Gartner UK & Ireland CDAO Community Executive Summit 2026

What is the Summit about? 

UK & Ireland top CDAOs get together to tackle shared business experiences and critical priorities facing them today. 

Some of the key issues include:

1. Strengthen data and AI governance
2. Maximise business and monetization value
3. Modernise data architecture
    

From trusted information to AI advantage: what will differentiate leaders in the next 24 months?

Chief Data & Analytics Officers face growing pressure to maximise the value of AI investments while ensuring trust, governance, and measurable business outcomes. As AI models become increasingly accessible, critical differentiators are emerging, most importantly, the ability to establish trusted enterprise information and transform that into enterprise intelligence. Only then is it possible to leverage that intelligence to drive AI-powered business outcomes, measurable business value, and sustainable competitive advantage over the next 24 months.

In this session, you will explore:

• What capabilities and strategic bets are most likely to differentiate AI and Data leaders over the next 24 months
• How leading organisations are building AI-ready information fabrics to connect legacy and modern data estates, unlock enterprise intelligence, and improve AI outcomes
• Common barriers preventing organisations from realising value from AI, and approaches to overcoming them