provide valuable insights and knowledge without making sales pitches for their own or any third party’s company, products, or services. Exceptions are made for explicitly sponsored presentations. Violation of this policy may result in exclusion from future events. |
| Legal and Financial Approval | By accepting the invitation to speak, you confirm that you have obtained all necessary legal and financial permissions to present your material under these terms. Your presentation must not infringe upon the rights of any third party. If you are awaiting approval, please accept the invitation conditionally and specify any restrictions or pending approval timelines in the provided comments field. |
| Registration Fees and Expenses | Each session is allocated up to two complimentary speaker passes. If a session includes multiple speakers, please designate the recipients of the complimentary pass. Please note that speakers are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses; these costs are not reimbursed by the event organizers. |
| Changes in Employment | By agreeing to these terms, you affirm that your speaking proposal represents your individual views and not necessarily those of your employer or any affiliated organization, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Changes in employment or organizational affiliation after acceptance do not transfer the speaking invitation to the new entity without prior approval noted in the submission process. |
By agreeing to these terms, speakers ensure their readiness and compliance with the event’s requirements, contributing to a well-organized and high-quality event experience for all participants.