This year’s conference theme is Leadership in Motion. As AI moves from hype to enterprise-scale reality, CIOs stand at the forefront of business reinvention. 2026 brings new urgency for realizing value, responsible AI adoption, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity resilience. Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind.
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Gartner CIO Leadership Forum 2026 dives deep into key topics for CIOs around technology leadership, executive partnership and more to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.
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Monday, 23 March, 2026
09:30 AM - 10:15 AM GMT
Gartner Opening Keynote: AI After the Hype: Tune Out the Noise, Turn Up the Volume
Nate Suda,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
CIOs are in the hot seat: AI hype hasn’t hit the P&L, but executives have seen enough real wins to know value is there. What they want now is simple: a technology leader who can cut through the noise and tell them what works most of the time, and what doesn’t. This keynote gives CIOs license to stop: naming specific initiatives that almost never pay off – and where to double-down. You’ll walk away with a tool to score your own portfolio, decide where to pivot, persist or pull the plug, instead of betting on hype.
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11:00 AM - 01:00 PM GMT
Research Discussion: Who Runs Tech? Navigating the Evolution of Tech Leadership in the AI Era
Alicia Mullery,
VP Analyst, Gartner
In the race to harness AI to boost business performance in uncertain times, tech has become more critical and distributed. This is prompting a reexamination of tech exec leadership roles and structures. This interactive session explores how enterprises divide exec leadership of tech across Enterprise IT, OT, CX, R&D, and product development. Discover essential design elements of cutting-edge tech leadership models, including strategic alignment, reporting, org design, and their benefits and limitations.
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM GMT
Workshop: Elevate Your Impact With CIO Power Skills
CIOs who invest in their development as executive leaders beyond the technology function are better positioned to expand their influence and deliver enterprise-wide value. This workshop will focus on cultivating CIO “Power Skills”, teaching you how to assess your own leadership strengths and gaps and delivering actionable plans and tools for personal growth and real-world leadership scenarios.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT
Increase Executive Influence Using Business Value Stories and Human Value Stories
Gabriela Vogel,
VP Analyst, Gartner
CIOs continue to struggle to influence business executives, delaying budgets and derailing progress on business outcomes. Greater success comes from mastering two types of value stories: business value stories and human value stories. Both should be used to focus on each key stakeholder. This session will provide structures and best practices for creating these stories, including GenAI prompts for inspiration.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT
IT 2030: How CIOs Should Reinvent IT for the AI Age
Hung LeHong,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
The IT organization will be augmented and autonomously operated by AI. But will some parts of IT disappear? Will new capabilities or teams be needed? The organization could be radically different—for better or worse. It’s up to CIOs to choose and lead IT’s reinvention by 2030. The journey starts today. Join this session to learn more.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT
The State of AI Regulation: How to Build a Unified Strategy
Whit Andrews,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
AI regulations are now coming in just as fast as AI new products. Some say they will stifle innovation while others argue that they are late. Either way, CIOs will have to deal with a global regulatory wave that risks sinking their AI strategy. This session will provide a global overview of AI regulation, what to expect over the coming 12 months and how to prepare for a seemingly fragmented set of requirements.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT
Get Started on Your Autonomous Business Journey
Don Scheibenreif,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Autonomous business is the next business era, driven by AI and building on the foundations of digital business. But where do you start and how autonomous do you want your organization to be? In this session, we will share new research on autonomous business and discuss what organizations are doing to meet this challenge head-on.
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM GMT
Workshop: Assess and Transform Your IT Operating Model
The IT operating model comprises several key facets that need to evolve together to support your strategic direction. This workshop will enable you to assess your current enterprise's IT operating model maturity and receive a set of tactics tailored to designing, implementing and evolving your IT operating model components.
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