Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2025 Sydney: Day 2 Highlights

We are bringing you news and highlights from the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2025, taking place this week in Sydney, Australia. Below is a collection of the key announcements and insights coming out of the conference. You can read the highlights from Day 1 here.

On Day 2 from the conference, we are highlighting sessions on how to lead change with data, analytics and AI; the pillars of a sucessful AI strategy; and how to realise value from data, analytics and AI. 

• Gartner Predicts 75% of Analytics Content to Use GenAI for Enhanced Contextual Intelligence by 2027
• Gartner Announces the Top Data & Analytics Predictions

Presented by Alan D. Duncan, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Chief data and analytics officers (CDAOs) play a critical role in driving and overseeing major business changes to deliver enterprise value with D&A and AI. In this session, Alan D. Duncan, Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner, discussed the need for clear and actionable change management plans, which are essential for both proactive and reactive data-driven change. 

• “The CDAO’s ability to deliver data and AI literacy, culture change and a skilled workforce will be a top three determining factor in supporting business strategy by 2026.”
• “Work with willing business stakeholders to clarify and reframe business problems in terms of explicit outcomes. Define targeted business roles, decisions and impact upon business moments.”
  
• “Explain underlying data and supporting analytics by deconstructing the business problem and decisions to be taken.”
  
• “Facilitate the realization of business value through storytelling of the resulting informed actions.”
• “Overcome resistance to change by connecting personally with business stakeholders to build trust and ensure there is collective and personal buy-in to decisions.”

Journalists can receive additional information and/or request an interview with the Gartner expert by contacting Emma Keen at emma.keen@gartner.com.

Presented by Tong Zhang, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner

The vast potential business value of AI will not emerge on its own. AI leaders must steer their organizations toward a future where AI not only delivers tangible business value but also evolves into a critical competitive differentiator and industry disruptor. In this session, Tong Zhang, Senior Director Analyst at Gartner, discussed how AI leaders can develop a successful AI strategy to fully harness the benefits and potential of AI.

• “49% of leaders highly involved in AI report their organizations struggle to estimate and demonstrate the value of AI.”

• “Turn the promise of AI into reality by developing and executing your own AI strategy.”

• “Start with vision, value and risks by assessing the importance of AI for your  organization, identifying where the value lies and determining your risk appetite.”

• “Create a roadmap for AI adoption, maturing the key enabling capabilities of organization, people and culture, governance, engineering, and data.”

• “Regularly recalibrate your AI strategy by engaging all relevant stakeholders. Ensure AI initiatives are aligned with your business, data and analytics, and IT strategies, and vice versa.”

Journalists can receive additional information and/or request an interview with the Gartner expert by contacting Emma Keen at emma.keen@gartner.com.

Presented by Melissa Davis, VP Analyst, Gartner

Data and analytics (D&A) and AI leaders continue to struggle to prove the value of D&A and AI. In this session, Melissa Davis, VP Analyst at Gartner, outlined a roadmap for gaining stakeholder buy-in on D&A initiatives; quantifying value and building a business case; learnings from other organizations; and continuously measuring results.

• “Create a business-driven strategy by determining the key stakeholders and their goals; which D&A initiatives generate the most value; and how results will be measured.” 

• “Create value stories that articulate the business benefits of D&A in a way stakeholders can understand and relate to.” 

• “Focus on executive and board engagement to increase achievement of business outcomes.”

• “Continuously monitor for changes in stakeholder priorities that may require a shift in prioritization in D&A and AI value enabler investment.”

• “Work with the CFO and other business peers to negotiate attribution of D&A initiatives to specific business outcomes.”

Journalists can receive additional information and/or request an interview with the Gartner expert by contacting Emma Keen at emma.keen@gartner.com.