CIOs are leading in a world that is deglobalizing, economically disrupted and facing a greater range of threats than ever before. The executive challenge is how to turn these risks into business opportunities while dealing with significant uncertainty and resource constraints. Join us for the Gartner Opening Keynote in which we’ll focus on some of the most important ways in which CIOs and IT executives can use information and technology in new and emerging ways to lead and make a difference for their enterprises.

The unique culture of Japanese companies is troubling CDOs (Chief Data Officers) who must lead new initiatives in their organizations. This session will explain the priorities and action plans for handling the unique situation of Japanese organizational culture with the results of the Gartner Global CDO Survey.

China has a data strategy. The EU has a data strategy. There is a U.S. Federal Data Strategy. Even the U.K. has a Data Strategy. What does this mean for you? What are the issues to avoid and opportunities to exploit? This exploratory session will highlight the good, the bad, and the vagaries of these evolving sovereign data strategies.

DX or Data and Analytics leaders in Japanese organizations usually want to be data-driven and wonder how they can achieve this ideal. And while they know it's not easy, they often don't have a clear idea of what they need to learn. In this session, we will try to understand the essence of data-driven and the characteristics of organizations that practice it, and what is essential to achieve it. Then, we will discuss strategies and concrete measures to acquire each of them.

In this session, Gartner experts will answer the questions from participants on what should be the role of a chief data officer (CDO) in Japan. It will be based on Gartner's research note: "CDO Agenda in Japan: Leading Organizational Consensus Building to Achieve Business Results."