Over two days at Gartner CIO Leadership Forum 2023, the agenda focused on the CIO role as the leader of the digital experience while building leadership and executive skills needed to accelerate innovative business and technology strategies.
Agenda
Attendees gained more insights into CIO strategies, leadership skills growth and technology at Gartner CIO Leadership Forum 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.
2023 day highlights
Gartner Opening Keynote: Amplify Your Impact
Speakers: Kristin Moyer, Distinguished VP Analyst
Gabriela Vogel, Sr Director Analyst
Graham Waller, Distinguished VP Analyst
Key take-aways
Discussed the challenges CIOs face as executives and the heads of IT and focused on helping CIOs produce material returns and drive value throughout their organization.
Featured Session:
Research Discussion: Built for Speed -- The Corporate Center as Accelerator of Fusion Teams
Speaker: Yoshi Matsumoto, Distinguished VP, Advisory
Key take-aways
Enterprises that succeed in scaling fusion teams deliver new digital capabilities faster while simultaneously achieving greater efficiency. But they also approach Agile as a wide-ranging new way of working, rather than just a software engineering methodology. This highly-interactive, discussion-based session showed how CIOs have helped their C-Suite peers pivot the culture of corporate functions (IT, HR, Finance, Procurement, Legal, etc.) toward agile ways of working, in support of fusion teams.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 08:00 AM - 08:45 AM JST
Breakfast
Breakfast will be served at the Lounge, Level 3.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM JST
Lounge
A relaxing private lounge to refresh, meet peers and stay productive in between sessions. Located on Level 3.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 08:00 AM - 07:30 PM JST
Conference Registration and Information Hours
Conference Registration and Information Hours
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM JST
Gartner Keynote: Amplify Your Impact
Kristin Moyer, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Gabriela Vogel, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Graham Waller, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
CIOs face challenges as executives and as the heads of IT. Join us for the Gartner Opening Keynote in which we'll focus on helping CIOs produce material returns and drive value throughout their organization.
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM JST
Roundtable: Development and Recruitment of Human Resources Useful for Digital Business
Morihiro Kushida, Executive Partner, Gartner
Employment forms and retraining of existing human resources are becoming more important in line with the changing times.
What is your company doing?
Do you have any problems with promotion?
In this roundtable, we will think about it together with the participants.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST
Creating Compelling Metrics to Win Approval for Your Key Initiatives
Masayuki Otomo, Executive Partner, Gartner
This workshop will help CIOs create and communicate metrics, KPIs and dashboards that will improve and influence decision-making toward your desired outcomes. Participants will be given a use case, and using what is learned in this workshop, craft convincing and persuasive metrics to win over leadership. This workshop is practical and actionable, with approaches you can start using the day you get back from the conference.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST
How Do We Optimize Our IT Costs to Survive Under Uncertain Periods
Yoshihito Sano, Executive Partner, Gartner
The demand for business optimization and transformation using digital technology is increasing. On the other hand, in the midst of an uncertain era, we are facing the triple difficulty of soaring prices due to high inflation, a decline in production and sales due to a global shortage of goods and the scarcity and high cost of human resources we want. Under these circumstances, let's share our wisdom based on specific examples and think about how we can strategically optimize IT costs.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM JST
Gartner Zone
Gartner Zone is a way to experience Gartner solutions through product demos, interactive digital experiences showcasing how Gartner tools and insights help address an organization’s mission-critical priorities.
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM JST
4 Steps to Marketing, Funding and Executing Innovation in Uncertain Economic Times
Tsuneo Fujiwara, VP Analyst, Gartner
Economic headwinds impacting enterprises make it easy for executive leaders to delay innovation. However, in the long run, those that had the courage to innovate have come out ahead. Leverage Gartner's enterprise value equation framework to market internally, obtain seed money, staff resources, and deliver innovation creatively in uncertain economic times.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM JST
Lessons Learned from CIOs Implementing “Products”
Yoshi Matsumoto, Distinguished VP, Advisory, Gartner
Many CIOs and IT leaders want to organize around “products,” or fit business and IT resources together into a new organizational model and operating structures defined as products (or value streams or capabilities). This session will use real world examples from CIOs who have been on this journey to share lessons learned and pitfalls on:
-Assessing operating model readiness
-Defining and piloting product teams
-Transforming IT resources and processes to run ‘products’ at broader scale
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST
How CIOs Can Power Up Their Allyship
Mordecai ., Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
CIOs have an outsized opportunity to contribute to improved DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) by acting as an ally to people in marginalized or underrepresented groups. However, many opportunities are missed because they are unsure exactly what to do, or are afraid their actions might make things worse. In this session, CIOs will learn the top behaviors and actions they can take to become super allies.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST
What Should CIOs Do About the Management and Use of Data, a Critical Corporate Asset?
Tatsuya Ichishi, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
While Japanese companies are aware of the need to be data-driven, proper management is essential for the right and effective way to use data. CIOs, as leaders in information technology, will explain how they should address this issue, including the need for CDAOs, and comparisons with Europe and the U.S., which are considered to be ahead of the pack.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM JST
Roundtable: Think About the Current Location and Future of Digital Twins
Naoki Nakada, Executive Partner, Gartner
Digital twins are one of the core concepts and mechanisms of digital and data strategies. Learn about the actual situation at member companies from this session. We will discuss and share our thoughts on the role and challenges that CIOs play in accelerating promotion in the future, such as consistency with management strategy, operational model transformation, organization and human resource development, and advanced technology application.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 11:50 AM - 12:35 PM JST
Meet the Tech Company Executives — Their Concerns and Plans to Help Japan CIOs Succeed
Tsuneo Fujiwara, VP Analyst, Gartner
Takenori Namai, VP, Team Manager, Gartner
Hiroshi Sugiyama, Senior Vice President/Head of Industry Business Sector /Head of Consulting & Marketing Sector, Enterprise Segment, NTT Data Corporation
Daisuke Kitakaze, Managing Executive Officer, BayCurrent Consulting , Inc.
CIOs are catalysts for digital transformation that can evolve into a competitive edge. Join this first-ever Gartner panel discussion between tech company executives and a Gartner expert to learn how to navigate the increasingly fragmented world, innovate or incubate innovation, and enable data-driven enterprises.
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 12:35 PM - 01:50 PM JST
Attendee Lunch
Lunch will be served at Hall 1, Level 1 and at the Lounge, Level 3.
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 01:35 PM - 02:20 PM JST
Roundtable: IT Knowledge/Experience in Talent That CIOs Looks For, Moderated by BayCurrent
Takao Osawa, Executive Officer, BayCurrent Consulting , Inc.
Masayuki Yamamoto, Executive Officer, BayCurrent Consulting , Inc.
Digitalization has had a significant impact on management, and corporate strategies are no longer viable without an IT strategy in place. During such changes, the CIO's role inevitably continues to grow in importance.
While IT organizations' mission has been to acquire and train talent with IT backgrounds to build and operate systems, we discuss whether this applies to the current situation.
IT organizations cannot become proactive by using measures that are simply an extension of existing policies.
In this roundtable, we explore about the type of talent that CIOs are searching for and how to acquire it.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 01:35 PM - 02:20 PM JST
Roundtable: What should be done now for "true data utilization", moderated by NTT DATA
Hiroshi Sugiyama, Senior Vice President/Head of Industry Business Sector /Head of Consulting & Marketing Sector, Enterprise Segment, NTT Data Corporation
Kazuhiro Ikeda, Deputy Head of Consulting & Marketing Sector, Enterprise Segment, NTT DATA Corporation
サーキュラーエコノミーの構築に向けた製品トレーサビリティ情報、カーボンニュートラル達成に向けたCFP情報などの安全な流通に向けて、グローバルデータ連携基盤＝データスペースの検討が進んでいる。主にCatena-Xやgaia-xなどに代表されるが、特に欧州において検討が進んでおり、日本企業にとっても検討待ったなしの内容である。実は、このデータスペースの概念は、企業間データ連携に関する課題をも解決する。本セッションでは、サプライチェーンで繋がる企業間のデータをデータ主権を維持したまま安全に繋ぐことでサプライチェーン全体の最適化や強靭化を実現する”データスペース技術を活かした競争力強化”について議論していく。
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM JST
CEO Concerns 2023 — Implications and Actions for CIOs
Kristin Moyer, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Business conditions are volatile and uncertain. Our fresh global CEO survey sheds light on how business leaders are rethinking their strategies. We will explain how new directions they take in 2023 will impact the technology-related agenda.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM JST
Security Resilience: How to Rebuild CSIRT and Incident Response Operation
Kaoru Yano, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Many companies have limited capability in incident response. CIO is now focusing on ”resilience” in IT and security, and risk remediation and business recovery are urgently needed. In this session, we will cover how to build a new incident response team with CSIRT/PSIRT/FSIRT structure to respond to current and future security risks.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 03:10 PM - 03:55 PM JST
Roundtable: Raising Team Motivation
Iwane Kato, Executive Partner, Gartner
While the expectations of technology and the team's roles are expanding, resources are becoming strained both internally and externally. In this context, team motivation is becoming a challenge. New tasks require an organizational response from IT leaders to improve team productivity and streamline current tasks. In this roundtable, we would like to exchange views on measures to maintain and improve friendly motivation.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 03:10 PM - 04:40 PM JST
Leadership Exchange: Which Hybrid Work Models Retain Staff and Power Their Performance?
Graham Waller, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Takeshi Kitajima, Executive Partner, Gartner
Toru Asada, VP Service Delivery, Gartner
Yoshifumi Ozawa, Sr Executive Partner, Gartner
Takenori Namai, VP, Team Manager, Gartner
Yoshihito Sano, Executive Partner, Gartner
This highly interactive, discussion-based session will bring CIOs together to explore which future of work model attributes drive desired talent outcomes. This means finding the optimum balance of remote versus office working, autonomy versus control, and flexibility versus standardization in today’s competitive tech talent marketplace. Join your peers for this unique opportunity to share experiences, identify best practices and discover trends.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 03:10 PM - 04:40 PM JST
Workshop: Digital Investments That Bring Value to Your Employees
Junichi Masukawa, Sr Executive Partner, Gartner
Digital investments that focus on customer and business value are easy to justify, but digital investments that bring value to employees are the ones that make sense to execute strategically. There is a growing need to strategically address the employee value proposition. The hybrid work brought about by COVID-19 has proven that digital can bring great value to employees. Let‘s think about the next move to secure valuable human resources.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 03:20 PM - 03:50 PM JST
Digital Platforms for the Era of Fusion Teams: Real-World CIO Examples
Hiroshi Sakaki, Sr Director, Advisory, Gartner
CIOs must ensure that fusion teams and business technologists can seamlessly access the foundational capabilities required to build architecturally sound and secure solutions. Join this session to understand how leading CIOs at Chevron, NIKE and others have modernized digital foundations to support the work of technologists within and outside of IT.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 03:20 PM - 03:50 PM JST
Opportunities and Threats for CIOs in Evolving Leadership Dynamics
Gabriela Vogel, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Executive leaders' duties have become increasingly interconnected, communal and overlapping, making problem-solving more difficult and increasing time spent in ELT positions rather than functional leadership roles. Executive leaders need a distinct set of skills and abilities to prosper as ELT members of a digital organization, and new executives might need to be hired. In this session, we will look at the skills and abilities required to succeed as an ELT member of the new digital organization.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 04:10 PM - 04:40 PM JST
Case Studies in Agile Talent Management to Develop and Retain Business Technologists
Alfred Sim, Director, Advisory, Gartner
Despite their critical value to digital strategies, business technologists continue to suffer from low levels of engagement and recognition. Progressive CIOs and CHROs are instilling greater role fluidity and flexibility in assignments for all technologists, within IT and beyond. This session features practical examples of how to leverage digital badges, internal gig marketplaces and other innovative tactics to recognize, motivate and develop staff with critical digital skills.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 04:10 PM - 04:40 PM JST
OKRs, KPIs and ODMs: How CIOs Can Use Them for Maximum Impact
Hiroyuki Katayama, VP Analyst, Gartner
Objectives and key results are sometimes confused with key performance indicators and outcome-driven metrics. In this session, CIOs will learn when and how to use them separately or together for maximum impact on IT and business goals. We'll share practical examples of how CIOs can use these methods to track strategy execution, measure performance and demonstrate business value.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 04:10 PM - 04:55 PM JST
Practice of Citizen Development, Fusion Teams
Shinichi Kondo, Executive Partner, Gartner
In companies, there is an urgent need for digital initiatives in business, and with the shortage of IT human resources, it is even more necessary to promote citizen development and fusion teams to work on it.
Fostering awareness, cultivating civil development human resources and business technologists, forming teams and defining the roles of members from business divisions, etc.
Let's discuss how to tackle these challenges together.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 04:10 PM - 04:55 PM JST
Ask the Expert: What Should CIOs Do for Security Resilience and Quick Incident Response?
Kaoru Yano, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
CIOs should have strong leadership for quick incident responses to security threats. In this session, analysts will answer questions from participants and explore the priorities and new approaches for more powerful security resilience.
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Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM JST
Guest Panel Session: The Evolving Role of the CIO - Executing the Digital Strategy and Modernizing the IT Foundation
Toshihiro Okamoto, Director, J. Morita Corporation General Manager of Corporate Planning Office Dept. and Purchasing Division and Marketing Division Manager of Internal IT System Dept.,
Hajime Suetsugu, Director of Information Systems, Nippon Kayaku Co.,Ltd,
Tsuneo Fujiwara, VP Analyst, Gartner
Takenori Namai, VP, Team Manager, Gartner
A guest panel session moderated by a gartner expert and an exective partner.
Guest panelist :
Toshihiro Okamoto, General Manager of Corporate Planning Office Dept. and Purchasing Division and
Marketing Division, Manager of Internal IT System Dept, Director, J. Morita Corporation
Hajime Suetsugu, Director of Information Systems, Nippon Kayaku Co.,Ltd
Moderator: Tsuneo Fujiwara, VP Analyst, Gartner
Takenori Namai, VP Managing, Executive Partner
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 / 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM JST
Networking Reception
This very special reception is open to the members of the Executive Programs, which is now one of the largest communities of CIO/IT executives in Japan, and invited guests only.
Due to the nature of the previous session, the reception will begin with a seated format at tables, but you will be able to move around during the reception, which will provide further networking opportunities. We hope that the food and conversation at the tables will bring you together to experience the real atmosphere of this wonderful community.
We know you have a busy schedule, but please feel free to join us, even if it is a first time for you.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 08:00 AM - 08:45 AM JST
Breakfast
Breakfast will be served at the Lounge, Level 3.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 08:00 AM - 04:35 PM JST
Conference Registration and Information Hours
Conference Registration and Information Hours
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 08:00 AM - 04:35 PM JST
Lounge
A relaxing private lounge to refresh, meet peers and stay productive in between sessions. Located on Level 3.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM JST
Guest Keynote：「Evolution toward World’s Leading Digital Strategy Company」 ～Trajectory of the past 4 years and challenges for the future～
Yuji Mano, Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Integrated Digital Strategy Division, MITSUI & CO., LTD.,
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. carried out a large-scale organizational reform in April, 2020 and established the current Integrated Digital Strategy Division. We formulated the “DX Comprehensive Strategy” and promote Group-wide digital transformation under our organizational vision of “Evolution toward World’s Leading Digital Strategy Company”. In this keynote speech, I would like to look back over the past 4 years in which we have worked to transform our organizational culture, human resources and strategies, and also speak frankly about the issues and challenges we are aiming for in the new medium-term management plan starting this fiscal year.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 09:45 AM - 04:30 PM JST
Gartner Zone
Gartner Zone is a way to experience Gartner solutions through product demos, interactive digital experiences showcasing how Gartner tools and insights help address an organization’s mission-critical priorities.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM JST
Roundtable: Development and Recruitment of Human Resources Useful for Digital Business (Repeat)
Morihiro Kushida, Executive Partner, Gartner
Employment forms and retraining of existing human resources are becoming more important in line with the changing times.
What is your company doing?
Do you have any problems with promotion?
In this round table, we will think about it together with the participants.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST
Creating Compelling Metrics to Win Approval for Your Key Initiatives (Repeat)
Masayuki Otomo, Executive Partner, Gartner
This workshop will help CIOs create and communicate metrics, KPIs and dashboards that will improve and influence decision-making toward your desired outcomes. Participants will be given a use case, and using what is learned in this workshop, craft convincing and persuasive metrics to win over leadership. This workshop is practical and actionable, with approaches you can start using the day you get back from the conference.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST
How Do We Optimize Our IT Costs to Survive Under Uncertain Periods (Repeat)
Yoshihito Sano, Executive Partner, Gartner
The demand for business optimization and transformation using digital technology is increasing. On the other hand, in the midst of an uncertain era, we are facing the triple difficulty of soaring prices due to high inflation, a decline in production and sales due to a global shortage of goods and the scarcity and high cost of human resources we want. Under these circumstances, let's share our wisdom based on specific examples and think about how we can strategically optimize IT costs.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM JST
Power Employee Performance and Productivity With Human-Centric Work
Graham Waller, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
The pandemic experience and dynamic talent market has reset work norms, while often distracting leaders from the fundamentals of productivity. This session will provide CIOs clarity of the human-centric work practices that make IT employees more productive and high-performing.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM JST
Top Predictions for the Cloud Market in 2023 and Beyond
Wataru Katsurashima, VP Analyst, Gartner
IT markets are constantly shifting due to technology innovation, evolving buyer patterns and global economic disruptions. This session will highlight the key cloud market trends resulting from today's economic uncertainties and outline the market shifts product managers must anticipate to successfully compete in future cloud markets.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST
Gartner Futures Lab: Linking Data-Driven Decision Making Into Business Value
Mordecai ., Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Remember the days of "decision support?" We've gone full circle. A major theme moving forward is how to become a data-driven company and make data-driven decisions. But much more concrete than before. Why will decision making become the next competitive differentiator? How can we link data-driven decisions to business value? How can we manage more interconnected decision making? What are the limitations of being data driven?
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST
New Mindset for Leaders Who Want to Succeed in Driving AI at Scale
Tadaaki Mataga, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Companies and organizations that want to succeed with AI need a new mindset, not an existing one. It represents a new principle for scalable AI deployment within the enterprise. In this session, we will organize points regarding these mindsets and discuss necessary actions.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM JST
Roundtable: Think About the Current Location and Future of Digital Twins (Repeat)
Naoki Nakada, Executive Partner, Gartner
Digital twins are one of the core concepts and mechanisms of digital and data strategies.
Learn about the actual situation at member companies, such as what kind of digital twin utilization cases are in place now, what we have learned through achievements and initiatives, and the problems that do not progress as expected.
Then, we will discuss and share our thoughts on the role and challenges that CIOs play in accelerating promotion in the future, such as consistency with management strategy, operational model transformation, organization and human resource development, and advanced technology application.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 11:50 AM - 12:35 PM JST
Meet the Tech Company Executives — Their Concerns and Plans to Help Japan CIOs Succeed
Tsuneo Fujiwara, VP Analyst, Gartner
Takenori Namai, VP, Team Manager, Gartner
Koji Komatsu, VP, Technical Account Management and Enterprise Services, Tanium G.K.
Kaoru Hayashi, Field CSO, Palo Alto Networks K.K.
CIOs are catalysts for digital transformation that can evolve into a competitive edge. Join this first-ever Gartner panel discussion between tech company executives and a Gartner expert to learn how to navigate the increasingly fragmented world, innovate or incubate innovation, and enable data-driven enterprises.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 12:35 PM - 01:35 PM JST
Attendee Lunch
Lunch will be served at Hall 1, Level 1 and at the Lounge, Level 3.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 01:20 PM - 02:05 PM JST
Roundtable: Data Driven Global IT Governance, moderated by Tanium G.K.
Morifumi Narahara, CHIEF IT ARCHITECT, CISSP, CISA, Tanium G.K.
Many organizations are advocating global IT governance as their strategy considering the impact of supply chain attacks and internal security incidents. However, it’s difficult to get a "realistic" picture of the actual situation and answer simple questions from C Suite based on the data. In this workshop, discuss the requirements for IT teams based on the responsibilities of the C-suite, as well as the actual situation and issues based on case studies of advanced global organizations. Also discuss the essence of data-driven management, which cannot be successful without global IT governance.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 01:20 PM - 02:05 PM JST
Roundtable: Future of cybersecurity strategy and investments, moderated by Palo Alto Networks
Masayoshi Someya, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, Palo Alto Networks K.K.
With hybrid workforce and digital transformation, corporate IT infrastructure and cyber risks have become unprecedentedly complex. Data-driven business has led data privacy legislation around the world to become stringent. Geopolitical issues are forcing cybersecurity to be mandatory for critical infrastructure and supply chains. Due to the business climate, enterprises are rethinking their cybersecurity amid volatile economic environments. We will discuss how we can transform cybersecurity strategy and investments whilst optimizing expenditure yet making them effective in a digitalized world.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 01:25 PM - 04:25 PM JST
Research Discussion: Built for Speed -- The Corporate Center as Accelerator of Fusion Teams
Yoshi Matsumoto, Distinguished VP, Advisory, Gartner
Enterprises that succeed in scaling fusion teams deliver new digital capabilities faster while simultaneously achieving greater efficiency. But they also approach Agile as a wide-ranging new way of working, rather than just a software engineering methodology. This highly-interactive, discussion-based session will show how CIOs have helped their C-Suite peers pivot the culture of corporate functions (IT, HR, Finance, Procurement, Legal, etc.) toward agile ways of working, in support of fusion teams.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 02:15 PM - 02:45 PM JST
Beyond Profit — Learn What Leading Innovators Are Doing Differently
Tsuneo Fujiwara, VP Analyst, Gartner
Innovation has moved beyond the experimental exploration of new revenue or efficiency opportunities and is now seen as a core capability used for strategic risk mitigation, external sustainability goals, corporate brand and reputation, and other goals with less obvious direct monetary value. This mandates new funding criteria, new governance approaches and new mindsets. Learn what leading innovators are doing differently.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 02:15 PM - 02:45 PM JST
Gartner’s Growth Survey Reveals 3 Potent Catalysts
Kristin Moyer, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will be the first showing of the results of Gartner's growth survey, based on responses from approximately 200 CxOs globally, about how they are planning to grow. Moreover, the role of IT/digital in that growth.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 02:30 PM - 03:15 PM JST
Roundtable: Raising Team Motivation (Repeat)
Iwane Kato, Executive Partner, Gartner
While the expectations of technology and the team's roles are expanding, resources are becoming strained both internally and externally. In this context, team motivation is becoming a challenge. New tasks require an organisational response from IT leaders to improve team productivity and streamline current tasks. In this round table, we would like to exchange views on measures to maintain and improve friendly motivation.
Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 02:55 PM - 04:25 PM JST
Workshop: Digital Investments That Bring Value to Your Employees (Repeat)
Junichi Masukawa, Sr Executive Partner, Gartner
Digital investments that focus on customer and business value are easy to justify, but digital investments that bring value to employees are the ones that make sense to execute strategically. There is a growing need to strategically address the employee value proposition. The hybrid work brought about by COVID-19 has proven that digital can bring great value to employees. Let‘s think about the next move to secure valuable human resources.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM JST
Adaptive Governance Principles for the Era of Business Technologists
Alfred Sim, Director, Advisory, Gartner
Using an empirical, quantitative analysis of more than 1,200 teams, we have distilled a set of actionable, adaptive governance principles that must inform the governance styles for fusion teams that blend IT and business technologists.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM JST
Best Practices for Investment Process and Budgeting in Project and Product
Hiroyuki Katayama, VP Analyst, Gartner
While the mainstream investment process in most enterprises is based on projects that estimate their values and costs in advance and proceed as planned, increasing investment way is based on products that utilize agile development due to changing business environments. This session provides cases and best practices to CIOs in enterprises executing them both.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 03:40 PM - 04:25 PM JST
Ask The Expert: Top Predictions for the Cloud Market in 2023 and Beyond
Wataru Katsurashima, VP Analyst, Gartner
In this session, the Gartner expert will answer questions from participants about how CIOs should update their vision and strategy for the cloud, based on the content of "Top Trends Shaping the Future of the Cloud" and comparisons with Western countries.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 03:40 PM - 04:25 PM JST
Roundtable: Practice of Citizen Development, Fusion Teams (Repeat Session)
Shinichi Kondo, Executive Partner, Gartner
In companies, there is an urgent need for digital initiatives in business and with the shortage of IT human resources, it is even more necessary to promote citizen development and fusion teams to work on it. Fostering awareness, cultivating civil development human resources and business technologists, defining the roles of members from business divisions, changing management methods, cooperation with business and HR divisions and more. Let's discuss on how to tackle these challenges together.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM JST
How Can Sustainability Impact Business Resilience?
Kentaro Shikanai, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Disruption in the global economy is impacting business resilience, which requires an organization to assess the business vulnerability of energy efficiency and sustainability. This presentation will offer CIOs options to apply their communication and analytics tools to address energy resilience while mitigating disruptions in the supply chain, markets and their internal and external ecosystems.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM JST
How to Deal With Difficult Workplace Personalities
Gabriela Vogel, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Graham Waller, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
At work, difficult people exist; they may make everything about themselves, obsess over details and assume you are out to get them. As senior executives' duties become more interrelated, communal and overlapped, they must develop effective strategies for coping with these individuals and the stress they may bring to the firm. In this session, we'll look at how to spot a difficult personality and what to do about it to prevent a disruptive confrontation.
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Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 / 04:35 PM - 05:20 PM JST
Keynote: Japan CIOs Must Act Now and Leverage Digital to Succeed
Tsuneo Fujiwara, VP Analyst, Gartner
Shinji Hasejima, GVP, Gartner
According to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2022, Japan's gender gap index ranks at 116 out of 146 countries, the lowest among the G7 countries by a wide margin. Japan's GDP is the third in the world, overtaken by China and expected to be overtaken by India within a few years. Its GDP per capita and happiness ranking are even lower at twenty-seventh and forty-seventh position, respectively. Japanese CIOs have a clear mission to leverage digital technology and aim for a one-shot reversal in this highly uncertain business environment.