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Plan With Insight. Deliver With Impact. This year’s theme calls planning leaders to act now. Join us to build future‑ready teams, elevate performance with AI‑driven planning, and drive lasting agility and impact. Explore our tracks, all developed with this theme in mind.

A: Future-Ready Planning Teams

Amid rising expectations and rapid AI evolution, planning leaders must build future-ready teams. This track explores how to foster a digital culture, strengthen talent and modernize design to drive innovation, productivity and organizational impact.

B: Frictionless Planning Performance

Profitable growth in uncertainty requires supply chain planning leaders to eliminate workflow friction and align processes. This track helps you master process excellence and metrics to optimize performance with agile, robust governance.

C: Digitally Enabled and AI-Driven Planning

Lead through change by harnessing current and emerging planning technologies. This track shows how autonomous, analytics-driven planning — combining AI and human insights — accelerates transformation, optimizes growth and turns insights into impact.

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Tuesday, December 02, 2025

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MST

Autonomous Planning: Separating Hype From Reality

Pia Orup Lund, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
This session delves into the idea of automation within planning, and specifically what is feasible, or achievable, and what isn't really possible using modern technologies and methods. Emerging and established methods, leveraging machine learning, artificial intelligence and extended planning data sets can create near-term opportunities to improve planning productivity, but how much can truly be automated? Join this session to understand the state of the art, alongside emerging opportunities to improve planning decision making through automation. This session showcases advanced practices and explores high maturity content. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MST

Pre-Executive S&OP – The Missed Meeting Behind Your Bad Decisions

Tessa Mahon, Director Analyst, Gartner
Pre-executive S&OP is often an overlooked piece of the S&OP puzzle, but if you do not have one yet; you are likely to be missing out! Join this session to discover how to ensure your pre-S&OP bridges the gaps in your planning processes. Learn how to drive informed decision making, and elevate the S&OP process into a robust framework for achieving your business goals. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MST

Supply Chain Planning Leaders: Get Future Ready

Brenda Westbrook, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI, access to data, geopolitical issues and talent scarcity will all impact the planning function, requiring more in terms of agility, resilience, and end-to-end visibility and collaboration. These drivers have significant implications for how we plan, as well as the roles and skills that will be required to deliver better outcomes. This session will focus on these requirements and how to achieve readiness. This session showcases advanced practices and explores high maturity content. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MST

The Far Future According to Maverick

Marty Resnick, VP Analyst, Gartner
A new presentation format, but an instant classic. What are Gartner's most Maverick and controversial predictions? Things that at first make you raise your eyebrows, but also make you think, "There might be something to it ..." Join this entertaining, energetic and 100% interactive session. This session showcases advanced practices and explores high maturity content. ... Show More Show Less

01:45 PM - 02:15 PM MST

Build a Planning Workforce Ready for an Uncertain World

Lorraine Gavin, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Change is the only thing that doesn't actually change, yet despite investments in transformations and in the face of constant disruption, workforce readiness and capability to face disruption and uncertainty lags. Join this session to learn how to prepare your workforce for the new world we live in. ... Show More Show Less

01:45 PM - 02:15 PM MST

Is AI Upending the Supply Chain Planning Profession?

Mustapha Ezzeddine, Director Analyst, Gartner
This session explores AI's transformative impact on people within the supply chain planning profession. It explores how AI is reshaping roles, leading to both opportunities and challenges. Attendees will gain insights into the effects on job security, the evolving skill sets required and the potential for job displacement. It highlights how professionals are adapting to AI integration, concluding with strategies to navigate these changes effectively. This session showcases advanced practices and explores high maturity content. ... Show More Show Less

01:45 PM - 02:15 PM MST

Lessons From Leaders — Supply Chain Planning Themes From Gartner's Top 25

Noha Samara, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Join this breakout for key supply chain planning take-aways from this year's Gartner Top 25. Gain insights and inspiration on the strategies leading organizations are leveraging to drive planning transformation and elevate performance. This session showcases advanced practices and explores high maturity content. ... Show More Show Less

01:45 PM - 02:15 PM MST

Scenario Planning 4.0: Experiment to Elevate!

Jan Snoeckx, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Many organizations struggle with growing in maturity on scenario planning. SCP leaders can join this session to learn how experiment-driven can help them break through scenario limitations and how the concept will contribute beyond a typical S&OP scope. This session showcases advanced practices and explores high maturity content. ... Show More Show Less

03:15 PM - 03:45 PM MST

Is Your Decision-Making Tool Enabling Intelligent Supply Chain Decisions?

Christian Titze, VP Analyst, Gartner
Analytics platforms used in supply chains have long been equated with generating reports and dashboards, not directly utilizing the full potential for supply chains and planning. Supply chain planning leaders should evaluate the visions on ADM solutions for business and create an optimal analytics experience to enable an intelligent planning business. This session showcases advanced practices and explores high maturity content. ... Show More Show Less

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