This year’s conference theme is Leadership in Motion. Leaders who approach the intersection of technology and business with agility, direction and humanity will drive growth and resilience that propels them into the future.
Explore this year’s topics
View topics for CIOs and dive into last year’s sessions while we work on the full 2026 agenda.
Conference Topics at a Glance
Scaling Artificial Intelligence
As teams race to drive greater innovation, growth and efficiencies with their GenAI initiatives, the challenges of scaling these emerging technologies loom large. Learn how to think about these complexities and hurdles, from training and talent to cost and implementation.
Articulating the Business Value of IT
There’s an art and science to identifying and measuring the value of IT. Learn how you can craft a more impactful business value narrative and support it with metrics that your business leadership will care about.
Cybersecurity and Risk Management
Reframe cybersecurity as a business issue and manage risks in response to the disruption created by rapid changes in the digital world and a volatile geopolitical landscape.
Look back at 2025 Conference Sessions
Conference sessions were presented across two days at the 2025 Gartner CIO Leadership Forum. While we work to develop this year's agenda, filter to see sessions that align with your role and interests.
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Monday, February 24, 2025
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM MST
Drive Cybersecurity With an Outcome-Driven Approach That Supports Enterprise Growth
Paul Proctor,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
An outcome-driven approach to cybersecurity resets how CIOs measure, report, and invest in security. It assists the CIO whether security reports to you or is a peer. Outcome-driven metrics aligned to operating units put security in a business context so CIOs can support business growth through agility, innovation, and efficiency at scale.
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10:45 AM - 11:15 AM MST
Maximize the Business Value of IT with Product Management
Brandon Germer,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Measuring the value of products for external customers is straightforward. However, with most of IT's products being for internal customers, CIOs must connect consumption of IT's products to delivery of business objectives by internal customers. Join this session to learn how to use Gartner’s Product Management Discipline Life Cycle to measure and maximize the value of IT’s products and services.
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10:45 AM - 11:15 AM MST
CIOs: Remaster Your Brand to Thrive During Transitions
Graham Waller,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
CIOs who don’t proactively manage their personal brand will be defined by others, and they may not like the result. CIOs should regularly update their brand to maximize relevance and thrive during transitions such as a new strategic focus like GenAI, new stakeholders such as CEOs, or a new role like CIO and innovation leader. Learn how in this session.
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10:45 AM - 11:15 AM MST
How AI Is Changing Human Behavior and What to Do About It
Mary Mesaglio,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Organizations with AI ambitions are responsible for business, technological and behavioral outcomes. Of these, the third one is the least understood. This is a problem because human and machine behaviors change a lot with AI. This session addresses questions like: Are you falling prey to accidental decision delegation? What kinds of behaviors should you avoid? Who is responsible for behavioral outcomes in your organization?
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11:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
Top 4 Actions CIOs Can Take to Transform Their IT Operating Model
Donna Scott,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Operating model transformations increase value derived from IT, including revenue, profitability and increased speed/time to value. However, attaining these benefits is not an overnight endeavor. This session provides four actions CIOs can take to get incremental value from their journey to a new operating model. Areas of focus include stakeholder engagement, product management, agile delivery and technology leadership.
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11:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
Co-Leadership Best Practices to Maximize Technology Outcomes
Madelin Santana,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
With today’s distributed technology delivery environment, a new leadership approach is necessary. Organizations need their senior technology leaders to not only deliver outcomes for the enterprise but also to do so in a way that brings the organization along on that journey. This session will provide tools and techniques necessary for a leader to drive digital success in the enterprise.
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11:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
Transitioning CIOs: Leveraging Gartner’s New-to-Role Insights for First-Year Success
Bruce Robertson,
Distinguished VP, Advisory, Gartner
First-time CIOs need to understand the remit of their new role and how it is vastly different from roles they have had in the past. By leveraging Gartner tools and new research specific to new-to-role transitions, new CIOs can quickly and effectively understand and meet expectations, manage risk, build their executive brand, and deliver on both short-term quick wins and long-term digital value.
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11:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
Beyond Productivity: How to Cut Costs with Generative AI
Nate Suda,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Generative AI ROI is usually based on productivity increase, yet often fails to realize short-term cost cuts. CIOs should look beyond productivity to consider an alternative strategy for GenAI focused on financial efficiency to achieve cost cuts, save cash, reduce losses and risk, and increase near-term ROI.
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02:15 PM - 02:45 PM MST
AI Governance Playbook: The What, the Why and the How
Erick Brethenoux,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
CIOs are challenged to effectively govern AI due to its rapidly evolving characteristics and potential to amplify human bias. AI governance is necessary to meet the societal demands and support AI progress while balancing value and risk. This session provides a comprehensive approach to extend existing governance to AI-specific considerations.
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