Speaker Bio
Autumn Stanish is a Director Analyst with Gartner in the Cloud Platforms and AI Data Centers team. Her research addresses AI data center trends, including energy dynamics, modular data centers, regulatory shifts, and DCIM tools. She also specializes in IT sustainability, including measuring the environmental impact of AI, the IT refurbished economy, and AI data center resource efficiency.
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Sessions
Monday, 27 April, 2026
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST
Simple Actions to Kickstart Your DEX Journey
Autumn Stanish,
Director Analyst, Gartner
A digital employee experience (DEX) strategy is crucial for identifying and eliminating digital friction that hampers workforce productivity. In this session, attendees will understand which simple actions can kickstart the journey to effectively enhance DEX and drive organizational success.
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Monday, 27 April, 2026
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST
How to Drive Sustainability Best Practices in the Digital Workplace
Autumn Stanish,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Shanna Grafeld,
Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Organizations often struggle to translate their sustainability goals to the digital workplace, leaving employees unsure about how to adopt best practices that have real-world impact like reducing cost, driving down energy consumption and increasing the life of hardware and accessories. Join us to equip your employees with the skills and knowledge to confidently adopt digital workplace sustainability practices that work for the organization.
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Monday, 27 April, 2026
04:00 PM - 04:30 PM BST
The Future(s) of Employee Devices: AI PCs and Beyond
Autumn Stanish,
Director Analyst, Gartner
The role of the employee device is evolving as new form factors and capabilities emerge. This session will explore three possible futures: realistic, idealistic and theoretical. Digital workplace leaders will walk away with not only an understanding of what can and should be improved today, but also the knowledge necessary to prepare for innovations that may be right around the corner.
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Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM BST
Ask the Expert: Bridging the IT Gender Divide: Attracting and Retaining Female Digital Workplace Talent
Autumn Stanish,
Director Analyst, Gartner
In the typical IT organization, women make up only 26% of 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 digital workplace 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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