Dive into some of the key take-aways you may have missed from Gartner CIO Leadership Forum 2025.
All 2025 Conference Sessions
Gartner CIO Leadership Forum 2025 dives deep into key topics for CIOs around IT, leadership and more to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.
Session Take-Aways
Day 1 Take-Aways
Optimize IT Cost Management to Enhance Business Outcomes
Speakers:
Hiroyuki Katayama, VP Analyst, Gartner
The traditional approach of IT cost management has been to categorize capex and opex. However, with the proliferation of cloud services and product development, these budgeting, and user chargebacks have made IT cost management increasingly complex. This session will discuss cutting-edge methods of IT cost management aimed at eliminating waste and enhancing business outcomes.
Day 2 Take-Aways
Is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) the Future of AI?
Speakers:
Dave Aron, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Many of us view artificial general intelligence as the future goal and direction of AI, but perhaps we shouldn’t be so certain. There might be alternative paths for AI to evolve that could be even more powerful, useful and achievable. Join this session to discuss the evolution of AI.
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Conference sessions were presented across two days at Gartner CIO Leadership Forum 2025. While we work to develop this year’s agenda, filter to see sessions that align with your role and interests.
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Wednesday, 09 July, 2025
09:00 AM - 09:45 AM JST
Gartner Opening Keynote: Build an AI-Ready Enterprise Workforce to Amplify Your Business Impact
Kristin Moyer,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
The top barriers to AI-enabled productivity are lack of training and change resistance. In this opening keynote, CIOs will learn how to build AI literacy to boost IT performance and how to partner to build an AI-ready enterprise workforce that amplifies their business impact.
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM JST
Leadership Exchange: What Makes Simplification Initiatives Successful?
Dave Aron,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Yuki Matsuda,
VP, Team Manager, Gartner
Naoki Nakada,
Executive Partner, Gartner
Nori Yamada,
Executive Partner, Gartner
Toshiki Yabuuchi,
Executive Partner, Gartner
Takenori Namai,
VP, Team Manager, Gartner
This highly conversational session will explore how to think about simplification initiatives and leading them across the enterprise. Join your peers for this unique opportunity to collaborate and share experiences, find best practices and discover new trends.
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11:00 AM - 11:45 AM JST
Roundtable: How Japanese Companies Can Overcome IT Governance Challenges
Yoshihito Sano,
Executive Partner, Gartner
Masayuki Toriumi,
Executive Partner, Gartner
Recently, we have received numerous inquiries regarding governance, from both global and mid-sized companies. Weak global governance is a unique challenge for Japanese companies. This roundtable offers an opportunity for participants to discuss these issues and explore potential resolutions.
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12:00 PM - 12:45 PM JST
Roundtable: Strategically Develop & Recruit Data Talent to Support Digital Business
Kazunori Kumakura,
Sr Executive Partner, Gartner
Yoshifumi Ozawa,
Sr Executive Partner, Gartner
Data and analytics are essential to realize DX, but a shortage of skilled personnel is a challenge. To address this, companies are widely providing training on data handling and analysis techniques. CIOs responsible for training IT personnel define clear roles and expected results, while exchanging insights and opinions on training strategies that align with personnel deployment plans.
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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM JST
Navigate Conflict Dynamics for Effective Leadership
Gabriela Vogel,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Effective conflict management is crucial for C-suite performance and minimizing costs for businesses. This session is focused on guiding the executive leadership team in handling conflict and promoting healthy interactions in the organization.
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02:15 PM - 05:15 PM JST
Research Discussion: Developing Next-Generation Business and IT Product Managers
Yoshi Matsumoto,
Distinguished VP, Advisory, Gartner
Yoshifumi Ozawa,
Sr Executive Partner, Gartner
Toru Asada,
VP Service Delivery, Gartner
Organizations are shifting from projects to product-based ways of working, seeking the speed to market and customer centricity necessary for digital business. Yet most transformations stall, with the scarcity of effective product managers as a key rate-limiting factor. Join your peers in this highly interactive session, exclusively for CIOs, to learn how CIOs work with business partners to develop a strong product leadership bench.
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03:05 PM - 03:35 PM JST
Optimize IT Cost Management to Enhance Business Outcomes
Hiroyuki Katayama,
VP Analyst, Gartner
The traditional approach of IT cost management has been to categorize capex and opex. However, with the proliferation of cloud services and product development, these budgeting, and user chargebacks have made IT cost management increasingly complex. This session will discuss cutting-edge methods of IT cost management aimed at eliminating waste and enhancing business outcomes.
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04:40 PM - 05:10 PM JST
Measuring and Quantifying Cost, Risk and Value of GenAI Initiatives
Nate Suda,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI investment is undeniable and irreversible, continuing to grow to "material levels" that CFOs must report. However, only a small percentage of CIOs can accurately estimate costs, identify risks, and demonstrate measurable value. Learn about the key factors in GenAI costs, how they scale, where financial risks lie, how to stress-test GenAI cost forecasts, and how to change your funding decisions to maximize value.
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04:40 PM - 05:25 PM JST
Ask the Expert: Sourcing Strategy in the Era of Talent Shortages
Akimasa Nakao,
Director, Advisory, Gartner
The chronic shortage of IT personnel and recent changes in the sourcing environment present an opportunity to reevaluate strategies for utilizing internal and external resources. This applies to digital initiatives and the development, operation and maintenance of existing IT systems. In this Q&A session, we will discuss the strategies that should be adopted to effectively utilize these resources in the future.
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