All 2026 Conference Sessions

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2026 conference dives deep into key topics for CIOs and IT leaders around AI, executive leadership, cybersecurity, operating models and more to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Ignite Intelligence

AI is no longer a differentiator — it’s now part of the foundation. CIOs must take the artificial out of intelligence, combining human ingenuity with AI to unlock value, drive agility and navigate disruption. A human-centered approach is key to leading the intelligent enterprise.

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Monday, 16 November, 2026

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM IST

Top Strategic Trends in Software Engineering for 2026 HY2
Manjunath Bhat, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Thriving in times of intense economic and social volatility requires organizations to find new ways to empower their software engineering teams to increase productivity, efficiency and effectiveness. This session will provide Gartner’s latest and best guidance on the actionable trends that software engineering leaders and their teams should be tracking in 2026 and beyond. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM IST

AWS: The Data AI Continuum - Leading the Shift to the Agentic Enterprise
Agentic AI has left the lab, and adoption is accelerating faster than anyone predicted. These aren't passive tools. They're agents that reason, decide, and act as genuine members of the workforce, already delivering real business impact. This session shows you how to speed up adoption and scale from a single pilot to an agentic workforce. You'll leave with the best practices and architectural excellence that define the path to lasting success. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM IST

IBM: Winning in the Agentic Era: The AI Operating Model
Sriram Raghavan, GM, IBM Software, India and Software Innovation Lab, IBM
The agentic enterprise needs real-time data, real-time execution, and the flexibility to deploy across environments while preserving sovereignty and autonomy. Explore how AI-ready data platforms unify enterprise data, turn insights into action faster, and enable AI deployment across environments with a sovereign core that supports governance, compliance, and operational resilience. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM IST

UiPath: BOAT - From Map to Momentum
Tony Nudd, Director of AI Innovations, APAC, uipath
Gartner’s BOAT category covers enterprise platforms that orchestrate and automate work. UiPath Cartographer provides the Map of Work: a governed, evolving view of how processes operate, where friction occurs and work can improve. It captures process knowledge, clarifies current state and shapes future-state designs. Cartographer informs the BOAT lifecycle, while the UiPath Platform builds, runs, orchestrates and governs these processes over time. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM IST

UnifyApps: Join the 5% - What Gets Enterprise AI to Production in Weeks
Rohan Vijay, Co-Founder & SVP Product, UnifyApps
Subrato Bandhu, VP, Unifyapps
Nearly 95% of enterprise AI initiatives stall in pilot - not because of the model, but because intelligence is bolted onto fragmented systems and siloed data. This session shows how to solve the 80% architectural challenge with a Horizontal AI Operating System, horizontally decouple enterprise context, and use modular workflows, apps, and agents to build a sovereign, scalable foundation for enterprise intelligence. ... Show More Show Less

01:25 PM - 01:45 PM IST

Vultr: How to Reduce Cloud Costs While Scaling High-Performance Workloads
Rising cloud costs and complex architectures are limiting scalability for modern teams. This session explores how organizations can optimize cloud spend while maintaining performance using simplified, high-efficiency infrastructure. Learn practical strategies to reduce costs, improve workload efficiency, and scale globally without the overhead of traditional cloud models. ... Show More Show Less

02:15 PM - 02:35 PM IST

Magic Quadrant for Observability Platforms
Padraig Byrne, VP Analyst, Gartner
Take a walk through the Magic Quadrant for observability platforms. This presentation will unravel the latest trends, key players and groundbreaking technologies transforming how businesses harness observability platforms for strategic advantage. ... Show More Show Less

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM IST

HCLTech: India Is Scaling AI. Is Enterprise IT Ready?
Dhruv Kohli, Vice President & Geo Head of India and the Middle East, HCLSoftware
India’s enterprises and GCCs are moving AI into production. But scaling across complex IT estates raises questions around security, cost, control and complexity. This session explores how IT leaders can simplify, secure and automate operations to make AI work at enterprise scale. ... Show More Show Less

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM IST

ServiceNow: From Pilots to Production - Governed, Autonomous AI​
Sridhar Durairajan, Area Vice President - Business Units, ServiceNow
India's CIOs are moving AI from pilots into governed production, where spend flows to data, security and control. ServiceNow Autonomous IT operationalizes Agentic AI inside bounded workflows — incident, change, resolution — while the AI Control Tower delivers the guardrails and auditability sovereignty-conscious buyers demand. Together they prove who controls the model, keys and decisions, turning ambition into production-grade outcomes. ... Show More Show Less

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