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. We’ve scoped out the schedule, and below are the sessions we recommend!

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. This session is happening June 3rd from 2-2:20pm in the DevOps and Data Observability Theater.

Driving AI-Readiness with Trusted Data: Insights from Financial Services Leaders, where Cara Dailey, Chief Data Officer at T. Rowe Price, Durgesh Das, VP Data, Analytics, and Governance at ICE, Lee Davidson, Former CDAO, Morningstar, and Barr Moses, CEO & Co-founder, Monte Carlo will share insights on navigating the opportunities and challenges of becoming AI-ready with data + AI observability. They’ll discuss how they modernize data strategies, tackle governance and compliance, and leverage Snowflake’s capabilities to unlock AI-driven insights. Gain practical approaches to data democratization, risk management, and accelerating AI adoption in the highly regulated world of financial services. This session is happening June 2nd from 1-1:45pm in the DevOps and Data Observability Theater.

Roche’s Journey with Snowflake: The Successes, Challenges and Lessons Learned, where you’ll learn how Roche is tackling the pharmaceutical industry’s challenge of diminishing R&D returns by adopting a data mesh operating model. Discover how cross-domain collaboration, a reuse mindset and Snowflake-powered self-serve data infrastructure are driving a data-driven future in big pharma, with a focus on delivering value to patients. This session is happening June 4th from 11-11:20am in the Platform Migrations theater.

Accelerating Agentic AI with Data + AI Observability, where Barr Moses will explore how companies can accelerate AI readiness through data + AI observability. Learn why reliable, high-quality data is the foundation for effective AI initiatives—and how first-party data is your greatest competitive moat in the AI race. Barr will share strategies for ensuring data reliability, minimizing risk, and scaling AI projects with confidence, drawing on real-world examples from leading data-driven organizations. This session is happening on June 2nd from 3-3:20pm in the DevOps & Data Observability Theater.

From Rebuild to Reliability: DIRECTV’s Data Mesh & AI Observability Journey, where Usman Quddoos, VP & CDO at DirecTV will share how his team implemented a data mesh and rearchitected their data landscape from the ground up to establish a single source of truth to drive measurable business impact, while reducing their footprint and optimizing their costs. To ensure this new system delivered trusted, reliable data at scale, they turned to data + AI observability with Monte Carlo to drive data quality, increase stakeholder confidence, and lay the foundation for AI innovation. This session is happening on June 3rd from 11:30-11:30am.

Stay tuned for more can’t-miss sessions!

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 be sure to check out the can’t miss happy hours and events below.

Need a place to fuel up? Join us at the Caf(AI)! We’ll be serving up speciality drinks (coffee and matcha in the morning and cocktails in the afternoon!) for free all day long. Stop by Pocket Park in the Metreon on the corner of 4th & Howard on your way in and out of the event on June 3rd and 4th, from 7am-7pm daily.

The AI After Dark Happy Hour, happening June 3rd at 8pm, where you can keep the energy going and cap off your night in style — just steps away from Moscone West, at the stunning City View at The Metreon. We’re ditching the decks and demos for DJ sets, craft cocktails, dancing, city views, and more! RSVP now to secure your spot.

Plus, don’t forget to join us at Hightouch’s Data Bytes & Tokyo Nights After Party on June 4th at 9pm for an elevated celebration blending bold Japanese-Peruvian cuisine, bespoke cocktails and mocktails, sweeping rooftop terrace views, and live DJ sets, and the Retail & CPG Executive Dinner with Hakkoda, Monte Carlo, and Sigma on June 2nd at 6:30pm.

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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