Explore this year’s tracks

View tracks for CSCOs and supply chain executives and dive into last year’s sessions while we work on the full 2027 agenda.

Learn more about Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2027

Get our latest conference schedules, updates and insights sent straight to your inbox.

By clicking the "Continue" button, you are agreeing to the Gartner Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Contact Information

All fields are required.

      By clicking the "Submit" button, you are agreeing to the Gartner Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

      Back

      Conference Tracks at a Glance

      This year’s conference theme is Insight-Driven Supply Chains: Navigate With Clarity. Act With Precision. As visibility expands, AI turns complexity into insight, helping leaders anticipate shifts, align partners and act with precision. Explore our tracks all developed with this theme in mind.

      Track A: Leadership and Influence

      CSCOs must build influence, lead through transformation, and cultivate adaptive, innovative cultures. Discover actionable strategies to elevate supply chain’s role, empower teams, strengthen executive and cross-functional relationships, and lead resilience, growth and AI transformation for lasting impact.

      Track B: Strategy

      Supply chain leaders face geopolitical disruption, rapid AI advances, resource constraints, sovereignty requirements, and diverging regulations. Explore frameworks to align strategy with enterprise goals, partner needs and external realities, enabling proactive responses to emerging risks and opportunities.

      Track C: Organization and Talent

      AI is reshaping work, leadership, and organizational design while enabling more connected, responsive supply chains. This track provides actionable guidance to build AI-ready organizations, transform the workforce, improve decisions, and sustain performance and growth.
      Look back at 2026 conference sessions

      Many conference sessions were presented each day at Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ 2026. While we work to develop this year’s agenda, filter to see sessions that align with your role and interests.

       

      View track descriptions to ensure you select sessions that best fit your needs.

      Show Filters

      Filter Sessions Cancel
      Clear All See 11 Sessions No Results
      Showing 11 Sessions
      Clear All
      Monday, 18 May, 2026

      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

      12:30 PM - 01:00 PM CEST

      Executive Story: Building a Fully Digital, Autonomous Supply Chain: DeLaval’s Roadmap to Lights Out Operations
      John-Erik Hermanson, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain, DeLaval International AB
      DeLaval is advancing toward fully autonomous, lights out production through a strategic digitalization roadmap that begins with robust data governance and master data management. This session outlines how a disciplined data foundation enables the integration of robotics, real time analytics, and intelligent automation across the supply chain, driving higher efficiency, precision, and resilience. Attendees will gain a clear view of the practical steps, challenges, and measurable value behind DeLaval’s journey to a fully robotized operation.earn how to leverage a well defined supply chain strategy—supported by Gartner frameworks and tools—to effectively integrate two global operations. This session explores the critical steps, common pitfalls, and proven practices that help leaders capture synergy value while ensuring operational continuity. ... Show More Show Less

      02:30 PM - 03:00 PM CEST

      Executive Story: Danone’s Vision of Industry 5.0: Human Centric and Digitally Enabled End to End Operations
      Farzana Allegacone, VP, IT and Data, Danone
      Giovanni Pacini, Global Manufacturing Excellence & Digital Operations Transformation Director, Danone
      Danone is embedding AI across its end to end value chain, aligning with Industry 5.0 principles by combining advanced technology with human expertise across planning, sourcing, manufacturing, and delivery. This session outlines how Danone is building a strong, integrated foundation where AI is embedded end to end to support users in their daily work. It also explores the role of human capability as a core Industry 5.0 enabler, highlighting the Industry 5.0 Academy – a structured learning journey designed to upskill employees from operators through to executives. ... Show More Show Less

      02:30 PM - 03:00 PM CEST

      Executive Story: Smart Plant, Smarter Future: AI at Lenovo’s Manufacturing Sites
      James McFadden, Executive Director, Supply Chain Quality & Engineering, Lenovo
      This session explores how Lenovo integrates AI across manufacturing and operations to improve efficiency, quality, and decision making. Attendees will learn how AI is applied on the factory floor and throughout the enterprise, as well as the cultural and organizational practices that enable teams—from operators to executives—to experiment, innovate, and scale solutions that deliver real operational value. ... Show More Show Less

      05:00 PM - 05:30 PM CEST

      Executive Story: AI at Scale - Inside Sanofi’s Supply Chain Transformation
      Andrea Michael Meyer, VP Supply Chain Strategy & Excellence, Sanofi
      Catherine Blackman, VP, Global Head of Market Supply Chain, Sanofi
      Discover how Sanofi is scaling AI across its global Supply Chain with the ambition of becoming the first biopharma company truly powered by AI at scale. Gain an inside look at how Sanofi tackles diverse challenges—spanning Service, Cash, and Cost optimization—while managing complex trade-offs through a suite of interconnected AI solutions. Learn how Sanofi has uniquely addressed its inventory challenge by combining AI generated insights with a risk based framework for autonomous AI decision making. ... Show More Show Less
      Tuesday, 19 May, 2026

      10:15 AM - 10:45 AM CEST

      Executive Story: Nokia’s Regionalization & AI Journey to Resilience and Sustainability
      Kim Aaltonen, VP, Global Supply Chain, Nokia
      Global supply chains face unprecedented pressures, demanding a fundamental shift towards greater resilience and sustainability. Navigating this requires innovative strategies and advanced technological integration. In this session, Kim Aaltonen will present Nokia Mobile Networks' transformative journey, demonstrating how strategic regionalization and AI-driven digitalization are building inherent resilience. This powerful synergy drives agility, sustainability, and a distinct competitive advantage in the global market. ... Show More Show Less

      11:45 AM - 12:15 PM CEST

      Executive Story: Driving Supply Chain Strategy Through Transformational Change
      Tonya MacAvock, Vice President, Global Supply Chain & Enablement, Xerox
      Learn how to leverage a well-defined supply chain strategy—supported by Gartner frameworks and tools—during major transformational change, such as integrating two global operations. This session explores the critical steps, common pitfalls, and proven practices that help leaders capture synergy value while ensuring operational continuity. ... Show More Show Less

      03:15 PM - 03:45 PM CEST

      Executive Story: AI‑Driven Orchestration: How Global Supply Planning Is Transforming H&M’s Supply Chain Through Cost‑to‑Serve
      Erika Linton, VP, Global Supply Planning, H&M
      Discover how Global Supply Planning is becoming an AI enabled strategic orchestrator, driving the digitalization of the end to end supply chain and delivering measurable value across the business. This session explores a twofold journey: shifting teams toward insight driven decision making and tackling the critical foundations of digital innovation—data, governance, and quality. Learn practical approaches to overcoming these challenges and enabling a modern, digitally empowered supply chain. ... Show More Show Less

      03:15 PM - 03:45 PM CEST

      Executive Story: Catalyst Leadership: Empowering Leadership Teams to Lead Transformation at Schneider Electric
      Thierry Tricot, SVP, Global Supply Chain, Europe, Schneider Electric
      Schneider Electric’s Global Supply Chain (GSC) responded to global disruption -from the COVID 19 pandemic to geopolitical changes -with a bold, people focused transformation. The Catalyst Leadership program empowers leadership teams across 160 factories, 75 distribution centers, and 80,000 employees worldwide to drive change operationally and culturally. Built for deglobalization and local for local strategies, Catalyst is adaptive and non-linear, redefining leadership as a collective capability with a shared mindset and language. Through self-awareness, coaching, open communication, and independent culture surveys, it shifts attention from “what” teams do to “how” they work together. This cultural shift activates leaders, strengthens alignment, increases agility, and creates a more inclusive, future ready supply chain-reinforcing a culture of empowerment and accountability that makes Catalyst a true movement. ... Show More Show Less

      ... Show More Show Less
      Items per page: 1 – 9 of 11 Items
      1 of 1 Pages

      Sorry, no sessions match your criteria. Please refine your filters to display sessions.

      “Gartner conferences are fantastic for gaining industry insights, gaging yourself against peers and providing opportunities to pivot/evaluate.”

      Sachin Muley
      Transformation Director, Amgen

      Discover what it’s like to experience #GartnerSC