Signature Series sessions

Critical insights for the year ahead

Our Signature Series sessions cover some of the most anticipated insights and findings Gartner releases all year, including Top Strategic Technology Trends, Top Strategic Predictions and the CIO and Technology Executive Agenda. Get ready for the year ahead as we unveil all you need to know for 2026.

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  • Top Strategic Technology Trends
  • CIO and Technology Executive Agenda
  • Gartner's Top Strategic Predictions
  • The Future of Computing
  • CEO Concerns
Top Strategic Technology Trends

Navigating current disruptions and social and economic trends is hard. However, CIOs must take the time to look to the future to lead their organizations to success in five years and beyond. Gartner’s top strategic technology trends are the star map you can use to keep your organization heading safely into the future. This session highlighted 10 technologies CIOs must know about to prepare for an uncertain future.
CIO and Technology Executive Agenda

This session revealed what should be on the CIO’s agenda for the coming 18 months, given the shifting expectations that CEOs and other CxOs have for their CIO — and the CIO’s expectations of their leadership role and the mandates for their IT organization.
Gartner's To Strategic Predictions

Nothing on the planet is not being affected by AI. Everything is pulled into a whirlwind of AI innovation and risk. Organizations that learn how to anticipate AI's impact on what they do have an advantage, but they must be careful not to get carried away by the storm. CIOs should use these predictions as a call to action today to prepare for a soft-landing tomorrow.
CIO and Technology Executive Agenda

The future of computing will be a virtuous cycle. Computing use cases will drive compute mechanisms and vice versa to support human endeavors in an increasingly digital world. But the future of computing isn’t just a single paradigm, it will be many styles of computing. The impact of computing will continue to affect business and society immensely, from augmenting human capability to running autonomously. What will horizon 1, 2 and 3 look like?
CIO and Technology Executive Agenda

CEOs are enacting new post-crisis strategies to deal with geopolitical risks and talent challenges; leveraging AI and sustainability. Our annual global CEO survey shone a light on the agenda shifts that CIOs should anticipate next.

“I am constantly amazed at the amount of strategic value I get from spending time at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo each year. There’s no question that without it, I would not have an as well-informed agenda.”

Michael Albano
Director, Vanguard