All 2026 Conference Tracks

2026 Conference Tracks at a Glance

This year's conference theme is Deliver the Future: Innovate, Lead, Act. Developed with this theme in mind, our tracks are built to empower applications and software engineering leaders to turn AI vision into action. Learn to innovate, lead, and deliver strategies for real impact. 

Our agenda will be out soon. In the meantime, view our hot topics for 2026 here and check out the top sessions from our 2025 conference here.

A: Leadership

Enterprise application and software engineering leaders as communicators, influencers and value creators. This track explores the leadership insights and strategies needed to deliver outcomes in an age of unprecedented technological change.

B: Evolving Enterprise Application Strategies

Enterprise application leaders prioritize creating a future-proof application platform strategy, maximizing their AI investments, and reimagining how to modernize applications with AI agents. This track covers the newest practices for application strategy, roadmaps, implementation, and governance in the age of AI.

C: Modern Software Engineering

Transform your software organization from AI experimentation to AI-native execution. This track shows you how to build AI-ready foundations, accelerate SDLC productivity and integrate intelligent applications. Learn to modernize teams, manage technical debt and turn AI into measurable business value.

D: Automating and Integrating Applications

Explore the latest in automating and integrating applications, with a focus on the growing trend of agentic automation. Gain actionable insights on connecting systems, streamlining workflows, orchestrating human tasks and leveraging intelligent agents to maximize efficiency for your business.

E: Application and Software Architecture

Effective architecture is the foundation for delivering value, and AI-powered applications require architectures that are scalable, secure, and ready for change. This track delivers strategies, frameworks and practical guidance for building, evolving and governing architectures that are resilient, scalable and ready for what’s next.

Spotlight: Enterprise Architecture

This spotlight track equips heads of enterprise architecture with strategies to drive business value by leading AI initiatives, optimizing IT investments, leveraging AI within the function, and demonstrating tangible results. Sessions also explore how to architect for adaptability in a rapidly changing technology landscape and guide organizations in adopting emerging technologies and trends.

Spotlight: Technical Insights

This track showcases Gartner for Technical Professionals content and digs deeper into the technical details around how you can deliver the future of applications for your organization.