All 2026 Conference Sessions

Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit 2026 dives deep into key topics for supply chain planning to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

Plan With Insight. Deliver With Impact.

In a rapidly evolving landscape, supply chain planning leaders must seize the moment. Join us to build future-ready teams, advance AI-driven and digital planning, elevate performance, and drive lasting agility and impact. The time to act is now.

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Monday, November 02, 2026

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM MST

Gartner Opening Keynote: The Planning Illusion: Escaping the Certainty Trap
Ingrid Gonzalez McCarthy, VP, Team Manager, Gartner
Volatility is no longer a temporary disruption—it is structural. As business accelerates and technology outpaces our ability to adapt, organizations continue to pour investments into planning. Yet, despite these efforts, supply chain leaders still struggle to build plans that actually keep execution aligned with strategy.

AI is rising as the “solution” to everything, but more intelligence has not translated into better outcomes. The new environment requires planning leaders to refocus from outdated planning paradigms back the core planning purpose: enabling better decisions. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM MST

Kinaxis: Close the Decision Gap
Nicole Moncada, Business Consultant, Kinaxis
Disruptions don't hurt your supply chain. Slow decisions do. While teams gather data, validate assumptions, and chase alignment, opportunities disappear and costs grow.

See how Kinaxis combines concurrent planning with AI agents that help planners anticipate change, evaluate scenarios, and orchestrate decisions across the supply chain. Because competitive advantage doesn't come from seeing change first. It comes from acting on it first. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM MST

2026 Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Planning Technologies
Eva Dawkins, Director Analyst, Gartner
Join this session to review Gartner’s 2026 Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Planning Technologies. In this session, we highlight new entrants, exits and fast movers. Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MST

Scope It Right, Size It Right: How Much AI Is Enough in SC Planning?
Buse Aras, Director Analyst, Gartner
This session provides planning leaders with a pragmatic approach to scope implementations, select the appropriate vendor profile and calibrate the right amount of AI to fit the problem, data and organizational readiness. We provide a right‑sized roadmap that sequences capabilities, data work and change enablement, defines vendor selection criteria that withstand a fast‑moving market, and anchors agreements to outcome‑based acceptance, ensuring technology decisions drive predictable business impact. Planning Essentials Spotlight Track: This session delivers must-have insights for Planning Leaders to succeed in their roles. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MST

The Rise of the End-to-End Planner: Evolving Roles and Competencies for an AI-Driven World
Cristina Carvallo, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Structural volatility, changing customer expectations and rapid technology evolution are changing planning processes and expectations. This changes cascade into the evolution of the role of the planner and the competencies required for doing the role effectively. This session will explore the rise of the end-to-end planner as a vision of the future, it will provide guidance on role changes that are possible today and strategies to accelerate change adoption and competency building. ... Show More Show Less

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM MST

Blue Yonder: Future-Ready Supply Chains: Innovation, AI Adoption, and What's Next

Olawale Ojo, Global Head of Planning and Logistics, Griffith Foods
The world's leading brands are moving beyond supply chain point solutions. The rise in connected, AI-led decisioning in top global organizations is removing silos, aligning partners, and operationalizing real-time intelligence.

Through real-world lessons learned, panelists in this session will share the challenges that pushed them to prioritize supply chain innovation and will reveal the challenges they seek to combat on the horizon. ... Show More Show Less

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM MST

Roundtable: From Prediction to Performance: AI & Data Analytics in Action, moderated by DP World
More intelligence doesn’t automatically lead to better supply chain decisions. DP World Leaders will explore how leaders can turn AI and data analytics into action by combining predictive insights with human judgment and operational realities to improve decision-making, strengthen planning performance and create measurable business impact. ... Show More Show Less

01:45 PM - 02:15 PM MST

AI Agent Governance: Are You Ready to Work With AI Agents?
Tess Frenzel, Director Analyst, Gartner
As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms supply chain planning, the rise of AI agents brings both unprecedented opportunities and new governance challenges. This session will equip planning leaders with the knowledge and frameworks needed to understand the fundamentals of agentic AI, knowing when to use or not use an AI agent, and best practices for agentic AI oversight. Provocative Planning Spotlight Track: Future-focused insights for Planning Leaders redefining technology and processes. ... Show More Show Less

01:45 PM - 02:30 PM MST

Ask the Analyst: How Are You Moving Beyond AI Pilots to Enterprise Impact in SCP?
Joe Graham, Director Analyst, Gartner
Many supply chain planning leaders have launched AI pilots, but far fewer have scaled them into measurable enterprise impact. This Ask the Analyst session explores how organizations are moving beyond experimentation by addressing common barriers such as poor data quality, unclear ownership, limited talent, and fragmented workflows. Come prepared with questions about scaling AI across planning domains to drive meaningful business impact. ... Show More Show Less

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“Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit provided excellent insights into the latest planning trends and technologies. The mix of [insights], case studies and analyst one-on-one sessions offered real value and actionable take-aways.”

Artem Movchan
Head of Supply Chain Planning, Autodoc

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