All 2026 Conference Sessions

Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo™ 2026 conference dives deep into key topics for CHROs and HR leaders around strategy, AI in HR, talent management, workforce planning and more to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Power New Possibilities: Lead the Transformation of Work.

The AI era is unlocking new possibilities as organizations rethink growth yet often overlook key enablers. In 2026, HR leaders have a pivotal opportunity to lead work transformation and prepare both work and workforce for success. 

Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind.

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Monday, October 26, 2026

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM EDT

Gartner Opening Keynote: Built to Perform ─ Delivering New Combinations of Talent and Technology
CV Viverito, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Arj Bagga, VP Analyst, Gartner
CEOs are reshaping their organizations so the blend of human and AI capability makes performance inevitable. This leaves CHROs with a paradox: they must build a workforce to deliver strategy when the work itself is undefined. Join this session to learn how CHROs and their teams drive faster, clearer work decisions, anticipate future roles and skills, and ready an unsettled workforce to perform in any context. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Ask the Analyst: Adopting AI Native Practices for Multitiered Organizations
Mark O'Neill, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Join this interactive Ask the Analyst session to explore how multitiered organizations can adopt safely AI native practices, including enabling “vibe coding” with guardrails in place and upskilling teams on AI technologies. Bring your questions and get practical, experience-backed guidance on scaling AI effectively. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM EDT

Physical AI Reshapes Robotic Frontier of Human-AI Collaboration
Ranadip Chandra, Director Analyst, Gartner
This session explores how physical AI is advancing the next frontier of robotics, enabling more dynamic, adaptive collaboration between humans and intelligent machines. Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Top Trends Shaping Talent Acquisition for 2027
Jamie Kohn, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Recruiting leaders face tremendous pressure to deliver the scarce talent needed to fuel business transformation. However, economic volatility and AI-driven innovation are creating uncertainty about how to drive recruiting forward. Join this session to learn how top recruiting leaders will address these challenges in 2027 and beyond as an input to your strategic plan. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM EDT

Building Human-AI Collaboration for the Future of Work
Lydia Wu, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI is changing work faster than most organizations can redesign it, and CHROs need clearer ways to divide roles between people and technology. This session gives CHROs and HR leaders a practical human-AI collaboration framework they can use to clarify where people lead, where AI supports and how to build a stronger operating model for the future of work. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM EDT

Emerging Trends Vision 2027: Human-AI Relationships Will Reshape the World
Frank Buytendijk, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Every year, we pick one of the most important emerging trends and explore that deeper. For 2026, there is no doubt: human-AI relationships. AI brings agency to technology; how will that change the way we relate to AI? Should robots have rights and responsibilities? In a connected world, can you even own AI? How do we overcome fear? Within these new relationships, let’s keep it real: AI is not your friend or teammate, but a toolmate. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 04:00 PM EDT

Workshop: Future of Work 2027: Spotting the Emerging Trends That Will Shape Your Talent Strategy
Kaelyn Lowmaster, Director Analyst, Gartner
Gartner’s annual Future of Work trends give CHROs and their teams advance insight into the unexpected or underappreciated risks and opportunities they will face in the year ahead. This workshop will give HR leaders the unique chance to develop their own set of trends alongside Gartner futurists. Join this live workshop to learn about Gartner’s trend development process and leave with a tailored set of trend ideas to help build your 2027 talent strategy. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, October 27, 2026

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM EDT

Employee Technology Through 2030
David Bobo, Director Analyst, Gartner
This session offers guidance for designing a resilient, cost-optimized digital workplace through 2030. Learn how your teams will integrate and manage devices, endpoints and desktops, decide on service procurement, prepare for AI agents and new interfaces. Leave with insights to future-proof employee technologies. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Signature Series: Gartner Futures Lab: The Top Forces Impacting Strategic Planning in 2027
Brent Cassell, VP Analyst, Gartner
The era of "future-proofing" is over as colliding global forces and continuous disruptions dismantle traditional operational playbooks. This session provides CHROs with a survival roadmap to become dynamically "future-fit" and successfully navigate seven critical macrotrends (technological, political, economical, social/cultural, trust/ethics, regulatory/legal and environmental). Learn more about Gartner’s Tapestry framework and how it can help you weave a story about the plausible future. ... Show More Show Less

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“Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo  provided a variety of sessions on many HR topics that allowed myself and my team to divide and conquer providing us with an opportunity to bring several new ideas, philosophies and technologies back to our organization.”

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