Speaker Bio
Nate Suda is a VP Analyst who researches how AI changes the economics of business. His research focuses on AI Value & Economics, including how organisations create, measure and sustain business value from AI, how AI reshapes enterprise cost structures, and how AI changes competitive advantage. He advises CIOs, CFOs and CEOs on executive decisions related to AI investment, value realisation, pricing, workforce strategy, operating models and margin. His recent research includes AI value measurement, enterprise AI economics, agentic AI cost structures, competitive strategy and AI-shaped workforce transformation. Clients typically seek advice on how to create measurable business value from AI, prioritise AI investments across cost reduction, growth and competitive advantage, understand how agentic AI reshapes enterprise cost structures, pricing and margin, and communicate AI value to executive leadership and boards.
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Sessions
Monday, 23 March, 2026
09:30 AM - 10:15 AM GMT
Gartner Opening Keynote: AI After the Hype: Scaling Human + Machine Value
Nate Suda,
VP Analyst, Gartner
CIOs are in the hot seat: as hype hasn’t hit the P&L, but executives have seen enough real wins to know value is there. What they want now is simple: a technology leader who can cut through the noise and tell them what works most of the time, and what doesn’t. This keynote gives CIOs license to stop naming specific initiatives that almost never pay off – and where to double-down. You’ll walk away with a tool to score your own portfolio, decide where to pivot, persist or pull the plug, instead of betting on hype.
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Tuesday, 24 March, 2026
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM GMT
After ROI: The Three Executive Conversations Shaping AI Value
Nate Suda,
VP Analyst, Gartner
This is a conceptual strategy session for leaders whose organisations are already comfortable with the AI ROI conversation and are ready to go beyond it. It goes deeper into the thinking behind the keynote, examining the emerging logic of advanced organisations as they shift from one-off gains to broader questions of workforce redesign, changing functional boundaries, and the operating philosophy choices that define the AI-shaped organisation.
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Tuesday, 24 March, 2026
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM GMT
Beyond the Headlines: A CIO's Playbook for AI Layoffs
Nate Suda,
VP Analyst, Gartner
The C-suite is asking: "How should AI impact our headcount?" While headlines focus on layoffs, top-performing CIOs are leading a more strategic conversation about workforce evolution, not just reduction. This session provides a data-driven framework to move beyond reactive headcount decisions. Learn how to align talent shifts with long-term commercial imperatives, manage cultural anxiety, and present a proactive workforce strategy to your board that focuses on value creation and sustainable growth. (incl. new 2H 2025 layoff analysis)
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