All 2026 #GartnerAPPS Sessions

The 2026 agenda dives deep into key topics for enterprise application and software engineering leaders around AI, leadership, modernization, cost optimization and more to help address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

2026 Applications Conference Theme

Deliver the Future: Innovate, Lead, Act.

Applications and software engineering leaders are at a turning point where foresight must meet execution and business disruption is forcing dramatic changes. The 2026 conference empowers you to go beyond admiring the AI-enabled promising future — it's about actively building and delivering it. Learn how modern technology, visionary leadership and decisive action can transform your organization’s aspirations into reality. 

Explore our applications conference sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind. Join us to grow the skills and insights needed to deliver an adaptive and autonomous transformation journey.

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Monday, 14 September, 2026

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST

How to Mature Generative and Agentic AI Governance for Enterprise Applications
Max Goss, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
As megavendors like Microsoft, Google and Salesforce embed more GenAI and agentic AI capabilities into their solutions, IT increasingly struggles to keep up with the pace of change. Application leaders should join this session to learn how to establish both the organizational governance and the technical controls necessary to manage AI in their applications. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST

The System Engineering Renaissance: How System Design, Context and Documentation Unlock Real AI Impact
Erin Khoo, Director Analyst, Gartner
The next frontier of AI value isn't found in more code assistant automation, but in the disciplined application of systems engineering, strategic curation of context and the elevation of documentation from an afterthought to a primary fuel to drive AI alignment, enabling AI agents to accomplish more for your business. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST

Top 5 Practices for Building and Deploying Successful AI Agents
Roy Triesscheijn, Director Analyst, Gartner
AI Agents are the hot topic when it comes to delivering "business value" from generative AI, but creating an agent in the lab, and getting them to production is non-trivial. This session will walk you through five top practices to help your organization's AI agent building effort deliver on their promise. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, 15 September, 2026

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM BST

AI Agents Will Be Your Top Users. Here's How to Prepare for Them.
Brent Stewart, VP Analyst, Gartner
AI agents are shifting from novelty assistants to primary users of your apps and APIs. This session explains what “Agent Experience (AX)” means, why chat-only UX fails at scale, and how to redesign workflows, interfaces, and controls so agents act safely, audibly, and productively—especially through MCP-style tool and UI integrations. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM BST

Heads of Enterprise Architecture Must Drive AI Direction
Duncan Robson, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The era of fragmented AI pilots is over. Regulatory pressure, escalating costs, poor return on investment and board-level scrutiny demand a unified enterprise AI direction. Heads of EA are uniquely positioned to lead by holistically connecting strategy, planning and execution, ensuring AI can deliver measurable business outcomes while managing risk and cost. By using these practical techniques, heads of EA can ensure AI becomes a repeatable, trusted capability rather than a fragmented liability. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM BST

Why Your Developers Are Productive With AI But Your Teams Are Not
Tigran Egiazarov, VP Analyst, Gartner
Why doesn't AI-driven individual developer productivity translate into teamwide improvements? This session explores the causes of this gap and offers practical solutions to bridge it. Show Less

02:00 PM - 03:30 PM BST

Workshop: How to Build the Business Case for AI in the SDLC
Keith Holloway, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI in the SDLC is becoming more expensive as most vendors move to consumption-based pricing. While it is a long-term investment, many organizations are falling short in realizing how to scale AI across the SDLC. This session will focus on building the business case for AI in SDLC use cases. ... Show More Show Less

04:30 PM - 05:00 PM BST

AI Agent Orchestration for Multiagent Systems
Keith Guttridge, VP Analyst, Gartner
Multiagent systems require AI agent orchestration to unlock their full potential, which has created a wave of vendors and frameworks looking to capitalize on this opportunity. Learn about three types of multiagent systems and the different ways technology providers address them. ... Show More Show Less

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“The discussion around AI agents and their practical applications was particularly engaging, providing a solid foundation for understanding how these technologies can be integrated into existing IT architectures. The session also did a great job of highlighting real-world use cases and anticipating future industry shifts, which made the material even more impactful.”

Federica Cavazzini
Solution Architect, Barilla

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