Gain an understanding of where Citrix is headed in 2026 and beyond enabling you to reach your business goals

Doing more with less isn’t a tagline—it’s the new baseline for IT operations. In “Stabilize and Upgrade Your Citrix Environment,” we’ll cover the fundamentals: stabilizing performance, upgrading key components, and modernizing so your environment stays adaptable. Then we’ll tackle two pressures admins are feeling right now. First: supply-chain unpredictability—from GPU constraints to rising memory pricing—where the ability to use what you have across datacenter or endpoint matters more than ever. Second: the talent crunch across NetScaler, VDI, and infrastructure expertise, raising the bar for simplicity and reduced complexity. You’ll see how the Citrix platform is positioned to dynamically bring resources to users based on need, and how capabilities like Citrix Aidrien are intended to lower admin complexity—AI with purpose, not AI for the sake of AI. We’ll connect this to running an effective environment amid constant change. Leave with a path beyond “stabilize” toward optimizing user experience and maximizing existing assets.

Complexity is the hidden tax on EUC. Many customers juggle a web of infrastructure components across multiple vendors—and what they really want is simpler: the ability to control user experience and enforce policy without constant integration work. In this session, you’ll see how to trade complexity for control with a more unified architecture that reduces moving parts, shortens testing cycles, and improves day-to-day operations. We’ll call out common add-ons—Horizon, iGel, F5, Island, and more—that add cost and operational drag. Then we’ll show what a simplified architecture actually looks like in practice. You’ll get a repeatable approach for persona-based mapping, validating app inventory and real usage, standardizing where it matters, and modernizing to reduce accumulated tech debt. Cost savings are a bonus—but the real win is tighter control, cleaner governance, and an environment that’s easier to run. Leave ready to propose consolidation with a clear, customer-ready deliverable.

Infrastructure Simplified is all about infrastructure economics—the factor that can make or break an EUC strategy. When you break it down, a Citrix license is only a small part of the overall EUC budget; it’s infrastructure spend that determines whether a strategy scales sustainably. In this session, we’ll explore how customers are continually reassessing how they run environments, how they scale, and how they keep costs under control as usage evolves. You’ll see how the Citrix platform provides leverage here—and why that principle has shaped investment priorities. We’ll highlight tools like Citrx Secure Access with Chrome Enterprise Premium and Secure Developer Spaces, positioned to deliver common use cases with lower infrastructure spend than traditional VDI, and we’ll cover Flex as an option to take on more of the burden by moving workloads to cloud and shifting control planes toward DaaS. We’ll connect it all to today’s cost volatility (“RAMageddon”) and the outcomes admins need: predictable costs, stability, performance.

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Government and public sector IT teams face growing pressure to modernize service delivery and support a mobile workforce—without sacrificing security, compliance, or control. In this 90‑minute, discussion‑based breakout, we’ll explore how secure, policy‑driven access to applications and data enables mobility while maintaining strong governance, auditing, and data protection. The session will address public sector–specific modernization challenges, including sovereignty requirements, segmentation, resilience, and preserving agency ownership of critical decision boundaries. We’ll also examine responsible AI adoption in regulated environments, focusing on secure access to AI‑enabled applications, protection of sensitive data, and controls that enable innovation without increasing risk.

As Financial Services (FSI) organizations adapt to new regulatory frameworks like DORA, modernize legacy platforms, and embrace cloud and AI, resilience and security have never been more critical. This session examines how Citrix supports FSI organizations through every stage of their transformation journey. See how European banks and insurers are using Citrix solutions to address top FSI use cases—including cloud adoption, Horizon migrations, secure application delivery, and infrastructure modernization—while maintaining strict compliance and operational resilience. We’ll also cover how Citrix helps organizations meet sovereignty requirements, strengthen cyber and AI security, and ensure uninterrupted business operations. Hear insights from customer success stories and industry experts as they share lessons learned, innovation highlights, and practical guidance for building a future‑ready FSI digital workspace.