All 2026 Conference Sessions

Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo™ 2026 conference 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. 

Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind.

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Monday, October 26, 2026

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM EDT

Gartner Opening Keynote: Built to Perform ─ Delivering New Combinations of Talent and Technology
CV Viverito, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Arj Bagga, VP Analyst, Gartner
CEOs are reshaping their organizations so the blend of human and AI capability makes performance inevitable. This leaves CHROs with a paradox: they must build a workforce to deliver strategy when the work itself is undefined. Join this session to learn how CHROs and their teams drive faster, clearer work decisions, anticipate future roles and skills, and ready an unsettled workforce to perform in any context. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

AI Broke the Employee Handbook. Now What?
LJ Justice, Director Analyst, Gartner
AI is already changing how we work, make decisions and interact, but most HR policies have not kept pace. That leaves organizations exposed to real workplace issues, from biased hiring, promotion or performance decisions to inappropriate AI-generated content, confidentiality breaches and employee misuse of AI tools. This session shows HR leaders how to identify where policies fall short and update them before the next crisis forces action. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Ask the Analyst: Adopting AI Native Practices for Multitiered Organizations
Mark O'Neill, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Join this interactive Ask the Analyst session to explore how multitiered organizations can adopt safely AI native practices, including enabling “vibe coding” with guardrails in place and upskilling teams on AI technologies. Bring your questions and get practical, experience-backed guidance on scaling AI effectively. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Change Has Changed: What You Need to Know About Change Management in the Age of AI
Rebecca Lane, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
For 2025, AI has catalyzed high-magnitude, high-stakes change across organizations. Subsequent "trickle down" impacts are driving second and third order changes. As long as organizations are pursuing AI value, none of this will stop any time soon. 78% of CHROs agree that workflows and roles will need to change to get the most out of their organization’s AI investments. CHROs who adapt their strategies to effectively manage change as work continuously and unpredictably evolves will succeed. Join this session to learn how. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM EDT

Physical AI Reshapes Robotic Frontier of Human-AI Collaboration
Ranadip Chandra, Director Analyst, Gartner
This session explores how physical AI is advancing the next frontier of robotics, enabling more dynamic, adaptive collaboration between humans and intelligent machines. Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

The AI-ready Workforce Framework: Segmenting Talent for Scalable AI Adoption
Diana Sanchez, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI does not impact every employee in the same way, and treating it as a single workforce issue creates hidden risks. This framework helps CHROs segment the workforce based on how people interact with AI, the level of risk they carry and the judgment expected of them. ... Show More Show Less

11:35 AM - 11:55 AM EDT

Vemo Workforce: The 3Rs of Workforce Planning - Revenue, Risk and Resilience
Peter Louch, Ceo, VEMO-US-CA
Strategic workforce planning is often framed as an HR process, but its real value is helping organizations solve business problems. This session introduces the 3Rs framework - Revenue, Risk, and Resilience - to connect workforce decisions directly to business outcomes. Learn to translate challenges into talent strategies, evaluate tradeoffs with intelligence, and use AI for scenario modeling to drive growth and build organizational resilience. ... Show More Show Less

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EDT

SAP SuccessFactors: How Starbucks Connects Talent, Pay And AI For Growth
HR leaders are being asked to improve workforce experiences while driving business outcomes. Join Starbucks and SAP SuccessFactors for a fireside chat on how talent strategy, pay and AI innovation can work together to support growth. Learn how Starbucks is improving internal mobility, building employee trust through modern payroll, and exploring AI to help teams work more efficiently while keeping people at the center of every decision ... Show More Show Less

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EDT

ServiceNow: The CHRO's Roadmap for High-Performance Employee Experience in the Agentic AI Era
Harsh Kundulli, VP, Go-to-Market Strategy for CHRO Solutions, ServiceNow
The CHRO mandate is expanding: CEOs are asking HR to architect how humans and AI drive high performance together. Winning CHROs are moving from AI that answers to AI that acts, helping employees get work done easily without tool sprawl and boosting managers’ capacity to lead and decide, all within the guardrails of approval chains, policies, and org structure. Learn how to build such a human-centered, high-performance employee experience with AI. ... Show More Show Less

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