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Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit 2025 dives deep into key topics for IAM around program management, agentic AI, optimizing resources and more to help you address your organization's mission-critical challenges.

2025 Conference Theme

Identity at the Core

In the face of geopolitical volatility and economic uncertainties, IAM is at the core of business operations and cybersecurity, ensuring resilience through secure interactions among people, machines and organizations. Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit provides  guidance on building scalable and efficient IAM infrastructures in today's complex environment.

Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind.

Hear from Gartner VP Analyst and Conference Chair, Homan Farahmand, on what makes Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit an essential conference for leaders in the IAM field.
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Monday, December 08, 2025

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST

Guidance for Successful Privileged Access Management Deployment
Abhyuday Data, Director Analyst, Gartner
In this breakout session, we'll explore the critical importance of privileged access management (PAM), its essential objectives and how to reap out the right benefits from a PAM implementation . We'll discuss how to adapt your internal processes and operating model to effectively support PAM tools and provide strategies to enhance your PAM maturity. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST

Guidance for Workforce Identity Verification
James Hoover, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Where and how should IDV be incorporated into workforce IAM? What technical and cultural considerations must be taken into account that are unique from regulatory or compliance IDV scenarios. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST

High-Value AI Use Cases for IAM
Nathan Harris, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
While AI holds the promise for automation and efficiency, not all IAM use cases are equally suited for AI enablement. This session will walk through Gartner research related to AI for IAM use cases, including agentic AI, and help IAM leaders focus AI adoption plans on the most beneficial use cases. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST

Technical Insights: Workload Access Management and API Access Control Architectures
Erik Wahlstrom, VP Analyst, Gartner
Platform engineering teams need your guidance on how to add managed workload identities to all new workloads and architect modern API access control standards that provide strong identity issuance, authentication, authorization, and federation. In this session, we will chart the path for modern workload IAM with capabilities that do not rely on legacy practices and help developers get to a security-by-designed, "hello, world" as quickly as possible. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST

How to Become a Top Performing IAM Leader
Rebecca Archambault, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
What is the formula for success for an IAM leader? How does the IAM leader work with many stakeholders to achieve goals and solve challenges? How do successful leaders align their work to the desired impact and value? This session will leave you with four steps to establish a trust foundation, which will guide IAM leaders and position them for success. ... Show More Show Less

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM CST

Outlook for Data Security 2026
Andrew Bales, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
In 2025, data security is crucial as organizations encounter complex data exposure risks. With AI's rise, securing sensitive data remains a top priority for security leaders. They must strengthen security measures and implement real-time data exfiltration prevention with automated incident response to protect against breaches, maintain trust and comply with evolving regulations. ... Show More Show Less

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM CST

Technical Insights: Essential Skills for IAM Architects
Nat Krishnan, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Digital business and the cloud are driving IT architecture to become more agile and intelligent. In this session, we will review the essential technical, business and interpersonal skills required for identity architects to be effective in this environment. ... Show More Show Less

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM CST

Market Insights for Authorization Management Platforms
Authorization is crucial in applications, but the market adoption of solutions is limited, increasing the risks of unauthorized access. This session introduces authorization management platforms (AMP), expanding beyond externalized authorization. This broader approach includes orchestrated policy models essential for commercial applications, helping IAM leaders better assess and prioritize authorization needs. ... Show More Show Less

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM CST

Three IAM Practices to Improve Third-Party Cyber Risk Management Effectiveness
Oscar Isaka, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The 2023 Gartner Reimagining Third-Party Cybersecurity Management Survey reveals that having a defined process for tracking internal information (e.g., logins, password strength, network access) to check if third-party relationships are operating within enterprise risk tolerance affords a 21% increase in overall TPCRM effectiveness. We'll discuss how IAM Hygiene, Authentication and ITDR can help organizations improve third-party cyber risk management. ... Show More Show Less

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“Comprehensive coverage over what many consider to be a niche security topic. Insightful discussion on best practices, major players and up-and-coming solution providers.”

Brian Curl
CISO, Rogers Corporation

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