All Gartner Data & Analytics 2026 Conference Sessions

The 2026 agenda dives deep into key topics for data, analytics and AI leaders around agentic AI, governance, leadership, data architecture and more to help you address your organizations’s mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Value at AI Velocity: Navigating the Now and Next

The pace of AI innovation is forcing DA leaders and their teams to deliver measurable business value faster than ever before. As AI accelerates change across industries, leaders must deliver immediate impact while preparing for future developments. This year’s conference focuses on overcoming challenges like scaling AI, managing disruption and balancing risk using governance.

Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind.

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Monday, 21 September, 2026

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM IST

Signature Series: Get Ready For Data and Analytics 2030

Deepak Seth, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
D&A leaders play a central role in their organization's AI success by providing the critical accelerants needed to realize value from AI. Based on your organization's data, analytics, and AI ambition and where you are today, this session will unfold the vision for data and analytics in 2030. It will describe how your capabilities, operating model and practices need to evolve to realize that ambition. ... Show More Show Less

12:45 PM - 01:30 PM IST

Roundtable: Women in IT Leadership — What Does It Take? (Repeat)

Shubhangi Vashisth, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Join this roundtable of trailblazers and thought leaders for peer discussions on advancing women in IT leadership. Women attendees are invited to explore opportunities and challenges, and to share best practices for successfully navigating the path to IT leadership. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 04:45 PM IST

Signature Series: Top Trends in Data and Analytics for 2026

Robert Thanaraj, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI agent adoption transforms data and analytics strategy and operations. In this session, we will examine the top trends across three key themes: agentic D&A, semantics at the core and D&A platformization. ... Show More Show Less

05:15 PM - 05:45 PM IST

How Will the National Sovereign AI Race Impact Your Enterprise?

Sarah Turkaly, Director Analyst, Gartner
Sovereign AI reflects a nation-state’s desire to control its own AI, reducing reliance on foreign innovation, talent, and vendors. Impact and maturity vary globally, creating commercial opportunities and nonobvious threat. This session explores what sovereign AI is, how your competitors are leveraging it, and what vendors are involved. Attendees will leave with a blueprint to identify value creation strategies while confronting geopolitical uncertainties. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, 22 September, 2026

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM IST

Signature Series: The Future of AI

Chris Howard, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
AI is moving faster than ever. AI techniques should bring adaptability to an uncertain world in constant flux. However, despite its extraordinary power and early promises, AI has not been leveraged to its full potential. What is missing? Where did we go wrong? Join us as we discuss our ambition for the future of AI and AI should do for us to deliver the value that we are expecting. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 03:15 PM IST

Roundtable: Creating Value With AI Beyond Productivity

Chris Howard, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
AI’s impact goes far beyond boosting productivity or reducing human effort. Join this roundtable session for an engaging discussion on the broader opportunities AI brings, such as innovation, new business models and enhanced experiences, and learn how to unlock greater value in your organization. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 04:45 PM IST

Leading the AI Data Revolution: Roadmap to Agentic Management with Python, Spark & Open Tables

Prasad Pore, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
We are at the start of a massive, AI-driven feedback loop. A loop between a universal language, Python, a universal engine, Spark, and universal storage, Open Table Formats, that will accelerate us from simple automation to fully agentic, automated data management. This session helps D&A leaders assess their strategy for navigating this disruptive transition and its opportunities and risks. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 04:45 PM IST

Signature Series: Top Data and Analytics Predictions for 2026

Ehtisham Zaidi, VP, Team Manager, Gartner
This session of Gartner’s top D&A predictions for 2026 will guide data and analytics leaders as they plan for the impact of AI across all aspects of data and analytics, including leadership, governance, talent, market, and the need for AI-ready data and a FinAI competency for value realization. ... Show More Show Less

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