All 2026 Conference Sessions

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2026 conference dives deep into key topics for CIOs and IT leaders around AI, executive leadership, cybersecurity, operating models and more to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Ignite Intelligence

AI is no longer a differentiator — it’s now part of the foundation. CIOs must take the artificial out of intelligence, combining human ingenuity with AI to unlock value, drive agility and navigate disruption. A human-centered approach is key to leading the intelligent enterprise.

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Monday, 16 November, 2026

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM IST

Demystifying the AI Agent Ecosystem: A Strategic Playbook for CIOs
Arun Chandrasekaran, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
AI agents promise to make AI more autonomous and goal oriented. CIOs should join this session as we discuss and understand the benefits, risks, use cases and the evolving technology ecosystem for AI agents to create a robust strategy for agentic AI. ... Show More Show Less

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM IST

Magic Quadrant for Conversational AI Platforms
Arup Roy, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
The conversational AI platform (CAIP) market has undergone significant transformation over the past 2 years with the rapid advancement and adoption of GenAI and the emergence of AI agents. Contemporary CAIPs are increasingly hybrid, integrating GenAI, agentic AI, natural language technologies and multimodal capabilities to meet diverse enterprise needs. This session will cover the market landscape, key products and selection criteria from the latest Magic Quadrant for Conversational AI Platforms. ... Show More Show Less

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM IST

Top Strategic Trends in Software Engineering for 2026 HY2
Manjunath Bhat, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Thriving in times of intense economic and social volatility requires organizations to find new ways to empower their software engineering teams to increase productivity, efficiency and effectiveness. This session will provide Gartner’s latest and best guidance on the actionable trends that software engineering leaders and their teams should be tracking in 2026 and beyond. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM IST

Join the 5%: What Gets Enterprise AI to Production in Weeks
Rohan Vijay, Co-Founder & SVP Product, UnifyApps
Nearly 95% of enterprise AI initiatives stall in pilot — not because of the model, but because intelligence is bolted onto fragmented systems and siloed data. This session shows how to solve the 80% architectural challenge with a Horizontal AI Operating System, horizontally decouple enterprise context, and use modular workflows, apps, and agents to build a sovereign, scalable foundation for enterprise intelligence. ... Show More Show Less

01:50 PM - 02:10 PM IST

Lead AI Transformation with Confidence: The Enterprise Context Layer for Agentic AI
AI is a board-level mandate, yet organizations are caught between moving too slowly and creating disconnected pilots that drive risk, sprawl, and low ROI. This session explores how an open, horizontal enterprise AI platform and shared context layer can turn scattered AI tools into a trusted, scalable capability. See how leading enterprises use Glean to unify context, deploy agents, and drive measurable business outcomes. ... Show More Show Less

02:15 PM - 03:00 PM IST

Ask the Analyst: How Do You Unify, Run, Manage and Govern Agents From Different Platforms?
Anushree Verma, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
By 2028, an average global Fortune 500 enterprise will have over 150,000 agents in use, up from less than 15 in 2025, generating significant agent sprawl, IT complexity and management challenges. Bring your questions to this interactive session, discuss them with peers and a Gartner expert. Questions may include: How to manage AI agents across the enterprise, and prevent it from becoming chaotic & unmanageable? How to unify, run, manage & govern agents to unlock the true transformative potential of agentic AI at scale? ... Show More Show Less

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM IST

Manufacturers: From Promise to Performance - Putting Agentic AI Into Practice
Sudip Pattanayak, VP Analyst, Gartner
Agentic AI holds promise for manufacturing, but turning promise into practice requires more than deploying AI agents. For CIOs, success depends on understanding the current state of agentic AI, separating hype from reality, and building the foundations required to deliver agentic capabilities at scale while driving measurable operational value. ... Show More Show Less

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM IST

Your Newest Workforce Has No Badge: Governing AI Agents Before They Govern You
Srinivas L, Joint MD & Joint CEO, 63SATS-IN-MH
AI agents now hold identities, access and authority inside your enterprise, yet few leaders can say how many they have or what each can touch. Existing controls see fragments, never the full chain from intent to action. This session gives CIOs an operator's playbook to see, scope, stress, stop and steer every agent at runtime, so the business can adopt agentic AI at speed while keeping humans accountable and the enterprise resilient. ... Show More Show Less

03:45 PM - 04:15 PM IST

The New Build vs. Buy Framework for AI in Enterprise Applications
46% of organizations believe that they can replace most of their applications with custom AI. This complicates the traditional perspective on build versus buy. Enterprise application vendors and AI platform vendors are in a race towards the same finish line but are starting from two different points. Join this session to learn the latest practices and recommendations. ... Show More Show Less

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