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 - 11:30 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

01:05 PM - 01:25 PM GMT

Tintri: Driving Business Agility and Resilience: Intelligent, Future Ready IT Infrastructure
Unlock Growth, Not Just Data.
Discover how advanced, automated data management empowers organisations to overcome IT challenges, from streamlining operations and controlling costs to driving seamless cloud adoption and enhancing security. Learn how adaptable modern data technologies accelerate transformation, resilient protection for critical workloads and reliable service delivery, all while reducing complexity. ... Show More Show Less

03:15 PM - 03:45 PM GMT

How to Drive High Value Maturity Improvements With Your I&O Operating Model
Roger Williams, VP Analyst, Gartner
The pressure on I&O leaders to change their approach to getting work done continues to intensify. Unfortunately, improvement projects too often fall short of delivering promised benefits. Join this session 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 immediate value and better positioning for the future. ... Show More Show Less

04:00 PM - 04:20 PM GMT

HPE: Unleashing the AI-Powered Digital Enterprise — And What It Means for Your AI Factory
Craig Partridge, SNR. DIRECTOR WORLDWIDE - ADVISORY & TRA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
As enterprises embed AI across their digital landscape, I&O leaders face a pivotal challenge: scaling AI from isolated pilots to engines of continuous value. This session reveals strategic and architectural shifts to build an “AI factory”—a robust, scalable foundation for AI at speed. Learn how to modernize platforms, data, and operations to align AI with business outcomes and drive secure, trusted innovation. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, 18 November, 2025

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM GMT

Spinnaker Support: How Specsavers Optimize their ERP and Fund Future Technology
Kieran Mazur, HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY - BUSINESS APPLICATIO, Specsavers
Specsavers' purpose is to change lives through better sight and hearing. It offers optometry and audiology services, including eye tests, glasses, sunglasses, contact lenses, and hearing aids, have outsourced their Oracle application and database support to Spinnaker to improve the level of service, ensure security and reduce the cost, to fund IT investment in customer facing technology. ... Show More Show Less

01:35 PM - 01:55 PM GMT

Aviatrix: Why Cloud Network Security Is the Foundation for Outsmarting Modern Attackers
John Qian, CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER, Aviatrix Systems
Effective cloud network security enables secure workload communication, forming the foundation for dynamic and trustworthy cloud environments. Using the Scatter Spider case study, this session shows how attackers exploit network complexity and how I&O teams can embed detection, response and automation at the network fabric layer. Learn actionable strategies to simplify operations, reduce friction, accelerate deployment, and enable business value. ... Show More Show Less

03:45 PM - 04:15 PM GMT

How to Successfully Adopt Agentic AI in Observability to Realize Value
Martin Caren, Director Analyst, Gartner
Observability platforms are starting to implement intelligent agents to optimize or automate workflows, promising productivity boosts and cost reduction. But what is realistic, and how do you realize these benefits? This session will explain why current observability practices fall short, and will walk you through best practices for implementing agentic AI in observability - including picking the right use cases, managing governance, and evolving roles and responsibilities. ... Show More Show Less

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