Everything You Need to Know for Snowflake Summit 2025

Can you believe it? Snowflake Summit 2025 is already almost here. It feels like just yesterday we were in Moscone Center hanging out with the Snowflake Bear and ushering in the era of enterprise AI. 

Snowflake Summit 2025, happening June 2-5, 2025 in San Francisco, is poised to be even bigger, better, and more innovative than the last. This year’s theme? Building the future of AI and apps.

This year, attendees from across the data and AI ecosystem will converge in California to discover what data, AI, and application collaboration can do for their organizations. From driving value with GenAI to the latest innovations in data architecture and flexible programmability, this conference will be a game changer. 

The Monte Carlo team is excited to be at Snowflake Summit 2025! If you’ll be attending as well, it’s always a best practice to get ahead of the game and plan your experience to get the most out of the conference. 

We’ve gathered everything you need to know, including sessions to expect, happy hours to attend, and how to gain the most learnings and connections during the event.

1. Summit Essentials

Date & Location

Snowflake Summit 2025 takes place June 2-5, 2025 in San Francisco, California. The event takes over downtown, with most of the conference taking place in the Moscone Center, located at 747 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103.

Who Attends

Snowflake Summit 2025 caters to every type of data user. Business and technical executives, IT and database administrators, architects, analysts, data engineers, data scientists, software developers, security practitioners, product leaders and DevOps engineers should attend to learn and connect with others.

Key Themes

Snowflake Summit 2025 will dive into many topics surrounding data and AI applications. Just to name a few, you can expect to learn about the following topics:

• AI and Gen AI 
• Machine Learning
• Application Development
• DevOps and Observability
• Data Engineering and Streaming
• Optimizing and Operating Snowflake
• Data Architectures, including Lakehouse, Mesh, Lake and Warehouse
• Platform Migrations
• Governance, Privacy and Security
• Collaboration and Marketplace
• BI and Analytics
• Marketing and Customer 360
• Open Source and Research
• Data for Good (Climate, Diversity, Health and More)

2. Why Snowflake Summit 2025 Matters

If your organization uses Snowflake’s data warehouse currently or your organization is considering a migration from on-prem to the cloud, Snowflake Summit 2025 is an important event to attend. 

Both customers and industry peers will gather to network, collaborate and obtain essential knowledge about Snowflake and emerging trends in data, AI and application development.

Attending will enable your organization to stay competitive, discover emerging technology and trends, solve real business problems, and build valuable connections with peers, analysts, technology providers, data visionaries, and more. 

3. Top Sessions and Speakers to Watch

One of the best parts of Snowflake Summit is the agenda. This year’s opening keynote session will feature Snowflake’s CEO, Sridhar Ramaswamy discussing the impact AI has had across every organization and how the Snowflake AI Data Cloud is helping to accelerate enterprise AI. Then, in a CEO fireside conversation, Sridhar will be joined by OpenAI’s Founder and CEO, Sam Altman, and they will discuss what the future holds in this new AI era.

Throughout all three days, there will be many sessions to attend. One we recommend marking your calendar for? The Golden Ticket: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Generative AI Observability, where Barr Moses, CEO & Co-founder of Monte Carlo and Srikuma Kanthadai, Head of Data, Global Distribution Technology at T. Rowe Price will share why generative AI observability holds the potential to transform enterprise data teams. They’ll deep dive into the architecture, benefits and challenges of T. Rowe Price’s gen AI use cases for data discovery and data supply chain innovation — resulting in 50% increased efficiency. Learn how the key components of gen AI observability, including observability into unstructured data, vector databases, LLMs and the AI data stack accelerate data quality management.

Stay tuned for more can’t-miss sessions as they come out!

4. Visit Us to Learn How to get AI-Ready with Data + AI Observability

If you’re curious to see how data + AI observability can streamline your organization’s digital transformation journey, don’t forget to stop by our booth. We’ll be showcasing how Monte Carlo provides automated, AI-powered incident detection and profiling, domain-oriented alerting with impact analysis, accelerated root cause analysis, and rich insights into data health, operational response, cost optimization, and more.

5. Connect and Collaborate

One of the best parts about attending Snowflake Summit is the networking! Stay tuned for happy hours, dinners, and other exclusive events to meet like-minded data professionals. 

Schedule private meetings with our team at Monte Carlo to learn how data observability best fits your data needs. And stay tuned for the happy hours and post-event afterparties you can’t miss! 

6. Tips for a Successful Snowflake Summit Experience

• Plan Ahead: Review the agenda in advance to prioritize sessions that best align with your goals.
• Stay Flexible: Keep some wiggle room in your schedule to explore unexpected opportunities or hot topics that arise.
• Engage Actively: Ask questions, share experiences, and take advantage of interactive workshops.
• Take Notes: You’ll be exposed to a flood of insights and ideas—capture them so you can refer back later.
• Follow Up: Reach out to new contacts while the event is still fresh. This can lead to future collaboration or shared learnings down the line.

7. See You in San Francisco!

Snowflake Summit is a must-attend event for data practitioners and leaders alike. If you’re attending, be sure to stop by Monte Carlo’s booth to learn more about how data + AI observability can enable your team to build AI-ready pipelines. 

Have questions before the event, or want to schedule a meeting? Contact us here to set something up ahead of time.

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