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Rita Sallam
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Data Integration
- Agentic Analytics and AI
- Trends and Futures
- Opening Keynote Aligned
- Data Ecosystems
- Overall Data and Analytics Strategy
Speaker Bio
Rita Sallam is a Distinguished VP analyst and Gartner Fellow in the Data and Analytics team. Mrs. Sallam's focus includes tracking market trends, vendor assessment and selection, and identifying best practices for realizing business value from data, analytics and AI investments. Of particular interest is how leaders can leverage disruptions in AI to create sustainable competitive advantage. She is also focused on building frameworks for selecting and valuing data and analytics portfolios including AI investments, including Generative AI.
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Sessions
Monday, March 09, 2026 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat: Capital One's CDO on Why Talent is the Lynchpin in the Future of AI-Ready Data Ecosystems
Amy Lenander,
Chief Data Officer, Capital One
Rita Sallam,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Today modern enterprises are focused on leveraging their data to enable high-leverage applications of AI across the business. But building an AI-ready data ecosystem that can evolve as technology and business needs evolve requires world-class talent that is not just well-versed in data and technology, but is expert at problem solving, deeply grounded in the business and customer needs, and has strong influence and partnering skills. Join Capital One’s Chief Data Officer to hear about how the company is focused on cultivating and unleashing top-tier talent to help solve complex business problems, build and scale enterprise data platforms and products, and enable high-value enterprise AI capabilities while meeting a rigorous bar for risk and governance.
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Monday, March 09, 2026 03:30 PM - 04:15 PM EDT
Exclusive Invitational Program: Beyond Dashboards: Leading Data & Analytics in an AI-Accelerated World
Rita Sallam,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Chuck Price,
VP, Team Manager, Gartner
Join Rita Sallam, Distinguished VP Analyst, for exclusive insights into the top priorities and challenges facing D&A leaders in 2026. Learn practical strategies to make D&A the new currency of value for AI in your organization.
Hear from Chuck Price, former executive and now Gartner VP of Service Delivery, as he explains how AI is transforming the D&A landscape—shifting from dashboards to intelligent decision ecosystems. Discover how Gartner partners with CDAOs to drive change, improve outcomes, and build essential leadership skills for an AI-driven future. ... Show More Show Less
Hear from Chuck Price, former executive and now Gartner VP of Service Delivery, as he explains how AI is transforming the D&A landscape—shifting from dashboards to intelligent decision ecosystems. Discover how Gartner partners with CDAOs to drive change, improve outcomes, and build essential leadership skills for an AI-driven future. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 12:15 PM - 01:15 PM EDT
CDAO Circle Lunch: Fireside Chat with Oxy's Chief of AI, Patrick Bangert
Patrick Bangert,
VP and Chief of AI, Oxy
Rita Sallam,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Join this fireside chat with Oxy’s Chief AI Officer for a discussion on their AI journey—exploring actionable steps, lessons learned from missteps, and practical guidance to help others successfully navigate common challenges and pitfalls in enterprise AI adoption.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM EDT
How to Calculate the Value and Cost of AI Agents
Rita Sallam,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Leaders responsible for AI must evaluate the potential benefits and costs of new agentic AI use cases. This insight offers a framework, model and specific numbers for building and simulating total cost and key value drivers at scale for AI agent use cases.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Signature Series: Top Data and Analytics Predictions for 2026
Rita Sallam,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
This session of Gartner’s top D&A predictions for 2026 will guide data and analytics leaders as they plan for the impact of AI across all aspects of data and analytics, including leadership, governance, talent, market, and the need for AI-ready data and a FinAI competency for value realization.
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