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

12:45 PM - 01:30 PM EDT

Roundtable: Organizing to Extend Beyond Structured Data
Melody Chien, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Making your data AI-ready can be challenging, especially with vast amount of unstructured data. This roundtable will explore practices in overcoming the challenges in managing, and governing unstructured data. Participants will share experiences in making good use of unstructured data for data and AI initiatives. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 03:15 PM EDT

Roundtable: How to Use Knowledge Graphs to Enhance RAG Performance
Maryam Hassanlou, Director Analyst, Gartner
Join this lightly facilitated discussion to share experiences and challenges integrating knowledge graphs with large language models for retrieval-augmented generation. Explore how combining these technologies can improve factual accuracy, contextual grounding and complex reasoning in AI applications. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 03:15 PM EDT

Roundtable: Reorganizing the AI Organization for Business Transformation
Mike Rollings, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
One of the primary accountabilities of the AI leader role is to instigate AI-driven business transformation. How are AI leaders approaching transformation? What organizational constructs, scope, reporting structures and accountabilities are required to drive transformation? Come join this Gartner roundtable session to share your experiences and learn from other AI leaders. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Roundtable: Implementing and Deploying AI Agents at Scale
Gary Olliffe, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Join this session to share your questions, challenges and experiences with peers. Have you scaled the deployment of AI agents? Have you used technologies or practices that proved successful, or challenging? Whether your AI agents are customer-facing, employee-facing or back-office automation, attend this analyst-moderated session to learn from and share with your peers. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 01:00 PM EDT

Roundtable: Balancing Centralized and Decentralized Approaches to Data Management
Roxane Edjlali, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
In this roundtable, D&A leaders will discuss how they are balancing the centralization and decentralization of data management, empowering LOBs to achieve self-sufficiency while leveraging the benefits of a centralized data management function. They will also address how to maintain control over local initiatives and prevent the spread of risky patterns that are misaligned with governance policies. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM EDT

Roundtable: Women in IT Leadership — What Does It Take?
Lydia Clougherty Jones, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Join this roundtable of trailblazers and thought leaders for peer discussions on advancing women in IT leadership. Women attendees are invited to explore opportunities and challenges, and to share best practices for successfully navigating the path to IT leadership. ... Show More Show Less

04:00 PM - 04:45 PM EDT

Roundtable: How Do You Demonstrate the Value of the D&A Program?
Alan D. Duncan, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Join this interactive session to engage with your peers and explore proven methods for demonstrating the value of data and analytics programs. Gain new insights and ideas from the experiences of other leaders to effectively communicate positive impacts and tangible results within your organization. ... Show More Show Less

04:00 PM - 04:45 PM EDT

CDAO Circle Roundtable: Redefining D&A and AI Governance (Multigroup)
Brian Foster, Managing Vice President, Gartner
In a recent Gartner survey, 89% of CDAOs said effective D&A governance is crucial for business, technology and AI innovation, yet almost 70% find their current D&A and AI governance practices, skills and technology insufficient to drive innovation and business value. This multigroup discussion will focus on sharing experiences and addressing how CDAOs are evolving their D&A and AI governance approaches, building the business case for foundational investments, and designing effective operating models. ... Show More Show Less
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Roundtable: Balancing Centralized and Decentralized Approaches to Data Management (Repeat)
Roxane Edjlali, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
In this roundtable, D&A leaders will discuss how they are balancing the centralization and decentralization of data management, empowering LOBs to achieve self-sufficiency while leveraging the benefits of a centralized data management function. They will also address how to maintain control over local initiatives and prevent the spread of risky patterns that are misaligned with governance policies. ... Show More Show Less

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Inter American Development Bank

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