In-person Salesforce conferences are back in 2022, and we’re getting ready for TrailblazerDX (formerly TrailheaDX) — which is the big event for anyone who builds on the Salesforce platform using developer or declarative solutions.
TrailblazerDX is taking place April 27-28, 2022, in San Francisco as well as virtually through Salesforce+ live streams and on demand after the event ends.
TrailheadDX rebrand to TrailblazerDX
Salesforce often rebrands things. Onward and upward, right?
TrailblazerDX is the conference formerly known as TrailheaDX.
In the past, this was known as the Salesforce conference event for developers and solution architects. But things have changed.
The conference now casts a wider net with content for anyone interested in the nuts and bolts of the Salesforce platform. That can include Salesforce admins and general users, consultants, and analysts in addition to developers and architects.
If you’re a marketer or support a marketing team from any one of those roles and nerd out about the backend of Salesforce, then there’s a good chance you’ll want to catch a few TrailblazerDX sessions this year.
Marketing-focused TrailblazerDX sessions
We’re always on the lookout for sessions our fellow marketers should catch.
You’ll want to attend these sessions if you’re attending TrailblazerDX in real life this year. Or, check out the full schedule of sessions you can watch virtually on Salesforce+.
Build Marketing Integrations with Account Engagement V5 API
Okay, okay. We’re especially excited for this session, not just because Sercante VP of Technology Adam Erstelle is part of it, but because the Marketing Cloud Account Engagement V5 API is a game changer for anyone who builds on the platform. (Did we mention Sercante is a MC Account Engagement PDO?)
Adam is teaming up with Christopher Cornett and Adil Delawalla, both from Salesforce, to present the fifth version of the Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (Pardot) API.
Marketers are using an average of 12 separate tools in their tech stacks to power their marketing strategies. This new Account Engagement API further opens the door to integrate martech products with MC Account Engagement (Pardot).
Session description
Account Engagement (formerly Pardot) has a new API built from the ground up with ease of integration in mind. Build marketing assets, manage metadata, and create custom activities easier than ever.
In-Person | Thursday, Apr 28 | 12:00 PM – 12:40 PM PDT
Build Connected Commerce and Marketing with Flexibility and Ease
Catch Guilda Hilaire along with several teammates from Salesforce and Timber Fontijn, Solution Architect for Shoeby, to learn how they build connected e-commerce experiences from the ground up.
Session description
Develop connected digital experiences that attract and convert customers — and keep them coming back. Discover new tools purpose-built for developers, designed to make your work fun and easy.
In-Person and Virtual | Thursday, Apr 28 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Analytics with Salesforce CDP and Tableau
Salesforce Senior Product Manager Mark Rabins understands the challenges marketers face when working with organizational data that isn’t clean and mapped properly in Salesforce CDP. He’ll walk you through a solution to ease that burden.
Session description
Salesforce Customer Data Platform stores a lot of data from across your enterprise. As a result, users can now build visualizations and cleanse their data for analytics.
In-Person | Wednesday, Apr 27 | 12:30 PM – 1:10 PM PDT
Architect with Intention: Ethical Risk Assessments
User experience design is a new frontier we’re all navigating through trial and error. Leah Koshiyama and Rick Munoz are joining forces to walk us through lessons they’ve learned while incorporating ethical and inclusive elements in Salesforce products. It’s a must-see session for product marketing professionals.
They’ll show you how designing inclusive and ethical user experiences is a collaborative process that touches all areas of the product development lifecycle. And you’ll learn why that’s what makes it so exciting for organizations to adopt.
Bonus: You can catch a preview here.
I wish more people appreciated that inherent in design is the essential value of considering everyone’s experience. Inclusive, accessible design makes experiences better for everyone!
– Rick Munoz, UI/UX Principal, Salesforce
Session Description
Learn to identify ethical risk areas in the product design and development process (tasks, interactions, hand-offs), and what can be done to mitigate risks to build more ethically and inclusively.
In-Person | Wednesday, Apr 27 | 2:30 PM – 3:10 PM PDT
Complex Messaging and Journeys with CDP and Marketing Cloud
Parimi Srinivas and Dawn Ratcliff from the Salesforce product management team are going to walk us through an advanced solution to achieve complex messaging goals through the integration of Salesforce CDP and Marketing Cloud.
Session description
Enable marketers to maintain brand and GEO boundaries while integrating Salesforce CDP and Messaging and Journeys.
In-Person | Wednesday, Apr 27 | 1:30 PM – 1:50 PM PDT
Salesforce on Salesforce: Our Slack for Sales Journey
Recently, Salesforce released a game-changer solution that integrates Sales Cloud with Slack. In this session, Lissa Smith and Jenny Tran walk you through the ‘why’ behind the solution so you can get excited about it.
Session description
Learn about our Slack for Sales journey at Salesforce: how we rolled out the new Sales Cloud for Slack app, key sales use cases, our low-code solutions, successes, challenges, and what’s next.
In-Person | Wednesday, Apr 27 | 2:30 PM – 3:10 PM PDT
TrailblazerDX 2022 Musical Guest: Weezer
Did we mention Weezer is the TDX musical guest this year?
Those of us who aren’t attending IRL are fighting the FOMO in hopes that their performance will be broadcast live on Salesforce+.
Image: Salesforce
See you at TDX 2022!
So, TrailheaDX was known as the developer conference, but TrailblazerDX opens the doors for everyone on the Salesforce platform to learn how it works.
And while marketers don’t always get the attention they deserve, we see lots of exciting things on the horizon for our pals. It’s especially evident at this year’s TrailblazerDX conference.
If you’re lucky enough to catch TrailblazerDX in person this year, remember to attend the Build Marketing Integrations with Account Engagement V5 API session. You’ll learn more about building custom integrations with Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (Pardot), and you can say “hi” to our favorite MCAE API experts.
Have a favorite memory from TrailblazerDX? Tell us about it in the comments.
