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Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo Spain 2026

Updated 2026-05-27 · Published by Beanstalk Events

Official sitehttps://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/emea/supply-chain-spain

Past Event

At a glance

Dates: May 18-20, 2026
Location: International Barcelona Convention Centre (CCIB), Barcelona, Spain
Audience: Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCOs), supply chain VPs and directors, planning and logistics leaders, and procurement and sourcing executives across EMEA.
Format: Gartner analyst keynotes, guest keynotes, role-based track sessions, peer roundtables, one-on-one analyst meetings, and the Xpo exhibit hall.
Scale: 2,000 (estimated)

About this event.

Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo is Gartner's EMEA-region gathering for senior supply chain leaders. The 2026 Barcelona edition runs May 18-20 at the International Barcelona Convention Centre and is organized around the theme "Dynamic by Design: Renew, Rethink, and Recode Next-Gen Supply Chains," asking CSCOs to anticipate disruption, integrate AI, and rethink operating models.

The program is structured into seven role-based tracks covering AI integration, CSCO leadership, strategic planning, organizational design, logistics, procurement, and sourcing. Sessions address autonomous commerce readiness, AI's impact on procurement roles, and human-machine collaboration in planning. Attendees can book one-on-one meetings with Gartner analysts, attend peer roundtables, and walk the Xpo exhibit floor.

Barcelona is the EMEA edition of Gartner's global Supply Chain Symposium series, which runs parallel events in North America (Orlando) and Asia-Pacific (Sydney). The EMEA edition draws supply chain executives primarily from European, Middle Eastern, and African enterprises.

Notable past speakers.

Speakers confirmed by Gartner for the 2026 Barcelona program include:

Alan O'Keeffe, VP Analyst at Gartner — Opening Keynote, "Leading Supply Chain Into the Autonomous Era"
Simone Heng, Human Connection Specialist and Author — Guest Keynote, "The Future of Human Connectivity"
Rahaf Harfoush, Digital Anthropologist and Author — Guest Keynote, "Building Adaptive Knowledge Practice"
Tess Frenzel, Director Analyst at Gartner
Pierfrancesco Manenti, VP Analyst at Gartner
Simon Tunstall, Senior Director Analyst at Gartner

See full speaker listhttps://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/emea/supply-chain-spain/speakers

Notable past sponsors.

Exhibitors and sponsors confirmed for the 2026 Barcelona program include:

See full sponsor listhttps://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/emea/supply-chain-spain/exhibitors

Why brands attend

CSCOs and their teams attend to access Gartner analyst research one-on-one, benchmark operating models against 2,000+ peer supply chain leaders, and evaluate planning, logistics, and AI vendors in a single trip. The role-based tracks let directors and VPs focus on specific functional questions (planning, procurement, logistics) rather than generic supply chain content.

Why companies sponsor

Vendors sponsor and exhibit to reach Gartner-influenced supply chain buyers at the point of vendor evaluation, run partner sessions tied to customer case studies (Vertiv with e2open is one example on the 2026 agenda), and gain Xpo exhibit presence in front of EMEA CSCOs.

More information

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