This series will discuss trending subject areas in data and AI management in 2025.
I had the honor of facilitating a workshop at Enterprise Data World 2025. As a token of appreciation, I would like to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of the Dataversity team and extend special thanks to Tony Shaw for orchestrating this esteemed in-person event.
Attending conferences like EDW offers numerous benefits—from staying abreast of the latest developments in the global data management field to exchanging practical insights and engaging directly with seasoned professionals in the community.
In this series of articles, I’ll share my impressions and key insights gathered during the Enterprise Data World 2025 conference and the key trending topics. This series offers a general summary and does not focus on any specific presentation from the conference.
Figure 1 highlights the main trending subject areas that will be explored throughout this series, including AI and data governance, data architecture and modeling, data quality (DQ and MDM), along with several additional topics.

Figure 1: Trending subject areas in data & AI management
This series of articles will include several parts, each corresponding to the DM&AI trending subject areas.
Key Trends in Data & AI Management: Toward Aligned Capabilities
This article discusses the alignment of data and AI practices. This is the third article in a series where I share my impressions and key insights gathered during the #DGIQ and #EDW2025 conference, as well [...]
Key Trends in Data & AI Management: Data Governance
This article discusses data governance trending topics in 2025. This is the second article in a series where I share my impressions and key insights gathered during the #DGIQ and #EDW2025 conference, as well as [...]
Key Trends in Data & AI Management 2025: AI Governance
In Part 1 of the series, I will focus on trending topics in AI management: AI governance Unlocking the value of GenAI Managing AI risks Combating AI poisoning AI and Human collaboration AI Governance: Proposed [...]