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Chris Saunderson
VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Generative AI, Agentic AI and AI
- Reliability, Resilience and Recovery
- I&O Automation
- Opening Keynote Aligned
- IT Operations Management
Speaker Bio
Chris Saunderson covers automation and orchestration methodologies at Gartner, with a primary focus on the life cycle of systems from build to run to retire. Mr. Saunderson has 10 years of experience as an automation architect, architecting task and process automation solutions to address IT needs. His coverage includes the impact of automation and orchestration on the I&O organization. He has an emphasis on improving the programmability of infrastructure elements, and the improvement of system availability and maintainability.
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Sessions
Monday, 16 November, 2026 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM GMT
Ask The Analyst: How to Organize SRE Teams for Optimal Reliability
Chris Saunderson,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Organizations investing in site reliability engineering practices struggle to realize the full potential due to suboptimal team structures and engagement models. I&O leaders can inquire about optimal team structure that deliver optimal business outcomes.
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Monday, 16 November, 2026 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM GMT
Autonomous Reliability: Unleashing Agentic AI to Drive Self-Healing IT Operations
Chris Saunderson,
VP Analyst, Gartner
The importance of reliability to deliver on key priorities means moving from reactive, human-centric response and repair to proactive, agentic, self-healing systems with reliability designed into products. Autonomous reliability uses agentic AI to prevent, detect and resolve disruptions before they impact customers, employees or revenue. Learn how to treat reliability as a first-class citizen in autonomous operations and reframe it as risk, scale productivity improvements into reliability outcomes and govern it as a business capability.
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Tuesday, 17 November, 2026 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM GMT
Market Guide for AI Site Reliability Engineering Tooling
Chris Saunderson,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Organizations struggle to justify costs to adopt site reliability engineering practices to deliver on their reliability and resilience goals. Heads of I&O must strategically evaluate and invest in AI SRE tooling to lower the cost of SRE adoption, meet operational demands and deliver effective reliability, efficient products, platforms and services. Join this session to know more.
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Tuesday, 17 November, 2026 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM GMT
Navigating I&O Automation in the Agentic AI Age
Chris Saunderson,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Heads of I&O face pressure to adopt AI agents and automation, yet must maintain operational reliability and stability. This research provides a criteria-driven method to select the right mix of deterministic workflows and agentic automation, ensuring scalable and reliable operations.
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Tuesday, 17 November, 2026 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM GMT
From Reactive to Predictive: Implementing High-Impact AI Use Cases in SRE
Chris Saunderson,
VP Analyst, Gartner
The rise of AI is transforming site reliability engineering from a reactive function into a proactive driver of resilience, performance and business continuity. The heads of infrastructure and operations must quickly prepare teams to thrive in this AI-augmented operating model while managing adoption risks.
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