2026 Applications Conference Sessions

The 2026 agenda dives deep into key topics for enterprise application and software engineering leaders around AI, leadership, modernization, cost optimization and more to help address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

2026 Applications Conference Theme

Deliver the Future: Innovate, Lead, Act.

Applications and software engineering leaders are at a turning point where foresight must meet execution and business disruption is forcing dramatic changes. The 2026 conference empowers you to go beyond admiring the AI-enabled promising future — it's about actively building and delivering it. Learn how modern technology, visionary leadership and decisive action can transform your organization’s aspirations into reality. 

Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind. Join us to grow the skills and insights needed to deliver an adaptive and autonomous transformation journey.

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Tuesday, June 02, 2026

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM PDT

CAST: Your AI Isn’t Broken - Your Context Is
Kevin Furet, Principal SA, CAST
David Turrettini, Ceo, CAST Software
If AI isn’t delivering major gains in ADM productivity, the issue may not be the model – it’s the context. In complex enterprise systems, an incomplete understanding of all dependencies leads to inconsistent outputs, heavy rework, and developer mistrust. This session shows how feeding AI deterministic architectural context drives accuracy beyond 80%, eliminates structural risk, and cuts token usage – unlocking AI adoption across the SDLC. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PDT

Strategic Roadmap to Boost Software Engineering Productivity and Optimize Costs
Brian Minning, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
With economic uncertainty and rising expectations for AI, software engineering leaders are under pressure to "do more with less". Boosting developer productivity and optimizing costs are top priorities for software engineering leaders in 2026, but they must ensure these efforts do not undermine teams' ability to deliver long-term value. This session will teach the necessary techniques, tools and metrics to enhance the impact of software engineering teams and investments. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PDT

The Future of Software Engineering: AI, Tiny Teams and Robots
Manjunath Bhat, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Through extensive interviews, trend analysis and scenario planning, Gartner reveals its predictions for the near- to mid-term future of software development and engineering. Where will the waves of innovation crashing down on us now take us tomorrow? How can we prepare now to ride these waves, rather than being drowned by them? ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PDT

Trust: The Foundation for Agentic Experience
Paige Kirk, Principal Analyst, Gartner
Trust is a significant factor in determining whether users will accept or reject AI-enabled systems. As AI agents become increasingly prevalent in digital products, establishing and maintaining a high degree of user confidence is essential for ensuring successful product delivery and high user engagement. Learn how to design AI systems for transparency, understand key principles and fundamental design patterns that will result in products that your users trust. ... Show More Show Less

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM PDT

Papyrus Converse—From Sketch to Scale: Digitizing Your Business DNA
Annemarie Pucher, CEO, Papyrus Software
Sabrina Blaukopf, Director New Technologies, Papyrus Software
Stop building generic agents. Your organization's true competitive advantage lives in whiteboard sketches and expert intuition, but translating them into software traditionally stalls. In this live session, see Papyrus Converse and IBM watsonx use multimodal AI to instantly transform a hand-drawn process into a digital asset. Capture your "Business DNA" to create a Digital Twin of expertise, scaling app delivery enterprise-wide. ... Show More Show Less

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM PDT

ServiceNow, Inc.: Agentic Development Beyond the Build for Enterprise Apps
Jithin Bhasker, Group Vice President & General Manager - AI Platform, ServiceNow Inc
Greg Clock, VP, Americas, Plat4mation
AI-generated apps are arriving faster than enterprises can deploy them. The bottleneck isn't creativity; it's getting from prompt to production without breaking governance, integrations, or IT's sleep schedule. In this session, Jithin Bhasker, Group VP and GM of App Engine at ServiceNow, and a customer share how they cut deployment cycles, eliminated manual handoffs, and built apps that run autonomously from day one. ... Show More Show Less

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM PDT

Top Strategic Trends in Software Engineering for 2026
Joachim Herschmann, VP Analyst, Gartner
Thriving in times of intense economic and social volatility requires organizations to find new ways to empower their software engineering teams to increase productivity, efficiency and effectiveness. This session will provide Gartner's latest and best guidance on the actionable trends' software engineering leaders and their teams should be tracking in 2026 and beyond. ... Show More Show Less

01:10 PM - 01:30 PM PDT

Root: The End Of Shift Left: Why AI Coding Broke Your Security Model
John Amaral, CTO AND CO-FOUNDER, Root
Shift left assumed code is written by trained developers. AI coding tools broke that assumption: anyone can now ship software, but few grasp package trust, transitive dependencies, or supply chain risk. The control point has shifted from how code is written to what code is consumed. This session presents a new security model built on consumption controls, with a framework to assess exposure, architect controls, and automate remediation. ... Show More Show Less

03:15 PM - 03:45 PM PDT

Postman: Turning Your API Ecosystem into an AI Advantage
Harry Mower, Field CTO, Postman
In an era where AI agents are reshaping how decisions are made and work gets done, your APIs can become a competitive edge or a serious liability. In this session, Postman Field CTO Harry Mower shares practical steps to modernize your API ecosystem, strengthen governance, and maximize AI readiness so you can confidently power intelligent agents and future‑proof your API strategy. ... Show More Show Less

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“Very informative and insightful sessions with the current trends and where the industry is headed. The team was professional, attentive and truly cared about delivering the best possible experience for me. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for attending industry trends conferences.”

Aneez Zakaria
Product Manager, Blue Shield of California

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