2026 Applications Conference Sessions

The 2026 agenda dives deep into key topics for enterprise application and software engineering leaders around AI, leadership, modernization, cost optimization and more to help address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

2026 Applications Conference Theme

Deliver the Future: Innovate, Lead, Act.

Applications and software engineering leaders are at a turning point where foresight must meet execution and business disruption is forcing dramatic changes. The 2026 conference empowers you to go beyond admiring the AI-enabled promising future — it's about actively building and delivering it. Learn how modern technology, visionary leadership and decisive action can transform your organization’s aspirations into reality. 

Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind. Join us to grow the skills and insights needed to deliver an adaptive and autonomous transformation journey.

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Tuesday, June 02, 2026

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM PDT

Gartner Opening Keynote: Unlock the Human-AI Multiplier to Go From Pilot to Payoff
Jason Wong, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Brent Stewart, VP Analyst, Gartner
In the race to operationalize AI across applications, workflows, and development tools, most technology leaders struggle to scale deployments, drive adoption, and show ROI. The goal is to get tangible value without creating “AI slop,” accelerating tech debt, or undermining user trust. We’ll provide insights and examples for practical transformation that emphasize human-AI partnership as a force multiplier for delivering AI solutions that get results. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM PDT

CAST: Your AI Isn’t Broken - Your Context Is
If AI isn’t delivering major gains in ADM productivity, the issue may not be the model – it’s the context. In complex enterprise systems, an incomplete understanding of all dependencies leads to inconsistent outputs, heavy rework, and developer mistrust. This session shows how feeding AI deterministic architectural context drives accuracy beyond 80%, eliminates structural risk, and cuts token usage – unlocking AI adoption across the SDLC. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM PDT

Seeburger: See Agentic AI in Action: How Unified Integration Accelerates Modernization
Ulf Persson, Svp, Strategic Prod Mgmt. & Analyst Rela, SEEBURGER
See how SEEBURGER BIS modernizes your enterprise by unifying integration and applying agentic AI. This session covers AI‑assisted flow design and testing with SIA, autonomous decisioning in operations, and simplified B2B/EDI, API, MFT, and app integration. Learn how BIS delivers governed, high‑quality data flows across on‑premises, hybrid, and cloud setups to enable AI‑ready innovation. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PDT

Heads of EA Must Rewire EA for AI
Fred Ganter, VP Analyst, Gartner
Heads of enterprise architecture (EA) who don’t proactively use AI to optimize EA activities will become a roadblock to increasing demand from business and IT stakeholders. This session provides a roadmap for heads of EA to reimagine their operating model and serve as exemplars in harnessing AI. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PDT

Roundtable: How to Plan for Escalating AI Token Costs
Luke Parker, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
With the rise of agentic coding, AI token costs are spiraling, with $100+/month or even $1000+/month per developer. Should you tightly control spend or encourage experimentation? Which vendors support transparency? And will AI costs start to rival salary costs? Join this roundtable discussion to share challenges, learn best practices and hear how peers are planning for these increases. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PDT

Roundtable: Is Product-Centric Delivery in Government Achievable — or Just Rhetoric?
Ron Blankenship, Executive Partner, Domains, Gartner
Join public-sector technology peers for a candid, peer-led discussion on shifting from projects to products in government. Explore real barriers and breakthroughs in team structure, funding, culture and accountability. Share your experiences and learn what’s truly working — and what’s not — across agencies. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PDT

Secure AI Before AI Breaks Everything
Aaron Lord, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI systems are being deployed without due consideration for the threats that could impact them. Without understanding these threats, organizations will be exposed to excessive risk. This session will explore how to use threat modeling and adversarial thinking on AI systems before they wreak havoc. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT

Senior Leadership Circle Workshop: Advance Your AI Strategy for Success in an Era of Constant Change
Dave Micko, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The enormous potential business value of AI will not materialize spontaneously. IT leaders should guide their organizations toward an era in which AI is not only creating tangible business value but goes beyond to become a critical competitive differentiator and industry disruptor. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PDT

Strategic Roadmap to Boost Software Engineering Productivity and Optimize Costs
Brian Minning, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
With economic uncertainty and rising expectations for AI, software engineering leaders are under pressure to "do more with less". Boosting developer productivity and optimizing costs are top priorities for software engineering leaders in 2026, but they must ensure these efforts do not undermine teams' ability to deliver long-term value. This session will teach the necessary techniques, tools and metrics to enhance the impact of software engineering teams and investments. ... Show More Show Less

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Aneez Zakaria
Product Manager, Blue Shield of California

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