Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ includes in-depth guidance into industry trends, challenges and strategies ranging across financial services and insurance, government and public sector, healthcare, education, manufacturing, oil and gas, retail, and utilities. These insights begin with Industry Day on Sunday and continue throughout the week. Explore the industry conference sessions below:
Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:15 AM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:00 PM
Peter Delano, Managing Vice President, Gartner
Fundamental economic models are shifting and adapting to new digital supply and demand drivers. Customers seek new forms of value and reward those enterprises that adapt. Employees increasing seek to work for enterprises that value attributes other than pure profits. Investment strategies are following similar paths. As the economic foundations of banking fracture, how should CIO's react and adapt to these new challenges?
Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:15 AM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:15 PM
Gregory Flaherty, Executive Partner, Gartner
Premise: Machines are becoming exponentially smarter. The penetration of AI in this domain is expected to grow as well. Leveraging Gartner’s strategic AI framework, CIOs can communicate the risks and benefits of “intelligent” capabilities to the customer. As such, AI can be leveraged to get ahead of the proliferation of data availability, rapid processing needs, enable the ease of mobility, and manage the robustness of open source software contributing to business strategy. Roundtable discussions will center on how CIOs can leverage the framework to show CEOs how to leverage AI to increase agility, enhance customer experience, grow revenue, and manage cost savings by answering the following:
- Why AI?
- How is your organization utilizing AI?
- What are the governance requirements to implement AI?
- What are the other opportunities to leverage AI (e.g., marketing of new products/services, managing customer demographics and variability, security, etc.)?
- Any “a-ha” moments to date?
Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:15 PM
What has been your experience with blockchain? Where have you found success? What hurdles have you encountered? Meetups are networking sessions that allow you to connect with a small group of peers, without Gartner facilitation, in the spirit of solving business problems together. Please make every effort to attend your Meetup as your peers will be looking forward to meeting with you.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:00 PM
Don Free, VP Analyst, Gartner
Digital business ecosystems are defining new ways of doing business and driving revenue. They support new consumption models for consumers and enterprises alike. For banks, they represent both a huge opportunity for innovation and an impending threat to their core business models. In addressing this duopoly, bank CIOs can establish themselves as true strategic partners to the business by ensuring they maintain a deep understanding of the core principles that underpin these ecosystem models.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:00 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:30 PM
Nicole Sturgill, VP Analyst, Gartner
Financial Services is fraught with disruption from new competitors, regulators, and innovations in technology. CIOs must cut through the hype and identify the technologies and supporting capabilities that present true business opportunities for their firms. Join this session to learn how firms are using disruptive technologies such as AI, Open Banking, Blockchain and others to unleash new capabilities and drive business growth.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 04:45 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:15 PM
Don Free, VP Analyst, Gartner
Innovation is table-stakes within the banking industry - you know you have to do it to remain relevant. So how do you ‘do’ innovation in today’s environment and avoid the obstacles? Gartner provides a practical approach to financial services innovation to keep your bank in the game.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 06:00 PM
Nicole Sturgill, VP Analyst, Gartner
Automation promises greater productivity, cost reductions and streamlined processing that leads to better customer experiences. So why is it so hard to achieve these results? Learn what you can do to develop automation initiatives that meet goals and set the organization up for success in future projects.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 06:15 PM
Juergen Weiss, Practice Vice President, Gartner
Peter Delano, Managing Vice President, Gartner
Gartner’s prestigious Eye on Innovation Awards recognize the innovative use of technology and highlight “best-in-class” IT initiatives in the financial services industry. In this session, the finalists will present their most compelling digital innovation initiatives, including products, services and business models. Attendees will not only learn from these innovations, but will be actively involved in selecting the winners of the Awards as well as the regional innovation champion.
Monday, October 21, 2019 08:00 AM|Monday, October 21, 2019 09:00 AM
Please join us for a networking breakfast for CIOs from Financial Services.
Monday, October 21, 2019 07:15 PM|Monday, October 21, 2019 09:15 PM
Join us for an evening reception designed to connect you with your industry peers. Enjoy food, drink and conversation with other attendees from financial services.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 02:30 PM|Tuesday, October 22, 2019 03:15 PM
Nicole Sturgill, VP Analyst, Gartner
What is the next generation of the digital customer experience (CX) for banking? What is the CX that consumers can expect to arrive in Banking based on what is happening in other industries? Inquire of a Gartner expert and take the opportunity to ask about specific initiatives you're considering.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:15 AM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:00 PM
Terri-Lynn Thayer, VP, Team Manager, Gartner
Higher education faces a decade of increasing disruption. We will present four plausible future scenarios for the industry to enable university CIOs to anticipate the changes and prepare for the necessary transformation.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:15 PM
Join your Higher Ed peers to discuss your approach to digital innovation. Do you have a formal innovation management program? Is this rolled into your “mode 2” efforts? How are you keeping students and boards happy, while staying ahead of the curve and not incurring too many costs and risks? Meetups are networking sessions that allow you to connect with a small group of peers, without Gartner facilitation, in the spirit of solving business problems together. Please make every effort to attend your Meetup as your peers will be looking forward to meeting with you.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:00 PM
Glenda Morgan, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The global landscape of learning in higher education is changing in some obvious but also less obvious ways. The key aspects of this shift are the move toward online learning, toward outsourcing all kinds of support for learning and creating models that enable learning on demand. How can CIOs prepare their institutions for these changes and help them make good decisions in each of these areas? This session will give leaders the frameworks they need to guide their organizations.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:00 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:30 PM
Robert Yanckello, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The future of administrative system in higher education is evolving. The past practices and perceptions of technology are no longer applicable to support modern university experience or the optimization and transformation required for a modern technology environment. This presentation will outline the evolution of administrative systems and the next phase of the journey for higher education institutions. It will highlight the approach and strategies institutions should take to successfully support their future business models and broader institutional objectives.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 04:45 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:15 PM
Glenda Morgan, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The business of higher education is changing and the digital transformation of the academy is underway. Gartner will present the top 10 business trends driving the global higher education industry in 2020 and also the top 10 strategic technologies that higher education CIOs should be tracking and selectively implementing to respond to these business pressures and drivers.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 04:45 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:45 PM
Ken Freeman, Executive Partner, Gartner
A constant strategic goal for higher education is the improvement of the overall "student" experience encompassing the entire life cycle of the student from recruitment, admission, education/retention, life-on-campus to graduation. Discussion topics:
- What are the elements that are being focused on at your institution?
- What are the challenges being faced e.g., stakeholders, budget, goals, metrics etc.
- How are you overcoming these challenges and meeting the goals of the institution?
Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 06:00 PM
Jan-Martin Lowendahl, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
In an era of ContinousNext, with constant fluctuation in society, the most adaptive survives. The higher education core missions requires that we make education adapt to learners needs or risk diminishing relevance. This requires creating adaptive education as well as institutions that can continuously adapt itself to societal needs.
This session answers the three questions:
Why is "adaptive" important?
What is adaptive in the higher education context?
How can the CIO make the higher education institution more adaptive?
Monday, October 21, 2019 02:00 PM|Monday, October 21, 2019 02:45 PM
Robert Yanckello, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
This session will explore what is happening in the market of SIS with the move toward SaaS as a primary delivery mechanism. We will explore how to examine the market offering as well as to plan for an effective transition.
Monday, October 21, 2019 07:15 PM|Monday, October 21, 2019 09:15 PM
Join us for an evening reception designed to connect you with your industry peers. Enjoy food, drink and conversation with other attendees from education.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:15 AM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:00 PM
Bill Finnerty, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Digital Government Trends, Predictions and Hype Cycles provide a lot of direction to consider for short and long term planning, but what is it that we as Gartner Analysts learn from our interactions that you are missing? In this session, we will look at what government CIOs need to be doing to connect the information and successfully lead the transition to digital government.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:15 AM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:00 PM
Cathleen Blanton, VP Analyst, Gartner
Funding drives government, but that’s not all that matters. In times of austerity or surplus funding, government CIOs need to balance cost concerns with managing risk and delivering benefits. Do you provide enough transparency to help your agency optimize the total cost of government?
Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:15 AM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:15 PM
Josh Moulin, Executive Partner, Gartner
As federal agencies transition from Certification and Accreditation to Assessment and Authorization under the RMF, implementation success is largely dependant on the risk appetite of leadership, the agency's understanding of RMF and the relationship with the Authorizing Official. Attendees will hear from their peers about best practices and lessons learned during while transitioning to RMF.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:15 PM
Discuss successes and failures in encouraging innovation and creativity in the Federal Government. What has worked? What has not? What are the best techniques to try? Meetups are networking sessions that allow you to connect with a small group of peers, without Gartner facilitation, in the spirit of solving business problems together. Please make every effort to attend your Meetup as your peers will be looking forward to meeting with you.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:00 PM
Dean Lacheca, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The transition to digital government has been a global pursuit for nearly two decades, so what is working? In this session, we will explore what initiatives are having the biggest impact, who is doing well and what are the possible disruptors, across a range of government domains.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:00 PM
Alia Mendonsa, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The coming generational turnover in leadership and their perspectives will exponentially accelerate both the expectations and adoption rate of technology. CIOs need to understand the sea change coming to harness its potential now.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:00 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:30 PM
Rick Howard, VP Analyst, Gartner
Government CIOs report their organizations’ struggle to define a strategy to leverage AI. This presentation will help CIOs gain stakeholder support for AI adoption by crafting an effective AI strategy and roadmap that delivers results quickly and scales over time by optimizing existing data, workforce skills and off-the-shelf technologies.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:00 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:30 PM
Neville Cannon, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Despite multiple failures and much negative press the shared services operating model remains a stalwart of government. The alternative to letting them limp along like zombies, is to get them right and deliver customer value, and support the platform models of the future.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 04:45 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:15 PM
Bill Finnerty, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Viewing Smart City Initiatives as the end goal will set a city up to create the next generation of legacy infrastructure and systems. What steps do local government CIOs need to take to plan beyond “Smart” and help their jurisdiction create a sustainable, intelligent future?
Sunday, October 20, 2019 04:45 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:15 PM
Cathleen Blanton, VP Analyst, Gartner
Culture eats strategy for lunch. And bad governance gums up the wheels of progress. Government IT organizations who want to implement ContinuousNext need to streamline their governance. Learn some new practical tips to ensure your agency decision-making is driven by， and achieves the right outcomes.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 06:00 PM
Rick Howard, VP Analyst, Gartner
Governments are eager to transform the way they work with new technologies such as blockchain or AI. But years of poor data management and governance adds time, risk and expense to these efforts. In this session, government CIOs will learn what they can do to speed innovation by improving data quality and learning from examples of organizations that treat data as a strategic asset.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 06:00 PM
Neville Cannon, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
A provocative look into the future to see which of the three potential positions government agencies have taken and what this means if we back time to today, for what they should be doing now.
Monday, October 21, 2019 11:15 AM|Monday, October 21, 2019 12:00 PM
Dean Lacheca, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is growing in popularity across government. Bring your questions to this interactive session where we will discuss the trends and risks associated with RPA, including seeing it as a destination rather than just a step along the journey and letting uncontrolled adoption occur without proper governance.
Monday, October 21, 2019 11:15 AM|Monday, October 21, 2019 12:00 PM
Rick Howard, VP Analyst, Gartner
Government CIOs have a unique leadership role to play in shaping a digital society. This session will provide key insights from the Symposium Opening Keynote to show how public sector technology leaders can lead by optimizing strategy, cost, and talent to bring the benefits of digital to government and society.
Monday, October 21, 2019 07:15 PM|Monday, October 21, 2019 09:15 PM
Join us for an evening reception designed to connect you with your industry peers.
The reception will be organized by these areas to make it easier to find like-minded peers. Upon arrival, you’ll be directed to these unique areas to begin networking
● US Federal Department of Defense
● US Federal Civilian Agencies
● State Government
● Local Government
● Canadian Public Sector
Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:15 AM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:00 PM
Michael Shanler, VP Analyst, Gartner
The threats and opportunities of doing business digitally put new, higher demands on IT to enable data sharing, process continuity, and business model creation with unconventional ecosystem partners. In this session, learn the new models and technology requirements to achieve partnerability.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:15 AM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:00 PM
Jeff Cribbs, VP Analyst, Gartner
The healthcare industry faces an unprecedented level of uncertainty as tumultuous business, technology, political and exogenous forces converge. In this healthcare keynote session we present an analysis of those uncertainties, the alternative digital health futures they indicate, and what strategic healthcare technology leaders can do today to be ready.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:00 PM
Mike Jones, VP Analyst, Gartner
The definition of a hospital is obsolete. Digital technology is enabling a new vision of care delivery and operation unconstrained by the physical facility. With a new mission of health value，a new virtual center of care capability is forming，aligning portable care capability and virtual care venues for patients. This session explores the implications for action of this metamorphosis.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:00 PM
Mandi Bishop, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Value-based financial arrangements are upending conventional healthcare and life science organizations， strategies and roles worldwide. Yet value-based payments alone will not reduce total costs of care and improve health outcomes. While the industry is familiar with many programs，participants，have not fully realigned to the implications nor are they are prepared to scale. Learn how to use new value-based approaches，unconventional industry relationships and leading-edge technologies to succeed in an emerging healthcare and life science ecosystem.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:15 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:15 PM
Louis Boyle, VP, Executive Partner, Gartner
As we observe the continued consolidation of the industry via M&A， healthcare CIOs & their Technology organization are an essential and up-front critical success factor. Please join your fellow healthcare CIOs for a facilitated peer discussion on what this industry consolidation trend means， and how to best assure initial and continued success.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:00 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:30 PM
Laura Craft, VP Analyst, Gartner
Data is the currency that runs through all services and products in healthcare and every critical initiative you manage depends on its quality and liquidity. Without data there is no digital，without quality data there is no value. This session challenges what you think you know about digital health data dexterity and the imperatives you need to initiate to manage this valuable asset.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 04:45 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:15 PM
Mark E. Gilbert, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Healthcare products/services are evolving rapidly along with the innovations and the industry’s business model changes. This session explores the future of products/services in healthcare and provides a framework for tackling the complex， hybrid digitally-enabled products coming to market for a healthcare ecosystem where entities are interdependent in delivering value.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 04:45 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:15 PM
Jeff Cribbs, VP Analyst, Gartner
Consumer engagement capabilities are an essential differentiator for healthcare organizations today，but market noise， competing priorities，and vendor hype make strategic technology investment a constant challenge. This session enumerates the most effective consumer engagement initiatives in the market today，evaluate evidence of their impact，and provide practical advice for developing a consumer engagement strategy.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 04:45 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:45 PM
Frank DiSanzo, Executive Partner, Gartner
We see BI & Predictive Analytics especially in both revenue and clinical contexts continue to significantly take up healthcare CIOs & CMIOs mindshare， as they facilitate targeted and clear outcomes for their organization. Please come join your fellow healthcare CIOs / CMIOs for a facilitated peer discussion!
Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 06:00 PM
Mandi Bishop, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
As the requirements of digital success in healthcare have come into focus, leaders have emerged, technologies have been proven, wins and losses recorded. From the myriad digital initiatives in healthcare，this session will reveal the exemplars that will lead us going forward. Come prepared to be inspired by Gartner's picks for the most compelling digital initiatives in healthcare.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 11:45 AM|Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:45 PM
Chris Teumer, Executive Partner, Gartner
This Roundtable discussion will focus on sharing what IT Leaders have developed, what they are working on, planning to do, and struggling with related to their Digital Strategy. What are the key components of your Digital IT Strategy? Do you have a Digital Business Strategy guiding your Digital IT Strategy? Where are you currently focusing your efforts and what are those efforts? How are you measuring success?
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 02:30 PM|Tuesday, October 22, 2019 03:15 PM
Michael Shanler, VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will be a facilitated discussion about the ways digital technologies are changing the process and outcomes in Research and Development. Attendees will explore the critical capabilities and technology investments needed to confront these changes and capture the opportunities they present.
Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:15 AM|Thursday, October 24, 2019 12:00 PM
Jeff Cribbs, VP Analyst, Gartner
Laura Craft, VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will explore and use cases and solution approach for AI in healthcare. We will discuss how to discern hype from reality and make AI investments that drive business and clinical outcomes.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:15 AM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:00 PM
Kimberly Harris-Ferrante, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Insurers are increasingly building data mastery and improving their analytical capabilities. This progression has been a significant transformation for most companies as they build new leadership models, tap into new data, build data science capabilities and adopt new technologies. This presentation will overview the key building blocks to data mastery in insurance and review best practices in how to apply data and analytics throughout the value chain. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship between data and analytics to digital insurance success, including examples of how leading insurance organizations are transforming claims, underwriting and other core insurance processes for maximum return on investment.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:00 PM
Juergen Weiss, Practice Vice President, Gartner
Insurance CIOs tell us that digital transformation is their top priority however many companies are still struggling to integrate that goal into their strategic planning or harvest results from digitalization. In this session we present a taxonomy allowing us to analyze the key differences between digital rookies and trailblazers regarding business goals and outcomes, technology adoption and corporate cultures. Business and IT leaders from both rookie and trailblazer organizations can use these findings to accelerate their digital journey.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:00 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:30 PM
Kimberly Harris-Ferrante, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Interest and excitement around artificial intelligence has been growing in the insurance industry, however most insurers are unsure of the right use case. Insurers must understand the potential of AI across their value chain for automation and decision support. This presentation will explore how AI can support insurance transformation as well as process optimization, including review of adoption rates and lessons learned from early adopters.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 04:45 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:15 PM
Richard Natale, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Cost optimization and operational excellence are among the top 10 strategic business priorities for insurance companies. But cutting costs is only one part of the equation. Insurance CIOs also need to increase the overall value they generate from their IT spending. In this session, insurance IT executives will be given a tool to change the conversation from cost-cutting to value generation using Gartner’s Cost Value Matrix.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 06:15 PM
Juergen Weiss, Practice Vice President, Gartner
Peter Delano, Managing Vice President, Gartner
Gartner’s prestigious Eye on Innovation Awards recognize the innovative use of technology and highlight “best-in-class” IT initiatives in the financial services industry. In this session, the finalists will present their most compelling digital innovation initiatives, including products, services and business models. Attendees will not only learn from these innovations, but will be actively involved in selecting the winners of the Awards as well as the regional innovation champion.
Monday, October 21, 2019 11:15 AM|Monday, October 21, 2019 12:00 PM
Richard Natale, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Core systems improvement/transformation is a top priority for insurance company increased funding in North America in 2019 . But insurers often struggle to reconcile the pressure to replace aging core systems with spending on digital technology. How can this mammoth task be divided and conquered? This interactive session will explore the following questions: Whether or not you can live with legacy? When core system replacement becomes a must? The role of core systems in modernization?
Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:15 AM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:00 PM
Kristian Steenstrup, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Asset-intensive companies succeed or fail by the way they exploit their plant and equipment. In the future, CIOs must prepare to support changes in the way companies buy, use and maintain assets, as well as emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Digital Twins, 3D Printing and Virtual Reality, and solutions such as Power by the Hour, outsourcing, rentals and autonomous equipment.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:00 PM
Michael Shanler, VP Analyst, Gartner
3D printers are networked within factories and across supply chains worldwide. Your organization’s information technology, data and intellectual property is at risk if IT is not involved from the start. Learn what CIOs and IT leaders who are transforming manufacturing must do to reduce risk while enabling the complex platform required to 3D print prototypes and products at scale.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:00 PM
Ivar Berntz, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
For historical reasons, e.g. Mergers & Acquisitions, there can be various Business, plant and even product specific systems in a manufacturers IT landscape. In the past, many CIOs have often relied on reactive budget cuts to manage IT costs，but that is not enough in the longer run. To reallocate funds to digital business，manufacturing CIOs must innovate by proactively designing lean IT operations. According to your manufacturing scenario 2023，what should you do?
Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:15 PM
How do you evaluate your spending on innovation vs. upkeep? What ratio do you strive for? Where are you currently at? Meetups are networking sessions that allow you to connect with a small group of peers, without Gartner facilitation, in the spirit of solving business problems together. Please make every effort to attend your Meetup as your peers will be looking forward to meeting with you.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:00 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:30 PM
Bettina Tratz-Ryan, VP Analyst, Gartner
Digital transformation execution will need to focus on opening the opportunity for employees to be part of the transition. People have been often challenged to move out of their comfort zone. This presentation will introduce culture hacks to start changing the perspective and increase the change agility. and innovation
Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:00 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:30 PM
Ellen Eichhorn, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
We have heard for years that the fastest way to a better income statement is by cutting costs. But what about generating sales? In this session we’ll discuss the differences among manufacturers that move the pendulum between cost optimization and revenue generation. We’ll explore different approaches to consider when optimizing your cost structure and what others are doing in this arena.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 04:45 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:15 PM
Mentor Cana, VP Analyst, Gartner
Two-thirds of IT and business leaders say they will deploy 5G cellular technology by 2020. Yet, earlier Ethernet and Wi-Fi deployments had mixed results—and 5G is much more complex. From a new network topology to edge computing, learn what IT leaders must do to ensure the successful makeover of manufacturing with 5G technology.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 04:45 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:15 PM
Kristian Steenstrup, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
The blurring of physical and virtual boundaries can help asset-intensive companies become integrated digital businesses while heightening risks and benefits of aligning, integrating and managing operational technology. Though the business may keep IT at arm’s length when it comes to OT, CIOs can be instrumental in forging a solid IT-business partnership to deal with digital disruption.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 06:00 PM
Ellen Eichhorn, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI transformation introduces disruptions both foreseen and unforeseen. To deliver prudent, consistent, and ethical responses to these disruptions, both organizational and regulatory rules must be defined and understood with a strong governance commitment. Governance separates shadow from transparency and mistake from intent. It is an essential part of your AI journey capturing integrity, privacy, empowerment, and operational excellence.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 06:00 PM
Michael Ramsey, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
A look at how autonomy is filtering into numerous manufacturing industries and the impact it will have. This will show how the progression will move gradually toward complexity and how that can be used to plan a company’s adoption of the technology and how IT can help to enable it.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 07:00 AM|Tuesday, October 22, 2019 08:00 AM
Please join us for a networking breakfast for Manufacturing CIOs.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 02:00 PM|Wednesday, October 23, 2019 02:45 PM
Bettina Tratz-Ryan, VP Analyst, Gartner
The transformative appeal of Industrie 4.0 captivates manufacturers globally. However, Industry 4.0 has has strategic and operational challenges. This session will answer questions like:
How to initiate an holistic Industrie 4.0 strategy among stakeholders?
What requirements are needed to provide scale for projects?
How to overcome the lack of digital understanding?
What is the role of data exchange in the development of digital value chains?
Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:15 AM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:00 PM
Rich McAvey, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Zarko Sumic, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Global societies are under extreme pressure from two powerful opposing forces; the growing demand for energy and the impact on the environment. Wrestling with these forces requires innovation that itself will create disruption in all societies for decades. This session takes on these issues and introduces a framework for enabling leaders to anticipate change and develop practical strategies for navigating through this complex and volatile period.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:00 PM
Rich McAvey, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
In the race to achieve breakout performance oil and gas companies must implement larger change initiatives successfully and with unprecedented speed. CIOs cannot wait to be asked to assume greater change leadership but must become fluent in effective change techniques of enterprise change. This session will enable you to foster change fitness in your team and step up to change leadership in the enterprise.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:15 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:15 PM
Mark Bartram, VP, Executive Partner, Gartner
Discuss with Gartner thought leaders and your industry peers how best to design your IT Operating Model for future success.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 04:45 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:15 PM
Rich McAvey, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Leading oil and gas companies are adopting aggressive strategies designed to achieve breakout performance. Such strategies depend on a new enterprise design to enable dynamic business innovation while retaining the ability to scale efficiently. The implications for IT are profound. This session introduces a framework to clear the air and enable effective redesign of your IT operating model.
Thursday, October 24, 2019 01:00 PM|Thursday, October 24, 2019 01:45 PM
Rich McAvey, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
In this Ask the Expert session，we will discuss the following questions:
1. Digital twins underpin new operational capabilities in more and more industries — what are they?
2. How are pace-setting oil and gas companies using digital twins to deliver value in new ways?
3. How can CIOs understand，define and engage with digital twin initiatives in their enterprise?
Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:15 AM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:00 PM
Robert Hetu, VP Analyst, Gartner
Technology driven changes to customer expectations and behavior continue to accelerate retail's evolution. Scale can only be achieved through technology, however a delicate balance is required for success. This session will explore how Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Robots and other technologies can enable retailers from corporate to the store floor to successfully evolve by adaptation.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 01:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 02:00 PM
Robert Hetu, VP Analyst, Gartner
AI in retail is poised to experience a surge of projects through 2021. Use cases span the entire business value chain, focused on automation for cost savings and customer experience. However, AI will have a larger role, functioning as the nervous system for the organization, supporting continuous adaptation. In this session, we will explore AI examples, and a use case development framework.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:00 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:30 PM
Kelsie Marian, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The key to providing excellent in- store customer experiences hinges on a carefully balanced, human-machine approach to the store associate experience. This session will explore how technology can enable and augment associates to extend their capabilities, drive sales and improve in-store experiences.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 04:45 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:15 PM
Joanne Joliet, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The physical store is a critical component to deliver a unified commerce offering for retailers. This session will explore how digital transformation allows for a truly connected store, and how IoT, smart robots, digital twins and other technologies are converging digital and physical aspects within the store to improve operations, streamline associate tasks, and elevate the customer experience.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 06:00 PM
Kelsie Marian, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Culture is the ethos of all organizations, however it can also be the greatest impediment of digital transformation. This session will look at examples of retailers who have successfully evolved their culture and provide inspiration of how to instill change in your retail organization.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 11:45 AM|Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:30 PM
Joanne Joliet, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Bring your questions to this interactive session in which we will provide a brief overview of the smart check-out models for retail and then discuss which model is most appropriate based on customer expectations, and how to maximize the benefits in a the broader digital portfolio.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:15 AM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 12:00 PM
Rich McAvey, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Zarko Sumic, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Global societies are under extreme pressure from two powerful opposing forces; the growing demand for energy and the impact on the environment. Wrestling with these forces requires innovation that itself will create disruption in all societies for decades. This session takes on these issues and introduces a framework for enabling leaders to anticipate change and develop practical strategies for navigating through this complex and volatile period.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:00 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 03:30 PM
Ethan Cohen, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Water availability, cost, quality and safety are under increasing pressure. Managing the impact of these forces while meeting increased demand requires creativity and innovation. This session takes on these issues and provides a perspective on role of the CIO and the use of technology in managing this vital strategic natural resource.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 05:30 PM|Sunday, October 20, 2019 06:00 PM
Zarko Sumic, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
The father of the electrification and the eponymous of an electric vehicle, failed in his wireless power transmission quest to unhook us from the grid. Now his namesake, Tesla, and other EV manufacturers, are driving us toward decentralized and democratic energy provisioning future. This presentation will discuss the future of the grid and its digitally enabled business and operating model.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 02:00 PM|Wednesday, October 23, 2019 02:45 PM
Ethan Cohen, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Zarko Sumic, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
To pursue digital ambitions utilities can either optimize existing business models or transform by creating a new business model. Regardless of their digital ambition，most utilities do not have technical components to support new capabilities. In this session you can ask the expert how to transform your IT portfolio into digital technology platform architecture to achieve your digital goals.