The CIO Circle Program

Designed specifically for Chief Information Officers, the CIO Circle Program provides exclusive sessions for eligible CIOs attending Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ to explore new strategies, share innovative ideas and grow your community of peers.

This experience includes:

Networking and knowledge-sharing opportunities with a group of CIO attendees to swap experiences, trade best practices and expand your executive peer community. 

Access to exclusive sessions throughout the conference, including CIO circle lunch, workshops, roundtables and research discussions tailored to the most important topics for CIOs.

Priority booking capabilities for limited-capacity sessions and One-on-One Meeting(s) with a Gartner analyst to ensure you don’t miss out on these conference offerings.

CIO only sessions

Integrated within the broader conference agenda, the CIO Circle Program includes interactive discussions covering the top priorities of CIOs, as well as casual networking opportunities to connect with other IT leaders from a variety of regions and industries. Through these sessions, participants connect over common initiatives and accelerate, validate and solidify their strategies.
  • Research Discussions
  • Roundtables
  • Workshop

Research Discussions

  • CIO Circle Research Discussion: Reinvent the Technology Operating Model for a World Beyond IT

Roundtables

  • CIO Circle Roundtable: Discussion on Strategic Workforce Planning
  • CIO Circle Roundtable: Cost Optimization Tactics for Midsize Enterprises
  • CIO Circle Roundtable: Overcoming Organizational Barriers in Manufacturing DX Through CIO Leadership
  • CIO Circle Roundtable: Power Skill Enhancement
  • CIO Circle Roundtable: Organizational Transformation in the AI Era: Redefining Middle Management from Frozen Middle to the Core of Transformation

Workshop

  • CIO Circle Workshop: Building a Resilient IT Organizational Culture and Evolving CIO Leadership
  • CIO Circle Workshop: Designing CIO's Right Hand: Defining the Vision and Scope of the Office of CIO to Drive Strategy and Transformation
  • CIO Circle Workshop: How can we define, measure, and communicate the business value generated by AI?
  • CIO Circle Workshop: Developing a Strategic Workforce Plan (SWP) for the information systems department for the AI era.
  • CIO Circle Workshop: Transform, CIO : 2026
  • CIO Circle Workshop: Modernization for improving organizational resilience
  • CIO Circle Workshop: Navigating "Shadows & Light" of Workplace AI: Identifying Behavioral By-Products to Mitigate Risks & Maximize Value
  • CIO Circle Workshop: How CIOs Can Drive Midsize Enterprise Growth

“I joined the CIO Circle roundtable. Despite being from different industries, I was surprised by our shared challenges as CIOs and gained valuable insights.”

CIO, Manufacturing

Apply to join the program

The CIO Circle Program is exclusive to eligible CIOs attending Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™. We recommend applying when you register for the conference as session seats are limited and fill up quickly.
How to qualify

Applicants must meet the following qualification criteria to participate:

  1. Enterprise-wide Chief Information Officer (CIO), or
  2. Business unit/ region/ government division Chief Information Officer (CIO) responsible for:
    - Private sector: $250+ million in revenue
    - Public sector: 1,000+ employees

CIOs with client facing/ external responsibilities from a technology vendor or consultancy are not eligible to participate.

You can apply to participate in the CIO Circle Program when you register for Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™. During the registration process, the program application will be prompted by answering ‘yes’ to the question, “Do you/your customer want to join the CIO Circle Program?". 

Application and approval are required for participation.

Email Japan.Conferences@gartner.com or contact your Gartner representative.