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

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

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. ... Show More Show Less

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. ... Show More Show Less

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM GMT

Nutanix: Beyond GPUs: Building an Enterprise Inferencing Platform for Private AI
AI isn’t limited by algorithms—it’s constrained by infrastructure. While cloud has driven early AI experiments, enterprises now see the need for private, on-prem inferencing to meet governance, performance, and cost demands. This session explores how forward-looking organisations are building platforms that run anywhere, integrate with diverse accelerators like GPUs and CPUs, and equip IT teams to manage and scale AI effectively. ... Show More Show Less

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM GMT

Computacenter: The Big Debate — Is The Future Now Firmly On-Prem or Does Public Cloud Still Dominate?
Dan Thompson, Solution Area Director, Data Center & Hybrid, Computacenter
Join us for a lively debate on the future of on-premises and public cloud. Concerns about cost, sovereignty and the environment are causing organisations to rethink their public-cloud strategies. Will the hyperscalers continue to grow and dominate the market as AI leads the way on investment? Hear both sides of the argument and have your say in this interactive, irreverent and informative debate! Expect strong opinions, and maybe strong language… ... Show More Show Less

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM GMT

LogicMonitor: Our Navigation to Autonomous IT
IT leaders are racing toward smarter, faster, more autonomous operations—but the path is complex. In this panel, hear how forward-thinking executives are advancing toward Autonomous IT, with data and tool rationalization driving AI transformation. Discover what drives change, what hinders it, and what’s paying off—plus practical lessons to guide your own transformation journey. ... Show More Show Less

03:15 PM - 03:45 PM GMT

The Future of Cloud, 2030
Dennis Smith, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Expanding cloud computing adoption will push the market beyond $1 trillion in worldwide spending by 2027. Cloud platforms (public and sovereign) are increasingly hosting AI implementations to transform business models in a highly volatile world. This presentation explores how to prepare enterprises for the future of cloud from now until 2030. ... Show More Show Less

05:25 PM - 05:45 PM GMT

Rubrik: Beyond the Perimeter - Fortifying Your Hybrid Cloud with Identity Resilience
Filip Verloy, FIELD CTO EMEA & APJ, RUBRIKX, Rubrik
Identity is now the primary security boundary, making breaches of Active Directory or Entra ID inevitable. Such compromises can halt business, and recent attacks show prevention alone isn’t enough. We’ll present a modern approach to identity resilience—analyzing attack vectors, gaining visibility across hybrid environments, and enabling fast, clean recovery, as seen when a financial client restored 200,000+ users within hours. ... Show More Show Less

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