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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.

Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind.

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

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CEST

Roundtable: How to Build Readiness for Successful Inventory Stock Modeling
Marko Pukkila, VP, Team Manager, Gartner
Many organizations struggle to achieve inventory reduction goals because they aren’t fully prepared for the changes required in inventory modelling. This session will prompt discussion around a key question: What practical steps can supply chain planning leaders take to close readiness gaps and enable sustainable inventory improvement through effective inventory modeling? ... Show More Show Less

12:30 PM - 01:15 PM CEST

CSCO Circle Roundtable: Leading Supply Chain Into the Autonomous Business Era
Alan O'Keeffe, VP Analyst, Gartner
Lindsay Azim, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Join this session to explore key themes from the 2026 Supply Chain Symposium and Xpo’s opening keynote on how CSCOs can embrace their pivotal role in shaping the autonomous supply chain of the future — by defining the partnership between humans and machines, reimagining workflows and physical assets, and bringing ecosystem partners along on the journey. ... Show More Show Less

12:30 PM - 01:15 PM CEST

Roundtable: Reviving Silent S&OPs: Recode Your Meetings Into Dynamic Decision Hubs
Cristina Carvallo, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Today’s S&OPs drown leaders in data yet starve them of decisions, leaving nonsupply chain peers bored, defensive and disengaged. In this session, supply chain leaders will get peer insights to renew their process design. Learn how to streamline reports into decision triggers, rethink escalation criteria, and recode the meeting culture so every executive contributes, commits and drives next-gen supply chain agility. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 05:00 PM CEST

CSCO Circle Roundtable: Driving C-Suite Value by Delivering Frictionless Performance
Claudia Clemens, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Wade Mcdaniel, VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner
Working effectively across the C-suite to advance enterprise-wide goals is one of the strongest predictors of CSCO success. This lightly facilitated roundtable brings leaders together to share practical strategies, challenges, and wins—offering a candid, peer-driven look at how CSCOs are paving the way for enterprise growth. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 05:00 PM CEST

Roundtable: Gain Competitive Advantage Through Manufacturing Make-Versus-Buy Decisions
Simon Jacobson, VP Analyst, Gartner
CSCOs often discount the strategic power of manufacturing make-versus-buy decisions. To achieve a competitive advantage, CSCOs must elevate these decisions beyond mere tactics. CSCOs should use this discussion to align make-versus-buy decisions with core enterprise goals. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, 19 May, 2026

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CEST

CSCO Circle Roundtable: Supply Chain Resilience Made Real
Isabelle Conrot, Executive Supply Chain Partner, Gartner
Resilience can mean many different things in practical application and varies by industry segment. During this lightly facilitated discussion, we'll find common ground and exchange best practices to help shape a future-ready supply chain. ... Show More Show Less

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CEST

Roundtable: Building COE Credibility Is a Marketing Exercise
Alan O'Keeffe, VP Analyst, Gartner
COEs are under constant scrutiny to show the value they bring to the organization. Leaders want results, while operations are unwilling to support initiatives, and nobody seems to see the progress made. For this lightly facilitated discussion, come prepared to share challenges and solutions for building COE credibility, communicating outcomes with stakeholder segments and changing perceptions. ... Show More Show Less

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM CEST

Roundtable: Getting Started With AI Talent and Skills for Procurement
Fareen Mehrzai, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI skills are the latest hot commodity on the talent market, but many CPOs are left wondering what skills they need first, how they can develop those skills, if they can develop these with their current people or if they need to buy externally, and more. Come to this session to explore with your procurement peers the approaches to building crucial AI skills on your procurement team. ... Show More Show Less

01:45 PM - 02:30 PM CEST

Roundtable: Supply Chain Design for the Future of Life Sciences
Maria Nieradka, VP Analyst, Gartner
Life science supply chains need to be designed for new modalities and product lines in addition to the current portfolio of products. Learn from peer best practices on how to build new capability for the supply chain of the future, while ensuring customer service for existing therapies. ... Show More Show Less

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