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      This year’s theme is Accelerate Value. Deliver Intelligently. It is a rallying call for IT leaders to ignite transformation: Dive into tracks that illuminate data-driven intelligence, strategic AI and resilient solutions. Shape tomorrow — empower your teams and technology to thrive.

      A: Evolving Leadership

      This track is dedicated to supporting I&O leaders as they communicate with their leaders, design, transform and manage their functions, ensuring they have the right talent and skills in place to meet both current and future organizational needs.

      B: Navigating Innovations and Disruptions

      This track examines how I&O leaders can empower their teams to drive organizational success by embracing innovation and disruption.

      C: Transforming Cloud Platforms

      This track guides cloud leaders in developing and executing transformative strategies that harness the full potential of cloud platforms, ensuring they become powerful enablers of organizational goals and sustained competitive advantage.
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      Tuesday, December 09, 2025

      09:30 AM - 10:15 AM PST

      Gartner Opening Keynote: Navigating the Hype: Strategic Roadmap to I&O Success
      Paul Delory, VP Analyst, Gartner
      Autumn Stanish, Director Analyst, Gartner
      Agentic AI is a fundamental shift for I&O, demanding new operational paradigms like cloud once did. This keynote will explore concrete agentic AI application for I&O, emphasizing the needs for resilient infrastructure, automation and governance to navigate this shift. A focus on Continuous Operations will show how adopting mature techniques from tech leaders can ensue relentless innovation and operational stability. Get equipped with a roadmap to a new I&O operating model, highlighting effective patterns for behavior and operating practices to lead in the next era of I&O. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PST

      4 Key Factors Driving Success in Digital Transformation Initiatives
      Cesar Lozada, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
      CIOs often view their digital transformation efforts as a continuation of what their current technology environment is —disconnected from the enterprise's strategy or business outcomes. This session addresses four key factors that drive excellence in digital transformation within organizations by examining how organizations build their strategy, measure their outcomes and achieve success in their digital initiatives. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PST

      Elevating Infrastructure & Operations to the Boardroom
      Mike Cisek, VP Analyst, Gartner
      CIOs and I&O leaders feel that boardroom stakeholders often overlook crucial IT infrastructure and operations issues. To address this, CIOs and I&O leaders should strategically introduce these topics in boardroom discussions, highlighting their importance and establishing clear connections to both tangible and intangible business priorities. ... Show More Show Less

      12:30 PM - 01:00 PM PST

      Gartner Futures Lab: The Futures of Computing
      Autumn Stanish, Director Analyst, Gartner
      The future of computing is mostly not about new computing, storage or communication technologies. It is about new and innovative use cases. Computing is going to be more expensive, so we need more ambitious use cases. And advances in computing make new use cases possible. This provocative story takes you on a tour across three horizons, all the way to a deeper analysis of what really drives the future of computing: hypermachinity and hyperhumanity. ... Show More Show Less

      12:30 PM - 01:00 PM PST

      Leadership Vision 2026 Infrastructure and Operations
      Nathan Hill, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
      Heads of Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) are facing a fast-changing environment with competing priorities, new technologies, and shifting business needs. As we approach 2026, senior I&O leaders must manage differing goals and perspectives with their CIO, address the challenge of low AI adoption, and tackle ongoing technical debt—often seen as important but rarely acted on in a strategic manner. ... Show More Show Less

      01:10 PM - 01:30 PM PST

      Snowflake: Powering Your Data-Driven Business With Enterprise Intelligence Agent
      Santiago Giraldo, SR. DIRECTOR, PRODUCT MARKETING - AI, Snowflake
      In this session, we will be diving deep into Snowflake Intelligence — An enterprise intelligence agent that provides every user with the ability to answer complex questions in natural language and suggest solutions to previously difficult and time-consuming business problems. From Fortune 500 companies like Cisco, to global enterprises like Toyota Motor Europe, organizations in every industry are leveraging Snowflake Intelligence today. ... Show More Show Less

      02:30 PM - 03:15 PM PST

      Ask the Expert: From Cloud Center of Excellence to Cloud Operating Model
      Lydia Leong, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
      Many organizations have started a CCOE, but struggle with maturing from centralized expertise to the empowerment and enablement of cloud excellence across the organization. Bring your questions about cloud-related organizational, cultural and people challenges, as well as those about the CCOE, the cloud operating model, skills and digital democratization (including “You Build It, You Run It”). ... Show More Show Less

      02:30 PM - 03:00 PM PST

      I&O Skills: What's Needed Now, What's Needed in the Future
      Mark Margevicius, VP Analyst, Gartner
      Today's teams frequently lack the skills required to proactively meet business needs. The rapid pace of ongoing transformations renders existing skills inadequate for many organizations. I&O leaders must prioritize development plans to cultivate the most essential skills within their teams. This session provides guidance on effective upskilling methods that benefit both employees and organizations. ... Show More Show Less

      02:30 PM - 04:00 PM PST

      Senior Leadership Circle Workshop: How to Drive High-Value Maturity Improvements With Your I&O Operating Model
      Roger Williams, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
      The pressure on heads of I&O to change their approach to getting work done continues to intensify. Unfortunately, improvement projects too often fall short of delivering promised benefits. Join this workshop to get practical guidance on where to target maturity improvement efforts, and how tuning your focus for improvements to your I&O operating model can deliver both value today and better positioning for tomorrow. ... Show More Show Less

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