CIO Academy

Yas Hotel

Our special Gulf region offering of Gartner CIO Academy is produced in collaboration with Saïd Business School, and channels the strengths, resources and values of two global thought leaders into one cutting-edge business education programme.

This unique professional development programme is for the most senior person in the organization who holds ultimate responsibility for IT and enables participants to navigate the changing demands of the top IT job.

  • An enriched agenda based on your most critical challenges
  • Deliver more value to your organization as a thought leader and pro-active contributor
  • Actionable frameworks for successful portfolio management, strengthening relationships with your CEO and business leadership team, and maximising your overall effectiveness as a CIO
  • Focus on strategic business, technology and career concerns, away from everyday tractions
  • Acquire actionable methods to overcome critical challenges and achieve organizational objectives
  • Networking with a select group of fellow CIOs in a refined and structured environment designed to promote top level discourse, strategic thinking, reflection and goal setting

CIO Academy is a unique programme which combines the insight and experience of the world's largest IT executive community with the academic rigour of a world renowned university. Group sizes are small and exclusively made up of the most senior level IT executives, for truly valuable debate and experience sharing. This is an intensive and interactive learning experience specifically for CIOs.


  • Receive US$500 off of the standard tuition fee if you register and pay in full by 1 August 2010.
  • Hotel and Travel
  • The Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi
  • Located on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, overlooking the marina and the Yas Marina Formula 1 Circuit race track
  • Only 15 minutes from the Corniche and Abu Dhabi City Centre
  • Just 10 minutes from Abu Dhabi International Airport and 50 minutes from Dubai
  • Click here for map and directions

Overnight accommodation is avaiilable at 800 AED for Deluxe Rooms and 1200 AED for Executive Rooms. Please complete a hotel reservation form and return directly to the Yas Hotel.

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  • CIO Academy Tuition Includes:
  • Classroom sessions
  • Program documentation
  • Meals
  • Note: CIO Academy is not
  • included with EXP Membership

For additional informatiion please contact: Zuzana.Blackburn@gartner.com



  • ABOUT THE
    SAID BUSINESS SCHOOL
  • The Saïd Business School is Europe's fastest growing business school. An integral part of The University of Oxford, the School embodies the academic rigour and forward thinking that has made Oxford a world leader in education. The School is dedicated to developing a new generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs and conducting research not only into the nature of business, but the connections between business and the wider world.
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  • ABOUT ITP
  • ITP Technology is the longest established, and largest, publisher focused on the ICT sector in the Middle East. The company publishes a wide range of business and consumer magazines, both in English and Arabic, with dedicated titles covering key sectors including enterprise level organisations, telecommunications, IT infrastructure and networks and the channel to market. ITP Technology also publishes the region's leading IT consumer magazine, Windows Middle East, in English and Arabic, along with ITP.net, the dedicated IT portal featuring business and consumer-focused content from the Middle East and the rest of the world.
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