All Gartner Data & Analytics 2026 Conference Sessions

The 2026 agenda dives deep into key topics for data, analytics and AI leaders around agentic AI, governance, leadership, data architecture and more to help you address your organizations’s mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Value at AI Velocity: Navigating the Now and Next

The pace of AI innovation is forcing DA leaders and their teams to deliver measurable business value faster than ever before. As AI accelerates change across industries, leaders must deliver immediate impact while preparing for future developments. This year’s conference focuses on overcoming challenges like scaling AI, managing disruption and balancing risk using governance.

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Tuesday, 22 September, 2026

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM IST

Guest Keynote: Human Connection After AI: Why We Must Rethink How Humans Learn, Relate, and Lead
Dr. Ali Walker, Behavioural Scientist, Author & Podcast Host
This keynote responds to what many organisations are feeling: AI is accelerating fast, social anxiety and disconnection are rising, and many of our existing models of leadership, learning, and communication no longer feel fit for purpose. This keynote explores what remains essentially human in an AI-led world. Drawing on brain profiling, connection profiling, and meaning profiling, it looks at how attention, emotion, relationships, and purpose are changing, and why human development now needs to evolve beyond information and skills alone. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM IST

Starburst: The Data Platform Blueprint for AI-Driven Analytics
Akshat Nair, Staff Solution Architect, StarburstData
This talk will explore how AI is reshaping how organizations access, interact with, and act on enterprise data, moving from dashboards to dynamic, conversational analysis. You’ll see how blending natural language interfaces, governed data, and federated access breaks the BI backlog, radically accelerates insight velocity, and drives alignment across teams without sacrificing trust or control. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM IST

Ask the Analyst: Identifying and Mitigating Model and Agent Risks in Analytics AI
Diarmuid Curran, Director Analyst, Gartner
Delve into the critical aspects of risk management for AI models and agents in analytics and AI. Bring your questions and learn how to identify potential risks, triage and prioritize them, and implement effective mitigation strategies to safeguard your organization’s digital assets to be able to deliver AI projects. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM IST

CDAO Circle Leadership Exchange: How Ready Is My Organization for AI Agents?
Deepak Seth, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Akash Krishnan, PhD, Director Analyst, Gartner
AI agents can upend traditional AI use cases and unlock transformative potential, but the real danger isn’t overhyping their power — it’s overestimating your organization’s readiness. D&A leaders must see past the hype, sidestep common pitfalls, and build the foundation needed for true AI success. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM IST

Improve Your Data and AI Literacy to Boost Business Performance
Nate Novosel, VP Analyst, Gartner
Prioritizing data and AI literacy programs directly impacts the core measures of a firm’s financial performance. Investing in data and AI literacy is the fastest way for D&A leaders to achieve payback in their D&A maturity journey, especially in early stages of maturity. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM IST

Integrate AI Governance With AI Architectures
Sumit Agarwal, VP Analyst, Gartner
AI governance is no longer optional. This session will explore practical strategies for embedding AI governance directly into the design and development of AI architectures, ensuring that compliance, transparency and ethical standards are upheld from the ground up. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM IST

Peer Meetup: Scaling Agentic AI (Participant Driven Discussion)
Join this Peer Meetup to discuss experiences, challenges, and best practices for scaling Agentic AI across the enterprise. How are organizations balancing autonomy, governance, risk, and business value? What approaches are delivering results, and what lessons have been learned along the way?
Connect with fellow data and AI leaders to exchange ideas, share practical insights, and explore strategies for driving successful and responsible adoption of Agentic AI.
Before you step into this session, think about a couple of areas where you have attempted and/or succeeded in your organization that your peers might find useful. Also, think about a couple of questions you would like answered by those who may be further ahead in their data governance and data quality journey. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM IST

Signature Series: The Future of AI
Chirag Dekate, VP Analyst, Gartner
AI is moving faster than ever. AI techniques should bring adaptability to an uncertain world in constant flux. However, despite its extraordinary power and early promises, AI has not been leveraged to its full potential. What is missing? Where did we go wrong? Join us as we discuss our ambition for the future of AI and AI should do for us to deliver the value that we are expecting. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM IST

Unstructured Data Management Is the Missing Ingredient to Prepare GenAI-Ready Data
Prasad Pore, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Almost every GenAI use case requires organizations to extract, qualify and govern significant volumes of unstructured data. Data management leaders must deliver workflows that orchestrate entity extraction, vector data embeddings and semantic data enrichment with structured data pipelines to deliver GenAI-ready data. Join this session to learn more. ... Show More Show Less

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