Deepak Seth

AI agents can upend traditional AI use cases and unlock transformative potential, but the real danger isn’t overhyping their power — it’s overestimating your organization’s readiness. D&A leaders must see past the hype, sidestep common pitfalls, and build the foundation needed for true AI success.

Data and analytics leaders are turning to AI agents to automate data analysis and drive actionable insights with minimal human effort. The success of agentic analytics hinges on addressing the challenges of integration and reliability. In this session, discover how combining Knowledge Graphs, Ontologies, and Semantics with AI agents can enable scalable, context-aware, and trustworthy solutions.

D&A leaders play a central role in their organization's AI success by providing the critical accelerants needed to realize value from AI. Based on your organization's data, analytics, and AI ambition and where you are today, this session will unfold the vision for data and analytics in 2030. It will describe how your capabilities, operating model and practices need to evolve to realize that ambition.

This session of Gartner’s top D&A predictions for 2026 will guide data and analytics leaders as they plan for the impact of AI across all aspects of data and analytics, including leadership, governance, talent, market, and the need for AI-ready data and a FinAI competency for value realization.

AI agents can upend traditional AI use cases and unlock transformative potential, but the real danger isn’t overhyping their power — it’s overestimating your organization’s readiness. D&A leaders must see past the hype, sidestep common pitfalls, and build the foundation needed for true AI success.

Dive into a dynamic session spotlighting the latest innovations transforming data, analytics, and AI. Explore how emerging solutions are driving perceptive analytics and enabling increasingly autonomous business—without the hype. Watch curated vendor showcases, engage in interactive polls, and gain fresh insights into the technologies shaping the future of intelligent data and analytics.