All 2026 Conference Sessions

Discover this year’s tracks and featured sessions, covering emerging trends and key challenges in cybersecurity including navigating NIS2, DORA and the EU AI Act, AI disruption and geopolitical volatility, cloud sovereignty, stopping deepfake identity impersonation attacks, and much more.

2026 Conference Theme

This year’s conference theme is Smarter, Faster, Stronger … Together.

In an environment characterized by an expanding threat landscape, AI, tariffs, global instability and regulations, the cybersecurity community must gain and share insights faster. Together, we are smarter and stronger.

Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme and your top mission-critical priorities in mind.

Hear from VP Analyst Pete Shoard on why you must attend.
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Tuesday, 22 September, 2026

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM BST

Roundtable: Sovereignty Now? Localize AI Infrastructure to Stay Compliant and Secure
Ad Krikke, Sr Executive Partner, Domains, Gartner
Unsanctioned GenAI is a growing compliance risk as regulations tighten by 2028. Join fellow CISOs and security leaders to discuss how to identify and contain shadow GenAI, secure data, and deploy AI security platform. Join this for a peer exchange to future-proof your organization against evolving AI threats, and share best practices and challenges to build resilient edge AI, avoid penalties and protect your brand. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM BST

Roundtable: Third-Party Cyber-Risk Management Essentials
Stefan Simonson, Executive Partner, Domains, Gartner
The volume, variety, and impact of cyber incidents originating from third parties continue to grow despite significant investments by cybersecurity teams in recent years. In this session, attendees can ask their most pressing questions and gain insights into how effective cybersecurity teams allocate their people, processes, and technology to improve third-party risk management outcomes. ... Show More Show Less

12:45 PM - 01:30 PM BST

Roundtable: Effective Strategies to Identify and Address Shadow IT
Derek Taylor, Executive Partner, Domains, Gartner
Join fellow end-user clients for an expert-led roundtable focused on uncovering and managing shadow IT. Through shared experiences, challenges, and success stories, we’ll explore practical strategies to identify unofficial IT usage and build effective policies ... Show More Show Less

02:15 PM - 03:00 PM BST

Roundtable: Women in Cybersecurity
Lorna Trayan, Sr Executive Partner, Domains, Gartner
This is an informal session for anyone interested in discussing and sharing experiences about women in Cybersecurity. Come and share your experiences, guide those who want to learn more about growing or starting a career in cyber, and help support and build the community. ... Show More Show Less

02:30 PM - 03:15 PM BST

CISO Circle Roundtable: What's the Future of the CISO Role?
Christopher Mixter, VP Analyst, Gartner
Chief information security officers are now highly visible executive leaders in one of the fastest-growing risk domains: cybersecurity. But cyber incidents are now the norm, so what happens to CISOs when the leadership no longer fears cyber incidents? Join this session to discuss. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 05:00 PM BST

Roundtable: Strategies for Rebuilding Stakeholder Trust After a Cybersecurity Incident
Chris Gould, Executive Partner, Domains, Gartner
Cybersecurity leaders share strategies for rebuilding stakeholder trust after a breach. Learn about transparent disclosure, effective communication, remediation, third-party validation and ongoing engagement. Discover how leadership and culture transform crises into opportunities for resilience. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 05:00 PM BST

Roundtable: What AI Security Startups and Controls Are You Experimenting With or Having Success With?
Derek Taylor, Executive Partner, Domains, Gartner
Join this session to learn from your peers about which AI security startups they are experimenting with, conducting proof of value or proof of concept projects with, or have successfully deployed and are seeing tangible benefits from. Share your own experiences, including key learnings and areas where expectations were not met, to help others navigate the evolving landscape of AI security solutions. ... Show More Show Less

05:15 PM - 06:00 PM BST

Roundtable: Are You Finding Success With Your SAST Initiative?
Alain Kallas, Executive Partner, Domains, Gartner
Join this interactive roundtable to discuss your experiences with static application security testing (SAST). This session invites you to share your experiences in operationalizing SAST, how long it took to achieve value, and the challenges and successes you’ve encountered along the way. ... Show More Show Less

05:15 PM - 06:00 PM BST

Roundtable: Navigating the Shifting Cybersecurity Talent Landscape
Martin Warming, VP, Executive Partner, Gartner
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in a meaningful peer-to-peer discussion about navigating the shifting cybersecurity talent landscape. Share your experiences, learn from others, and leave with new strategies and resources on tactics like upskilling, retention, attrition, career pathing, and more. ... Show More Show Less

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