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      Plan With Insight. Deliver With Impact. This year’s theme calls planning leaders to act now. Join us to build future‑ready teams, elevate performance with AI‑driven planning, and drive lasting agility and impact. Explore our tracks, all developed with this theme in mind.

      A: Future-Ready Planning Teams

      Amid rising expectations and rapid AI evolution, planning leaders must build future-ready teams. This track explores how to foster a digital culture, strengthen talent and modernize design to drive innovation, productivity and organizational impact.

      B: Frictionless Planning Performance

      Profitable growth in uncertainty requires supply chain planning leaders to eliminate workflow friction and align processes. This track helps you master process excellence and metrics to optimize performance with agile, robust governance.

      C: Digitally Enabled and AI-Driven Planning

      Lead through change by harnessing current and emerging planning technologies. This track shows how autonomous, analytics-driven planning — combining AI and human insights — accelerates transformation, optimizes growth and turns insights into impact.
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      Monday, 03 November, 2025

      09:30 AM - 10:15 AM GMT

      Gartner Opening Keynote: Be Fearless: Craft Your Transformative Value
      Ingrid Gonzalez McCarthy, VP, Team Manager, Gartner
      Persistent complexity, silos, and constant change keep supply chain planning teams in a cycle of firefighting, with challenges like cross-functional collaboration and forecast accuracy stubbornly unresolved. As demands accelerate, AI and advanced planning tools are fundamentally reshaping what’s possible – enabling agility, deeper integration, and breakthrough outcomes. This keynote calls you to fearlessly move beyond mere optimization and craft the transformative value you and your teams can deliver. ... Show More Show Less

      10:30 AM - 10:50 AM GMT

      Kinaxis: The Plan Is Dead. Long Live Adaptability.
      Chris Warren, BUSINESS CONSULTANT, Kinaxis
      Your forecast is wrong. Your factory’s behind. That marketing campaign? It wrecked lead times. Kinaxis Maestro helps you catch the impact before it hits revenue, margin, or customer promises. When demand spikes or plans collide, agentic AI flags what matters and surfaces trade-offs—fast. No brittle forecasts. No disconnected decisions. Just a system built to flex, with you in control. Because if your plans can’t adapt, your business pays for it. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:20 AM GMT

      2025 Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Planning Technologies
      Eva Dawkins, Director Analyst, Gartner
      Learn how to leverage Gartner's hype cycles and sort through the hype to determine which capabilities your organization should invest in and which might be too hyped. This session showcases advanced practices and explores high maturity content. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:45 AM GMT

      Ask the Expert: Managing Risk Through Planning Excellence
      Suzie Petrusic, VP Analyst, Gartner
      Supply chain planning is a key process for effective risk management, but how much resilience should be embedded in plans is often left ambiguously for the planning team to determine. Attend this session to ask the expert how to best guide decisions on risk appetite in key processes throughout the planning process. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT

      Autonomous Planning: Separating Hype From Reality
      Pia Orup Lund, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
      This session delves into the idea of automation within planning, and specifically what is feasible, or achievable, and what isn't really possible using modern technologies and methods. Emerging and established methods, leveraging machine learning, artificial intelligence and extended planning data sets can create near-term opportunities to improve planning productivity, but how much can truly be automated? Join this session to understand the state of the art, alongside emerging opportunities to improve planning decision making through automation. This session showcases advanced practices and explores high maturity content. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:45 AM GMT

      Peer Meetup: Heads of Planning: How Are You Upskilling Talent?
      The need to close planner talent gaps, particularly in emerging technology areas like GenAI, is more urgent than ever. Join other Heads of Planning to discuss your challenges and success stories. Meetups are networking sessions that allow you to connect with a small group of peers, without Gartner facilitation, in the spirit of solving challenges together. Please make every effort to attend as other attendees will be looking forward to meeting with you. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:45 AM GMT

      Peer Meetup: How Are You Improving Data Quality?
      Data is critical for accurate planning, but inaccurate or incomplete data can lead to poor forecasts, stockouts, or excess inventory. Join other planning leaders for an interactive discussion sharing ideas and best practices to ensure data quality and integrity. Meetups are networking sessions that allow you to connect with a small group of peers, without Gartner facilitation, in the spirit of solving challenges together. Please make every effort to attend as other attendees will be looking forward to meeting with you. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:45 AM GMT

      Peer Meetup: How Are You Inspiring Your Teams to Innovate?
      Planning leaders have increased pressure to demonstrate innovation that embraces disruption and new ideas to generate high value for the enterprise. How are you inspiring your team to tackle challenges with curiosity and a growth mindset? Meetups are networking sessions that allow you to connect with a small group of peers, without Gartner facilitation, in the spirit of solving challenges together. Please make every effort to attend as other attendees will be looking forward to meeting with you. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT

      Pre-Executive S&OP — The Missed Meeting Behind Your Bad Decisions
      Tessa Mahon, Director Analyst, Gartner
      Pre-S&OP is often an overlooked piece of the S&OP puzzle, but if you do not have one yet; you are likely to be missing out! Join this session to discover how to ensure your pre-S&OP bridges the gaps in your planning processes. Learn how to drive informed decision making, and elevate the S&OP process into a robust framework for achieving your business goals. ... Show More Show Less

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      Artem Movchan
      Head of Supply Chain Planning, Autodoc

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