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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

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM CST

Gartner Opening Keynote: Identity at the Core
Michael Kelley, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Akif Khan, VP Analyst, Gartner
Identity and access management is at the core of modern business. Shaped by both internal and external forces, IAM is now a key capability that businesses need to compete and thrive - from securing the use of AI agents to safely enabling competitive customer experiences. However, its importance is not always recognised, and IAM leaders must work to address this. Developing and leading a resilient IAM function must now be a central tenet of any IAM team's strategy in order to confidently anchor the business from the core. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CST

Roundtable: How to Plan Now for the Future of IAM?
Zachary Smith, Director Analyst, Gartner
While organizations are reconfiguring trust on the basis of identity, cyber criminals and threat actors are increasingly targeting identities. "Identity is the new perimeter" is a lived reality for security teams rather than a catchphrase. Learn from your peers how CISOs and heads of IAM are using strategic opportunities to embrace identity-first security and prepare IAM for the coming strategic realities. ... 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

Technical Insights: Blueprint for Success: Skills Every IAM Architect Needs
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

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM CST

How AI Innovations Are Transforming the IAM Market
Tarun Rohilla, Director Analyst, Gartner
As IAM reaches a pivotal moment, this presentation explores how AI is revolutionizing this market. Discover how generative AI is transforming human-IAM interactions and learn strategies for constructing access controls tailored for AI agents. Engage with trends like decentralized identity and verifiable credentials that are shaping the future of IAM. Join us to explore advanced topics that will empower you to solve complex IAM challenges and stay ahead in this rapidly evolving market landscape. ... Show More Show Less

04:00 PM - 04:30 PM CST

3 Ways to Realize Value From Your IAM Program
Zachary Smith, Director Analyst, Gartner
Only 1 in 5 IAM programs successfully achieves their goal of enabling the business without compromising on security. Learn about three strategic actions IAM leaders should prioritize to increase business agility while minimizing loss and disruption from identity-related cybersecurity incidents. ... Show More Show Less

07:00 PM - 07:20 PM CST

SpecterOps: Attackers are bypassing your identity controls. Learn what + how to fix.

Jared Atkinson, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, SPECTEROPS
Justin Kohler, CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER, SpecterOps
Recent breaches show how quickly attackers can pivot from on-prem to cloud to threaten the enterprise and bypass security controls like PAM, CAP and ITDR. In this session, we’ll explain the inexplicable advantage the attacker seems to have and how to use the same attack path mapping practice as part of your identity-first security strategy. By visualizing the attacker’s map, IAM leaders can remove the attacker’s advantage and retake control. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, December 09, 2025

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CST

Workshop: Define or Refine Your IAM Strategy
Rebecca Archambault, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Treating IAM as a foundational program results in stronger security and business outcomes. Having an IAM strategy can increase your ability to achieve IAM goals by 42%. Yet, over half of IAM leaders report not having a well-developed, written IAM strategy. An adaptive IAM strategy that can keep pace in an increasingly volatile and uncertain world is crucial. This workshop will help accelerate the process of building an adaptive approach to creating, reviewing and updating an IAM strategy. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM CST

Market Insights for Privileged Access Management
Abhyuday Data, Director Analyst, Gartner
This session will provide insights into the latest updates on the Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities for the privileged access management market. 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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