09:30 AM - 10:15 AM EST

Gartner Opening Keynote: Intelligence Unleashed: The Fast Track to Enduring Value

Gareth Herschel, VP Analyst, Gartner

Carlie Idoine, VP Analyst, Gartner

For decades, organizations believed that more intelligence would lead to better outcomes. AI has addressed the scarcity of intelligence, but as intelligence becomes more widely available, it is harder to differentiate through intelligence alone. This keynote explores how organizations can address the scarcity of execution by creating the conditions to put intelligence to work at scale and transform it into an enduring source of value. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

AI Will Not Cause a Jobs Apocalypse, but It Will Unleash Jobs Chaos

Pieter den Hamer, VP Analyst, Gartner

CEOs and boards have outsized expectations about AI automatically leading to job cuts. Join this session to learn what is real about the impact AI has on jobs and how this differs across industries. Learn how to communicate this back to the C-suite, measure the true risks AI poses to jobs, and apply realistic expectations as your organization navigates AI-driven transformation. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

CDAO Circle Leadership Exchange: 2027 CDAO Survey Findings and Key Outcomes

Sarah James, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Antonia Roesler, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

This CDAO leadership exchange session will examine actionable insights, key findings and strong positions resulting from the latest CDAO survey. Lessons and takeaways that CDAOs and other D&A leaders cannot afford to ignore. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Designing the Modern Data & Analytics Organization: What Good Looks Like Today

Jorg Heizenberg, VP Analyst, Gartner

Data and analytics has become a core business capability, yet many organizations still struggle to balance centralized governance with decentralized delivery. As D&A teams scale, leaders must address challenges such as skills shortages, increasing demand for data products and analytics, and growing expectations for business impact. Join this session to explore the organizational design principles, operating models, roles, governance practices, and team structures that define a high-performing D&A organization today, while enabling both agility and consistency at scale. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Foundations of AI-Ready Data

Mark Beyer, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

With the rise of agentic AI, proving data readiness for AI is required for both humans and agents. Yet many organizations lack proper data-readiness practices, that too, at a time when everyone want to engage with agentic AI. This session will cover the core pillars of data readiness for AI and discuss the emerging best practices. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM EST

How to Design a Reference Architecture for Agentic Analytics

Georgia O'Callaghan, Director Analyst, Gartner

Agentic analytics is the process of applying AI agents across the data-to-insight workflow, orchestrating tasks autonomously or semiautonomously toward stated goals that support, augment or automate insights. This session provides a reference architecture for implementing agentic analytics solutions. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EST

Roundtable: Who Builds the Agents? Aligning Data, AI and Software Teams

Raúl Arrabales, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Organizations are rapidly adopting AI agents, but struggle to determine who should design, build and operate them. Traditional SWE teams, AI engineers, data scientists and platform teams often share overlapping responsibilities, creating uncertainty about ownership, skills and governance. Join this session to discuss how organizations are redefining roles for agentic AI systems, where responsibilities should reside across engineering teams, and which skills are becoming most critical. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

The 2030 Vision for Analytics and BI: Perception Is the New Superpower

Deepak Seth, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

The analytics landscape is evolving from generating insights and predicting outcomes to systems that possess foresight and can autonomously optimize actions based on perception. This session will explain why data and analytics leaders must plan for this transformation and provide guidance on building context-rich data foundations and processes to prepare for deeper, more strategic, and automated decisions. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM EST

The Emerging Markets Quadrant for AI FinOps Tools

Adam Ronthal, VP Analyst, Gartner

GenAI and AI agents have introduced unprecedented cost unpredictability and variability, making ROI and value alignment illusive for most organizations. Startup vendors in the AI FinOps market offer innovative solutions for cost optimization — including token management — to leaders responsible for AI. This session reviews the newly published Magic Quadrant for AI FinOps tools. ... Show More Show Less

All 2027 Conference Sessions

Gartner Opening Keynote: Intelligence Unleashed: The Fast Track to Enduring Value

AI Will Not Cause a Jobs Apocalypse, but It Will Unleash Jobs Chaos

CDAO Circle Leadership Exchange: 2027 CDAO Survey Findings and Key Outcomes

Designing the Modern Data & Analytics Organization: What Good Looks Like Today

Foundations of AI-Ready Data

How to Design a Reference Architecture for Agentic Analytics

Roundtable: Who Builds the Agents? Aligning Data, AI and Software Teams

The 2030 Vision for Analytics and BI: Perception Is the New Superpower

The Emerging Markets Quadrant for AI FinOps Tools

Eliza Urgiles
Inter-American Development Bank

Discover what it’s like to experience #GartnerDA

All 2027 Conference Sessions

Gartner Opening Keynote: Intelligence Unleashed: The Fast Track to Enduring Value

AI Will Not Cause a Jobs Apocalypse, but It Will Unleash Jobs Chaos

CDAO Circle Leadership Exchange: 2027 CDAO Survey Findings and Key Outcomes

Designing the Modern Data & Analytics Organization: What Good Looks Like Today

Foundations of AI-Ready Data

How to Design a Reference Architecture for Agentic Analytics

Roundtable: Who Builds the Agents? Aligning Data, AI and Software Teams

The 2030 Vision for Analytics and BI: Perception Is the New Superpower

The Emerging Markets Quadrant for AI FinOps Tools

Eliza Urgiles Inter-American Development Bank

Discover what it’s like to experience #GartnerDA

Eliza Urgiles
Inter-American Development Bank