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      This year's conference theme is Insight-Driven Supply Chains: Navigate With Clarity. Act With Precision. As visibility expands, AI turns complexity into insight - helping leaders anticipate shifts, align partners, and act with precision. Explore our tracks all developed with this theme in mind.

      Track A: Leadership and Influence

      CSCOs must build influence, lead through transformation, and cultivate adaptive, innovative cultures. Discover actionable strategies to elevate supply chain’s role, empower teams, strengthen executive and cross-functional relationships, and lead resilience, growth and AI transformation for lasting impact.

      Track B: Strategy

      Supply chain leaders face geopolitical disruption, rapid AI advances, resource constraints, sovereignty requirements, and diverging regulations. Explore frameworks to align strategy with enterprise goals, partner needs and external realities, enabling proactive responses to emerging risks and opportunities.

      Track C: Technology, AI and Innovation

      Turn AI ambition into measurable supply chain value. Identify high-impact opportunities, select and integrate right-fit solutions, and manage implementation risks. Explore AI governance, operating model redesign, and workforce literacy to improve service, productivity, growth and resilience.
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      Many conference sessions were presented each day at Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2026. While we work to develop this year’s agenda, filter to see sessions that align with your role and interests.

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      Monday, May 04, 2026

      11:30 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

      Roundtable: How to Build Readiness for Successful Inventory Stock Modeling
      Paul Lord, VP Analyst, Gartner
      Many organizations struggle to achieve inventory reduction goals because they aren’t fully prepared for the changes required in inventory modelling. This session will prompt discussion around a key question: What practical steps can supply chain planning leaders take to close readiness gaps and enable sustainable inventory improvement through effective inventory modeling? ... Show More Show Less

      03:00 PM - 03:45 PM EDT

      CSCO Circle Roundtable: Leading Supply Chain Into the Autonomous Business Era
      Lindsay Azim, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
      Alan O'Keeffe, VP Analyst, Gartner
      Join this session to explore key themes from the 2026 Supply Chain Symposium and Xpo’s opening keynote on how CSCOs can embrace their pivotal role in shaping the autonomous supply chain of the future — by defining the partnership between humans and machines, reimagining workflows and physical assets, and bringing ecosystem partners along on the journey. ... Show More Show Less

      03:00 PM - 03:45 PM EDT

      Roundtable: Reviving Silent S&OPs: Recode Your Meetings Into Dynamic Decision Hubs
      Cristina Carvallo, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
      Today’s S&OPs drown leaders in data yet starve them of decisions, leaving nonsupply chain peers bored, defensive and disengaged. In this session, supply chain leaders will get peer insights to renew their process design. Learn how to streamline reports into decision triggers, rethink escalation criteria, and recode the meeting culture so every executive contributes, commits and drives next-gen supply chain agility. ... Show More Show Less

      05:00 PM - 05:45 PM EDT

      CSCO Circle Roundtable: Driving C-Suite Value by Delivering Frictionless Performance
      Claudia Clemens, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
      Lynn Wiggins, VP, Team Manager, Gartner
      Working effectively across the C-suite to advance enterprise-wide goals is one of the strongest predictors of CSCO success. This lightly facilitated roundtable brings leaders together to share practical strategies, challenges, and wins—offering a candid, peer-driven look at how CSCOs are paving the way for enterprise growth. ... Show More Show Less

      05:00 PM - 05:45 PM EDT

      Roundtable: Building COE Credibility Is a Marketing Exercise
      Alan O'Keeffe, VP Analyst, Gartner
      COEs are under constant scrutiny to show the value they bring to the organization. Leaders want results, while operations are unwilling to support initiatives, and nobody seems to see the progress made. For this lightly facilitated discussion, come prepared to share challenges and solutions for building COE credibility, communicating outcomes with stakeholder segments and changing perceptions. ... Show More Show Less

      05:00 PM - 05:45 PM EDT

      Roundtable: Gain Competitive Advantage Through Manufacturing Make-Versus-Buy Decisions
      Simon Jacobson, VP Analyst, Gartner
      CSCOs often discount the strategic power of manufacturing make-versus-buy decisions. To achieve a competitive advantage, CSCOs must elevate these decisions beyond mere tactics. CSCOs should use this discussion to align make-versus-buy decisions with core enterprise goals. ... Show More Show Less

      05:00 PM - 05:45 PM EDT

      Roundtable: Three Practical Aspects of AI and Advanced Technologies in LATAM (Multigroup) (Spanish)
      Alejandro Santalo, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
      Edgar Ortiz, Executive Partner, Domains, Gartner
      In this session we will look into these three aspects of AI in LATAM market: demonstrating value realization from AI and advanced technologies, reengineering end‑to‑end processes and reshaping the workforce for human-AI collaboration. (This session will be delivered in Spanish.) ... Show More Show Less
      Tuesday, May 05, 2026

      10:30 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

      CSCO Circle Roundtable: Supply Chain Resilience Made Real
      Wade Mcdaniel, VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner
      Resilience can mean many different things in practical application and varies by industry segment. During this lightly facilitated discussion, we'll find common ground and exchange best practices to help shape a future-ready supply chain. ... Show More Show Less

      02:00 PM - 02:45 PM EDT

      Roundtable: Evolving Robotics Expectations and Value From Warehouse to Factory
      Thomas O'Connor, Practice Vice President, Gartner
      Join your peers for a roundtable discussion on how the expectations and value of robotics is evolving; from warehousing to manufacturing and more. Come to the session ready to share your story about how C-suite expectations of robotics are evolving, what’s working in your robotics efforts and the key challenges you're facing as well as hear insights from others on robotics across the supply chain. ... Show More Show Less

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