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1. 1 – 5 October 2017 / Orlando, Florida
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The World’s
Most Important
Gathering of
CIOs and Senior
IT Executives
1 – 5 October 2017 / Orlando, Florida
gartner.com/us/symposium
The World’s
Most Important
Gathering of
CIOs and Senior
IT Executives
Mastermind
keynote
Clayton Christensen
Professor, Harvard
Business School

2. Explore new ways of
thinking, drive change
and develop as a leader
Turn your vision into action at Gartner
Symposium/ITxpo 2017, where the world’s top
CIOs and senior IT leaders gain a strategic
view of the emerging trends shaping IT and
business. Through an unparalleled intersection
of Gartner analysts, industry experts, peers
and solution providers, you’ll explore new ways
to approach critical challenges, make decisions
with confidence and achieve greater impact
as a leader.

3. Expert advice
Connect with Gartner analysts to learn
what you need to know now and what’s
ahead. Be the first to hear the latest
predictions and emerging trends, and
leave with a solid action plan.
Guaranteed inspiration
Learn from visionary leaders and
bright minds who will energize the
way you think and reveal surprising
connections between life, business
and technology.
Peer perspectives
Share your toughest experiences and
questions with peers — and learn how
they’ve overcome similar challenges
and captured opportunities.
Practical solutions
Analyze, test and compare multiple
solutions and technologies in one
place — and build a shortlist of the
ones that will add the most value to
your business.
It’s all here

4. Technology and
information
Conference
tracks
Where should you focus to
reduce technical debt and
bring IT up to speed?
Transform the Technology Core
Uncover key initiatives and
investments you can make over the
next 18 to 24 months to create a
future-ready digital core.
• Delivering High-Impact Reference
Models and Roadmaps to Guide
Investments and Execution
• Megavendors on the Cloud Spectrum:
How CIOs Must Understand Vendors’
Overall Cloud Strategies
• CIO Call to Action: Deliver Pervasive
Integration Capabilities to Empower
Digital Transformation
• Top “Internet of Things” Technologies
That Will Disrupt You and Your
Enterprise
• Architectures and Technologies for
Event-Driven, Business Real-Time
Decisions
How are leading CIOs
achieving success through
digital platforms?
Architect the Digital Platform
Explore a range of use cases, from
platform development to ecosystem
integration to event-triggered applications,
to help you deliver strong business results
over the next 36 months.
Sample sessions:
• Digital Business Platforms: Integrating
Your Business Ecosystems
• From APIs to Digital Platforms: API
Economy Lessons for Building an
Ecosystem
• Drive Collaboration in Your Business
Ecosystems: Digital Workplace Meets
Digital Platforms
• AI, Chatbots and Event-Triggered
Applications Enable the Digital
Business Platform
• Investing, Building and Running a
Winning Multisided Platform
• Use Design Thinking to Integrate
Customer Experience Into Your
Digital Platforms
Sample sessions:
The World’s Most Important Gathering of CIOs and Senior IT Executives

5. Leadership How can you accelerate
your own success in a
digital world?
Mastering Leadership
Master competencies, sharpen your
skills and maximize effectiveness as
you dive into the key principles and
practices of high-performing CIOs.
• Six Steps to Change Leadership:
The Escape Model
• CIO Panel: Getting to CIO and
Beyond No Matter Where You
Came From
• Succession Planning for Leadership
in the Age of Digital Transformation
• Cultivate Digital Leadership Mindsets
and Learning Agility to Thrive in
Digital Business
• Optimize Business Outcomes
Through Application and Product
Value Management
How do you source and
develop top digital talent when
demand is high and the right
skills are hard to find?
Create a Dynamic Organization
Discover how to create the culture,
structure and interactions that will
help your organization thrive.
Sample sessions:
• Adopt a Lean Digital Security
Organization to Mitigate the Skills
Shortage
• Harness Diversity of Thought to
Ignite Your Team
• So Many Ways to Collaborate; Why
Is There Not More Collaboration
Going On?
• What CIOs Should Do About
Digital Officers
• Jump-Start Your Innovation Journey:
Customizable Roadmaps for
Process, Culture and Outcomes
• New Operating Principles for Getting
the Talent You Need
Sample sessions:

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Business strategy How do you lead your
organization to drive
value and growth beyond
operational efficiency?
Drive Business Performance
Learn how IT can optimize costs
while enabling new revenue sources
and business models.
What do you need to know to
keep ahead of the digital curve?
Plan for the Digital Future
From artificial intelligence (AI) and the
Internet of Things (IoT) to blockchain,
hear from our most progressive thought
leaders on what’s critical now — and
what you need to do next.
• The Total Cost of Digital Strategies
• Articulating the Business Value of
Digital Security
• Prepare for the Next Generation of
Customers, Today
• Black Ops Innovation
• Leverage IoT to Deliver Cost
Optimization in Your Organization
• Top Emerging Business and Societal
Trends You Need to Follow Today
Sample sessions:
• IoT: What a Good Strategic IoT
Framework Should Look Like
• Architect Your Business to Engage
“Things” as Customers
• Ten Ways to Fund the Great Strategic
Shift to Digital Business
• What to Do and Not Do With AI (Amazing
Innovation), Machine Learning and
Cognitive Technology
• Digital Business Demands New IT
Operating Models
Sample sessions:

7. Join a global community of CIOs
The CIO Experience
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2017 offers you a one-of-
a-kind experience for your business, technology and
leadership development.
As a CIO attendee, you will experience:
• CIO workshops, designed to provide valuable how-to
insight from your CIO peers and Gartner facilitators
• Access to CIO-only luncheons with keynote
presentations from visionaries and market leaders,
including:
Industry Sunday
Digital business platforms and ecosystems are changing the
competitive landscape. Explore the resulting opportunities
and challenges and learn new strategies to respond to
disruptions within your industry. Industry sessions begin
Sunday, October 1, at 9 a.m., and continue throughout the
week, covering the following sectors:
Industry Sunday guest speakers
Drive industry forward
Get in-depth guidance on your sector and
benefit from the experience of others
Banking & Investment
Services
Education
Electric & Gas Utilities
Government, Federal
Government, State & Local
Healthcare
Insurance
Manufacturing
Oil & Gas
Retail
*Gartner analyst one-on-one meetings are 30-minute private on-site consultations
with a Gartner analyst. Each attendee is entitled to two meetings.
• The opportunity to network and connect with
a community of CIOs from around the world and
across industries
• Early registration privileges for Gartner analyst
one-on-one meetings*
Apply to participate in the CIO Experience when you
register for Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2017.
Gus Balbontin
Former Chief Technology Officer,
Lonely Planet
Susan Cain
Co-Founder, Quiet Revolution,
and Author of “Quiet: The Power
of Introverts in a World That Can’t
Stop Talking”
Don Tapscott
Author, Entrepreneur, Internationally
Sought Consultant, and Adjunct
Professor of Management, Rotman
School of Management, University
of Toronto
Amy Cuddy
Social Psychologist and Professor,
Harvard Business School

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Hear it first
Get exclusive Gartner research, revealed on-site
at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2017, including:
• The 2018 Gartner CIO Agenda Survey results
• New findings from The CEO Perspective 2017:
How CIOs Should Respond
• The Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018
• Develop an Effective Digital Security Program
• What CIOs Should Do About Digital Officers
• Using AI to Cultivate Enterprise Intelligence
Join thousands of your CIO peers at the center of
technology, business, strategy and inspiration.