All 2025 Conference Sessions

Gartner dives deep into key topics for infrastructure, operations and cloud leaders around hybrid cloud, AI, leadership, cost & value, data centers and more to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

2025 Conference Theme

Deliver Today. Transform Tomorrow.

Your organization’s future relies on agility, resilience and innovation — while staying secure and efficient. As the skills gap grows, lead your team in adopting AI, mastering cloud cost optimization, and building resilient, secure, sustainable infrastructure.

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Tuesday, 02 December, 2025

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM JST

Gartner Opening Keynote: Navigating the Hype: Strategic Roadmap to I&O Success
Autumn Stanish, Director Analyst, Gartner
Paul Delory, VP Analyst, Gartner
Agentic AI is a fundamental shift for I&O, demanding new operational paradigms like cloud once did. This keynote will explore concrete agentic AI application for I&O, emphasizing the needs for resilient infrastructure, automation and governance to navigate this shift. A focus on Continuous Operations will show how adopting mature techniques from tech leaders can ensue relentless innovation and operational stability. Get equipped with a roadmap to a new I&O operating model, highlighting effective patterns for behavior and operating practices to lead in the next era of I&O. ... Show More Show Less

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM JST

Emerging Use Cases of Agentic AI in I&O
Cameron Haight, VP Analyst, Gartner
Agentic AI will transform I&O by autonomously handling tasks like resource allocation, security and system optimization. It predicts and resolves issues in real time, cutting downtime and reducing human errors. Automating routine processes and adapting to complex environments, agentic AI boosts efficiency, scalability and resilience, enabling IT teams to focus on innovation and strategic growth. ... Show More Show Less

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM JST

How to Replace VMware in the Enterprise Data Center
Paul Delory, VP Analyst, Gartner
Broadcom's acquisition of VMware has increased prices, uncertainty and risks. Many VMware customers are looking for alternatives. We discuss a detailed, step-by-step plan for migrating off VMware. This includes scoping the move, selecting alternatives, designing and sizing, replacing missing capabilities, migrating VMs, optimizing both new and any remaining VMware environments, and translating operations. ... Show More Show Less

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM JST

Geopolitical Impact on Software and Cloud Contract Negotiation
Tsuyoshi Ebina, VP Analyst, Gartner
Geopolitical risks can lead to reduced business continuity, enforcement of information protection regulations, price increases and currency fluctuations, which in turn affect software and cloud contract service levels, data protection clauses and pricing. This session will help to address these impacts for CIOs and other IT leaders. ... Show More Show Less

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM JST

Microsoft 365: Top Security and Identity Features to Implement
Joe Rogus, Director, Advisory, Gartner
This session will discuss the evolution of Microsoft Office into Microsoft 365, and the security, identity and compliance features that all organizations must implement. We will discuss third-party options as well as the built-in native Microsoft features along with the strengths and weaknesses of each. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 04:00 PM JST

Senior Leadership Circle: Workshop: Considering the Business Value of IT Initiatives
Toru Asada, VP Service Delivery, Gartner
To lead the promotion of digital business, the IT department must first appeal to management about how important it is to the company and gain their recognition. By utilizing digital narratives and emphasizing the business value of IT initiatives, it is essential to encourage decision making by management and business unit leaders. In this workshop, we will discuss effective strategies to communicate the value IT initiatives bring to the corporate objectives. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM JST

How to Adopt Agile and Product Mindsets to Transform Infrastructure & Operations
Hassan Ennaciri, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Infrastucture and Operations leaders often struggle to firstly adopt successful agile ways of working and to also then build on this in their teams to deliver on the expected iterative product mindsets as they adopt more of a platform led delivery model of their services. This session helps set and build on the agile practices foundations to enable a product iterative led approach ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM JST

Avoiding the Top Mistakes in Your Cloud Strategy
Ted McHugh, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Many organizations think they have a working cloud strategy or lack one altogether. They often consider IT's needs without input from other parts of the organization. Likewise, they often operate under the false assumption that a cloud strategy is the same as a cloud implementation plan or a data center strategy. Here are the top 10 mistakes Gartner saw most often while reviewing hundreds of cloud strategy documents. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM JST

Top 10 Reasons Why Generative AI Projects Fail and How to Fix It
Wataru Katsurashima, VP Analyst, Gartner
More than 50% of generative AI projects fail. This session will help I&O leaders learn the common causes of failure and understand best practices for mitigating those failures and scaling AI across the enterprise. ... Show More Show Less

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