All 2026 Conference Sessions

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2026 dives deep into key topics for CIOs and senior IT executives around AI, executive leadership, cybersecurity, operating models and more to help you address your organization's mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Ignite Intelligence

AI is no longer a differentiator — it’s now part of the foundation. The opportunity for CIOs is to take the artificial out of intelligence, harnessing both human ingenuity with AI to unlock real value, drive agility and survive continuous disruption. As your organization moves from experimentation to agentic AI and the intelligent enterprise, a human-centered approach will allow you to drive the next era of success in your enterprise.

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Wednesday, November 04, 2026

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM JST

Gartner Opening Keynote: Shaping Momentum - Compounding Value and Risk for the Next Success Horizon

Neha Kumar, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Brandon Germer, VP Analyst, Gartner
Yoshi Matsumoto, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
AI continues to be embedded in everything the enterprise does. AI value is growing but AI risk is compounding. In Gartner's Opening Keynote, discover how CIOs and IT leaders can build a flywheel of good AI momentum and balance value against compounding risk using good drag that mitigates it. In the end, continuous positive returns can be found to compound your success. ... Show More Show Less
Thursday, November 05, 2026

09:00 AM - 09:45 AM JST

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Friday, November 06, 2026

09:00 AM - 09:45 AM JST

Guest Keynote: Trust by Design: A CIO's Guide to Civic AI

Audrey Tang, Taiwan's Cyber Ambassador-at-large/Former Minister of Digital Affairs, Taiwan
Trust is something we can intentionally design into our systems. Audrey Tang draws from Taiwan's digital democracy and the 6-Pack of Care to demonstrate how CIOs can transform AI from an opaque black box into a transparent system that those impacted can question and improve.

This session outlines three actionable steps: assign every AI deployment a named owner who publicly responds within a set timeframe; ensure safety is verifiable, with assessments that affected communities can conduct themselves; and harness collective intelligence to establish the rules, as seen in Taiwan when 447 randomly selected citizens collaboratively addressed a surge in online scams.

CIOs will leave equipped with a clear path to keep AI accountable to the people it serves, making governance a reliable foundation for trust and efficiency.
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04:15 PM - 05:00 PM JST

Gartner Closing Keynote: Ignite Intelligence

Tsuneo Fujiwara, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Hiroyuki Katayama, VP Analyst, Gartner
Wataru Katsurashima, VP Analyst, Gartner
Takeshi Ikeda, VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will summarize the key messages and recommendations from the three days of the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo. It will provide the essence of this conference as an assist to your future practice. ... Show More Show Less

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