Fawad A. Qureshi
Field CTO
Snowflake
Book a meeting with a Workday CTO or explore interactive demos with one of our experts.
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2026
Ready to ignite enterprise intelligence with agentic HR and finance?
We’ve got you covered.
We’re back for another year at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ in Barcelona – and we couldn’t be more excited. We’ll be on Stand 415 showcasing how the Workday platform is putting AI agents to work across HR and finance. Book your demo or a 1:1 meeting with one of our executives now.
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9–12 November 2026
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CCIB, Barcelona, Spain
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Plaça de Willy Brandt, 11-14, Sant Martí, 08019
Why should I visit Workday at this year’s event?
Calling all CIOs and technology leaders: join us to learn how to architect the future of work on an open AI-first platform.
Get hands-on with Sana from Workday
Explore interactive demos of how Sana orchestrates your agentic ecosystem, unifying HR, finance and planning data – and helping you transform AI adoption into enterprise value.
Build on a truly open platform
How do you build and innovate directly on the Workday platform? Discover how our open, AI-first architecture empowers you to extend AI agents securely across every business function.
Meet the Workday team
Connect directly with our technology experts for a tailored discussion about your unique organisational needs. Walk through live platform demos, explore practical value examples and discover how Workday customers in your industry are unifying HR, finance and IT to drive real business transformation.
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Agenda
Monday 9 November 2026
09:00–11:00 | Venue TBC
Would You Trust an Agent With Your People and Finance Data?
A relaxed breakfast conversation for senior IT leaders on what it really takes to let AI agents act on an organisation's most sensitive data, its people and its money, hosted jointly by Workday and AWS. This invite-only roundtable for executives will look at operationalising HR and finance data for the agentic era.
14:35–14:55 | Stage 1
From HR to Finance to IT: Orchestrate Every Agent With Sana
Orchestrate HR, Finance, and IT agents end-to-end across multiple systems with optimum governance and your organisational context intact. Sana unites every agent, whether it's built by Workday, by your team, or by a partner, meeting people wherever they already work: Slack, Teams, Copilot, Gemini. Discover how Sana gives you the guardrails to scale agentic AI safely, without inheriting new risk.
Speakers: Auralia Edwards, Senior Enterprise Architect, Workday
16:00–16:30 | Room 116
Unlocking HR & finance data: The Platform Imperative for the Agentic Future of Work
Moving from AI experimentation to scalable value realisation requires looking past closed ecosystems. The agentic future belongs to enterprises who can unlock their HR and finance data through open and adaptable platforms. Join Workday and Snowflake to explore how this open and connected approach delivers immediate operational agility, while ensuring a trusted foundation to build the agentic future of work.
Speakers:
- Clare Hickie, CTO – EMEA, Workday
- Fawad A. Qureshi, Field CTO, Snowflake
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Monday 9 November | 17:30–19:00
Tuesday 10 November | 17:00–18:15
Wednesday 11 November | 17:30–19:00
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Experience Workday: Book your personalised demo
We’re offering unique, personalised demos with Workday experts at a time and place that suits you. Talk to the team and we’ll arrange a demo for you and tailor it to show how the Workday platform can address your unique industry and organisational challenges.
Demos are available from Tuesday 21 October, 8:30am until 5:30pm and Wednesday 22 October from 9:00am until 4:30pm. If you want to see a full list of Available Demos, please check our FAQ or Booking Form.
Clare Hickie
CTO – EMEA
Workday
Auralia Edwards
Senior Enterprise Architect
Workday
Workday Rising EMEA
We’re returning to Barcelona for this year’s flagship event, Workday Rising EMEA. Join us there from 17–19 November for what’s set to be our biggest event yet. Mark your calendars and register today.
