IBM at Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2026

11–13 May 2026

Booth #701

London, UK

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Agenda

Data lags undermine agentic systems and put your entire business on a reactive footing. With AI agents, you can accelerate your ability to react to new contextual information, but preparing datasets for each AI use cases is time consuming.

In this session, learn how to build a semantic metadata layer that automates retrieving relevant structured and unstructured data, giving employees and AI agents real-time context and agentic decision-making.

Speaker: Scott Brokaw - Vice President, Product, Data Integration, IBM

Room: Theatre 3

Organizations moving beyond AI experimentation often struggle to scale due to fragmented data and workflows. In this session, IBM will share how to turn early AI wins into lasting business impact, including proven patterns for scaling trusted AI with AI‑ready data and governance.

Agassi Sports Entertainment will also discuss how they use IBM products to transform data to critical insights and deliver unparallel customer experiences.

Speakers: 

Bruno Aziza - Vice President, Enterprise Software, IBM

Rodney Rapson - Chief Digital Officer, Agassi Sports Entertainment

Room: Maritime 25

AI agents can unlock real productivity gains but scaling them across your enterprise brings difficult tradeoffs into focus. Questions around risk, accountability, cost and ROI become more complex once AI moves into core operations.

Join peers to discuss what it really takes to scale AI agents in regulated, complex environments. Explore conversations around operating models, governance choices and platform decisions for long-term success.

IBM Moderators:

Juliette Macret - Vice President DataPlatform EMEA, IBM

Holly Middleton - Associate Partner Data&Technology Transformation, Financial Services, IBM

Room: Maritime 16

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