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Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit 2026 dives deep into key topics for applications and software engineering leaders and more to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

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Deliver the Future: Innovate, Lead, Act

Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit 2026 empowers application and software engineering leaders to turn AI-driven vision into action. Discover how to innovate, lead and deliver adaptive strategies that transform ambition into impact — building the future, today.

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Wednesday, 17 June, 2026

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM JST

Magic Quadrant for AI-Augmented Software Testing Tools
Joachim Herschmann, VP Analyst, Gartner
AI-augmented software engineering tools are context-aware, data-driven and increasingly autonomous tools, enabling the faster delivery of higher quality products. We discuss findings from Gartner's Magic Quadrants for AI coding assistants and AI-augmented software testing tools. We address questions around how Gartner defines these markets, the mandatory and common product features, the best vendors for your organization, the main use cases, and how complementary these solutions are. ... Show More Show Less

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM JST

Software Engineering Leaders’ Blueprint to Developing Future-Ready AI Engineering Talent
Akriti Kapoor, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI is revolutionizing software engineering — redefining skills, reshaping roles and reinventing team structures. To stay ahead in this AI-native era, software engineering leaders must fundamentally rethink their talent strategies. This session reveals the new blueprint for building future-ready software engineering talent: the rise of tiny talent-dense teams, creativity and domain expertise as the ultimate differentiators, and “AI-shoring” as the new outsourcing. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM JST

Ask the Analyst: Digital Accessibility
Brent Stewart, VP Analyst, Gartner
Join our analyst for a collaborative deep dive into digital accessibility. We'll explore the intersection of people, process and tools while navigating the current platform market. Bring your toughest questions for an interactive session on building a truly inclusive digital landscape. ... Show More Show Less
Thursday, 18 June, 2026

09:30 AM - 10:00 AM JST

AI Agents Will Be Your Top Users. Here's How to Prepare for Them.
Brent Stewart, VP Analyst, Gartner
AI agents are shifting from novelty assistants to primary users of your apps and APIs. This session explains what “Agent Experience (AX)” means, why chat-only UX fails at scale, and how to redesign workflows, interfaces, and controls so agents act safely, audibly, and productively—especially through MCP-style tool and UI integrations. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST

Trust Is the Foundation for Agent Experience: How to Design for Transparency and Control
Paige Kirk, Principal Analyst, Gartner
Trust is a significant factor in determining whether users will accept or reject AI-enabled systems. As AI agents become increasingly prevalent in digital products, establishing and maintaining a high degree of user confidence is essential for ensuring successful product delivery and high user engagement. Learn how to design AI systems for transparency, understand key principles and fundamental design patterns that will result in products that your users trust. ... Show More Show Less

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM JST

Top Strategic Trends in Software Engineering for 2026
Joachim Herschmann, VP Analyst, Gartner
Thriving in times of intense economic and social volatility requires organizations to find new ways to empower their software engineering teams to increase productivity, efficiency and effectiveness. This session will provide Gartner's latest and best guidance on the actionable trends' software engineering leaders and their teams should be tracking in 2026 and beyond. ... Show More Show Less

04:45 PM - 05:15 PM JST

Gartner Closing Keynote: Build Your Roadmap for the Future of Software Engineering 2030
Akriti Kapoor, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI is reshaping software engineering — transforming what gets built, how it’s built and the role humans play — yet most organizations aren’t prepared for these shifts. With fewer than 16% of leaders and teams stating that their teams, delivery processes, and architectures are ready for AI-driven change, the race is on to adapt or risk falling behind. This session will provide software engineering leaders visibility into AI’s impact on software engineering, and equip them with actionable strategies to successfully adapt and thrive in this future state. ... Show More Show Less

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