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Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit 2026 dives deep into key topics for IT leaders around program management, agentic AI, optimizing resources and more to help you address your organization's mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Identity at the Core

In the face of geopolitical volatility and economic uncertainties, IAM is at the core of business operations and cybersecurity, ensuring resilience through secure interactions among people, machines and organizations. Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit provides guidance on building scalable and efficient IAM infrastructures in today’s complex environment.

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Monday, 09 March, 2026

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM GMT

Gartner Opening Keynote: Identity at the Core
Akif Khan, VP Analyst, Gartner
Michael Kelley, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Amid geopolitical volatility and economic uncertainties, Identity and Access Management (IAM) is crucial for business operations and cybersecurity, ensuring resilience through secure interactions among people, machines, and organizations. As digital innovations like cloud computing and AI evolve, IAM adapts to counter emerging cyber threats. The Identity and Access Management Summit offers leaders guidance on building scalable, efficient IAM infrastructures in today's complex environment. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT

Technical Insights: Essential Skills for IAM Architects
Nat Krishnan, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Digital business and the cloud are driving IT architecture to become more agile and intelligent. In this session, we will review the essential technical, business and interpersonal skills required for identity architects to be effective in this environment. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT

How to Become a Top Performing IAM Leader
Rebecca Archambault, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
What is the formula for success for an IAM leader? How does the IAM leader work with many stakeholders to achieve goals and solve challenges? How do successful leaders align their work to the desired impact and value? This session will leave you with four steps to establish a trust foundation, which will guide IAM leaders and position them for success. ... Show More Show Less

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM GMT

Three Ways to Realize Value From Your IAM Program
Zachary Smith, Director Analyst, Gartner
Only 1 in 5 IAM programs successfully achieves its goal of enabling the business without compromising on security. Learn about three strategic actions IAM leaders should prioritize to increase business agility while minimizing loss and disruption from identity-related cybersecurity incidents. This session will provide clients with results from the 2024 Gartner IAM Leadership Survey and share findings from interactions with over 50 CISOs and IAM leaders. It will build on a CISO VER in 2Q25. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM GMT

Market Insights for Identity Governance and Administration Solutions
Brian Guthrie, Director Analyst, Gartner
Steve Wessels, Director Analyst, Gartner
The identity governance and administration (IGA) market remains dynamic with a range of client business drivers, leading to a variety of offered IAM features. This session will help IAM leaders navigate the IGA market and improve decision making. ... Show More Show Less

04:00 PM - 04:30 PM GMT

What CISOs Want From IAM Leaders and Three Ways to Deliver
Zachary Smith, Director Analyst, Gartner
IAM leaders must deliver security outcomes and results even when IAM reports outside of security. How should IAM leaders deliver results and forge a good relationship with their CISO? Prioritize what impacts IAM's ability to achieve business and security goals while developing a close partnership with your CISO. Learn what your CISO most wants from you. This session will show you how by highlighting effective practices for IAM leaders to connect and supercharge their relationship with security. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, 10 March, 2026

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM GMT

Technical Insights: IAM for LLM-Based AI Agents
Homan Farahmand, VP Analyst, Gartner
Identity architects must adapt IAM systems to manage AI agents' unique characteristics, ensuring secure, accountable and auditable interactions. This session highlights the need for a unified framework to extend IAM controls to AI agents. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM GMT

Workshop: Define or Refine Your IAM Strategy
Rebecca Archambault, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Treating IAM as a foundational program results in stronger security and business outcomes. Having an IAM strategy can increase your ability to achieve IAM goals by 42%. Yet, over half of IAM leaders report not having a well-developed, written IAM strategy. An adaptive IAM strategy that can keep pace in an increasingly volatile and uncertain world is crucial. This workshop will help accelerate the process of building an adaptive approach to creating, reviewing and updating an IAM strategy. ... Show More Show Less

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM GMT

How to Manage Culture Change to Maximize IAM Success
Nayara Sangiorgio, Principal Analyst, Gartner
Effectively managing cultural change is crucial for the successful implementation and user adoption of identity and access management projects. IAM leaders frequently encounter challenges related to cultural shifts. This session will delve into forces that shape organizational culture and how to encourage a culture of continuous improvement and learning to ensure successful IAM implementations. ... Show More Show Less

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“The conference wasn’t just about theory — it offered actionable take-aways that we could immediately implement. Whether you’re modernizing your IAM approach, navigating compliance or strengthening cloud security, this conference delivers practical, cutting-edge insights.” 

Dominik Beier
Architekt, Munich Re 

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