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Gareth Herschel
VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Data Integration
- Agentic Analytics and AI
- Decision Intelligence
- Operating Model
- New to Role
- Data Quality and Governance
- Data Ecosystems
Speaker Bio
Gareth Herschel is VP analyst at Gartner with too many years of industry experience. He is fascinated by the role of analytics and psychology in decision making, and passionate about helping organizations intentionally design the way decisions are improved. His current research focuses on the alignment of data and analytics strategy with organizational culture and decision making.
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Sessions
Monday, 21 September, 2026 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM IST
Gartner Opening Keynote: Navigate AI on Your Data & Analytics Journey to Value
Gareth Herschel,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Robert Thanaraj,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI is accelerating new possibilities for data and analytics everywhere. Success isn’t always about being the fastest, but about finding your own path to value, while managing risk and cost. Join our Gartner’s Opening Keynote to discover how a thoughtful approach to speed and direction helps you prepare for what’s next, no matter where you are today.
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Monday, 21 September, 2026 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM IST
Understanding the Intelligent Capabilities Framework to Plan Your D&A Architecture
Gareth Herschel,
VP Analyst, Gartner
The intelligent capabilities framework enables organizations to understand the range of functionality they need to enable a complete D&A ecosystem. This session will explain the ICF as well as show a Gartner tool to help quickly compare vendors across multiple markets.
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Tuesday, 22 September, 2026 12:45 PM - 01:15 PM IST
How to Design an Effective D&A Operating Model
Gareth Herschel,
VP Analyst, Gartner
A uniform and configurable operating model ensures speed, agility, and consistency in how data and analytics teams stand up their individual implementations. D&A leaders can use Gartner’s D&A operating model framework to configure and design their own models for successful reuse across all D&A initiatives.
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Tuesday, 22 September, 2026 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM IST
Emerging Solutions for Decision Intelligence
Gareth Herschel,
VP Analyst, Gartner
The ability to influence decisions is the fundamental objective of data, analytics, and AI initiatives but historically D&A capabilities did not reach that far on the Data to Decision to Impact value chain. With the emergence of Decision Intelligence Platforms and Agentic AI, this is changing, and changing rapidly. This session will cover the options organizations have to enable better decision making including the new MQ for Decision Intelligence Platforms.
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