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, 09 November, 2026

12:15 PM - 12:35 PM CET

Magic Quadrant for Customer Data Platforms
Benjamin Bloom, VP Analyst, Gartner
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for CDPs highlights their evolution into "Agentic Customer Context Engines." This session explores the strategic choice between platformization and agentification — integrated suites vs. warehouse-native agility. Learn how vendors are adopting zero-copy architectures and autonomous AI to cut integration debt and discover the governance and interoperability essentials needed to anchor your 3-5-year enterprise AI roadmap. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 12:35 PM CET

Magic Quadrant for Integration Platform as a Service
Andrew Humphreys, VP Analyst, Gartner
Integration platform as a service is a cloud-based integration technology used to connect on-premises, cloud-based, and mobile applications and data. In this session, we will discuss how the provider landscape is evolving and how you can determine the best type of iPaaS for your needs. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM CET

Top Strategic Trends in Software Engineering for 2026 HY2
Joachim Herschmann, 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

01:10 PM - 01:30 PM CET

Axonius: AI — The Next Frontier Rooted in Fundamentals
Leslie Forbes, SALES ENGINEER, Axonius
AI won't save a security program built on untrusted data. First, you need to know what you have. This session makes the case for getting back to basics: how accurate asset intelligence becomes the foundation for cutting through noise, managing exposures, and making decisions you can defend. Get the fundamentals right, and everything else - including AI - becomes easier to adopt with confidence. ... Show More Show Less

01:35 PM - 01:55 PM CET

Dynatrace: Scaling AI From Hype to High Performance
AI adoption is accelerating, and leaders are focused on production-ready outcomes and ROI. Success requires visibility into AI performance and behavior, control over actions and permissions, and confidence that costs stay manageable as usage grows. This session explores how modern observability delivers the visibility and control needed across LLMs and autonomous systems, helping you scale AI with confidence. ... Show More Show Less

01:35 PM - 01:55 PM CET

Qlik: Beyond the Guess — Grounding Agentic AI in Real Reasoning
Adam Mayer, Director, Technical Product Marketing, Qlik
Agentic AI amplifies whatever data it's given—including bad data, at scale. A semantic layer defines what data means, but without deterministic calculation, agents are left to guess. An in-memory engine combining semantic context with governed calculations gives agents trusted, auditable answers while cutting compute costs. We'll compare AI outputs with and without this foundation on a real question—and show how it impacts business decisions.​ ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM CET

Boomi: How to be Ready for AI, A CIO Conversation at 75,000+ User Scale
Ann Maya, Head of Strategic Projects, Boomi
tony stephens, Director of Digital, University of Manchester
Every CIO is asked when AI will deliver, but few understand what foundation has to be put in place first. University of Manchester manages 2,000+ enterprise systems, and is mandated to support 100,000 users by 2035 via AI expansion and legacy platform modernization. Drawing on real-world lessons from UoM, discover what to modernize first and how to build the connectivity and data foundation that makes scaling AI possible. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM CET

Nutanix: One platform for AI, Application and Data Anywhere.
Manosiz Bhattacharyya, Chief Technology Officer, Nutanix
Enterprise IT is at a tipping point. Legacy systems now sit alongside cloud-native apps, while agentic AI adds new demands on infrastructure, cost, security, and governance. This talk explores how a unified cloud operating model can simplify operations across private cloud, edge, and hyperscalers - standardizing control, automating lifecycle management, and enabling AI innovation without sacrificing resilience or predictability. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM CET

Roundtable: Measuring Enterprise AI Readiness — A Peer Discussion moderated by DevRev
Ahmed Bashir, Chief Technology Officer, DevRev
The first open standard for measuring enterprise AI agent performance is here—evaluating precision, efficiency, and safety at graduated levels of autonomy. In this peer discussion, share how your org evaluates AI readiness, explore what "enterprise-ready" really means, and examine how an open, reproducible framework brings consistency to evaluation. Bring your challenges, leave with actionable criteria for assessing AI agents in production. ... Show More Show Less

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