revAlation 2025: Innovation for the AI Era

This year, revAlation 2025 isn’t just a premier user conference—it’s Alation’s bold statement on how the enterprise data intelligence landscape is being redefined by AI and agentic workflows. 

Fresh off the game-changing acquisition of Numbers Station AI, Alation is equipping its platform with AI agents that deeply understand structured data, interpret business context, and power automated, intelligent workflows—all underpinned by trusted metadata and governance. The latest Chat with Your Data capability transforms data analysis into a natural dialogue that’s both governed and trustworthy. This metadata-aware conversational interface boosts answer accuracy by up to 30% over standard LLMs.

In short, Alation is evolving to give you an edge in the era of enterprise AI. What began as the leading data catalog is now becoming a conversational, AI-native platform—built to help you and your team work smarter with data. Whether you’re a non-technical user seeking quick answers, a business leader driving strategy, or a domain expert solving complex challenges, Alation empowers you to collaborate seamlessly with AI. 

And at revAlation 2025, you’ll get the insights and advice you need to harness this transformation and put AI to work impactfully in your enterprise.

Workshops and breakout sessions

At revAlation 2025, breakout sessions are where the real transformation happens—speaker‑led, deeply practical, and tailored to help you drive immediate AI-powered impact.

The Data Product Advantage: Featured workshop

The “Data Product Advantage: Cultivating a Business‑Centric Approach with Alation” workshop guides you through designing and launching data products that are both human-friendly and AI-ready. You’ll learn to frame data as a strategic product—discoverable, governed, and designed to deliver business value. It’s a deep dive into building with purpose, not just creating. This session only seats 50 people and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Breakouts that propel your enterprise forward

1:15 PM – Bringing the Power of AI to DQ: A Hands‑On Look at Alation Data Quality

Witness how Alation’s new AI agents streamline data quality by identifying critical data, auto-suggesting checks, and pushing real-time alerts via Slack or Teams. It’s a fast track to proactive quality management with way less grunt work.

→ Learn more about the Data Quality Agent.

1:50 PM – Curate with Confidence: Build Data Management Workflows Using Alation

See how you can orchestrate data curation and stewardship workflows—automating review cycles and reinforcing governance. You’ll walk away with a blueprint for process speed and organizational alignment.

→ Explore Workflow Automation.

2:55 PM – Build Valuable Data Products Faster with Alation’s Marketplace and Right Start Guide

Explore the Data Products Marketplace and get introduced to the Right Start package—a toolkit for identifying and launching high-value data products that serve both people and AI.

—> See how it works.

3:30 PM – The Future of AI Agents: What’s New with Alation + Numbers Station Get sneak peeks into the cutting edge: discover how our new integration with Numbers Station AI enhances Alation’s capabilities—making your workflows smarter, faster, and more intuitive than ever.

→ Learn more about the acquisition.

Why attend these sessions?

Each session is built with one goal: empower you—your role, your team, your organization—to apply what you learn immediately. Expect to:

• Take home hands-on skills to operationalize AI in data quality, management, and productization.

• Learn workflows and tools that integrate seamlessly into business and tech environments.

• Build data products and governance processes that stick—deployed, adopted, and delivering value fast.

Data Radicals Awards: Celebrating real data & AI leaders

One of the most anticipated moments at revAlation is the Data Radicals Awards, a lively ceremony that honors trailblazers who are redefining what it means to build a data-first culture. 

In 2023, five organizations were recognized; winners included Sainsbury’s, where metadata lead Jade Jones showcased how data can transform customer experiences; the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where Beth Senay and Shakeeb Akhter used Alation’s Data Culture Maturity Model to advance literacy and collaboration; and Aware Super, recognized for embedding data culture across its financial operations. 

Vattenfall’s Sebastian Kaus was celebrated for inspiring adoption of governance through creative rewards and recognition programs, while GKN Aerospace’s Rasmus Arvidson stood out for aligning governance strategy from both the top down and bottom up.

These stories highlight how organizations are operationalizing trust, culture, and AI-ready governance—and at revAlation 2025, you’ll see new examples of this leadership in action. Even better, you can play a role: nominate the data leaders you believe deserve recognition, and join us in Chicago for a fun and inspiring celebration of those shaping the future of enterprise AI.

Why attend revAlation 2025?

Attending revAlation isn’t just about sitting in on sessions—it’s about walking away with the tools, insights, and inspiration to transform how your organization approaches data and AI. Whether you’re a business leader, data practitioner, or change agent, the conference is designed to help you accelerate outcomes and strengthen your data culture.

• Strategic leadership insights: Hear from Alation’s CEO Satyen Sangani on how AI agents and metadata foundations are future-proofing enterprise data workflows.

• Practical playbooks: Walk away with frameworks to design AI-friendly data products—and support them with discoverability, quality, and governance.

• AI in action: Explore “Chat with Your Data,” where metadata empowers accurate, conversational data retrieval and fosters user trust.

• Inspirational peers: Learn from past award winners who turned strategy into success—and network with practitioners building tomorrow’s data culture.

The ultimate takeaway? You’ll leave revAlation 2025 not just inspired, but equipped with tangible strategies, tested frameworks, and a community of peers who are reshaping how enterprises use AI with confidence. It’s a one-day investment with lasting impact on your organization’s data journey.

RevAlation 2025—Building trusted AI for enterprise

As Alation continues its transformation—from pioneering the modern data catalog to powering agentic, AI-assisted data intelligence platforms—revAlation 2025 becomes a pivotal showcase. This is where enterprise teams learn how to build AI-ready data products, deploy conversational metadata tools, and adopt AI agents that act with precision and governance.

If you want to lead your organization’s enterprise AI journey with confidence, efficiency, and trust, this is the place to be.

Join us at revAlation 2025 in Chicago—and discover how to harness the future of AI-powered data intelligence, today.