All 2025 Conference Sessions

Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit 2025 dove deep into key topics for enterprise application and software engineering leaders around AI agents, intelligent applications, managing cultural change and more.

Session Take-Aways

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The Key Components of a Successful Enterprise Applications Strategy

Speakers:

  • Tad Travis, VP Analyst

Key take-aways

  • Next generation of enterprise applications will feature embedded intelligence, an adaptive user experience and autonomous orchestration.
  • Organizations should look for incremental improvements in process automation and knowledge sharing.
  • Application strategy should be primarily top-down from the business objectives but use bottom-up for crucial modernization needs.

Research Discussion: Proven Practices to Boost Developer Productivity

Speakers:

  • Frank O'Connor, Senior Director Analyst
  • Brian Mining, Senior Director, Research

Key take-aways

  • Challenge the status quo by exploring emerging themes, like AI and adopting leading practices.
  • Enable teams to tailor productivity metrics and self-direct their improvement plans to better align with their specific context.
  • Use developer-centric approaches to surface leading developer experience pain points.

Consumable Business Architecture for Smarter Business Decisions

Speakers:

  • Lucas Kobat, Director Analyst

Key take-aways

  • Business architecture helps clarify strategic impacts and recommend smarter investment decisions.
  • Consumable business architecture guidance is timely and intuitive to business.
  • Such guidance should be actionable and drive objective trade-off decisions.

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      Tuesday, June 03, 2025

      09:30 AM - 10:15 AM PDT

      Gartner Opening Keynote: Forging the Foundations for an AI-Native Era
      Danny Brian, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
      Annie Hodgkins, Director Analyst, Gartner
      Patrick Connaughton, VP Analyst, Gartner
      The foundations of successful enterprise applications — technology, skills, and culture — are emphasized as we enter an “AI-native era,” and as technical debt hinders our progress. In this session, we'll provide Gartner's unique view on how application leaders can reestablish foundations by fostering adaptability, aligning skills with innovation, and managing risk to drive growth and transformation in a rapidly evolving landscape. ... Show More Show Less

      05:15 PM - 06:00 PM PDT

      Guest Keynote: Re-Wiring for The Future
      Dr. Michelle Dickinson, Co-founder, Nanotechnologist, Materials Engineer,
      Technology is rapidly impacting the way that almost all industries do business. With these changes, many human centred functions are also changing, and in some cases being replaced by technology. How can we prepare for the future and what skills can we work on today to ensure that our knowledge is re-wired and ready for the jobs of the future? ... Show More Show Less
      Thursday, June 05, 2025

      09:00 AM - 09:45 AM PDT

      Guest Keynote: Disruption Rules for a Disruptive Marketplace
      Reggie Fils-Aimé, Former President and COO, Nintendo of America
      In this keynote, Reggie Fils-Aimé — the trailblazing former President and COO of Nintendo of America— reveals the mindset and strategies behind driving meaningful innovation in an unpredictable, fast-evolving marketplace. From his beginnings in the Bronx to leading one of the world’s most iconic entertainment brands, Fils-Aimé shares hard-won lessons from his journey as a barrier-breaking executive, bestselling author, and influential board leader. He shares his proven "rules of disruption" — principles for launching bold, market-defining initiatives that create real, lasting value. Attendees will gain actionable insights on how to build a culture that fuels innovation, harness curiosity as a leadership superpower, and craft visionary strategies that challenge the norm and spark transformative growth. ... Show More Show Less

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