The CSO Circle Program

Designed specifically for Chief Sales Officer (CSO) or the organization’s most senior sales leader, the CSO Circle Program offers an exclusive executive knowledge sharing and networking experience for you to engage with a vetted true peer group of other sales executives throughout the conference. This program is designed to help you enhance your leadership and business skills and expand your executive network.

This experience includes:

Networking and knowledge-sharing opportunities with a group of CSO attendees to swap experiences, trade best practices and expand your executive peer community. 

Access to exclusive sessions throughout the conference, including thought leader lunches, workshops, roundtables and research discussions tailored to the most important topics for CSO.

Priority booking capabilities for limited-capacity sessions and One-on-One Meeting(s) with a Gartner expert to ensure you don’t miss out on these conference offerings.

Exclusive CSO Sessions

Integrated within the broader conference agenda, the CSO Circle Program includes interactive discussions covering the top priorities of CSOs, as well as casual networking opportunities to connect with other sales leaders from a variety of regions and industries. Through these sessions, participants connect over common initiatives and accelerate, validate and solidify their strategies. See examples below.

Interactive Sessions

  • Workshop:Stop Revenue Leakage: Practical RevOps Strategies to Protect & Grow Your Top Line
  • Roundtable:AI Adoption Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs
  • Roundtable:Empowering Sellers With Buyer-Centric Value Propositions
  • Roundtable:How CSOs Can Leverage CIO Partnerships for Tech-Powered Growth
  • Ask the Expert:Overcoming Inhibitors to Partner Sales Growth
  • Ask the Expert:The Modern CSO: Orchestrating Commercial Transformation, Innovation, and Results
  • Executive Story Q&A:Developing an AI Sales Assistant to Drive Productivity
  • Networking & Meals 

"I left the event with practical and concrete next steps to take back to my team and with more confidence in our vision."

Nick Lewis

Global Head of Revenue Enablement, Uber

Apply to join the program

The CSO Circle Program is exclusive to eligible Chief Sales Officer (CSO)or the organization’s most senior sales leader attending Gartner CSO & Sales Leader Conference. We recommend applying when you register for the conference as session seats are limited and fill up quickly.

Applicants must meet the following qualification criteria to participate:

  1. Enterprise-wide Chief Sales Officer (CSO) or the organization’s most senior sales leader, or
  2. Business unit/ region/ government division Chief Sales Officer (CSO) responsible for:
    1. Private sector: $250+ million in revenue
    2. Public sector: 1,000+ employees

CSOs from a marketing vendor or consultancy are not eligible to participate.

You can apply to participate in the CSO Circle Program when you register for Gartner CSO & Sales Leader Conference. During the registration process, the program application will be prompted by answering ‘yes’ to the question, “Are you the Chief Sales Officer or do you serve in the Chief Sales Officer role for your organization?”. You will be notified via email regarding the status of your application.

Application and approval are required for participation.

Log back into your Gartner conference profile, click “Edit” next to “Registration Profile,” and scroll down to answer the “Attendee Profile” questions.