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Conference Topics at a Glance

The 2026 agenda delivers the latest technology, strategy and leadership insights most critical to CIOs and their teams.

Agentic AI

Agentic AI is redefining automation and digital work with autonomous, learning agents. CIOs must pilot risk-appropriate use cases, build staged autonomy roadmaps, embed governance-by-design and upskill teams to ensure safe, measurable adoption with robust controls, observability and oversight.

AI Technology and Infrastructure

AI technology demands resilient data foundations, composable architectures and security-centric design. CIOs must balance buy/build decisions, invest in talent, and integrate observability and TRiSM to scale AI safely across platforms and domains.

Cybersecurity and Enterprise Resilience

Prepare for the next era of CIO and executive leadership. Harness AI to lead more strategically and manage less. Gain practical insights from case studies, balance change with continuity and secure a lasting seat at the C-suite table by driving rapid, impactful results.

Emerging Technologies

Anticipating disruption means evaluating the impact of emerging technologies on your organization. CIOs must identify adoption timelines, assess business value and integrate technology trend insights into strategic planning to maintain a competitive edge.

Operating Models

IT operating models are the engine of digital transformation. CIOs must align models to enterprise ambition, balance governance with agility and AI, and empower cross-functional teams to ensure IT delivers measurable business outcomes, adapts continuously and drives growth.

Strategic Planning and Execution

Strategic planning and execution means more than setting direction. CIOs must unite IT and business, integrate AI for measurable outcomes, address change fatigue with structured management and orchestrate agile plans, governance and talent to deliver sustained business value.

Look back at 2025 conference sessions

Hundreds of conference sessions were presented each day at the 2025 Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo. While we work to develop this year’s agenda, filter to see sessions that align with your role and interests.

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Monday, 17 November, 2025

03:45 PM - 04:30 PM IST

Executive Story Roundtable: Re-architecting IT Systems and Practices in the Age of AI

Learn more on Accenture’s own IT Re-invention journey to make them AI-ready and address evolving business and IT challenges. The journey will cover the importance of re-architecting the existing foundational IT capabilities, Processes and Talent to meet the organization’s AI imperative. It will highlight the changes to be considered in the Tech stack (architecture, platforms, storage, data, security), Governance (methodology, process, operating model and metrics) and Talent (transformation and culture) while reinventing IT. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, 18 November, 2025

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM IST

Executive Story: Scaling Impact with AI at AstraZeneca

Siva Padmanabhan, MD & Head of Global Innovation & Technology Center, Astra Zeneca
AstraZeneca is transforming operations and employee experience through a multi-tiered AI strategy. From AI-powered coding assistants to generative AI for research and virtual agents enhancing everyday support, this story explores how scalable, responsible AI is driving real-world outcomes across the organisation. ... Show More Show Less

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM IST

Executive Story: Technology strategies mean nothing unless they deliver value

Nick Swann, Senior Business IT Executive, and VP of the ExxonMobil Technical Computing Company, ExxonMobil Information Technology
In the dynamic and rapidly changing technology landscape there need to be some constants in the CIO's toolkit. Nick Swann - VP of the ExxonMobil Technical Computing Company will discuss the importance to define technology strategies that directly link to business value, and why this must be a 'constant' in the CIO's toolkit. The session will describe key elements - not only related to technology strategy linkage to business value - but also the talent matrix required to ensure we marry technology and business domain knowledge to drive timely & visible delivery of value. The session will include learnings from Digital and AI execution across the Enterprise portfolio. ... Show More Show Less

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