Gartner’s Top Communications Predictions for 2026: What Every CCO Must Know

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Live session on January 27, 2026

7:00 a.m. PST

1 hour

What you’ll learn

AI adoption and a rapidly expanding stakeholder ecosystem are redefining the role of communications. For CCOs, the next three years will bring unprecedented disruption — and opportunity. In this Gartner webinar, you’ll explore five critical predictions that will shape communications between 2026 and 2029. Learn what’s coming, why it matters and how to future-proof your team and strategy to maintain influence, trust and measurable impact.

  • Discover how AI-powered search and LLMs will transform PR and earned media — and the strategies you need now

  • Learn why narrative intelligence is essential for real-time reputation monitoring and agile response to misinformation

  • Understand how advanced analytics will become non-negotiable for proving and improving communications’ business value

Return to this web page to watch the webinar. Contact us at gartnerwebinars@gartner.com with questions about viewing this webinar.

Meet your hosts

Patryck Allen

VP Analyst, Communications Chief of Research

Amber Gallihar Boyes

Director Analyst, KI Leader

Michelyne Chavez

Principal, Research

Emily Earl

Director, Research

Iliyana Hadjistoyanova

Sr Director Analyst

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