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title: "Gartner Data & Analytics Summit - North America"
url: "https://atlan.com/event/gartner-summit-2026/"
description: "Join Atlan at Gartner Data & Analytics Summit from March 9-11 in Orlando, FL."
keywords: "atlan, data governance, Gartner, analytics, data"
---

> Atlan is hosting Context Conference, bringing together the leaders and builders at the frontier of giving AI the context it needs to understand their business. It runs online on October 28, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM ET. Atlan co-founder Prukalpa Sankar opens and closes the day. Leaders from AstraZeneca, BNY and Verizon share why they invest in context and what they get from it. Registrants get early access to The AI Context Gap, a new study from MIT Technology Review Insights. Register: https://atlan.com/context-conference/

Atlan's page for the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit (North America), where Atlan is a Premier Sponsor and a recognized Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management and Data & Analytics Governance. Visit the booth for live demos, attend customer-led sessions, and join the flagship evening events to see how modern data teams operationalize trust, collaboration, and governance at scale. Dates below are as listed on the page.

- **Dates:** March 9-11, 2026
- **Venue:** Gaylord Palms Resort, Orlando
- **Booth:** #313
- **Book a meeting:** via the form on [https://atlan.com/event/gartner-summit-2026/](https://atlan.com/event/gartner-summit-2026/)

## See the Context Layer in action

Modern AI and analytics only work when the underlying data is trusted and understood. Atlan's Context Layer connects lineage, semantics, quality, and governance into a unified graph. Learn how to solve the "Context Supply" problem with Agentic Data Stewards so teams can ship faster, answer questions with confidence, and scale AI safely from pilot to production.

- **2X** Leader in Gartner's Metadata Management and Data Governance Magic Quadrants. [Get the complimentary report](https://atlan.com/gartner-magic-quadrant-data-governance-2026/)

## Featured sessions

### Day 1 - Cargill's Governance Roadmap: Aligning Culture & Tech with Atlan

Speaker: Kirsten Walter, Sr. Director of Platform Engineering, Cargill.

How does an enterprise with 160,000 employees modernize? By turning governance into a team sport. Learn how Cargill ran a rigorous evaluation of 11 D&A Governance Platforms to find a partner, not just a tool, and established the trust required for migration.

### Day 2 - PPG's Formula: Scaling Data Literacy with Atlan & AI

Speaker: Robert Howden, Senior IT Manager, PPG.

At PPG, improving data literacy meant solving the "metadata supply" problem first. Learn how PPG transformed stewards from authors into editors, using GenAI to populate context for hundreds of thousands of attributes and reducing enrichment effort by 60%.

Each session offered an RSVP for an exclusive meet and greet.

## Beyond the booth

| Event | Type | When | Where | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unplugged: A Private Dinner for Data, Technology & AI Leaders | Private, invitation-only | March 9, 7:00 PM | Salt and the Cellar | For CIOs, CDOs, CDAOs, and senior data, AI and technology leaders; a high-trust break from the noise, hype and vendor overload. To inquire, email bailey.brewer@atlan.com |
| Atlan's Community Par-Tee | Evening event | March 10, 7:30 PM | Topgolf Orlando | Meet community members and the teams from Atlan and Monte Carlo. [Register](https://atlan.com/community-par-tee/) |
| Cool Off with Atlan | Snack break | Daily, 11 am - 3 pm | Gaylord Conference Center | Free ice cream just outside the show floor, open every day. No pitches, no pressure. |

## Experience the platform at booth #313

A hands-on deep dive into the active metadata platform:

- **Live interactive demos:** see how automated lineage works on your own data stack environment.
- **1:1 expert consultations:** bring your architecture diagrams; Atlan will help you spot the bottlenecks.
- **Customer use-case walkthroughs:** deep dives into how customers solved governance at scale.

## Meet the leadership

- Prukalpa Sankar, Co-founder
- Jim Smittkamp, Chief Revenue Officer
- Marc Seifert, VP, Global Partnerships
- Lane Hart, VP, Customer Success
- Austin Kronz, Head of AI and Data Strategy