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Arun Chandrasekaran
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Executive Leadership
Speaker Bio
Arun Chandrasekaran is a Distinguished Vice President, Analyst at Gartner, within the global CIO practice, where his research focus is on artificial intelligence. Arun spearheads Gartner's research and advisory on Generative AI, including leading popular research notes such as AI Predicts and Hype Cycle for Generative AI. Arun is a trusted advisor to executive and IT leaders, which includes the board of directors, CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, and their direct reports. He has advised thousands of CIOs, CTOs, and conducted hundreds of workshops for several Global 2000 organizations on AI, Cloud, and Innovation. In addition, he covers the start-up ecosystem closely, advising venture capitalists and tech CEOs. His views have been featured in media such as Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Economist, BBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, Fortune, Fast Company, Forbes and Computerworld.
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Sessions
Monday, 17 November, 2025 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM IST
Gartner Opening Keynote: Walking The Golden Path to Value
Arun Chandrasekaran,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Galliopi Demetriou,
VP Analyst, Gartner
AI isn't everything, but it's touching everything. To achieve the next level of value, you must navigate the blinding hype surrounding AI readiness and the lagging progress of human readiness. Join Gartner’s Opening Keynote to discover how CIOs, AI leaders and IT leaders can chart their own "golden path" – navigating vendor choices, reimagining the workforce and redefining organizational identities – to be agents of change.
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Tuesday, 18 November, 2025 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM IST
Top 10 Reasons Why Generative AI Projects Fail and How to Fix It
Arun Chandrasekaran,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
More than 50% of generative AI projects fail. This session will help CIOs learn the common causes of failures and understand best practices to mitigate those failures and scale AI across the enterprise.
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Wednesday, 19 November, 2025 10:45 AM - 11:05 AM IST
Hype Cycle for Generative AI 2025
Arun Chandrasekaran,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Generative AI continues to be a top priority for the C-suite and there has been an accelerated innovation in new AI models and products to enable it. In this session, IT leaders can learn about the key techniques and technologies powering one of the most transformative technology trends of this decade.
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