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] KARAKURI: Transforming Enterprise AI—Local LLMs for Data-Sovereign Dev
Shimon Oda,
CEO, KARAKURI
With the emergence of locally deployable LLMs, enterprise AI strategies are at a turning point. This session explores practical approaches to in-house AI development that leverage legacy systems without APIs and tacit organizational knowledge while keeping proprietary data on-premises. Rather than replicating Western models, we present a phased implementation that respects Japanese corporate culture, avoiding departmental silos to achieve enterprise-wide optimization. We'll share real-world examples of practical solutions for breaking free from cloud dependency and securing data sovereignty.
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02:15 PM - 02:45 PM JST
Signature Series: Gartner's Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2026
Takeshi Ikeda,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Become a CIO superhero ready to conquer today’s toughest challenges! This must-attend session reveals Gartner’s top strategic technology trends for 2026 and beyond. Learn what the trends are, why they matter, and what to watch for or do—so you can turn disruption, uncertainty, and change into opportunity, growth, and competitive advantage.
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04:15 PM - 05:00 PM JST
CIO Circle Roundtable: Modernization of Platform Systems in the Manufacturing Industry
Masayuki Toriumi,
Executive Partner, Gartner
Nori Yamada,
Executive Partner, Gartner
In a VUCA world, the CIOs' responsibilities encompass more than cost optimization, such as accelerating product and operational excellence, enhancing customer experience and strengthening organizational security. Amid the ongoing digital transformation wave, categorizing and modernizing platform systems like ERP, PLM and MES that support the value chain is a critical change. In this session, participants can discuss the present state and future direction of platform modernization.
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04:15 PM - 04:45 PM JST
Top Trends in Data and Analytics 2025
Pieter den Hamer,
VP Analyst, Gartner
AI is having a huge impact, but is not the sole factor driving change in data and aanalytics with societal, technological and organizational implications. We examine trends in areas, such as complexity, trust and empowerment leaders and teams face as they make decisions in all aspects of their bet-the-business D&A strategy.
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04:15 PM - 05:00 PM JST
CIO Circle Roundtable: Talent Development for Leveraging AI in Business
Morihiro Kushida,
Sr Executive Partner, Gartner
Toru Asada,
VP Service Delivery, Gartner
As technologies such as generative AI and AI agents continue to advance, talent development within the IT department has become a critical initiative for effectively applying AI to business operations. In this session, participants will exchange views on their company’s current efforts — including achievements, challenges and future plans — in developing AI-capable talent.
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04:15 PM - 05:00 PM JST
Ask the Expert: Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2026
Takeshi Ikeda,
VP Analyst, Gartner
This is an interactive session in which participants and experts interact with the content of the previous Signature Series session, "Top Trends in Strategic Technologies for 2025."
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Wednesday, 29 October, 2025
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM JST
Yokogawa Digital: AI × Manufacturing - Shaping a New Era of Production with AI
Gou Takami,
Manager, AI Consulting Department, Yokogawa Digital Corporation
In the manufacturing industry, the true value of AI lies not only in automating existing processes but also in discovering new approaches that humans may not have found.
This session will introduce real-world applications of the AI control technology “FKDPP,” which received the Prime Minister’s Award—the highest honor of the 2023 Japan Industrial Technology Awards. We will share how this AI has achieved automated operations, energy savings, and reduced manufacturing time, and present a vision for the future of AI-driven manufacturing. ... Show More Show Less
This session will introduce real-world applications of the AI control technology “FKDPP,” which received the Prime Minister’s Award—the highest honor of the 2023 Japan Industrial Technology Awards. We will share how this AI has achieved automated operations, energy savings, and reduced manufacturing time, and present a vision for the future of AI-driven manufacturing. ... Show More Show Less
12:50 PM - 01:10 PM JST
Maverick Research: The Far Future According to Maverick
Dave Aron,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Gartner's Maverick predictions are a classic must-see at the IT Symposium. This session provides a sneak peek of "the far future according to Maverick."
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01:40 PM - 02:10 PM JST
Forget Humans, Let Machine Customers Innovate for You
Don Scheibenreif,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Today CIOs practice human-centric design, innovating for human customers and market needs. What happens when our customers are machines? They can’t be won over with compelling adverts. But they can help CIOs innovate better. In this session, we describe how machine customers will generate innovation opportunities by becoming innovation scouts that deliver product feedback or even new product ideas.
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