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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 - 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 - 12:45 PM CET

How to Extract Business Value From Technical Debt Management
Akis Sklavounakis, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
While technical debt can impede agility and business outcome delivery, IT teams often have strong incentives and face pressure to prioritize new development over remediation. This session will demonstrate how CIOs can guide the strategy for technical debt management and empower teams across the organization to reinforce remediation practices to drive measurable business impact. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM CET

How Do You Know If You Have a Good EA Practice?
Philip Allega, VP, Advisory, Gartner
CIOs increasingly look to enterprise architects for insight and direction across the entire IT landscape. Architects are costly resources, so CIOs need to know that EAs are adding expected value for IT and business stakeholders. This session explores how CIOs can objectively measure and evaluate the effectiveness of architects and identify ways to close gaps between expected and actual outcomes. ... Show More Show Less

05:00 PM - 05:20 PM CET

Magic Quadrant for Collaborative Work Management
Nikos Drakos, VP Analyst, Gartner
Get a glimpse of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for collaborative work management products, which enable business users to plan, execute and manage their work. In this session, we offer our evaluation of the market and the distinguishing features of Leaders, Challengers, Visionaries and Niche Players. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, 11 November, 2025

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CET

Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools, 2025
Andrei Razvan Sachelarescu, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Over the past year, the enterprise architecture tools market has undergone a significant transformation, characterized by a series of strategic mergers, acquisitions, consolidations and the entry of new vendors. This dynamic shift has attracted heightened attention from EA practitioners, private equity firms and IT software vendors, all keen to capitalize on the evolving landscape. Join this session to know more. ... Show More Show Less

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM CET

Magic Quadrant for Integration Platform as a Service
Keith Guttridge, VP Analyst, Gartner
Integration platform as a service is a cloud-based integration technology used to connect on-premises, cloud-based, and mobile applications and data. In this session, we will discuss how the provider landscape is evolving and how you can determine the best type of iPaaS for your needs. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 12:35 PM CET

Magic Quadrant for Document Management
Max Goss, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Let us introduce you to the Magic Quadrant for document management. Document management tools are a foundational technology deployed by enterprises to enable and automate content-centric activities. This overview session provides an introduction to the leaders, challengers, visionaries and niche players in document management. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 12:35 PM CET

Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms
Oleksandr Matvitskyy, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Why these vendors and not the others? Are there one or two low-code application platforms that outperform all? How can you navigate the world of low code with the help of Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities? This session will help answer these and other questions about the current state of the low-code application platform market. ... Show More Show Less

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM CET

Redefining Modernization: The New Value Stories Driving Change
Tigran Egiazarov, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Traditional modernization business cases based on cost reduction and technical debt are becoming less compelling as business model disruption accelerates. Without new ways to articulate and measure technology value, critical investments are wasted on initiatives that won't matter in the new business landscape. It is time to rebuild your value stories around business model innovation and market responsiveness. ... Show More Show Less

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Senior Consultant Thought Leadership, Siemens AG

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