All Gartner Data & Analytics 2026 Conference Sessions

The 2026 agenda dives deep into key topics for data, analytics and AI leaders around agentic AI, governance, leadership, data architecture and more to help you address your organization's mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Value at AI Velocity: Navigating the Now and Next

As AI accelerates change across industries, leaders must deliver immediate impact while preparing for future developments. This year’s conference focuses on overcoming challenges like scaling AI, managing disruption, and balancing risk using governance—helping leaders unlock data’s full potential for lasting success.

Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind. Take a look at the list of tracks available onsite. 

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Monday, March 09, 2026

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM EDT

Gartner Opening Keynote: Navigate AI on Your Data & Analytics Journey to Value
Adam Ronthal, VP Analyst, Gartner
Georgia O'Callaghan, Director Analyst, Gartner
AI is accelerating new possibilities for data and analytics everywhere. Success isn’t always about being the fastest, but about finding your own path to value, while managing risk and cost. Join our Gartner’s Opening Keynote to discover how a thoughtful approach to speed and direction helps you prepare for what’s next, no matter where you are today. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

The Intelligence Capabilities Canvas: The D&A Foundation You Need to Drive Innovation and Resilience
Carlie Idoine, VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will provide a blueprint for the comprehensive data, analytics, and AI capabilities and services that leaders need to build to enable their organization's AI ambition. It will explore the implications of your AI ambition archetype on your buying, deployment, and organization strategies. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Ask the Expert: Tactics, Strategies and Tools for Governing AI Agents
Gary Olliffe, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
AI agents come in all shapes and sizes, are developed, deployed or embedded in an increasing number of platforms, and can be applied to anything from fun ad hoc tasks to mission-critical business processes. Among all this diversity, the big question is, "How do we govern agents within our organization?" In this session, we answer your questions about ways to help your organization mitigate risk and establish control over the agents in your environment. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

What Keeps Data Management Leaders Up at Night in 2026?
Michael Simone, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
This session will explore the challenges faced by data management leaders and offer actionable recommendations to address them. By understanding and overcoming these obstacles, leaders can optimize their data management strategies and drive more informed decision making. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Designing the Future Ready Data & Analytics Organization for Agility and Consistency
Jorg Heizenberg, VP Analyst, Gartner
To position their teams as a must-have discipline that can fulfill cross-functional use cases, D&A leaders must optimize their organizational model. The optimal model balances enterprisewide capabilities focused on enablement with decentralized needs focused on outcomes. Discover the design principles that underpin the ideal model and learn how to strike a balance between centralized consistency and decentralized agility. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Ask the Expert: How to Design and Optimize RAG
Sumit Agarwal, VP Analyst, Gartner
RAG has emerged as a powerful approach for building advanced AI systems that combine the strengths of large language models with external knowledge sources. However, RAG solutions struggle with reliability and require a lot of experimentation. This session will address key questions to help determine the best design pattern and optimization for RAG implementations. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Advance Your AI Strategy For Success in an Era of Constant Change
Arun Chandrasekaran, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
The enormous potential business value of AI will not materialize spontaneously. AI 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 - 11:45 AM EDT

Ask the Expert: Negotiating Snowflake and Databricks Contracts
Aaron Rosenbaum, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Snowflake and Databricks have become significant vendors to many enterprises, with increasing product offerings and broad array of use cases. This session provides attendees with strategies and tactics to negotiate the best contractual deal with Snowflake or Databricks and to pose questions when it comes to dealing with them. D&A leaders need to understand how their organization can best estimate future usage needs, mitigate risk when negotiating with the vendor, discover how to best attain leverage, what is and is not leverage in Salesforce's view, etc. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

CDAO Circle Leadership Exchange: Exchange Lessons From CDAO Agenda Survey 2026
Michael Gabbard, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
JC Martel, PhD, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Join an interactive executive discussion on emerging trends from the 2026 CDAO Agenda Survey, highlighting cost optimization for D&A, scalable design patterns and the use of AI to improve D&A operations. Discover how these insights can drive efficiency and innovation across your organization. ... Show More Show Less

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