The Gartner CIO Leadership Forum

The exclusive event for CIOs

We’ll return to The Diplomat Beach Resort & Spa, March 25 - 27, 2018 in Hollywood, FL and hope you'll join us.
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Dig deeper into the 2017 content

This executive summary pulls together the key take-aways from the 2017 event. Trigger new ideas to unlock your digital future.
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Discover what your peers had to say

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Scaling Digital Leadership

As a CIO, your job has expanded from a deliverer of IT services to an executive business partner. Digitalization puts you in the spotlight: your business now looks to you to scale your digital leadership.

How can you lead your enterprise to continue the digital journey and prepare for the opportunities of connected ecosystems?
Do you have the personal and professional skills you need to thrive at this new stage?

The 2018 Forum will provide you with inspiration, strategic ideas and tactical actions to address the challenges you’ll face in 2018 and beyond.

Gartner CIO Leadership Forum is specifically designed for:

Including:

Corporate-wide CIOs
Business unit CIOs

CIOs

What You Will Learn

Team up with leaders who understand your challenges in workshops focused on your most critical priorities.
Broaden your perspective by exchanging ideas with thought leaders from Gartner and the industry.
Ignite innovation in your business by identifying and engaging intellectual capital and drawing on disparate networks of knowledge.
Turn bimodal delivery into a strategic advantage by mobilizing and organizing resources throughout the enterprise.
Gain practical approaches to business cost optimization while faced with an increased demand for digital services.
Build and cultivate your digital leadership through strong relationships of trust and continuous personal development.

Features & Benefits

Gartner analyst sessions
Gartner analyst one-on-one meetings
Workshops
Roundtables
Ask the Analyst sessions
Meetups
Spotlight sessions
Peer engagement by industry and organization size

What's Included

Access to our analysts
Two 30-minute Gartner analyst one-on-one meetings
Workshops
Peer networking breakfasts, lunches and receptions
Special evening event
Agenda planning through Events Navigator

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Agenda

We're currently preparing our 2018 agenda. In the meantime, take a look at the strategies, insights and tools we covered in 2017 to help you lead the next generation of IT and achieve business growth.

What will the 2018 agenda cover? Four tracks covering business capability modeling, risk and security management, scaling bimodal IT and more
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Dig deeper into the 2017 content — take a quick look at the executive summary report
Stay ahead of the technology trends that impact your organization's transformation year-round through our Smarter With Gartner articles.

2018 Forum Tracks

The 2018 Forum will address the challenges of digital leadership with a balance of strategic concepts and actionable tactics—an invaluable learning experience for CIOs in every phase of the digital transformation journey.

Think Business
Design Capabilities
Build the Foundation
Focus on Leadership

Peer Engagement

Participate in peer engagement opportunities to make lasting connections, share best practices, and network with your peers.

View networking opportunities that were available at the 2017 Forum.

"Forum has opened my eyes to the new leadership skills and techniques I need for successful digital transformation in my organization."

- CIO Leadership Forum 2017 Attendee

"An effective confluence of inspiration, validation, and challenge. I am leaving better equipped to lead my digital initiatives."

- CIO Leadership Forum 2017 Attendee

Speakers

Bold leadership will drive the future. To learn lessons from other visionary leaders is essential. Learn from Gartner analysts – the foremost experts in their areas of focus – Gartner Executive Partners – many former CIOs themselves – and guest keynotes who will energize the way you think, revealing surprising connections between life, business and technology.

Learn from industry visionaries during our guest keynote presentations.
Gain actionable insight from over 20 Gartner analysts onsite
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2018 Speakers

Bruce Robertson
Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, Gartner Research, and Conference Co-Chair
Lisa Bodell
Founder and CEO of futurethink, Bestselling Author

Exhibitors

For information on exhibiting at the Gartner CIO Leadership Forum, please contact the exhibit sales team at 1 800 356 4740 or exhibit@gartner.com.

Venue & Travel

Hollywood, FL

Venue

The Diplomat Beach Resort & Spa
3555 South Ocean Drive
Hollywood, FL 33019

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The Diplomat Resort & Spa, Hollywood, FL
3555 S Ocean Drive
Hollywood, FL, United States - 33019

Accommodations

Please note: Gartner will be reserving a limited block of rooms at the Diplomat Beach Resort & Spa at a discounted rate. Please check back for updates as they become available and the room block opens.

Accommodations & Privacy Advisory

Gartner has been made aware that service providers, such as Exhibition Housing Management, have contacted a number of individuals who are attending our conference to offer hotel reservation services and/or sell copies of the confidential attendee list.

Please note that Gartner has NOT authorized them, or anyone else, to contact attendees on our behalf, nor does Gartner share/sell attendee contact information to anyone.
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Gartner CIO Leadership Forum

25 - 27 March 2018 | Hollywood, FL