All 2026 Conference Sessions

Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo™ 2026 dives deep into key topics for CHROs and HR leaders around strategy, AI in HR, talent management, workforce planning and more to help you address your organization's mission-critical challenges.

2026 conference theme

Power New Possibilities: Lead the Transformation of Work

The AI era is unlocking new possibilities as organizations rethink growth yet often overlook key enablers. In 2026, HR leaders have a pivotal opportunity to lead work transformation and prepare both work and workforce for success. 

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Tuesday, 06 October, 2026

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM BST

Gartner Opening Keynote
CV Viverito, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Harsh Kundulli, VP Analyst, Gartner
This Opening Keynote session will examine the innovations redefining the HR landscape and the opportunities they create. Designed to spark curiosity and momentum, it will connect cutting-edge ideas to real-world impact. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

Top Trends Shaping Talent Acquisition for 2027
Jennifer Gaia, Director Analyst, Gartner
Recruiting leaders face tremendous pressure to deliver the scarce talent needed to fuel business transformation. However, economic volatility and AI-driven innovation are creating uncertainty about how to drive recruiting forward. Join this session to learn how top recruiting leaders will address these challenges in 2027 and beyond as an input to your strategic plan. ... Show More Show Less

12:45 PM - 01:15 PM BST

How to Create a Workforce That Can Keep Up With AI
Kabeh Vaziri, Managing Vice President, Gartner
Executive leaders seeking to develop an augmented workforce as part of their autonomous business strategy face three critical points of tension: capacity reallocation, emotional adaptation and work redesign. Resolving all of them will make the workforce more engaged and generate value. Join this session to learn how to build your future-ready workforce. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 04:45 PM BST

Building Human-AI Collaboration for the Future of Work
Lydia Wu, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI is changing work faster than most organizations can redesign it, and CHROs need clearer ways to divide roles between people and technology. This session gives CHROs and HR leaders a practical human-AI collaboration framework they can use to clarify where people lead, where AI supports and how to build a stronger operating model for the future of work. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 04:45 PM BST

Emerging Trends Vision 2027: Human-AI Relationships Will Reshape the World
Every year, we pick one of the most important emerging trends and explore that deeper. For 2026, there is no doubt: human-AI relationships. AI brings agency to technology; how will that change the way we relate to AI? Should robots have rights and responsibilities? In a connected world, can you even own AI? How do we overcome fear? Within these new relationships, let’s keep it real: AI is not your friend or teammate, but a toolmate. ... Show More Show Less
Wednesday, 07 October, 2026

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM BST

Signature Series: Gartner Futures Lab: The Top Forces Impacting Strategic Planning in 2027
Brent Cassell, VP Analyst, Gartner
The era of "future-proofing" is over as colliding global forces and continuous disruptions dismantle traditional operational playbooks. This session provides CHROs with a survival roadmap to become dynamically "future-fit" and successfully navigate seven critical macrotrends (technological, political, economical, social/cultural, trust/ethics, regulatory/legal and environmental). Learn more about Gartner’s Tapestry framework and how it can help you weave a story about the plausible future. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM BST

Workshop: Future of Work 2027: Spotting the Emerging Trends That Will Shape Your Talent Strategy
Kaelyn Lowmaster, Director Analyst, Gartner
Gartner’s annual Future of Work trends give CHROs and their teams advance insight into the unexpected or underappreciated risks and opportunities they will face in the year ahead. This workshop will give HR leaders the unique chance to develop their own set of trends alongside Gartner futurists. Join this live workshop to learn about Gartner’s trend development process and leave with a tailored set of trend ideas to help build your 2027 talent strategy. ... Show More Show Less

03:45 PM - 04:15 PM BST

AI Makes it Easier to Design Bad Jobs – Here’s How to Create Better Ones
Kaelyn Lowmaster, Director Analyst, Gartner
AI is already changing jobs. And without HR’s guidance, it’s changing them for the worse. Organizations are creating jobs that are undesirable or unsustainable for employees, risking attrition and declining performance. CHROs now have the opportunity to turn those bad jobs into good ones. Join this session for a new framework to spot emerging bad jobs and guide the business to create better ones as work continues to evolve. ... Show More Show Less

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“Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo provided a variety of sessions on many HR topics that allowed myself and my team to divide and conquer providing us with an opportunity to bring several new ideas, philosophies and technologies back to our organization.”

Head of Talent Acquisition, 1848 Ventures

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