All 2025 Conference Sessions

Gartner dives deep into key topics for infrastructure, operations and cloud leaders around hybrid cloud, AI, leadership, cost & value, data centers and more to help you address your organization's mission-critical challenges.

2025 Conference Theme

Deliver Today. Transform Tomorrow.

Your organization’s future relies on agility, resilience, and innovation—while staying secure and efficient. As the skills gap grows, lead your team in adopting AI, mastering cloud cost optimization, and building resilient, secure, sustainable infrastructure.

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Monday, 17 November, 2025

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM GMT

Gartner Opening Keynote: Navigating the Hype: Strategic Roadmap to I&O Success
Paul Delory, VP Analyst, Gartner
Autumn Stanish, Director Analyst, Gartner
Agentic AI is a fundamental shift for I&O, demanding new operational paradigms like cloud once did. This keynote will explore concrete agentic AI application for I&O, emphasizing the needs for resilient infrastructure, automation and governance to navigate this shift. A focus on Continuous Operations will show how adopting mature techniques from tech leaders can ensue relentless innovation and operational stability. Get equipped with a roadmap to a new I&O operating model, highlighting effective patterns for behavior and operating practices to lead in the next era of I&O. ... Show More Show Less

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM GMT

Senior Leadership Circle Workshop: How to Drive High-Value Maturity Improvements With Your I&O Operating Model
Roger Williams, VP Analyst, Gartner
The pressure on heads of I&O to change their approach to getting work done continues to intensify. Unfortunately, improvement projects too often fall short of delivering promised benefits. Join this workshop to get practical guidance on where to target maturity improvement efforts, and how tuning your focus for improvements to your I&O operating model can deliver both value today and better positioning for tomorrow. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM GMT

Ask the Expert: How to Get Better at Managing Cloud Costs?
Marco Meinardi, VP Analyst, Gartner
Join this session to discover ways to enhance your cloud financial management capabilities. Whether you aim to improve your collaboration model, leverage tools more effectively or find answers to your pressing FinOps questions, this session offers the strategic advice and practical solutions necessary to advance your FinOps journey. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM GMT

Ask the Expert: How to Control Escalating Observability Costs?
Matt Crossley, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Observability spend is increasing rapidly, driven by explosive growth in operational telemetry and increased complexity in digital businesses. If this sounds familiar, bring your questions to this session where we will discuss effective measures to control observability costs and align investment with business value. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMT

Contract Negotiation Clinic: How to Negotiate With Microsoft
Yoann Bianic, Director Analyst, Gartner
The complexity of Microsoft's licensing scheme and the number of contractual options often make it difficult for IT leaders to negotiate contracts and renewals. This interactive clinic describes strategies for IT leaders to successfully negotiate such contracts, which encourage risk reduction and value maximization. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT

Win Support for Your Initiatives by Mastering the Art of Storytelling
Tori Paulman, VP Analyst, Gartner
Effective storytelling is crucial for gaining buy-in from peers, employees, and executives alike, but leaders often struggle to create concise, consistent and clear communications about their initiatives. Join this session to learn three rules that will virtually captivate and inspire action: 1) characters above all, 2) don't lose the beat and 3) titrate conflict. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM GMT

Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms
Rizvan Hussain, Director Analyst, Gartner
In this session, we will review the Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms. A platform approach now extends beyond backup of hybrid, multicloud and SaaS environments. It plays a critical role in data protection, compliance, data insights and new data access capabilities. Join this session to gain insights into which vendors are best positioned to meet their requirements. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM GMT

Ask the Expert: Best Practices for a Sustainable Data Center and Cloud
Harry Collinge, Principal Analyst, Gartner
Sustainability remains a critical C-level objective as organizations strive to align their operations with environmental goals and regulatory requirements. However, practical advice for I&O is limited and disparate. In this session, IT leaders and I&O professionals can ask questions on topics within the data center and cloud, such as measuring and tracking emissions, improving workload efficiency, and selecting tools and technologies to support green initiatives. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT

Emerging Use Cases of Agentic AI in I&O
Alessandro Galimberti, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Agentic AI will transform I&O by autonomously handling tasks like resource allocation, security and system optimization. It predicts and resolves issues in real time, cutting downtime and reducing human errors. Automating routine processes and adapting to complex environments, agentic AI boosts efficiency, scalability and resilience, enabling IT teams to focus on innovation and strategic growth. ... Show More Show Less

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