All 2025 Conference Sessions

Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit 2025 dove deep into key topics for enterprise application and software engineering leaders around AI agents, intelligent applications, managing cultural change and more.

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The Key Components of a Successful Enterprise Applications Strategy

Speakers:

  • Tad Travis, VP Analyst

Key take-aways

  • Next generation of enterprise applications will feature embedded intelligence, an adaptive user experience and autonomous orchestration.
  • Organizations should look for incremental improvements in process automation and knowledge sharing.
  • Application strategy should be primarily top-down from the business objectives but use bottom-up for crucial modernization needs.

Move Over Traditional and Generative AI: Agentic AI Is the Next Big Hype in Enterprise Applications

Speakers:

  • Greg Leiter, VP Analyst

Key take-aways

  • Three viewpoints on AI Agent capabilities: Aspiration, Demos and Reality.
  • Understanding Agentic AI Use Cases Promoted by Vendors.
  • Key issues to consider about Agentic AI including Agent Washing and AI Sprawl.

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Monday, 08 September, 2025

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM BST

Axway: Controlling AI Sprawl for Secure Innovation

Jeroen Delbarre, PRODUCT MANAGER-TURNING AI INTO BUSINESS, Axway
As organizations move beyond experimentation and accelerate AI projects, a new form of sprawl is emerging. These projects often involve sensitive data, increasing the risk of data leakage, unauthorized system access and spiraling costs. It is therefore critical to centrally manage AI assets to mitigate these risks without inhibiting innovation. Join this session to discover how to take control of AI sprawl while enabling secure & scalable growth. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM BST

Bizzdesign: Successful Practices to Elevate Business Value with Architecture

Simon Bobbitt, GLOBAL PRESALES/PARTNER DIRECTOR, Bizzdesign
Is your Enterprise Architecture (EA) program perceived as noisy, useful, trusted, or influential? Great EA delivers business value and earns its place at the table by delivering results, sparking confidence, and building strong connections with IT/ business leaders. Join this session to learn how leaders build credibility and influence with best practices, key learnings from case studies and insights on the evolving EA landscape. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM BST

Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms

Oleksandr Matvitskyy, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Why these vendors and not the others? Are there one or two low-code application platforms that outperform all? How can you navigate the world of low code with the help of Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities? This session will help answer these and other questions about the current state of the low-code application platform market. ... Show More Show Less

12:30 PM - 12:50 PM BST

CAST: Escaping the Tower of Tech Debt

Mark James, SVP, Software Intelligence, CAST, CAST
With tech debt topping $1.5T, CIOs must act fast—yet wisely—as they tackle application modernization on-prem or in the cloud. The challenge: separating “bad” tech debt that needs fixing now from “good” debt that can wait. Discover how CAST’s software intelligence technology maps complex applications, accelerating discovery 10x, identifying the best path forward, and helping teams modernize in half the time—whether on-prem or in the cloud. ... Show More Show Less

12:30 PM - 12:50 PM BST

Huawei: Delivering Enterprise AI with ROMA Connect Agentic Integration

Alex Luo, LEAD ARCHITECT IN HUAWEI CLOUD PLATFORM, Huawei
Soroosh Shahtalebi, Lead Architect of Huawei Cloud Applicati, Huawei
As generative AI transforms industries, enterprises face significant challenges in moving from strategy to production. In this session, we discover three key obstacles to AI adoption: low quality of AI data, shortage of AI skills and high AI implementation cost. We showcase how ROMA Connect's Agentic Integration can help overcome roadblocks and reduce AI project development time from months to days, accelerating enterprise digital transformation. ... Show More Show Less

12:55 PM - 01:15 PM BST

ServiceNow: From Apps to Agentic Future, Crafting Smarter, Autonomous Workflows

Kim Sturges, PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER, ServiceNow
The future of enterprise isn’t apps—it’s agents. Static apps slow progress, but AI-driven agents unlock speed and scale. In this session, discover a three-step roadmap: infuse AI to automate tasks, enable agents to guide decisions, and deploy autonomous agents to transform workflows. Learn how to evolve without rebuilding from scratch and overtaxing your teams. ... Show More Show Less

12:55 PM - 01:15 PM BST

Gravitee: Enabling Secure, Scalable, and Discoverable Multi-Agent AI Systems

Brent Hunter, SOLUTIONS ENGINEER, Gravitee
James Battle, AE, Gravitee
AI has progressed from API-like systems (AI 1.0) with basic rate limiting, routing, and threat protection, to agent-based architectures (AI 2.0), and now collaborative multi-agent systems (AI 3.0). See how Gravitee’s Agent Mesh manages, secures, and optimizes AI ecosystems - tackling security, governance, discoverability, and sprawl to scale innovation while reducing complexity. ... Show More Show Less

01:20 PM - 01:40 PM BST

GitHub: How AI Agents Are Changing The Software Development Lifecycle

Tim Rogers, Staff Product Manager, GitHub
Over the past 5 years, software development has changed massively, with AI assistants reaching almost every developer. But the transformation is only just beginning, and AI agents joining the workforce means that the pace of change will inevitably accelerate. In this session, tailored for software engineering leaders, you'll learn how the software development lifecycle (SDLC) has already shifted, discover what's next and hear how development teams at GitHub are leveraging AI to increase their impact ... Show More Show Less

01:20 PM - 01:40 PM BST

Harness: The Golden Path to Innovation Velocity with AI and Platform Engineering

Regulated enterprises face a paradox: they must innovate fast, yet legacy systems, fragile pipelines, and strict regulations hold them back. Cloud adoption promised relief but progress is slower than anticipated, with migrations stalling under these same constraints. This session shows how AI and platform engineering can enable secure, pre-architected developer journeys that automate work, cut tool sprawl, boost innovation, and ensure compliance. ... Show More Show Less

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“The discussion around AI agents and their practical applications was particularly engaging, providing a solid foundation for understanding how these technologies can be integrated into existing IT architectures. The session also did a great job of highlighting real-world use cases and anticipating future industry shifts, which made the material even more impactful.”

Federica Cavazzini 
Solution Architect, Barilla      

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