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Gene Alvarez
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Functional Leadership of the IT Organization
Speaker Bio
Gene Alvarez offers expertise in technology innovation and strategy. He helps CIOs and other innovation leaders innovate with emerging technologies adoption and strategy. He also leads Gartner's Top Strategic Technology Trends research and contributes to Gartner's Top Strategic Predictions research. He is also an expert on GenAI, AI Agents, polyfunctional robots, CRM and customer experience vision, strategy, architecture and technologies. With over 40 years of business and IT experience, Mr. Alvarez excels in business impact assessments, vendor management, and applications. He has also presented at international events and contributed to various media outlets.
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Session
Monday, February 23, 2026 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM MST
The CIO's Guide to Evaluating Emerging Technologies
Gene Alvarez,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
How can CIOs pick the right time to start experimenting with an emerging technology? CIOs must seize the opportunities that emerging technologies offer while mitigating the risks they pose to the organization. This session advises CIOs on how to evaluate your organization’s trigger point to start a POC with an emerging technology, based on assessing five sets of adoption constraints.
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