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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

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM JST

Emerging Technologies Adoption Radar, 2026
Rimma Gurevich, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Emerging technology radars are visualization tools that support the enterprise technology portfolio and guide IT leaders in planning for disruptive technologies in 2026. The four themes include the AI-powered enterprise, security by design, efficiency first, and foundational and frontier technologies. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM JST

Leading From the Future: Where Software Generates Strategy
Deacon D.K Wan, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Software architecture is strategic business architecture. Every architectural decision — AI features, APIs, data flows — is a business model decision. At the speed of software, strategic choices multiply faster than leaders can keep up. This session provides mental models, frameworks, and culture hacks to help engineering leaders detect key signals, systematize innovation, and lead confidently — even when certainty is impossible. Attend to shape how AI and architecture drive your business forward. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 04:45 PM JST

Harness No-Code Agent Builders to Enable an Augmented Workforce
Jason Wong, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
An augmented workforce is a practice where organizations intentionally combine human experience with machine efficiency and insights to amplify impact. AI agents will be a key amplifier and no-code agent builders are the primary tools to go from worker automation to augmentation. Learn how application leaders can harness these powerful yet immature tools for optimal business outcomes. ... Show More Show Less

05:45 PM - 06:15 PM JST

How to Test AI-Based Systems
Joachim Herschmann, VP Analyst, Gartner
Evaluating and testing AI-infused software is a new challenge. Traditional software testing assumes a predictable system. AI systems are unpredictable, uncertain and unreliable, which creates risk for AI products. This session provides insights about challenges, best practices and focus areas to give AI teams confidence in the reliability of their AI and ML applications. ... Show More Show Less

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