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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

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM CST

Enhance Security and Resiliency by Extending the Discipline of ITDR
Mary Ruddy, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Identity Threat Detection and Response is a discipline that brings a security mindset to protecting the core identity infrastructure itself. In this session, we will discuss extending these concepts to protecting more of your organization's digital assets. ... Show More Show Less

04:00 PM - 04:30 PM CST

Accelerate IAM Value Delivery Using Data Management
Nathan Harris, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
IAM is a data-heavy and/or data-dependent discipline, yet most programs lack a dedicated focus on data management and engineering. This session will outline top practices for IAM programs to improve overall capabilities using data management top practices. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, December 09, 2025

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM CST

Ask the Expert: How to Improve Data Management for IAM
Nathan Harris, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
While understanding and acceptance that IAM is very a data-driven discipline is growing, many IAM program remain challenged in regard to achieving sufficient levels of visibility and data quality to deliver strong security and business enablement results. This interactive session is an opportunity for participants to ask questions of a Gartner expert with expertise in data management and engineering top practices specifically for IAM programs/teams. ... Show More Show Less

04:30 PM - 05:00 PM CST

Technical Insights: Workload Identity Management - Resolve IAM Technical Debt
Erik Wahlstrom, VP Analyst, Gartner
How do I discover, monitor, and manage my workload identities and their associated accounts and credentials? In this session, we will discuss the process, the evolving toolset, how to identify your blind spots and what type of tool is fit for purpose. ... Show More Show Less
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CST

Roundtable: AI Adoption for IAM — Disaster or Panacea?
Nathan Harris, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
While it seems like IT as a whole is aggressively adopting AI, up to and including replacing human workforce with AI agents, is there a reasonable cost/benefit analysis for this, specifically for IAM processes and team? In this facilitated peer discussion session, participants will unpack the benefits, costs, risks and emerging best practices for adopting AI within their IAM programs to accelerate IAM delivery. ... Show More Show Less

02:45 PM - 03:15 PM CST

Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms: What You Need to Know
Nathan Harris, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Substantial startup activity exists in IAM, with a common theme of improved IAM data management/visibility paired with intelligence (often AI-based) capabilities. Is this trend mostly a hype or potentially high-value? This session will outline the projected value of this innovation and key considerations for adopting versus waiting and observing decisions. ... Show More Show Less

02:45 PM - 03:15 PM CST

Technical Insights: Address IAM Technical Debt to Make Your IAM Effective
Nat Krishnan, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Technical debt weakens the agility of an IAM team and the effectiveness of organizational security controls. In this session, we will discuss how to tackle siloed IAM tools, legacy integrations with applications and services, and poor IAM hygiene. ... 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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