Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit 2026

Analysts to Discuss Future of Enterprise Applications and Software Engineering Innovation What: Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit When: June 2-4, 2026 Where: Las Vegas, NV Details: Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit is the premier conference for enterprise applications and software engineering leaders to adapt to the AI-native era, align innovation with business goals, lead cultural change and optimize costs while modernizing their application portfolio. The 2026 conference empowers application and software engineering leaders to go beyond admiring the AI-enabled promising future, to actively building and delivering it. Audience and Topics: The conference will feature more than 55 Gartner experts and 134 research-driven sessions. The full conference agenda features ten comprehensive tracks that dive deep into key topics for enterprise application and software engineering leaders around AI, leadership, modernization, cost optimization and more to help address their organization’s mission-critical challenges:

- AI Foundations - Getting Started
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- Scaling AI Adoption
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- Evolving Enterprise Application Strategies
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- Modern Software Engineering
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- Leading Through Technological Change
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- Automating and Integrating Applications
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- Application and Software Architecture
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- Cost Optimization
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- Enterprise Architecture
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- Technical Insights
- Keynotes & Guest Speakers: Gartner Opening Keynote: “Unlock the Human-AI Multiplier to Go From Pilot to Payoff” with Jason Wong, Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner, and Brent Stewart, Sr. Director Analyst at Gartner Guest Keynote: “The Uncertainty Principle: How to Lead in the Never Normal” with Peter Hinssen, Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker, and Author at Nexxworks Venue and Travel Details: Visit the conference’s website for complete venue and travel details. Social Media: Join the discussion on social media using #GartnerAPPS.