Speaker Bio
Arj Bagga is a Vice President, Team Manager in Gartner's Business & Technology Insights team, working with clients across the areas of Human Capital, People Strategy, Change Management, Organization Design and Performance Management. Arj has developed a well-rounded, in-depth knowledge of progressive workforce strategies and trends through partnering with diverse organizations across the energy and utilities, retail, financial services, FMCG and government, and not-for-profits sectors among others. When working with clients to unlock the full power and potential of their workforce, his most rewarding experiences come from designing leading people and workforce solutions that tangibly drive business outcomes such as customer satisfaction, employee engagement and commercial performance. Moving forward, he continues to be excited at the prospect of leveraging cutting-edge people, process and systems ideas that help prepare businesses for transformational shifts related to the future of work.
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Sessions
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.
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Monday, October 26, 2026
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDT
CHRO Circle Ask the Analyst: Questions for the Opening Keynote Team
CV Viverito,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Arj Bagga,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Join the Gartner Opening Keynote team right after the Keynote to discuss the topic further, as well as have a chance to ask questions and get answers to your top takeaways.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2026
05:00 PM - 05:45 PM EDT
Roundtable: Addressing Workforce Disruptions
Arj Bagga,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Join peers to discuss how organizations are responding to ongoing workforce disruptions, including practical approaches to managing change, mitigating risk and supporting employees through uncertainty.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2026
04:30 PM - 05:00 PM EDT
How to Plan Your Workforce When the Future Is Unknown
Arj Bagga,
VP Analyst, Gartner
AI is changing the core premise of workforce planning and generating job chaos faster than IT or HR can model. Organizations that cling to job‑based planning will fall behind. Gartner's analysis of over 300 capabilities and 20 core IT roles shows a pattern: the future is not predictable, but it is plannable. This session will cover how to build a workforce with core capabilities that can adapt and grow with each wave of AI by separating enduring and transient capabilities, defining job archetypes (not jobs) and building versatile capability portfolios.
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