All 2026 Conference Sessions

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2026 dives deep into key topics for CIOs and IT leaders around AI, executive leadership, cybersecurity, operating models and more to help you address your organization's mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Ignite Intelligence

AI is no longer a differentiator — it’s now part of the foundation. CIOs must take the artificial out of intelligence, combining human ingenuity with AI to unlock value, drive agility and navigate disruption. A human-centered approach is key to leading the intelligent enterprise. 

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Monday, October 19, 2026

12:05 PM - 12:25 PM EDT

Google: AI Agents: Delivering Results 24/7 in a Collaborative And Safe Way
Vladimir Petrosyan, Head of Security Product Marketing, Google Workspace
Today, we want AI agents to deliver results, not just answer questions. To do that, agents must work autonomously around the clock, understand your business, and work where the work already happens together with your teammates, partners and customers. And do it in a safe and cost-effective way. Join this session to see how agents in Gemini Enterprise and Google Workspace can help everyone multiply their impact. ... Show More Show Less

12:05 PM - 12:25 PM EDT

Infor: Beyond FDE with PING — The Rise of the Forward Deployed Enterprise by 2035
Rick Rider, Svp, Product Management, Infor
By 2035, FDE is no longer just a vendor role — it's a capability every enterprise builds for itself. Agentic AI collapses the path from business idea to production software, and IT's role shifts from builder to architect of the builders. PING Golf shares early evidence from their own experience as Infor offers a 10-year view of how the vendor-customer boundary dissolves and who owns enterprise software creation in an agentic world. ... Show More Show Less

12:05 PM - 12:25 PM EDT

Island: Responsible AI Enablement - Balancing Innovation, Governance, and Control
Matthew Pour, DIRECTOR, SALES ENGINEERING, Island
CIOs are under pressure to unlock generative AI's value while safeguarding governance, visibility, and compliance. As browser-based AI tools spread unchecked across the workforce, Shadow AI creates real risk of direct data leakage and compliance exposure. This session equips CIOs with practical strategies to govern AI use, protect sensitive data, and set policies that balance productivity with control, without sacrificing security or compliance. ... Show More Show Less

12:05 PM - 12:25 PM EDT

WalkMe: Powered by People: The Human Layer of the Agentic Enterprise
To build a scalable agentic enterprise, employees need the guidance, guardrails and confidence to execute AI workflows accurately. IT leaders need telemetry to manage deployment and control costs. This session shows how the human layer determines whether the AI operating model will succeed. Learn how to create human-AI collaboration across applications, govern agentic workflows at the point of work and move enterprise AI from pilot to production. ... Show More Show Less

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM EDT

Process Orchestration and AI Agents - Aspirations and Reality
Marc Kerremans, VP Analyst, Gartner
Discover how integrating agent and workflow technologies can revolutionize your business. Unlock new levels of automation, adaptability and efficiency while reducing manual effort. Join this session to explore practical strategies and real-world value that can give your enterprise a powerful competitive edge. ... Show More Show Less

01:15 PM - 01:35 PM EDT

Datamatics: Legacy Modernization: Stop Rewriting Code, Reconstruct Entp Intelligence
AI can rewrite code faster, but code conversion alone doesn't modernize an enterprise. The real challenge is reconstructing decades of embedded business rules, processes, dependencies and institutional knowledge. Discover how AI Modernization Factories use Agentic AI to reconstruct enterprise intelligence, reduce modernization risk, accelerate delivery by up to 10x and create a foundation for continuous transformation. ... Show More Show Less

01:45 PM - 02:15 PM EDT

Google: Beyond The Next Move: Seeing The Whole Board With Agentic AI
Jon Pilkington, Managing Director, Global Customer Engineering, Google Workspace
AI can change your organization, but technology is only half the equation: people matter just as much. This session explores how AI enhances rather than replaces human skill, and how the right tools, training, and support help everyone do their best work. You’ll learn practical strategies for defining the right tools and upskilling your organization. ... Show More Show Less

01:45 PM - 02:30 PM EDT

Roundtable : Trust AI Security? Red Team It Against Professionals Paid to Break It, moderated by DXC
Michael Baker, GLOBAL CISO, DXC Technology
Real-world experience stress-testing revealed where agentic AI outperforms human analysts in speed and scale, where guardrails are critical, and what governance means for real-time decisions in live threats. Get a concrete framework for evaluating agentic security platforms on adversarial outcomes and clarity on what operating cyber at machine speed and scale truly means when your threat surface is at stake. This is what happened, not vision. ... Show More Show Less

01:45 PM - 02:15 PM EDT

SAP: Your ERP is Your AI Advantage: Meet SAP’s Autonomous Enterprise
Marc Bechet, Global Head of ERP, Roche Holding AG
Chase Christensen, Vice President of IT and Segment CIO, Jabil Inc.
Maura Hameroff, Svp, Cloud Erp Product Marketing, SAP
Your AI is only as powerful as the foundation it runs on, and that foundation is your ERP. SAP's Autonomous Enterprise is grounded in decades of business logic, industry data, and governance, orchestrating AI natively across Finance, Supply Chain, Spend, CX, and HCM. Learn how Roche and Jabil are laying the foundation to scale full agentic capability across the business and drive measurable outcomes that generic AI cannot replicate. ... Show More Show Less

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