Midsize Enterprise Program at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™

Connect with Midsize Enterprises

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2026 conference is the premier conference to attend for CIOs and IT executives tasked with leading a digital-first organization. Whether you’re looking to validate your strategy, enhance your professional network or simply reconnect with peers face-to-face, the conference journey is curated to provide guidance in the areas most meaningful to your organization.

The Midsize Enterprise Program at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo is designed to focus specifically on your business, technology and leadership development as a midsize enterprise.

Accelerate toward your goals

Enhance your on-site experience with contextualized insights that build upon the conference sessions. Get strategies to make smarter, faster decisions for your organizational size.
  • The Gartner Difference
  • What's Included
  • 2025 Key Sessions
The Gartner Difference

Dive deeper and access some of the greatest minds in IT to help you plan your next steps.

From large-group keynotes setting the stage for emerging technology and trends and sessions featuring Gartner experts and external thought leaders, to small-setting roundtables and workshops - all the way to personalized one-on-one interactions with Gartner experts, you have a variety of ways to discover new insights, engage and validate your strategy, and walk away ready to make smarter, faster decisions.
What's Included

A variety of Gartner-led and interactive sessions with midsize enterprise context and content, tailored for our midsize enterprise attendees, including:

  • Daily networking breakfasts, hosted each morning for you to connect with peers to gain insights into the challenges facing midsize enterprise (MSE) organizations
  • Gartner expert on-one-on meeting to directly address your key initiatives and challenges
  • Midsize enterprise roundtable sessions to connect with peers from leading organizations to discuss relevant topics, inspired by the latest research and led by a Gartner expert

  • Networking opportunities for participants to maximize their conference experience

  • Access to our IT Xpo including leading technology solution providers innovating essential business capabilities

Qualification criteria
Delegates from organizations with any of the following:

  • $1 billion or less in annual revenue, and between 100 and 1,000 employees
  • Public sector organizations with fewer than 5,000 employees
  • IT budget under $30 million, and between 2 and 50 members
2025 Key Sessions
  • Roundtable: Leading CIOs Through Uncertainty (Exclusive to Midsize Enterprise Program)
  • Ask the Expert: IT Strategy for Midsize Enterprises (Exclusive to Midsize Enterprise Program)
  • The Midsize Security Landscape: Current Threats and Trends
  • 2025 Midsize Enterprise CIO Leadership Vision
  • Roundtable: What Value Are You Getting From AI and Is It Meeting Your Expectations? (Exclusive to Midsize Enterprise Program)
  • Ask the Expert: Navigating Challenges for New-to-Role Midsize Enterprise CIOs (Exclusive to Midsize Enterprise Program)
  • CIO Circle Workshop: Accelerate the IT Operating Model Transformation (Exclusive to Midsize Enterprise Program)
  • Roundtable: Excelling in the Boardroom: Effective Cybersecurity Communication (Exclusive to Midsize Enterprise Program)
  • How MSEs Maximize Value from Generative AI
  • Ask the Expert: How MSEs Can Deliver Security with Little or No Dedicated Resources (Exclusive to Midsize Enterprise Program)
  • Roundtable: Generative AI Trust, Risk and Security Management at MSEs (Exclusive to Midsize Enterpirse Program)
  • Ask the Expert: How Should Midsize Enterprise CIOs Determine When to Insource and When to Outsource? (Exclusive to Midsize Enterprise Program)
  • CIO Circle Workshop: The Midsize Enterprise CIO’s Guide to Assessing Generative AI Value (Exclusive to Midsize Enterprise Program)
  • Research Discussion: How CIOs Can Drive Midsize Enterprise Growth (Exclusive to Midsize Enterprise Program)
  • 3 Ways CIOs Can Advance Midsize Enterprise Growth
  • CIO Circle Workshop: How Midsize Enterprises Can Utilize Business Outcome-Based Contracts and Achieve Success (Exclusive to Midsize Enterprise Program)
  • Ask the Expert: Getting the Most Out of Everyday AI (Exclusive to Midsize Enterprise Program)
  • Roundtable: Cost Optimization Tactics for Midsize Enterprises (Exclusive to Midsize Enterprise Program)

"I get new perspectives, great frameworks and a ton of value. I have attended a couple of times and always walked away with actionable insights. "

Rahul Deep
VP, Curi Inc