The World’s Most
Important Gathering of
CIOs and IT Executives™

3 – 6 November 2020 | Kochi, India

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo

More than 1,000 CIOs and IT executives attended Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2019 in Goa to discuss key topics, including data and analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, culture, customer experience, cybersecurity and more.

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo is the place to hone your leadership skills, refine your strategies and find the innovative technologies that will help drive your business forward.

Here are some highlights from the 2019 conference:

  • Inspiring conversations from guest speakers such as Gus Balbontin, Professor Eddie Obeng and retired Canadian astronaut Chris Austin Hadfield
  • Insights from Gartner experts to guide CIOs and IT executives to develop and execute winning strategies
  • Meaningful connections between peers to work through common challenges faced by CIOs and IT executives
  • Technology solutions to help attendees meet their mission-critical priorities

Expert Advice

Attendees heard about the opportunities and risks in adopting emerging technologies such as AI, the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain and digital twins to help shape and accelerate the digital transformation journey.

Networking

With 1,000 attendees on-site, the conference provided an opportunity to network and learn best practices from their peers, including CIOs and IT executives.

Technical Solutions

Unique interactive platforms and dedicated sessions designed to create a deeper learning experience enabled attendees to see firsthand the latest technologies.

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    Join a global community of CIOs and IT executives

    The digital era has brought unprecedented change to technology, business and society. Beyond managing IT, CIOs are called to lead and inspire their teams and business stakeholders through deeply transformative business models, practices and cultures. Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo addresses the strategic needs of enterprise CIOs and their leadership teams. This conference is designed for:

    • CIOs interested in the opportunity to connect with peers across regions and industries, and gain new perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of digital business
    • IT executives focused on executing on the mission-critical priorities of their CIO and helping to shape their organization’s long-term IT strategy and technology investments

    2019 Topics at a Glance

    Attendees had access to over 100 sessions of the latest Gartner research specifically designed to cover challenges most critical to CIOs and their leadership teams. We are still building the 2020 agenda, so in the meantime, take a look at what we covered in 2019.

    Business Intelligence and Advanced Analytics

    The rate of technology change is accelerating. Explore how to move to a culture of self-service business analytics in a world of big data, with machine learning techniques, natural language interfaces and a focus on data storytelling.

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    Customer and User Experience

    Customers are more empowered than ever before. With customer experience (CX) management at the top of most CEOs’ agendas, discover how to create a superior CX that serves as a sustainable differentiator.

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    Digital Business Transformation

    Discover the steps needed to achieve digital transformation for your organization, and understand how to align the physical and digital worlds for employees, partners and customers.

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    Emerging and Disruptive Technologies

    Dive into blockchain, IoT, AI and robotic process automation to truly transform your organization.

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    Leadership, People and Culture

    Learn how to differentiate cultural characteristics from operating model constructs, and recruit and retain the talent needed to succeed.

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    Security, Risk and Compliance

    Explore the risks brought by the digital revolution and how to adapt your IT security requirements to encompass digital and cyberphysical needs.

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