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The Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ 2026 agenda covers essential topics for CSCOs and supply chain leaders, including AI, emerging technologies, cost optimization and risk management — helping you tackle your organization’s most critical supply chain challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

This year’s conference theme is Dynamic by Design: Renew, Rethink and Recode Supply Chains for the Autonomous Era. CSCOs must anticipate disruption — geopolitical, technological, and more — while achieving new levels of visibility and transparency. As AI and autonomous business accelerate, CSCOs must enable faster, machine-driven decisions to drive growth, protect margins, and build resilience. Renew your vision, rethink traditional models, and recode supply chains with advanced technologies and bold leadership. Spark new ideas and accelerate transformation.

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Hear from Lindsay Azim about why supply chain leaders can't miss Gartner's Opening Keynote, Leading Supply Chain Into the Autonomous Era. 
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Monday, 18 May, 2026

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM CEST

Gartner Opening Keynote: Leading Supply Chain Into the Autonomous Era
Alan O'Keeffe, VP Analyst, Gartner
While supply chains face new waves of cost pressures and shifting geopolitics, the promise of AI has CEOs pushing for the next wave of growth. In this moment, success demands reimagining how, where and by whom supply chains are operated. Join Gartner’s Opening Keynote to discover how CSCOs and supply chain executives can boldly build tomorrow’s supply chains and lead their companies into the autonomous era. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM CEST

OpenText & L’Oréal: How IT Helps to Augment the Supply Chain Business at L’Oréal
Vesna Soraic, Director, Product Marketing, Business Network, OpenText
Nabil SID, It Europe Operations & Finance Director, L'Oréal
See how L’Oréal is evolving its multi-brand operating model into an AI-enabled, always-on supply chain. As product lifecycles shrink and volatility increases, L’Oréal is building the capabilities to onboard brands and partners faster, synchronize planning and execution in real time, and respond to demand at trend speed. The session highlights the role of supply chain orchestration and partner ecosystems in scaling this transformation. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM CEST

Treefera: Food Security Is a Financial Systems Risk. First-Mile Intelligence Is the Advantage
Jonathan Horn, Founder and CEO, Treefera
Three of the five worst harvests across Northern Europe occurred this decade. Supply chain leaders are pricing procurement risk on crop data built for a stable agricultural era that no longer exists - yet satellite intelligence and AI nowcasting have already given the best-resourced trading desks a significant information advantage. Attendees will learn how first-mile agricultural intelligence is reaching institutional scale and what that means for procurement strategy and supply chain resilience.
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11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CEST

CSCO Circle Ask the Analyst: Everything You Want to Know About Cost to Serve
Marco Sandrone, VP Analyst, Gartner
Many organizations are unaware of the true profitability of their customers and products. Join this session to ask questions about cost-to-serve use cases, identification of cost drivers, data gathering and cost-to-serve modelling. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CEST

CSCO Circle Workshop: Succeeding as a New-to-Role CSCO
Simon O'Neill, Executive Supply Chain Partner, Gartner
Successful leaders have one thing in common: credibility. Whether making the transition to a new company, a new industry or being newly promoted to the CSCO role, establishing credibility is critical to a successful transition. This workshop will introduce new-to-role supply chain leaders to methodologies and tools designed to accelerate their success in the new organization. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CEST

Crack the Code: The Era of Human- Machine Collaboration to drive Supply Chain Planning Value
Ingrid Gonzalez McCarthy, VP, Team Manager, Gartner
In the era of rapid technological advancements, the collaboration between humans and machines is transforming supply chain planning. Join us to explore what to consider when designing your strategy to unlock the full potential of an effective Human Machine collaboration in supply chain Planning. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CEST

Elevate Your Leadership by Illustrating Supply Chain Value
Lorraine Gavin, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Driving value with the C-suite is the primary trait of effective CSCOs. But what if your C-suite doesn't see value of the supply chain? CSCOs must be intentional about demonstrating supply chain value to CxOs in order to improve their brand and leadership within the organization, especially if they want to drive value alongside their C-suite peers. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CEST

Executive Story: Product Led. Customer Focused. Bayer’s Supply Chain Reinvention
Peter Jurecka, VP, Product Supply Lead Radiology and Radiopharmaceuticals, Bayer
Bayer Pharma transformed its formerly siloed, function-based supply chains into a globally integrated, product centric model—deploying over 12,000 employees into agile product, customer, and technical teams aligned to shared goals. This shift eliminated bureaucracy, accelerated decision making, improved productivity, and delivered better inventory and cost performance while maintaining high quality and service. Join this session to learn how Bayer turned a bold idea into measurable supply performance gains in under two years. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM CEST

Magic Quadrant Insights and Trends for Warehouse Management Systems 2026
Simon Tunstall, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
As emerging technologies are driving adaptation, there is renewed pressure on logistics and warehouse operations to reduce costs, improve efficiency and manage change. This session provides insights on the latest impacts, trends, technologies and leading vendors in the warehouse management systems (WMS) market. ... Show More Show Less

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