Our keynotes are the foundation of every Gartner conference. Meet visionaries and tech innovators who inspired moments of clarity and addressed attendees’ mission-critical priorities.
Looking back at 2026’s conference speakers
Gartner analysts and global CIOs and IT executives thought leaders delivered the latest insights at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2026.
Keynote Speakers
Naomi Bagdonas
Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; Bestselling Author; Executive Advisor
Kath Koschel
Founder; Resilience Expert
The Kindness Factory
Zack Kass
Global AI Advisor and Former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI
Formerly with OpenAI
Dr. Ali Walker
Behavioural Scientist, Author & Podcast Host
Kristin Moyer
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
Daryl Plummer
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
Guest Speakers and Executive Stories
Learn from guest speakers bringing best practices from years of success in their fields.
Leeanne Chau
Chief Information Officer and Executive Manager – Digital
WaterNSW
Andrew George
Chief Executive Officer
WaterNSW
Shaharuddin Mustapha
Chief Executive Officer
PETRONAS Digital
Mark Sawade
Chief Information Officer
Australian Taxation Office
Jonathon Thorpe
Deputy CEO and Chief Customer Officer
Services Australia
Featured Gartner Analysts
Meet a selection of Gartner analysts dedicated to turning industry trends into actionable, objective guidance.
Gartner Analysts
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Richard Addiscott
VP Analyst
Gene Alvarez
Distinguished VP Analyst
Dave Aron
Distinguished VP Analyst
Coenraad Bekker
Executive Partner
Manjunath Bhat
Distinguished VP Analyst
Marcus Blosch
VP Analyst
Erick Brethenoux
Distinguished VP Analyst
Frank Buytendijk
Distinguished VP Analyst
Padraig Byrne
VP Analyst
Jillian Carmody
Executive Partner
Paul Cunningham
VP, Executive Partner
Stijn De Lathouwers
Executive Partner, Domains
Allison Dennis
Sr Director Analyst
Luke Ellery
VP Analyst
Sean Elwick
Sr Executive Partner
Grace Farrell
Sr Principal Analyst
Brian Ferreira
VP, Team Manager
Janelle Hill
Distinguished VP Analyst
Andrew Holcombe
Sr Executive Partner, Domains
Sean Hu
Sr Executive Partner
Olive Huang
VP Analyst
Roy Kannan
Sr Executive Partner
Todd Kimbriel
VP Analyst
Neha Kumar
Sr Director Analyst
Dean Lacheca
VP Analyst
Craig Lawson
VP Analyst
Adrian Leow
VP Analyst
Jo Liversidge
VP Analyst
James Lord
VP, Executive Partner
Rob McMillan
Distinguished VP Analyst
Ayca Moseley
Sr Director Analyst
Kristin Moyer
Distinguished VP Analyst
Alicia Mullery
VP Analyst
Mat Myers
VP, Executive Partner
Robert Naegle
VP Analyst
Rob O'Donohue
VP Analyst
Stephen O'Malley
Sr Director Analyst
Neil Osmond
Distinguished VP Analyst
Sally Parker
Sr Director Analyst
Mardi Paterson
Executive Partner, Domains
Daryl Plummer
Distinguished VP Analyst
Anthony Pohl
Sr Director, Program Management
Helen Poitevin
Distinguished VP Analyst
Niall Prendeville
VP, Team Manager
Andy Rowsell-Jones
Distinguished VP Analyst
Domenico Scriva
Sr Principal Analyst
Svetlana Sicular
VP Analyst
Jasleen Kaur Sindhu
VP Analyst
Peter Skyttegaard
VP Analyst
Corey Snell
Sr Executive Partner
Val Sribar
Distinguished VP Analyst
Kristian Steenstrup
Distinguished VP Analyst
Daniel Sun
VP Analyst
Ben Tan
VP, Team Manager
Jaideep Thyagarajan
Director Analyst
Kabeh Vaziri
Managing Vice President
Adrian Wong
Director Analyst
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