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

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

Reduce Cost and Improve Your Service Desk Performance Simultaneously
Joe Rogus, Director, Advisory, Gartner
Discover how shifting the service desk's focus from merely resolving incidents to predicting and preventing them can lead to significant cost reductions and improvements in staff productivity. This session will delve into innovative approaches and techniques that enable CIOs and I&O leaders to transform their service desk into a strategic asset. ... 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

04:45 PM - 05:30 PM JST

Ask the Expert: The Future of Cloud
Wataru Katsurashima, VP Analyst, Gartner
Expanding cloud computing adoption will push the market beyond $1 trillion in worldwide spending by 2027. Cloud platforms (public and sovereign) are increasingly hosting AI implementations to transform business models in a highly volatile world. Attendees will be able to discuss each other about parts of cloud need their attention and how to prepare enterprises for the Future of cloud. ... Show More Show Less
Wednesday, 03 December, 2025

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM JST

Roundtable: How to Get Better at Managing Cloud Costs?
Takuma Yamamoto, Director Analyst, Gartner
Join this session to discover ways to enhance your cloud financial management capabilities. Whether you aim to improve your collaboration model, leverage tools more effectively or find answers to your pressing FinOps questions, this session offers the strategic advice and practical solutions necessary to advance your FinOps journey. ... Show More Show Less

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM JST

Technical Insights: The Cloud Financial Management Maturity Roadmap
Ted McHugh, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Are you finding it challenging to navigate the FinOps landscape and determine "what to do next" for effective cloud financial management? This session offers insights into advancing maturity across the Gartner's FinOps framework to prioritize investments and set realistic goals for your practice. Join us to gain clarity on your current position and chart a path to where you aspire to be tomorrow. ... Show More Show Less

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM JST

Unlock "Hidden" Cost Savings Opportunities With Disciplined IT Vendor Management
Autumn Stanish, Director Analyst, Gartner
Vendor costs don’t stop when the contract is signed. This session offers insights and perspectives on how postcontract management of vendors can create value and savings well beyond the negotiation stage. ... Show More Show Less

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM JST

Cloud Computing and AI Trends in 2026
Tadaaki Mataga, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Hyperscalers are investing trillions of yen annually to transform the current cloud infrastructure into hyper-AI supercomputers. Enterprises must swiftly revise their perception of the cloud and establish it as the foundation for scalable and intelligent business in the future — essentially, the next industrial revolution. In this session, we will outline the key cloud computing trends that companies must be aware of in 2026 and provide recommendations for leveraging these advancements. ... Show More Show Less
Thursday, 04 December, 2025

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM JST

Workload Placement in a Hybrid and Multicloud World
Ted McHugh, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Many IT teams struggle with consistent and precise workload placement decisions in their ever-expanding, hybrid and multicloud environment, often resulting in unnecessary risks and costs. This session will outline the importance of having a clearly defined placement policy and the critical decision factors that must be considered. ... Show More Show Less

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