Dive into some of the key take-aways you may have missed from Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2025.
All 2025 Conference Sessions
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2025 dove deep into key topics for CIOs and IT leaders around AI, executive leadership, emerging tech and more.
Session Take-Aways
Day 1 Take-Aways
Enhancing AI Readiness Maturity and Leadership Roles: Strategic Insights for CIOs
Speakers:
Tatsuya Ichishi, Team Manager, Gartner
About the Session
The maturity of AI readiness significantly impacts business outcomes. How can AI readiness be matured? What responsibilities should be assigned to the key individuals driving this process? Join this session to gain insights into CIOs’ AI strategies using findings from Gartner’s CDAO Survey.
Day 2 Take-Aways
Leadership Greatest Hits — 2025 Edition: A Playlist of Actions for CIOs to Lead Better
Speakers:
Rob O’Donohue, VP Analyst, Gartner
CIOs are under pressure to lead through extreme change at a time when norms are being shattered. In this session, CIOs will discover a set of leadership tactics shaping executive success in 2025. These targeted actions will help CIOs adapt their leadership approach enabling them to lead better up to the CEO and Board, across the C-Suite, outside their organization, down into their organization, and, most crucially, help them lead better from within. Ideal for CIOs aiming to stay ahead, this session offers practical tools to elevate your leadership game.
Day 3 Take-Aways
How to Evaluate and Select Consulting Services
Speakers:
Tsuyoshi Ebina, VP Analyst, Gartner
The use of consulting services for system modernization and digital transformation is growing. However, few enterprises have a clear solution on how to evaluate the proposals and how to verify the cost-effectiveness of these services. In this session, a Gartner expert will discuss solutions to these issues.
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Hundreds of conference sessions were presented each day at the 2025 Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ conference. While we work to develop this year's agenda, filter to see sessions that align with your role and interests.
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Tuesday, 28 October, 2025
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM JST
Gartner Opening Keynote: Walking The Golden Path to Value
Yoshi Matsumoto,
Distinguished VP, Advisory, Gartner
Andy Rowsell-Jones,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
AI isn't everything, but it's touching everything. To achieve the next level of value, you must navigate the blinding hype surrounding AI readiness and the lagging progress of human readiness. Join Gartner’s Opening Keynote to discover how CIOs, AI leaders and IT leaders can chart their own "golden path" – navigating vendor choices, reimagining the workforce and redefining organizational identities – to be agents of change.
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11:00 AM - 11:45 AM JST
Guest Keynote: Outlook for Japanese Policy: Digital, AI, and Cybersecurity
Masaaki Taira,
Member of House of Representatives/Former Minister for Digital Transformation
In this session, we welcome Mr. Masaaki Taira, Member of the House of Representatives, former Minister for Digital Affairs, and Japan’s first Minister for Cybersecurity, as our keynote speaker. Mr. Taira will share insights into the process of formulating Japan’s national AI strategy and his initiatives in the field of cybersecurity. Drawing from his real-world experience, he will discuss the perspectives that guided his promotion of digital policies aimed at ensuring national security and economic growth. Mr. Taira will also share his leadership philosophy and his views on organizational management and talent development in an era of rapid change. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the latest trends in AI and cybersecurity, as well as the leadership that drove the digital transformation of Japan.
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Wednesday, 29 October, 2025
11:10 AM - 11:55 AM JST
Guest Keynote: Competitive Strategy as a Story
Ken Kusunoki,
Professor, Hitotsubashi ICS
Companies that achieve great success and manage to sustain it over an extended period of time have certain things in common.
Modern business strategy cannot be explained by logical analysis and meticulous planning alone.
This is because successful companies have a compelling “story” that resonates with people.
Strategy is not something created out of obligation; rather, it brings to life a narrative that people can’t help but want to share.
In this session, I will present case studies that reveal how successful companies have built their unique stories and leveraged them to outperform their competition.
I hope this session will offer valuable insights and inspiration for executives and business professionals seeking new approaches to strategy. ... Show More Show Less
Modern business strategy cannot be explained by logical analysis and meticulous planning alone.
This is because successful companies have a compelling “story” that resonates with people.
Strategy is not something created out of obligation; rather, it brings to life a narrative that people can’t help but want to share.
In this session, I will present case studies that reveal how successful companies have built their unique stories and leveraged them to outperform their competition.
I hope this session will offer valuable insights and inspiration for executives and business professionals seeking new approaches to strategy. ... Show More Show Less
Thursday, 30 October, 2025
09:00 AM - 09:45 AM JST
Guest Keynote: Survival Strategies in the Age of Cyborgs: Do We Have a Reason to Change the World
Ory Yoshifuji,
OryLab Inc. / Co-founder CVO
There is a sense of ""loneliness"" that accompanies various disabilities, such as physical or environmental ones.
The avatar robot ""OriHime"" was created with the aim of overcoming that loneliness.
""OriHime"" is expanding the possibilities for people's lives and work.
It enables people to work, learn, and travel from remote locations, to converse and draw pictures using only eye movements.
Nowadays, OriHime pilots are working at various companies.
It was also active at the recent Kansai Expo.
I will talk about what kind of future we envision with technology that continues to evolve. ... Show More Show Less
The avatar robot ""OriHime"" was created with the aim of overcoming that loneliness.
""OriHime"" is expanding the possibilities for people's lives and work.
It enables people to work, learn, and travel from remote locations, to converse and draw pictures using only eye movements.
Nowadays, OriHime pilots are working at various companies.
It was also active at the recent Kansai Expo.
I will talk about what kind of future we envision with technology that continues to evolve. ... Show More Show Less
04:30 PM - 05:15 PM JST
Gartner Closing Keynote: Will CIOs Transform Their Work Style
Tsuneo Fujiwara,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Takeshi Ikeda,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Hiroyuki Katayama,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Wataru Katsurashima,
VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will summarize the key messages and recommendations described during the three days of Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo. It will provide you with the essence of the conference and how it will assist you in the future.
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