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      AI is driving rapid change, but lasting business value comes from strong data, governance, operating models, and technology foundations. Join Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2027 to explore AI, data, and analytics strategies that deliver measurable results and growth. This year's tracks are built with this theme in mind. 

      Lead Data and AI-Drive Organizations

      A track designed for data, analytics and AI leaders, including CDAOs,  tasked with delivering business value through data, analytics and AI. These leaders deliver value and mature a data-driven culture by building trust and managing data while evolving technology capabilities.

      Scale AI and Analytics

      This track covers everything a data, analytics and AI leader need to be successful with AI including: AI strategy, responsible AI, generative AI, LLMs, retrieval augmented generation, prompt engineering, data science, ML and scalability. A track designed for leaders responsible for AI, as well as AI experts, architects and engineers.

      Drive Business Value With Data, Analytics and AI

      This track covers everything you need to connect data, analytics and AI with value. It includes decision intelligence, prioritizing the D&A and AI portfolio, communicating value and managing cost.

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      Hundreds of conference sessions were presented each day at the 2026 Gartner Data & Analytics Summit. While we work to develop this year's agenda, filter to see sessions that align with your role and interests.

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      Monday, March 09, 2026

      12:45 PM - 01:30 PM EDT

      Roundtable: How to unlock the value of unstructured data to support AI readiness (Multi-group)
      Melody Chien, VP Analyst, Gartner
      Making your data AI-ready can be challenging, especially with vast amount of unstructured data. For this lightly facilitated discussion, please come prepared to share and exchange insights with your peers on overcoming the challenges of managing and governing unstructured data. ... Show More Show Less

      02:30 PM - 03:15 PM EDT

      Roundtable: How to Use Knowledge Graphs to Enhance RAG Performance
      Maryam Hassanlou, Director Analyst, Gartner
      Join this lightly facilitated discussion to share experiences and challenges integrating knowledge graphs with large language models for retrieval-augmented generation. Explore how combining these technologies can improve factual accuracy, contextual grounding and complex reasoning in AI applications. ... Show More Show Less

      02:30 PM - 03:15 PM EDT

      Roundtable: Reorganizing the AI Organization for Business Transformation
      One of the primary accountabilities of the AI leader role is to instigate AI-driven business transformation. How are AI leaders approaching transformation? What organizational constructs, scope, reporting structures and accountabilities are required to drive transformation? Come join this Gartner roundtable session to share your experiences and learn from other AI leaders. ... Show More Show Less
      Tuesday, March 10, 2026

      10:30 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

      Roundtable: Implementing and Deploying AI Agents at Scale
      Gary Olliffe, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
      Join this session to share your questions, challenges and experiences with peers. Have you scaled the deployment of AI agents? Have you used technologies or practices that proved successful, or challenging? Whether your AI agents are customer-facing, employee-facing or back-office automation, attend this analyst-moderated session to learn from and share with your peers. ... Show More Show Less

      12:15 PM - 01:00 PM EDT

      Roundtable: Balancing Centralized and Decentralized Approaches to Data Management
      Roxane Edjlali, VP Analyst, Gartner
      In this roundtable, D&A leaders will discuss how they are balancing the centralization and decentralization of data management, empowering LOBs to achieve self-sufficiency while leveraging the benefits of a centralized data management function. They will also address how to maintain control over local initiatives and prevent the spread of risky patterns that are misaligned with governance policies. ... Show More Show Less

      02:00 PM - 02:45 PM EDT

      Roundtable: Women in IT Leadership — What Does It Take?
      Lydia Clougherty Jones, VP Analyst, Gartner
      Join this roundtable of trailblazers and thought leaders for peer discussions on advancing women in IT leadership. Women attendees are invited to explore opportunities and challenges, and to share best practices for successfully navigating the path to IT leadership. ... Show More Show Less

      04:00 PM - 04:45 PM EDT

      CDAO Circle Roundtable: Redefining D&A and AI Governance (Multi-group)
      Cameron Roche, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
      In a recent Gartner survey, 89% of CDAOs said effective D&A governance is crucial for business, technology and AI innovation, yet almost 70% find their current D&A and AI governance practices, skills and technology insufficient to drive innovation and business value. This multigroup discussion will focus on sharing experiences and addressing how CDAOs are evolving their D&A and AI governance approaches, building the business case for foundational investments, and designing effective operating models. ... Show More Show Less

      04:00 PM - 04:45 PM EDT

      Roundtable: How Do You Demonstrate the Value of the D&A Program?
      Gareth Herschel, VP Analyst, Gartner
      Join this interactive session to engage with your peers and explore proven methods for demonstrating the value of data and analytics programs. Gain new insights and ideas from the experiences of other leaders to effectively communicate positive impacts and tangible results within your organization. ... Show More Show Less
      Wednesday, March 11, 2026

      10:30 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

      CDAO Circle Roundtable: Updating Your Organizational Structures to Maximize Value (Multi-group)
      Brian Foster, VP Analyst, Gartner
      This multigroup session will focus on questions like: How should data and analytics teams be structured to maximize business value, align with strategy, and support governance, AI and data quality across distributed environments? Join this session to learn more. ... Show More Show Less

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