All 2026 Conference Sessions

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2026 dives deep into key topics for CIOs and IT leaders around AI, executive leadership, cybersecurity, operating models and more to help you address your organization's mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Ignite Intelligence

AI is no longer a differentiator - it's now part of the foundation. CIOs must take the artificial out of intelligence, combining human ingenuity with AI to unlock value, drive agility, and navigate disruption. A human-centered approach is key to leading the intelligent enterprise.

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Tuesday, 15 September, 2026

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM AEST

Government CIOs: 3 Critical Leadership Strategies for Success
Todd Kimbriel, VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will discuss the pressures government CIOs face and highlight the top three leadership strategies they can adopt to successfully navigate these challenges. Show Less

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM AEST

Higher Education: The AI-Enabled University: Predictions, Pathways and CIO Priorities
Grace Farrell, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
The promise of AI is disrupting expectations and practices of universities across the world. Administrative, teaching, learning and research will experience unprecedented change over the next 10 years, but CIOs must now empower their institutions with the strategies, cultures, skills and technologies to succeed. Join this session to shape your institution’s AI-enabled future. ... Show More Show Less

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM AEST

Signature Series: Top Strategic Predictions for 2027 and Beyond
Daryl Plummer, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Top strategic predictions for 2027 and beyond. Show Less

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM AEST

Airia: AI Sprawl is Exploding. Get Ahead of Governance and Security Challenges Before It’s Too Late
Kevin Kiley, President, AIRIA
The rapid explosion of AI and autonomous agents introduces risks that traditional security measures weren't built to address, placing new demands on organizations to govern the AI sprawl across the enterprise. Learn how leading organizations are gaining visibility over their AI ecosystems through practical strategies for discovering AI assets, implementing governance frameworks, orchestrating agent workflows, and maintaining accountability in AI-driven decisions. Walk away with actionable approaches to establish governance without stifling innovation.
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03:00 PM - 03:30 PM AEST

Boomi: The Executive Playbook for Building Connected, Governed & Sovereign AI Infrastructure
David Irecki, Chief Technology Officer For APAC, Boomi
Andrew Burnet, Chief Technology Officer, QLD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Shahabaaz Pathan, Integration Manager, Digital Business &, Veolia ANZ
Discover how leading APAC executives are building the connected, governed, and sovereign foundation their agentic workloads depend on. In this candid conversation, Boomi APAC CTO sits down with technology leaders to unpack how they moved beyond fragmented business context, ungoverned agents, and runaway AI costs to innovate without being locked into a single AI provider. ... Show More Show Less

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM AEST

Halo: One Pane, No Pain - How Charles Darwin University Unified Systems through Halo
Joshua Sumner, Senior Account Executive, Halo
Andrew Tully, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Charles Darwin University
Every organisation faces integration challenges as system sprawl increases complexity. In this session, hear how Charles Darwin University unified their systems using Halo Show Less

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM AEST

IBM: Panel: Enabling Agentic Automation: Balancing Innovation, Resilience and Trust
Chris Hockings, Identity Strategy Leader, IBM
Jimmy Tzimopoulos, Assistant Commissioner - Strategy, Desig, ATO
Claudio Tag, Field CTO - Automation, IBM
AI is reshaping enterprise operations, creating new opportunities for productivity while increasing demands for resilience, governance and trust. Join IBM and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to explore how AI, automation and platform engineering are modernising operations, reducing complexity and technical debt, and enabling autonomous ways of working. Learn how organisations are balancing AI for security and security for AI while democratising AI through trusted guardrails, accountability and oversight. ... Show More Show Less

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM AEST

Roundtable: An Executive Deep Dive on the Reimagine Findings, moderated by AWS
Thomas Godden, Executive in Residence, Amazon Web Services
The Reimagine report distilled a year of peer-to-peer conversations with 150+ senior leaders on operationalizing AI at scale. This roundtable is an opportunity to engage directly with AWS Executive in Residence Tom Godden in a candid, facilitated deep dive—unpacking the decisions, trade-offs, and hard-won lessons behind the findings, including what leaders got right, what they got wrong, and what they'd do differently. ... Show More Show Less

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM AEST

Roundtable: How CIOs Are Responding to Vendor Pressure, AI Disruption, and Economic Reality, moderated by Rimini Street
Tal Nathan, Regional CTO ANZ, Rimini Street
Enterprise application leaders face mounting pressure to modernise, adopt AI, and control costs while avoiding unnecessary risk and vendor lock-in. Join a peer-to-peer discussion on how CIOs are navigating ERP strategy, cloud choices, technical debt, and AI-driven innovation. Share lessons learned, challenges, successes, and practical approaches to balancing transformation with business realities. ... Show More Show Less

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