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
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM EDT
CSCO Circle Roundtable: Own the Margin: Strategies to Cut Costs and Enable Growth
Sam Berndt,
VP, Team Manager, Gartner
CSCOs are under immense pressure to identify continued costs savings within their supply chain operations. Join this roundtable to discuss different strategies to improve organizations' profit margins with fellow CSCOs and supply chain leaders not only through costs savings but operational efficiencies and growth enablement strategies.
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11:30 AM - 12:15 PM EDT
Roundtable: Supply Chain Technology Implementation Lessons Learned
Caleb Thomson,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Learn from other Gartner clients what works well and doesn't work in planning and executing supply chain system integration efforts. Discover how to optimally consider both data and organizational readiness to ensure implementation success, with further consideration of implementation partner selection and approach.
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11:30 AM - 12:15 PM EDT
Roundtable: Building Ecosystems for Cell and Gene Therapy Supply Chains
Maria Nieradka,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Cell and gene therapy supply chains are critical to successfully delivering these life-changing therapies to patients. Learn how life science companies are partnering to build capabilities for talent, enhance processes and leverage technology to bring their products to patients.
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03:00 PM - 03:45 PM EDT
Roundtable: How Leaders are Finding Opportunities and Tackling Challenges Under the New U.S. Tariffs
Suzie Petrusic,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The new U.S. administration tariffs present challenges and opportunities for supply chain leaders. Join this session to listen, learn and share how supply chain leaders are overcoming obstacles and capitalizing on these opportunities.
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03:00 PM - 03:45 PM EDT
CSCO Circle Roundtable: Building a Change-Ready Leadership Team
Lorraine Gavin,
Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Organizations are transforming, but is your leadership team able to drive change and embed new ways of working? Join this lightly facilitated session with your CSCO peers to discuss strategies for building a leadership team that can drive the transformation your supply chain needs today and how you are improving the change-capabilities of your leadership team for the future.
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05:00 PM - 05:45 PM EDT
Roundtable: Advancing Scenario Planning Capability to Succeed in a Complex and Uncertain World (Multigroup) (Spanish)
Cristina Carvallo,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Demand uncertainty has settled at an all-time high, supply chain disruptions are more frequent and more impactful and supply chain networks are more complex and more frequently changing. Scenario planning is a key tool to improve decisions. Most supply chain leaders recognized its importance, yet most also agree that their current level of capability is low. In this roundtable we will discuss strategies to improve scenario planning to support higher quality decisions. (This session will be delivered in Spanish.)
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05:00 PM - 05:45 PM EDT
CSCO Circle Roundtable: How Leaders are Identifying Opportunities and Tackling Challenges Under the New U.S. Tariffs (Multigroup)
Thomas O'Connor,
Managing Vice President, Gartner
Wade Mcdaniel,
VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner
Steve Daugherty,
Executive Supply Chain Partner, Gartner
Betsey Nohe,
Executive Supply Chain Partner, Gartner
Peter Weiss,
VP, Team Manager, Gartner
The new U.S. administration tariffs present challenges and opportunities for CSCOs. Join this session to listen, learn and share how supply chain leaders are overcoming obstacles and capitalizing on these opportunities.
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05:00 PM - 05:45 PM EDT
Roundtable: Demystifying Supply Chain Innovation
Claudia Clemens,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
CSCOs struggle to define and build a culture of innovation that embraces disruption and unconventional ideas to generate high value for the enterprise. Building a culture of innovation requires not just solving technical challenges but also shaping new ideas by thinking strategically and proactively. Explore with others how to learn ways to nurture, adopt, implement and scale new ideas that elevate the supply chains contribution to the business.
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05:00 PM - 05:45 PM EDT
Roundtable: AI in Logistics - Balancing Costs, Risks, and Innovation
Jose Reyes,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI experimentation and adoption has accelerated greatly. Join us for a roundtable to learn from and share with peers about your successes, challenges and future plans for automating logistics through the use of AI and generative AI technologies.
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