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Autumn Stanish
Director Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Leadership, Organizational and Cultural Change
- Reliability, Resilience and Recovery
Speaker Bio
Autumn Stanish is a Director Analyst with Gartner in the Digital Workplace I&O group. Her research addresses IT sustainability and the role of I&O in corporate ESG initiatives. In addition to sustainability, she also supports IT leaders with employee device trends and procurement strategies, including DEX tools, persona creation, lifecycle planning and vendor selection.
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Sessions
Monday, 11 May, 2026 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM AEST
Gartner Opening Keynote: Navigating the Hype: Strategic Roadmap to I&O Success
Autumn Stanish,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Paul Delory,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Agentic AI is a fundamental shift for I&O, demanding new operational paradigms like cloud once did. This keynote will explore concrete agentic AI application for I&O, emphasizing the needs for resilient infrastructure, automation and governance to navigate this shift. A focus on Continuous Operations will show how adopting mature techniques from tech leaders can ensue relentless innovation and operational stability. Get equipped with a roadmap to a new I&O operating model, highlighting effective patterns for behavior and operating practices to lead in the next era of I&O.
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Monday, 11 May, 2026 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM AEST
Ask the Expert: Best Practices for a Sustainable Data Center and Cloud
Autumn Stanish,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Sustainability remains a critical C-level objective as organizations strive to align their operations with environmental goals and regulatory requirements. However, practical advice for I&O is limited and disparate. In this session, IT leaders and I&O professionals can ask questions on topics within the data center and cloud, such as measuring and tracking emissions, improving workload efficiency, and selecting tools and technologies to support green initiatives.
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Tuesday, 12 May, 2026 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM AEST
Ask the Expert: Bridging the IT Gender Divide: Attracting and Retaining Female I&O Talent
Autumn Stanish,
Director Analyst, Gartner
In a typical IT organization, women make up only 26% of the roles, with less than 2% being women of color. This disparity is even wider in IT leadership and executive positions. The session will focus on how infrastructure and operations leaders can help attract and retain female talent through creative and outside-the-box recruiting strategies, employee engagement tactics and diversity initiatives.
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