The Senior Leadership Circle Program

Designed specifically for most senior IT infrastructure and operations leader, the Senior Leadership  Circle Program provides exclusive sessions for eligible infrastructure and operations leaders attending Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference to explore new strategies, share innovative ideas and grow your community of peers.

This experience includes:

Networking and knowledge-sharing opportunities with a group of infrastructure and operations attendees to swap experiences, trade best practices and expand your executive peer community. 

Access to exclusive sessions throughout the conference, including, workshops and roundtables, tailored to the most important topics for the heads of infrastructure and operations. 

Priority booking capabilities for limited-capacity sessions and One-on-One Meeting(s) with a Gartner expert to ensure you don’t miss out on these conference offerings.

Senior Leadership Cricle Program only sessions

Integrated within the broader conference agenda, the Senior Leadership Circle Program includes interactive discussions covering the top priorities of infrastructure, operations and cloud leaders as well as casual networking opportunities to connect with others from a variety of regions and industries. Through these sessions, participants connect over common initiatives and accelerate, validate and solidify their strategies. See examples below.
  • Workshops
  • Roundtables

Workshops

  • Senior Leadership Circle: Workshop: Considering the Business Value of IT Initiatives
  • Senior Leadership Circle: Workshop: New-to-Role Heads of I&O: A Structured Approach to Accelerate Your Speed to Value

Roundtables

  • Senior Leadership Circle: Roundtable: How Will We Work in the 2030 AI Coexistence Era?
  • Senior Leadership Circle: Roundtable: How Should I&O Leaders Address Rising Security Budget Demands?

“The Senior Leadership Circle Program workshop was very meaningful, as I was able to have concrete discussions with participants from different industries about the challenges and initiatives at each of our companies.”

General Manager, Technology and Telecom

Apply to join the program

The Senior Leadership Circle Program is exclusive to eligible heads of infrastructure and operations attending The Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference. We recommend applying when you register for the conference as session seats are limited and fill up quickly.
How to qualify

Applicants must meet the following qualification criteria to participate:

  1. Most senior enterprise-wide IT infrastructure and/or operations leader, or
  2. Most senior business unit/ regional/ government agency IT infrastructure and/or operations leader responsible for:
    1. Private sector: $250+ million in revenue
    2.  Public sector: 1,000+ employees

IT infrastructure and operations leaders with client facing/ external responsibilities from a technology vendor or consultancy are not eligible to participate

You can apply to participate in the Senior Leadership Circle Program when you register for Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference. During the registration process, the program application will be prompted by answering ‘yes’ to the question, “Do you/your customer want to join the Senior Leadership Circle Program?”. 

Application and approval are required for participation.

Email Japan.Conferences@gartner.com or contact your Gartner representative.