This year’s conference theme is Dynamic by Design. Renew, Rethink and Recode Next-Gen Supply Chains. CSCOs drive growth by predicting disruptions, embracing AI and rethinking operating models — designing resilient, innovative supply chains for the future. Inspire ideas and accelerate transformation. Explore our tracks, all developed with this theme in mind.
Explore this year’s tracks
View tracks for CSCOs and supply chain executives and dive into last year’s sessions while we work on the full 2026 agenda.
Conference Tracks at a Glance
Track A: Leadership and Influence
Explore how CSCOs inspire teams, build influence and foster resilience amid disruption. Gain strategies to lead cross-functional outcomes, empower teams, and drive growth, cost optimization and sustainability.
Track B: Strategy
Learn how CSCOs balance agility, resilience and growth. Discover frameworks for risk management, cost savings, sustainability and transformation, plus best practices for aligning supply chain strategy with enterprise goals.
Track C: Organization and Talent
Discover how CSCOs build future-fit teams and foster innovation to thrive amid change. Gain strategies for organization design, talent development and empowering people to drive supply chain excellence in a dynamic world.
Look back at 2025 Conference Sessions
Many content-rich sessions were presented each day at the 2025 Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo. While we work to develop this year’s agenda, filter to see sessions that align with your role and interests.
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Monday, May 05, 2025
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM EDT
Gartner Opening Keynote: Turning Divergence into Advantage
Ken Chadwick,
Distinguished VP, Advisory, Gartner
A new world order or old-world norms? An AI revolution or an AI evolution? Surging growth or global stagnation? Businesses face a set of divergent realities sending mixed signals, drawing attention away from what is most important to deliver value. The supply chain sits at the nexus of these trends and is in a unique position to turn divergence into advantage for the enterprise. Our opening keynote will explore how we experience divergence, and how you can deliver on enterprise ambitions by navigating through the noise, orchestrating dynamic outcomes, and accelerating supply chain innovation.
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Tuesday, May 06, 2025
09:00 AM - 09:45 AM EDT
Guest Keynote: The Never Normal
Peter Hinssen,
Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker and Author, Nexxworks
We’re at a crossroads. Certainly since the COVID-19 crisis but even before that, we have been evolving into a world with many new types of disruptions. There’s this potent cocktail of global platforms, information, intelligence, and automation that is accelerating the pace of change. But technology is no longer the biggest driver of disruption. What’s coming at us is ecological, biological, societal and geopolitical in nature and this is just the beginning. These many disruptions are going to evolve into seismic shocks that will completely overturn how we live and work. Think about the rising sea levels we might experience in coming decades. Or pandemics like COVID-19. Or the cold (trade) war between the US and China.
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05:15 PM - 06:00 PM EDT
Guest Keynote: Never, Ever Give Up
Diana Nyad,
World Champion Athlete, World-Renowned Inspirational Speaker, and Author, Gartner Guest Speaker
At age 60, having not swum a stroke in decades, Hall of Fame swimmer Diana Nyad began planning for her white whale of distance swims: the 110-mile ocean crossing between Cuba and Florida. She’d tried it once, in her 20s, and severe jellyfish attacks had defeated her then. With a new commitment to her vision, she attempted it again and accomplished this incredible feat 30 years after she failed to complete it before.
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Wednesday, May 07, 2025
09:00 AM - 09:45 AM EDT
Guest Keynote: Be a Leader of Innovation and Progress: How to Iterate, Adapt and Succeed Faster
Kat Cole,
CEO, AG1; Strategic Advisor; Investor, AG1
During Kat Cole’s over four-year tenure as president, Cinnabon, a company then struggling to be competitive, quickly resurged as a multichannel, global brand with over 1,200 stores in 56 countries and saw its sales pass the $1 billion mark. Cole knows you innovate and succeed faster when you are more observant and immersed in the action, and understands which qualities are critical to help you iterate and adapt more quickly—even in traditionally slow or mature industries and organizations. She also knows that it takes hustle, heart, grit and resilience to follow through after you have taken an initial risk. From her well-known “hotshot rule” to her lessons in “hustle muscle,” Cole shares the most significant stories and lessons about leadership and innovation that she has learned throughout her esteemed career. She explores how to discern meaningful patterns, explains the essential qualities and characteristics she looks for in new hires, and addresses how to manage tough decisions and impactful innovations that may have short-term trade-offs, but will provide great return in the long run.
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