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This year’s conference theme Architecting Sales Success in the Age of AI, explores AI-driven strategies, leadership insights and proven frameworks for building agile, high-performing sales organizations ready to thrive in a fast-changing world. Explore the topics, all developed with this theme in mind.

Agentic AI in Sales

Uncover how agentic AI is transforming sales, driving action and insights, enhancing decision making for sales teams.

AI-First Sales Strategy

Discover how an AI-first sales strategy empowers teams by augmenting work, making it more efficient and driving insights that lead to improved sales outcomes.

Buyer Insights and Experience

Create and develop insights and strategies that drive high-value buyer engagements across all target personas.

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PDT

Roundtable: Advanced Strategies for Customer-Focused Segmentation

Danielle McKinley, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
This session will discuss how to update customer-focus efforts by revisiting segmentation approaches across diverse routes to market. Join this session to learn more. Show Less

12:30 PM - 01:15 PM PDT

Roundtable: Pipeline Generation: Tips, Tricks and Best Practices

Elizabeth Jones, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Join this roundtable discussion to hear how your fellow sales leaders are tackling the critical challenge of improving pipeline. Collaborate with your peers to share and learn best practices for optimizing your pipeline strategies. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 03:15 PM PDT

CSO Circle Roundtable: Tech-Savvy Sales Leadership: Simplifying the Complex

Melissa Hilbert, VP Analyst, Gartner
The fast-changing tech landscape can be daunting. CSOs can simplify the complexity and drive performance by embracing tech including AI-enabled tools. You will share your experiences and strategies, and we will explore the practical ways you use to get comfortable with technology and take advantage of it for your organization. ... Show More Show Less

04:00 PM - 04:45 PM PDT

Roundtable: Harnessing Generative AI for Next-Level Sales and Revenue Enablement (Multi-group)

Doug Bushée, VP Analyst, Gartner
Join fellow sales and revenue enablement leaders in an interactive roundtable to explore the transformative potential of generative AI. This session will explore real-world applications, share best practices, and discuss the challenges and opportunities AI presents. Collaborate with peers to uncover actionable strategies for integrating AI into your enablement practices. ... Show More Show Less
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM PDT

Roundtable: Best Practices and Lessons Learned From AI Experimentation (Multi-group)

Steve Rietberg, VP Analyst, Gartner
Aditya Vasudevan, Director Analyst, Gartner
Sales leaders who are experimenting with vendor-provided and home-grown AI applications have gained valuable insights on which use cases are best candidates for augmenting or automating sales activities. This session is designed exclusively for attendees who have implemented emerging AI use cases (agents, virtual sellers, etc.,) in their sales force to discuss their lessons learned. ... Show More Show Less

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM PDT

Roundtable: Successful Onboarding Strategies to Empower New Sellers

Danielle McKinley, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The best onboarding programs are designed to bring sellers up to speed quickly and effectively. Learn what other Gartner clients are doing to ensure a smooth and productive ramp for their new hires. The conversation will cover technology, metrics, milestones, learning best practices, mentoring and more. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM PDT

CSO Circle Roundtable: Influencing the C-Suite

Brendan Condon, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
CSOs often are challenged with how to best manage their boss — this Roundtable will be the perfect forum for you to share and learn best practices on delivering good and bad news to your CEO, BoD and the C-suite. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM PDT

Roundtable: The Best Strategies to Recruit and Retain Top Sellers

Shayne Jackson, VP Analyst, Gartner
Your top sales talent is your greatest asset, and your greatest vulnerability. Share and learn strategies sales leaders use to recruit solid sellers and keep their best performers to grow a strong and successful team. Don’t let your competition swipe your top performers — make your sales talent your ultimate competitive advantage. ... Show More Show Less

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