Gartner Announces Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2025, Kochi, India- November 17-19

What: Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2025

When: November 17-19, 2025

Where: Grand Hyatt, Kochi, India

Details: Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2025 is the world’s most important gathering of CIOs and IT executives.

This year in Kochi, more than 1,300 CIOs and senior IT leaders will gather to explore the technology, insights and trends influencing the future of both IT and business. Topics will cover generative AI, business value of IT, cybersecurity, customer experience, emerging technologies, executive leadership, and more.

Over the course of three days, Gartner experts, guest keynote speakers and solution providers will deliver insights and expert guidance in 100+ sessions. The full agenda will offer the latest perspectives on technology, best practices for defining and validating IT strategies and real-world examples for executing mission-critical initiatives.

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo Theme: Agents of Change: Leading Through Intelligence

In today’s volatile world, CIOs and tech leaders face crucial choices. Now is the time to harness AI for successful digital transformation. As the lead change agent, leaders need:

• Adaptive leadership to navigate complex challenges
• Smart tech decisions on AI-ready data, cybersecurity, cloud sovereignty and cost optimization
• Innovation and resilience to foster a change-ready culture
• Actionable insights for prioritized strategies
• A future-ready workforce for tomorrow

The  Gartner Opening Keynote: Walking The Golden Path to Value, will focus on Gartner’s unique view on the growing value divide in organizations’ AI efforts: 60% of CIOs see little return, while 40% see some but want more. To bridge this gap, Gartner will discuss how enterprises must rethink their workforce, operations, and even functional and organizational identities.

The conference will also feature Signature Series sessions that cover the most anticipated insights and findings to prepare attendees for the year ahead. This year’s Signature Series include:

•  Gartner’s Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2026
•  CIOs and Technology Executive Agenda
•  Top Strategic Predictions for 2026 and Beyond
•  CEO Agenda 2026
•  Emerging Technology Vision 2026

In addition to accessing the most important and relevant insights across a variety of formats, Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo offers a series of special programs that provide deeper exploration of key trends and valuable in-person connections with peers and industry leaders.

Learn more about the conference experience by program:

• The CIO Circle Program
•  Women in Technology Program
• Industry Specific Insights

Guest Keynote Speakers:

• Guest Keynote: The Corporate Athlete – with speaker and high-performance coach, Paddy Upton.
• Guest Keynote: The Future of Human-Robot Interaction – with leading expert in social robotics and MIT Media Lab Research Scientist, Kate Darling.
• Guest Keynote: The Challenge of Change – with creator & host of Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam.

IT Xpo

IT Xpo  is a premier solution showcase that brings together 60+ IT technology and solution providers to drive business imperatives. It will feature live demonstrations, virtual meetings with exhibitors, and fast-paced presentations on key technology directions, highlighting the next steps in technological advancement.

For complete conference and registration details, please visit Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2025. Follow news and updates from the conferences on X and LinkedIn using #GartnerSYM.

Registration: Full-time journalists from editorial publications are eligible for a press pass. For additional details and registration requests, please contact: sonika.choubey@gartner.com.

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