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All 2025 Conference Sessions
Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference 2025 dove deep into key topics for infrastructure, operations and cloud around hybrid cloud, AI, leadership, cost and value, data centers and more.
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Hundreds of conference sessions were presented each day at Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference 2025. While we work to develop this year’s agenda, filter to see sessions that align with your role and interests.
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Monday, 17 November, 2025
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT
Top 5 Reasons Your I&O Automation Initiative Is Suffering (and What to Do About It)
Chris Saunderson,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Clients undertake I&O automation initiatives for tactical and strategic reasons, but frequently run into roadblocks on realizing the value they are seeking. This session will address the top five reasons that automation initiatives struggle, and offer practical advice on how to rescue them.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT
Top Technology Trends Shaping the Future of AI Infrastructure
Chirag Dekate,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Explore five technology trends poised to redefine your AI infrastructure strategy. This session equips I&O leaders with insights to anticipate change, align investments and future-proof their architecture — ensuring their infrastructure strategy is ready to support the evolving AI demands and deliver a competitive advantage.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT
Unlock "Hidden" Cost Savings Opportunities With Disciplined IT Vendor Management
Joanne Spencer,
VP, Advisory, Gartner
Vendor costs don’t stop when the contract is signed. This session offers insights and perspectives on how postcontract management of vendors can create value and savings well beyond the negotiation stage.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT
Being Comfortable in the Hot Seat: Having Cybersecurity Conversations With Executives
Paul Furtado,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Join this session to find out how to leverage outcome driven metrics to support your security program. We will cover three challenging scenarios and how to articulate the risk at the appropriate level and provide the right level of risk awareness to your executive leadership and board of directors.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT
Leadership Vision 2026 Infrastructure and Operations
Nathan Hill,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will focus on the key challenges and trends impacting infrastructure and operations, and what leadership actions will generate success in 2026 and beyond. We will address how you must work with leaders, stakeholders, and customers to understand the relative business value of the services your team delivers today or could deliver, going forward. I&O leaders should use these insights to enhance their strategic vision, delivery programs and prioritize services.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT
Orchestrating Cloud Success: The Role of the CCOE and Cloud Platform Teams at Scale
Douglas Toombs,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Scaling cloud adoption within an organization is like conducting a symphony orchestra — success depends on the seamless collaboration of diverse teams, each playing their part in harmony. At the heart of this orchestration lies the cloud center of excellence, guiding the ensemble to a masterful performance. In this session, discover how the CCOE evolves within organizations, its pivotal role in cloud governance and platform operations, and its alignment with modern cloud operating models.
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12:45 PM - 01:15 PM GMT
9 Approaches to Optimize Short- Mid- and Long-Term External Spend Costs
Jaswant Kalay,
VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will focus on short-, mid- and long- term cost optimization strategies as they pertain to external spend costs.
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12:45 PM - 01:15 PM GMT
The Digital Edge Roadmap and the AI Imperative
Thomas Bittman,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Edge computing is a part of an enterprise’s digital transformation. We lay out seven steps in the digital edge journey, along with business benefits, use cases, challenges, technologies and actions to take. Edge AI will become predominant, including generative AI and edge AI agents. Where is your enterprise on the Digital Edge Maturity Model today? Are you driving or being driven?
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12:45 PM - 01:15 PM GMT
Future of Datacenters: Energy Shortages, Efficiency and AI
Tony Harvey,
VP Analyst, Gartner
AI is driving changes to site selection, design, infrastructure and operations. In this session, we'll leverage Gartner's latest research to explore how data center infrastructures evolve and what to expect in the coming years. Gain insights to plan and develop data center strategies that thrive today and in the future.
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