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Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit 2026 dives deep into key topics for IAM leaders around program management, agentic AI, machine IAM and more to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Reshaping Identity for the AI Era

IAM must evolve to provide the strong foundations required to meet challenges driven by the explosive growth of AI agents. Join us to discover practical strategies at the intersection of IAM and AI, with analyst insights on IAM program management, authentication, PAM, IGA, IAM architecture, tools and more.

Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind.

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Monday, December 07, 2026

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM PST

Gartner Opening Keynote: Identity and Access Management
Zachary Smith, Director Analyst, Gartner
Nayara Sangiorgio, Principal Analyst, Gartner
Join us for this Gartner opening keynote session and gain an overview of the topics for the 2026 identity and access management summit. Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PST

Ask the Analyst: How to Implement Runtime Authorization
Mehmet Yaliman, Director Analyst, Gartner
Runtime authorization is essential for dynamic, policy-driven access control as organizations adopt distributed, microservice and cloud-native architectures. Integrating real-time authorization while maintaining performance and compliance presents significant challenges. In this session we answer your questions about best practices for implementing runtime authorization effectively. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PST

Ask the Analyst: Navigating an IAM Program
Rebecca Archambault, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
This is an interactive session to share experiences that address challenges and best practices in implementing and optimizing IAM programs. Gain guidance on aligning strategies with business objectives, product-thinking, managing stakeholders and leveraging technologies like IVIP, Zero Trust, AI-driven identity analytics, PAM, IGA and compliance. What are your current pain points? How can you move past these, to position your organization to tackle the challenges of AI? ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PST

Build AI Agents Using a Solid Access Management Foundation
Paul Rabinovich, VP Analyst, Gartner
Robust identity and access management for AI agents is still emerging. This session will cover best practices for implementing large-language-model-based AI agent authentication, authorization and accountability to enable secure operations. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PST

How to Successfully Deploy IGA
Brian Guthrie, Director Analyst, Gartner
Deploying an IGA solution is a complex journey, much like building a custom motorcycle from the ground up. Both endeavors require vision, meticulous planning, the right components and a commitment to ongoing care. Just as a well-built motorcycle promises many miles and years of reliable performance, a successful IGA deployment ensures lasting value. This session highlights the twists and turns of IGA deployments. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PST

Improve IAM Architecture by Embracing 10 Identity Fabric Principles
Erik Wahlstrom, VP Analyst, Gartner
In a world where identity is the only perimeter, identity-first security has become imperative. IAM must be deployed more cohesively as a composable, distributed, resilient identity fabric. Organizations should also apply IAM best practices to more of their applications and services, as well as to the IAM infrastructure itself. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PST

Market Insights for Privileged Access Management
This presentation provides key market insights into PAM, including an overview of the current PAM landscape, recent changes in vendor evaluation and guidance on leveraging the Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities reports to select the right PAM solution. It highlights emerging players, vendor strengths and weaknesses for specific use cases. Explores how PAM vendors and tools are adapting to secure privileged access by machines; including AI agents and harnessing AI to enhance administration. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PST

Top Cybersecurity Predictions for 2027 and Beyond
Wayne Hankins, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Every year, Gartner selects our best and most relevant predictions about the future of cybersecurity, something never more relevant than now as the impacts of AI are felt on our organizations. Join this presentation to have a look at what the future might hold, how to tell if it's going to come true, and what you must do to prepare. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Workshop: Redesign IAM Skills for the AI Era
Steve Wessels, Director Analyst, Gartner
Zachary Smith, Director Analyst, Gartner
Core responsibility of designing IAM systems to meet business & cybersecurity outcomes is unchanged. But IAM teams will increasingly use AI as a fit-for-purpose tool. The rise of AI requires shifting IAM focus from manual tasks to strategic system design, risk mgmt., incident response & cross-functional orchestration. IAM leaders can use this session to build capability portfolios that prepare IAM engineers/analysts/architects for greater roles in technical oversight, architectural ingenuity & strategic alignment. ... Show More Show Less

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“Comprehensive coverage over what many consider to be a niche security topic. Insightful discussion on best practices, major players and up-and-coming solution providers.”

Brian Curl
CISO, Rogers Corporation

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