All 2026 Conference Sessions

Gartner CIO & IT Executive 2026 conference dives deep into key topics for CIOs — including agentic AI, AI governance, IT, cost optimization, emerging technologies and more — to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Beyond AI: The New Frontier of Leadership

Gartner CIO & IT Executive Conference 2026 explores how to transform AI into a strategic advantage, drive innovation and build organizations prepared for an increasingly dynamic future. Together, we will shape the future of leadership, business models and the role of technology as a catalyst for sustainable growth.

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Tuesday, 22 September, 2026

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM BRT

Roundtable: Transition to Products — Operating Models and Fusion Teams
Leonardo Camargo, Executive Partner, Gartner
Discuss the shift from project-based to product-based operating models and the rise of fusion teams. Share experiences on driving innovation, increasing agility and delivering more business value through multidisciplinary collaboration. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM BRT

Workshop: Build and Visualize Your Business Capability Model
Erick Sobreiro, Sr Executive Partner, Gartner
Aurelio Bastos, VP, Executive Partner, Gartner
Business capabilities are key to connecting strategy with execution, but CIOs and IT Executives often struggle to use them effectively. This workshop will help you develop a business capability model that reflects business goals, supports the development of prioritization heat maps and guides the creation of informed investment decisions. ... Show More Show Less

02:45 PM - 03:15 PM BRT

How CIOs With Lean Teams Can Drive Enterprise Agility Through Their Operating Model
Joseph Provenza, VP Analyst, Gartner
Dynamic enterprise leadership requires balancing strategy, architecture, governance and delivery. Lean IT teams often focus on delivery, short-changing the other three. This tactical focus stalls digital transformation, leaving the enterprise in a traditional, reactive state and vulnerable to disruption. Can a lean team actually drive enterprisewide agility? This session offers CIOs actionable advice to transform IT and enterprise operating models into a dynamic digital powerhouse. ... Show More Show Less

04:30 PM - 05:00 PM BRT

Strategic Operating Model Transformation: Mapping the Multiyear ITOM Journey
Luis Mangi, VP Analyst, Gartner
IT operating model transformation is a complex, multiyear journey. This session adopts a long-term perspective, guiding IT leaders on how to initiate and lead successful transformations. Attendees will review detailed ITOM transformation charts that map workstreams, phases and key activities, providing a practical roadmap for sustained organizational change. ... Show More Show Less
Wednesday, 23 September, 2026

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM BRT

Your Metrics Aren’t Helping You — We Can Change That
Luis Mangi, VP Analyst, Gartner
Most dashboards are built on readily available operational data, but not the business‑aligned insights executives need to steer transformation, optimize spend or demonstrate IT’s value. By 2030, outcome-driven approaches will replace traditional risk quantification as the dominant evaluation of risk. In this session, CIOs learn to create sharp, decision‑ready metrics that link technology performance to business impact, improve credibility with executive peers and accelerate strategic outcomes. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 03:30 PM BRT

Workshop: Assess and Adapt Your Operating Model for the AI Era
Hiraclis Nicolaidis, VP, Executive Partner, Gartner
Marcus Pinheiro, VP, Executive Partner, Gartner
Technology is at an AI inflection point. To unlock the demand for AI’s enterprisewide value, the IT operating model must be reimagined with more agility, adaptive governance and stronger decision quality. This workshop will equip you with steps to redesign a more flexible operating model, shifting IT from an enabler to a value creator and allowing CIOs to lead as critical business partners. ... Show More Show Less

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