In today’s uncertain and volatile world, the choices CIOs and technology leaders need to make are crucial. Now is the moment to harness AI and make the strategic decisions that ensure success of your digital transformation.
As the lead change agent, you need:
● Adaptive leadership. Navigating fast changing, complex challenges with clarity and purpose.
● Smart technology decisions. AI-ready data, cybersecurity, cloud sovereignty, cost optimization and more.
● Innovation and resilience. Creating a culture ready to embrace change.
● Actionable insights. Gaining practical and prioritized strategies that create value.
● Future-ready workforce. Preparing your organization for a very different tomorrow.
Join us at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2025 to make the critical choices that unlock the greatest potential of change for you, your organization and our society.
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Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2025 conference dives deep into key topics for CIOs around AI, cybersecurity, executive leadership and more to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.
2025 conference theme
Agents of Change: Leading Through Intelligence
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Tuesday, 28 October, 2025
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM JST
[Luncheon] CCH Tagetik: Enterprise Data Platform for Next-Generation Management
Miho Akiba,
SENIOR PRESALES MANAGER, Tagetik Japan K.K.
As businesses expand and face growing pressure for carbon neutrality, management is becoming more complex. To drive sustainable growth and value, companies must rebuild their decision-making foundations.
This session highlights CCH Tagetik, a trusted solution used by top Japanese companies like Toyota, Honda, Ricoh, and Otsuka. It unifies financial and non-financial data to boost decision speed and accuracy.
Learn how CIOs can support the business through IT and become strategic partners in a complex environment. ... Show More Show Less
This session highlights CCH Tagetik, a trusted solution used by top Japanese companies like Toyota, Honda, Ricoh, and Otsuka. It unifies financial and non-financial data to boost decision speed and accuracy.
Learn how CIOs can support the business through IT and become strategic partners in a complex environment. ... Show More Show Less
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM JST
[Luncheon] Splunk Services: Data-Driven Resilience - IT Creates Growth and Trust
Motomichi Mori,
Japan Chief Technology Officer, Splunk Services Japan
As digital transformation accelerates, businesses increasingly depend on IT systems while facing rapidly changing market dynamics. Today, resilience means more than just minimizing risks from outages or cyber incidents (“defensive resilience”) — it also requires the agility to enhance customer experience and development speed (“offensive resilience”). This session proposes a new strategic vision: Data-Driven Resilience, where IT and security are redefined as core business enablers through actionable visibility and informed decision-making.
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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM JST
[Luncheon] Sovablu: Considering Corporate Business Applications with Triage Thinking
Taiki Fukunaga,
Director of IS, Syngenta Japan K.K.
Natarajan Subramania,
Co-Founder & Representative Director, Sovablu KK
For organizations in a stable phase, accelerating transformation requires a new perspective.
The key is “component-based thinking” — breaking down and reconstructing business processes, tools, and technologies at the right level of granularity.
By evaluating each component and aligning priorities and timelines, transformation shifts from a one-time event to a continuous, sustainable process.
This session shares practical mindsets and methods for navigating complex challenges and steadily realizing new possibilities, with examples from large enterprises adopting this as a core management model. ... Show More Show Less
The key is “component-based thinking” — breaking down and reconstructing business processes, tools, and technologies at the right level of granularity.
By evaluating each component and aligning priorities and timelines, transformation shifts from a one-time event to a continuous, sustainable process.
This session shares practical mindsets and methods for navigating complex challenges and steadily realizing new possibilities, with examples from large enterprises adopting this as a core management model. ... Show More Show Less
01:30 PM - 02:00 PM JST
AWS: A Leader's Guide to Agentic AI
Matthias Patzak,
Executive in Residence, Amazon Web Services, Inc
In a landscape of rapid AI evolution, senior leaders need clarity on what agentic AI means for their business. This session cuts through the noise to provide a practical understanding of autonomous AI agents and their strategic implications. We'll demystify agentic AI and focus on what matters most to leaders. We'll share how both management and architecture models must evolve to get value from autonomous AI systems.
*This session will be delivered in English with Japanese simultaneous interpretation.
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*This session will be delivered in English with Japanese simultaneous interpretation.
* The content may be subject to change. ... Show More Show Less
02:15 PM - 03:45 PM JST
CIO Circle Workshop: Creating a Digital Workplace Strategic Roadmap to 2028
Toshiki Yabuuchi,
Executive Partner, Gartner
Takenori Namai,
VP, Team Manager, Gartner
With the rise of hybrid work, digital workplaces have become an important business strategy initiative. As interest in GenAI grows, we're entering the era of Everyday AI, where GenAI is commonly used in digital workplaces. Companies should focus on technology, organizations, and systems and human resource development to build a digital workplace that will serve as the foundation for attractive and flexible work styles by 2028. Join this session to create a strategic roadmap and discuss.
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02:15 PM - 03:45 PM JST
CIO Circle Workshop: How to Transform Yourself as a CIO in 2025
Yoshifumi Ozawa,
Sr Executive Partner, Gartner
Iwane Kato,
Sr Executive Partner, Gartner
For CIOs aspiring to reach greater heights, we offer an opportunity to reflect on and refine your personal brand — one that is shaped even when you're not in the room. First, we will identify your current brand based on the behaviors and comments of those around you. Then, through a series of exercises, we will explore ways to enhance your perception and strengthen your leadership presence.
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03:00 PM - 03:30 PM JST
Flywheel: Beyond AI Adoption — The Power of an AI-Ready Data Foundation
Naoto Yokoyama,
Chief Executive Officer, FLYWHEEL, inc.
Akihito Fujii,
Executive Officer, Head of Advanced Technology Division, KDDI Corporation
AI is no longer just a tool—it is reshaping corporate strategy and business creation. Yet many companies remain stuck at the PoC stage, failing to achieve meaningful results.
The challenge is less about technology and more about building an "AI-Ready" organization.
This session will share global case studies, practical lessons, and strategies to help enterprises successfully integrate AI into their business and overcome common pitfalls.
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The challenge is less about technology and more about building an "AI-Ready" organization.
This session will share global case studies, practical lessons, and strategies to help enterprises successfully integrate AI into their business and overcome common pitfalls.
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03:00 PM - 03:30 PM JST
AWS: The New Speed of Enterprise Modernization
Hiroshi Okamoto,
Senior Manager, Automotive & Manufacturing, Enterprise Solutions Architecture, Group,, Amazon Web Services Japan G.K.
Discover how agentic AI is transforming enterprise modernization, enabling organizations to migrate and modernize critical workloads at unprecedented speed. Through real-world examples, learn how AI-powered tools are reducing migration and modernization timelines from years to months while maintaining security and compliance. This session provides CIOs and IT leaders with actionable insights on leveraging AI to accelerate digital transformation initiatives and build foundations for future innovation.
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* The content may be subject to change. ... Show More Show Less
04:15 PM - 04:45 PM JST
The New-to-Role CIO Value Proposition — From Managing an IT Budget to Leading Technology Investments
Galliopi Demetriou,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Expected to manage the entire IT budget for the first time, new-to-role CIOs can feel overwhelmed and underprepared. Learn how to tackle financial management and use it strategically to unlock C-suite relationships, and create the connective tissue between IT, technology and enterprise value realization.
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