The 2026 conference theme was Deliver the Future: Innovate, Lead, Act. Developed with this theme in mind, our tracks were built to empower applications and software engineering leaders to turn AI vision into action. Innovate, lead, and deliver strategies for real impact.
Our 2027 agenda will be out soon. In the meantime, view our hot topics for 2026 and check out the sessions from our 2026 conference.
A: Leading Through Technological Change
Enterprise application and software engineering leaders as communicators, influencers and value creators. This track explores the leadership insights and strategies needed to deliver outcomes in an age of unprecedented technological change.
B: Evolving Enterprise Application Strategies
Enterprise application leaders prioritize creating a future-proof application platform strategy, maximizing their AI investments, and reimagining how to modernize applications with AI agents. This track covers the newest practices for application strategy, roadmaps, implementation, and governance in the age of AI.
C: Modern Software Engineering
Transform your software organization from AI experimentation to AI-native execution. This track shows you how to build AI-ready foundations, accelerate SDLC productivity and integrate intelligent applications. Learn to modernize teams, manage technical debt and turn AI into measurable business value.
D. Automating and Integrating Applications
Explore the latest in automating and integrating applications, with a focus on the growing trend of agentic automation. Gain actionable insights on connecting systems, streamlining workflows, orchestrating human tasks and leveraging intelligent agents to maximize efficiency for your business.
E. Application and Software Architecture
Effective architecture is the foundation for delivering value, and AI-powered applications require architectures that are scalable, secure, and ready for change. This track delivers strategies, frameworks and practical guidance for building, evolving and governing architectures that are resilient, scalable and ready for what’s next.
Spotlight: AI Foundations — Getting Started
The sessions in this spotlight track enable leaders to position their teams for success as they are starting to adopt AI for their organizations. Creating an AI-first mindset, setting up AI education and training initiatives, identifying the right use cases to get started and raising awareness for the new risks associated are essential elements for getting started with AI. Understanding the basics will pave the way for scaling out later.
Spotlight: Cost Optimization
During a period of dynamic economic shifts, promoting cost optimization initiatives is essential for enterprise applications and software engineering leaders. This track delivers actionable strategies to move beyond short-term cost cuts — aligning technology investments with business impact, leveraging automation and AI, and optimizing platforms, vendors and teams for long-term efficiency and resilience.
Spotlight: Enterprise Architecture
This spotlight track equips heads of enterprise architecture with strategies to drive business value by leading AI initiatives, optimizing IT investments, leveraging AI within the function, and demonstrating tangible results. Sessions also explore how to architect for adaptability in a rapidly changing technology landscape and guide organizations in adopting emerging technologies and trends.
Spotlight: Scaling AI Adoption
This spotlight track is designed to enable leaders to take their small-scale AI approaches to a new level. Moving from isolated pilot AI initiatives into multi-agent strategies that enable an autonomous business, where value is derived not only from technology enablement but also by supporting tangible business outcomes. Less about the basics, more about increasing adoption.
Spotlight: Technical Insights
This track showcases Gartner for Technical Professionals content and digs deeper into the technical details around how you can deliver the future of applications for your organization.