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DataConnect 2026 Oct 29–30 Columbus, OH

Trust starts with control. Your data, your infrastructure, your rules.

This year's DataConnect asks how teams get from data quality to decision confidence. We think it starts with knowing exactly who, and what, can touch your data. Metabase runs on your own network, queries data where it lives, and gives every person, agent, and model only the access you've granted. Here's where to find us.

Live session · In person

Attend Cynthia's talk

"What I've Learned on Both Sides of the Deck": how to present data to leadership without losing the room.

Fri, Oct 30 · 3:05 PM · NorthPointe (2)

See what she'll cover

Video call · On Zoom

Free 1:1 consult

Get advice from a Metabase Product Advocate on permissions, self-hosting, and AI governance for your own setup. No sales pitch.

30 minutes, at a time that suits you

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Self-serve · On demand

Explore the AI readiness hub

Find out if your data is ready for AI with a quiz, a framework, demo videos, and Claude Code skills.

Start with the 2-minute quiz, anytime

Start learning

Live session · In person · Fri, Oct 30

Leadership doesn't want the walkthrough. They want the point.

Trustworthy data doesn't help anyone if the room has stopped listening by slide 4. Cynthia has been the presenter over-explaining the chart and the exec hunting for the takeaway. She'll share what she learned from both seats.

What I've Learned on Both Sides of the Deck: Communicating Data to Leadership

  • Fri, Oct 30
  • 3:05–3:50 PM ET
  • NorthPointe (2)
  1. Start with the end, not the beginning Lead with the answer, then earn the right to show your work.
  2. Create visualizations that don't make the viewer think If a chart needs a walkthrough, it isn't done yet.
  3. Ruthlessly edit The appendix is your friend. Cut until only the point is left.

She'll show real before-and-after examples, so you can fix your next deck or dashboard on Monday morning.

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Free 1:1 consult · On Zoom

Get a second opinion on your data setup

Our Product Advocates spend their days inside real data stacks, including ones that have to get past a security review before anyone sees a chart. Bring the problem you'd actually like solved. No slides, no sales pitch.

  • Plan a self-hosted or air-gapped deployment that keeps data on your network
  • Map permissions, SSO groups, and row- and column-level security to how your org actually works
  • Roll out AI analytics with your own model, token limits, and an audit trail of every query
  • Get ready for the HIPAA, SOC 2, or internal security review that gates your rollout

30 minutes, free, over Zoom.

Self-serve · On demand · AI readiness hub

Would you trust AI to answer questions from your data?

Most data teams are experimenting with AI. Very few trust it enough to roll it out, and every prompt sent to a hosted model is data leaving your hands. The AI readiness hub shows where your team stands and what to put in place first: definitions, governance, infrastructure, and people.

74% of data teams we surveyed during AI Analytics Week are building with AI. Only 2% are scaling it.

Where does your team land?

Quiz · 2 min

Self-evaluation quiz

Five questions. See where your team falls between "curious" and "scaling".

Take the quiz → Whitepaper

Verified: a framework for trustworthy AI analytics

What has to be true about your data, governance, infrastructure, and people before AI answers can be trusted.

Read the framework → 3 on-demand demos

See it in practice

Watch AI answers you can trace back to the definitions, AI that runs on your own infrastructure, and dashboards built as code.

Watch the demos → Claude Code skills

Run the checks yourself

Run the same readiness and governance checks on your own Metabase with Claude Code.

Add the skills →

Visit the AI readiness hub

See you in Columbus

Can't make it to Columbus this year? You can still book a call with a Product Advocate or take the AI readiness quiz from wherever you are.

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