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What: Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2025
When: November 10-13, 2025
Where: International Barcelona Convention Center
Details: Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2025 is the world’s most important gathering of CIOs and IT executives.
Over four days, more than 6,500 CIOs and IT executives will gather in Barcelona to explore the technologies, insights, and trends shaping the future of IT and business, helping organizations accelerate their technology strategies to adapt and thrive amid disruptions.
The agenda will provide exclusive insights and expert guidance on the current and future state of technology, best practices to define, adapt and validate IT strategies and real-world examples to help CIOs and IT executives achieve their business and organizational goals.
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo Theme: Agents of Change: Leading Through Intelligence
In today’s volatile world, CIOs and tech leaders face crucial choices. Now is the time to harness AI for successful digital transformation. As the lead change agent, leaders need:
- Adaptive leadership to navigate complex challenges
- Smart tech decisions on AI-ready data, cybersecurity, cloud sovereignty and cost optimization
- Innovation and resilience to foster a change-ready culture
- Actionable insights for prioritized strategies
- A future-ready workforce for tomorrow
The Gartner Opening Keynote: Bridging the Value Divide, will focus on the growing value divide in organizations’ AI efforts: 60% of CIOs see little return, while 40% see some but want more. To bridge this gap, Gartner analysts will discuss how organizations must rethink their workforce, operations, and even functional and organizational identities.
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The agenda will feature three additional Guest Keynotes, including Bear Grylls, TV Host; Author; Adventurer and Dr. Michelle Dickinson, Co-founder, Nanotechnologist, Materials Engineer.
The Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo Signature Series covers the most-anticipated insights and findings to prepare attendees for the year ahead, including:
- Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2026
- CIO and Technology Executive Agenda for 2026
- Top Strategic Predictions for 2026 and Beyond
- CEO Agenda 2026
- Emerging Technology Vision 2026
IT Xpo
IT Xpo is the solution showcase teeming with leading technology and solution providers aimed at driving business imperatives. It will highlight the next steps in technology through live demonstrations, meetings with exhibitors, and fast-paced presentations on key technology directions.
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Source: Businesswire