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Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2025 conference dives deep into key topics for CIOs around AI, cybersecurity, executive leadership and more to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

2025 Conference Theme

Agents of Change: Leading Through Intelligence

In today’s volatile world, CIOs and tech leaders face crucial choices. Now is the time to harness AI for successful digital transformation. As the lead change agent, you need:

  • Adaptive leadership to navigate complex challenges

  • Smart tech decisions on AI-ready data, cybersecurity, cloud sovereignty and cost optimization

  • Innovation and resilience to foster a change-ready culture

  • Actionable insights for prioritized strategies

  • A future-ready workforce for tomorrow

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Monday, 10 November, 2025

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CET

Gartner Opening Keynote: Walking The Golden Path to Value
Gabriela Vogel, VP Analyst, Gartner
Rob O'Donohue, VP Analyst, Gartner
AI isn't everything, but it's touching everything. To achieve the next level of value, you must navigate the blinding hype surrounding AI readiness and the lagging progress of human readiness. Join Gartner’s Opening Keynote to discover how CIOs, AI leaders and IT leaders can chart their own "golden path" – navigating vendor choices, reimagining the workforce and redefining organizational identities – to be agents of change. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, 11 November, 2025

09:00 AM - 09:45 AM CET

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04:15 PM - 05:00 PM CET

Guest Keynote: Supercommunicators - The Power of Conversation and Hidden Language of Connection
Charles Duhigg, Bestselling Author & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist,
Why do some conversations succeed — while others fail? How does communication work within our brains, our families, our workplaces, and our communities? How do Supercommunicators do what they do, and what can we learn from them about bridging divides? Charles Duhigg will share why some people are able to make themselves heard, and to hear others, so clearly. Duhigg will share lessons from the writers’ room of The Big Bang Theory to the couches of leading marriage counselors to CIA officers trying to recruit spies. Duhigg shows how to recognize conversations and the tips and skills needed to navigate them more successfully, sharing a simple but powerful lesson: with the right tools, we can connect with anyone. ... Show More Show Less
Wednesday, 12 November, 2025

09:00 AM - 09:45 AM CET

Guest Keynote: Never Give Up
Bear Grylls, TV Host; Author; Adventurer,
Bear Grylls will talk about the experiences that have shaped him and the lessons he’s learned along the way. Through his keynote, he will guide the audience on a journey to understand how to overcome hurdles and adversity and to learn from failures. His stories of resilience, courage, and never giving up will inspire, uplift, and empower CIOs to tackle their unique challenges, drive innovation, and lead their organizations through periods of change and uncertainty. ... Show More Show Less
Thursday, 13 November, 2025

09:00 AM - 09:45 AM CET

Guest Keynote: Re-Wiring For The Future
Dr. Michelle Dickinson, Co-founder, Nanotechnologist, Materials Engineer,
Technology is rapidly effecting the way that almost all industries do business. With these changes, many human centred functions are also changing, and in some cases being replaced by technology. How can we prepare for the future and what skills can we work on today to ensure that our knowledge is re-wired and ready for the jobs of the future? ... Show More Show Less

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Dennis Schmidt-Bordemann
Senior Consultant Thought Leadership, Siemens AG

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