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All 2025 Conference Sessions
Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit 2025 dove deep into key topics for enterprise application and software engineering leaders around AI agents, intelligent applications, managing cultural change and more.
Session Take-Aways
Day 1 Take-Aways
Ask the Expert: Key Points to Be Negotiated in SaaS Contracts
Speaker:
Akimasa Nakao, Director, Advisory, Gartner
While the adoption of SaaS continues to grow, many companies struggle to negotiate balanced contracts. In this session, we discuss trends and key points in SaaS contracts, hidden costs and risks in SaaS contracts to achieve customer-friendly contracts through Q&A.
Day 2 Take-Aways
How to Avoid ERP Implementation Failure Patterns
Speakers:
Koji Motoyoshi, VP Analyst, Gartner
Enterprises that view their ERP implementation as a success are avoiding typical failures. In this session, experts provide an overview of ERP implementation failure patterns and how to avoid them, and answer questions from participants responsible for ERP project.
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Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
12:30 PM - 01:00 PM JST
Open Source Boosts Digital Innovation: How Can Software Engineering Leaders Maximize Its Value?
Hiroko Aoyama,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Open source is the backbone of digital innovation. Software engineering leaders must manage its unique risks and rewards by establishing a strategy to leverage the advantages of this powerful software development model. Join this session to know how.
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12:30 PM - 01:00 PM JST
The Pillars of a Successful AI Strategy
Adrian Leow,
VP Analyst, Gartner
The enormous potential business value of AI is not going to materialize spontaneously. AI leaders should guide their organizations toward an era in which AI is not only creating tangible business value but also going beyond to become a critical competitive differentiator and industry disruptor.
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12:30 PM - 01:00 PM JST
How to Create an Effective Application Strategy
Koji Motoyoshi,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Japanese application leaders tasked with creating a strategic application plan that aligns with business outcomes often don’t know where to start. This session highlights steps to address this issue, culminating in a concise and effective application strategy to communicate the plan.
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12:30 PM - 01:00 PM JST
Accelerate Application Code Modernization With GenAI
Deacon D.K Wan,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The initial excitement around generative AI for software development focused on its ability to suggest code for new applications. However, for many organizations, dealing with large amounts of legacy application code is a more significant problem than writing new code. This session will examine where and how GenAI can help with modernizing everything, from 50-year-old COBOL to 5-year-old Java application code, and how much benefit you can expect to see.
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02:00 PM - 02:30 PM JST
Attract, Retain and Elevate Your Multigenerational Workforce
Autumn Stanish,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Each generation comes with its own unique set of preferences and expectations for the workplace. To tap into the full breadth of the talent pool and overcome resourcing challenges, applications leaders must identify and adapt to the preferences of their multigenerational workforce to hire and retain high performers and to continuously upskill their teams.
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02:00 PM - 02:30 PM JST
How Generative AI is Transforming Software Development
Kazuchika Sekiya,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Generative AI is beginning to significantly impact software development, enhancing current processes and potentially transforming developer roles in the long term. This session will explore the current state of GenAI in the field by presenting survey results, showcasing available tools, and sharing use cases. It will also outline Gartner's vision for an AI-native future in software development.
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02:00 PM - 02:30 PM JST
Prepare for a Renaissance of Intelligent Applications in the Enterprise
Jason Wong,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
We are at a seminal and transitional moment for traditional legacy applications. Due to generative AI, Agentic AI, composable SaaS application platforms and new UI form factors, we are experiencing a renaissance in the purpose and function of enterprise applications. Join this session to learn how to leverage the future generation of intelligent applications.
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04:15 PM - 04:45 PM JST
Evolving Enterprise Architecture in Japan: Acting as an In-House Management Consultant
Masaki Suzuki,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Enterprise architecture (EA), once centered on standardization and control, has undergone significant transformation. Focusing on activities that directly impact business outcomes and serving as an advisor to specific stakeholders to facilitate improved decision making is proving beneficial for many companies. This session will offer an overview of EA and outline practical steps for its implementation.
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04:15 PM - 04:45 PM JST
Leadership Strategies for Continuous Technical Debt Management
Haritha Khandabattu,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
While technical debt can impede agility and business outcome delivery, teams often have strong incentives and face pressure to prioritize new development over remediation. This session will demonstrate how applications and software engineering leaders can guide the strategy for continuous technical debt management, and empower teams across the organization to reinforce remediation practices to drive measurable business impact.
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