Midsize Enterprise Program at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™

Connect with Midsize Enterprises

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2026 conference is the premier conference to attend for CIOs and IT executives. Whether you’re looking to validate your strategy, enhance your professional network or simply reconnect with peers face-to-face, the conference journey is curated to provide guidance in the areas most meaningful to your organization.

The Midsize Enterprise Program at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo is designed to focus specifically on your business, technology and leadership development as a midsize enterprise.

Midsize Enterprise Sessions

Enhance your on-site experience with contextualized insights for midsize enterprises that build upon the conference sessions.  Get strategies to make smarter, faster decisions for your organizational size.
  • The Gartner Difference
  • What's Included
  • 2026 Program
The Gartner Difference

Dive deeper and access some of the greatest minds in IT to help you plan your next steps.

From large-group keynotes setting the stage for emerging technology and trends and sessions featuring Gartner analysts and external thought leaders, to small-setting roundtables and workshops - all the way to personalized one-on-one interactions with Gartner analysts, you have a variety of ways to discover new insights, engage and validate your strategy, and walk away ready to make smarter, faster decisions.
What's Included

A variety of Gartner-led and interactive sessions with midsize enterprise context and content, tailored for our midsize enterprise attendees, including:

  • Gartner analyst on-one-on meeting to directly address your key initiatives and challenges
  • Midsize enterprise roundtable sessions to connect with peers from leading organizations to discuss relevant topics, inspired by the latest research and led by a Gartner analyst

  • Networking opportunities for participants to maximize their conference experience

  • Access to our IT Xpo including leading technology solution providers innovating essential business capabilities

Qualification criteria
Delegates from organizations with any of the following:

  • $1 billion or less in annual revenue, and between 100 and 1,000 employees
  • Public sector organizations with fewer than 5,000 employees
  • IT budget under $30 million, and between 2 and 50 members

2026 Sessions

Hear directly from Gartner analysts specializing in mid sized enterprises and connect with peers in your industry through key sessions.

  • Ask the Analyst: How to Solve Your Greatest AI Challenge*
  • The Future of Midsize Enterprise IT in 2030
  • Roundtable: Managing CEO Expectations for AI in MSEs*
  • From AI Strategy to Agentic AI With a Small IT Team
  • Ask the Analyst: How Can CIOs Shift IT From Cost Center to Business Partner?*
  • CIO Circle Workshop: AI Value, AI Literacy and AI Governance*
  • Roundtable: Building C-Suite Relationships*
  • CIO Research Discussion: How MSE CIOs Can Prepare Their IT Organization for AI Demands in 2030*
  • Ask the Analyst: How Can Midsize IT Organizations Maximize AI Value via Product-Centric Delivery?*
  • How CIOs With Lean Teams Can Drive Enterprise Agility Through Their Operating Model
  • Roundtable: Balancing Strategy & Tactics for Lean Cybersecurity Teams*
  • The Future of ERP Strategy in the Age of AI

Agenda as of June 2026
*Pre-registration is required. Sessions are exclusive to Midsize IT Organizations. Space is limited.

“Meaningful actionable insights from start to finish. From the keynote, through the workshops and expert led presentations there was something for everyone.”

Sabah Carter
CDITO, FSCS