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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

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM CET

Hype Cycle for Intelligent Health
Michael Shanler, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
For the first time, the future of medicine will be built by technology — not human intelligence and scientific progress. This Hype Cycle explores the technologies advancing the next generation of medicine. Attend this session to discover the most promising innovations in healthcare and life science. ... Show More Show Less

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM CET

Hype Cycle for Life and P&C Insurance
Laurie Shotton, VP Analyst, Gartner
With the vast array of technologies that exist how can insurance CIOs prioritize the technologies that will drive real value for the life and P&C insurance industry as a whole and for your specific institution. Join this session to better understand the technologies and hype that will enable them to prioritize their future IT investments. ... Show More Show Less

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CET

Signature Series: Gartner's Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2026
Soyeb Barot, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Tori Paulman, VP Analyst, Gartner
Become a CIO superhero ready to conquer today’s toughest challenges! This must-attend session reveals Gartner’s top strategic technology trends for 2026 and beyond. Learn what the trends are, why they matter, and what to watch for or do—so you can turn disruption, uncertainty, and change into opportunity, growth, and competitive advantage. ... Show More Show Less

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CET

Top Strategic Trends in Software Engineering for 2025
Joachim Herschmann, VP Analyst, Gartner
Thriving in times of intense economic and social volatility requires organizations to find new ways to empower their software engineering organization to increase productivity, efficiency and effectiveness. This session will provide Gartner's latest and best guidance on the trends CIOs, software engineering leaders and their teams should track and take action upon in 2025 and beyond. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 12:35 PM CET

Hype Cycle for Manufacturing Technologies, 2025
Lillian Oyen-Ustad, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
This session will focus on the critical technologies for manufacturers, featured in the latest Gartner Hype Cycles for Manufacturing Technologies. Attendees can expect to gain insight into five key innovations and real examples of their impact. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 12:35 PM CET

Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies 2025
Jonathan Kutner, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
To navigate a disruptive and unpredictable digital business environment, retailers need to invest in innovative technology that improves insight and supports unified commerce execution. Retail CIOs can use this Hype Cycle to cut through market hype when prioritizing retail technology investments. Join this session to learn more. ... Show More Show Less

01:35 PM - 01:55 PM CET

Dynatrace: From Pilot to Production — Scaling AI with Confidence and Control
Kayla Bondy, PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER, Dynatrace
Jay Livens, PRODUCT MARKETING, APPLICATION OBSERVABI, Dynatrace
Enterprises are under pressure to move AI from pilot to production—while staying compliant, cost-effective, and trustworthy. This session shows how Dynatrace delivers AI observability to gain insights into Gen and Agentic AI to track performance, manage risk, and build guardrails for safe, scalable AI. Learn how to maintain quality and governance and get practical insights into the teams and processes that turn AI ideas into business results. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM CET

ThreatLocker: Simplifying Cybersecurity For Stronger Endpoint Protection       
Danny Jenkins, CEO & CO-FOUNDER, ThreatLocker
As cybersecurity has grown more complex with escalating threats and consequences, revisiting the fundamentals takes extra importance. Join former ethical hacker and current ThreatLocker CEO and Co-Founder Danny Jenkins as he cuts through the noise to what matters most for practical and effective security. We'll explore simple things you can do to stop cyberattacks so you can better protect your organization today. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM CET

PwC: Future Agentic Organisation - Unlimited Potential to Scale

Bivek Sharma, Partner, EMEA AI Leader, PwC
Nicola Quincey, Partner, EMEA AWS Leader, PwC
Dimitra Giannakopoulou, Sr Principal Applied Scientist, AWS
Join PwC and AWS to explore how trust and transparency can be built into AI systems from the start. Through PwC’s Responsible AI Framework, we’ll show how organisations can unlock value, manage risk, and drive adoption with confidence.
See how this comes to life using AWS’s Automated Reasoning on AmazonBedrock, validating model behaviour and strengthening governance, helping leaders innovate responsibly, and at scale. ... Show More Show Less

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Dennis Schmidt-Bordemann
Senior Consultant Thought Leadership, Siemens AG

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