Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2020 - Barcelona | Gartner Inc. | 9 November 2020 | Virtual Event

Recent global events have reset the CIO’s relationship with the enterprise and executive team. Now is the time to embrace new approaches to leadership and strategic decision making to lead in a dynamic world.

Join us virtually this November for our flagship conference, Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo®. Explore how to shape technology to respond to adversity and discover digital business strategic planning tools and techniques to achieve business continuity.

Connect with trusted Gartner experts, accomplished peers and top technology vendors to hone your leadership skills, refine your strategies and walk away with the insights, advice and tools needed for now and the future.

Here are some highlights from the 2019 conference:
• Inspiring conversations from guest speakers
• Insights from Gartner experts to guide CIOs and IT executives to develop and execute winning strategies
• Meaningful connections between peers to work through common challenges faced by CIOs and IT executives
• Technology solutions to help attendees meet their mission-critical priorities

Why Attend?
• Start with culture change when embarking on digital transformation, instead of waiting to address it later.
• Create information and technology operating models that are agile, responsive and innovative.
• Defy conventional thinking during times of uncertainty to emerge as a winner.
• Lead digital business success by using digital design practices.
• Exploit the combined forces of data, analytics and artificial intelligence to deliver business value in and beyond the enterprise.
• Recognize the value of customer, citizen and employee experience in the business value proposition for digital business success.

2020 Speakers

GUEST SPEAKERS:

Simon Sinek
Renowned Leadership Expert

Professor Eddie Obeng
Founder of Pentacle Business School, Global Authority on Project Management

John Sanei
Futures Strategist. Human Behavior Specialist. Techpreneur. Keynote Speaker. Author.
Future Self Academy

Dr. Julia Shaw
Psychological Scientist, University College London

Major Tim Peake
Astronaut

Dr. Pippa Malmgren
Economist and Co-Founder, H Robotics

Hasani Jess
Chief Technology Officer, Simply Business

Hermann Schuster
CDO / Head of IT, Arlanxeo

Filippo Catalano
Chief Information Officer, Nestlé

Darren Martin
Chief Technology Officer, Wood

Diana Kennedy
VP, Strategy, Architecture and Planning, IT&S, BP

Eric Saracchi
Chief Digital & Information Officer, Firmenich

FEATURED GARTNER EXPERTS:

Whit Andrews
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Chris Howard
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Tina Nunno
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Daryl Plummer
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Don Scheibenreif
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

GARTNER EXPERTS:

Yuko Adachi
Distinguished VP Analyst

Philip Allega
VP Analyst

Gene Alvarez
Distinguished VP Analyst

Amro Amad
Sr Executive Partner

Whit Andrews
Distinguished VP Analyst

Jose Luis Anton Hernando
VP, Executive Partner

Mariano Arnaiz
Executive Partner

Dave Aron
Distinguished VP Analyst

Wassim Azzi
Executive Partner

Ivar Berntz
Sr Director Analyst

Mark Beyer
Distinguished VP Analyst

Ravinder Birah
Executive Partner

Cathleen Blanton
VP Analyst

Leo Brenner
Director, Advisory

Michael Brown
Sr Director Analyst

Brian Burke
Research VP

Alexander Buschek
Sr Director Analyst

Toby Bussa
VP Analyst

Frank Buytendijk
Distinguished VP Analyst

Roger Caleya
Sr Director Analyst

Kelly Calhoun Williams
VP Analyst

Neville Cannon
Sr Director Analyst

Jaime Capella
Distinguished VP, Advisory

Delel Chaabouni
Executive Partner

Remi Chadel
Executive Partner

Arun Chandrasekaran
Distinguished VP Analyst

Fabio Chesini
Sr Director Analyst

Michael Chiu
Sr Director Analyst

Ethan Cohen
Sr Director Analyst

Ian Cox
Sr Director Analyst

Laura Craft
VP Analyst

Jeff Cribbs
VP Analyst

Shannon Culverwell
Associate, PSS

Deb Curtis
VP Analyst

Jeremy D'Hoinne
VP Analyst

Vittorio D'Orazio
VP Analyst

Lucette Darrigade
Sr Executive Partner

Peter De Meester
Leadership Partner

Paul Delory
Sr Director Analyst

Andrea Di Filippo
Executive Partner

Kris Doering
Managing Vice President

Michelle Duerst
VP Analyst

Ellen Eichhorn
Sr Director Analyst

Patrik Ekström
VP, Executive Partner

Jordi Escale
Sr Executive Partner

Jackie Fenn
Distinguished VP Analyst

Alberto Fietta
Sr Executive Partner

Bill Finnerty
Sr Director Analyst

Peter Firstbrook
VP Analyst

Nicole Foust
Principal Analyst

Karena Freeman
Executive Partner

David Furlonger
Distinguished VP Analyst

Paul Furtado
Sr Director Analyst

Ed Gabrys
Sr Director Analyst

Chris Ganly
Sr Director Analyst

Jocelyn Gerard
Sr Director Analyst

Cameron Gilbert
Sr Specialist, Research

David Groombridge
VP Analyst

Hakan Gunaydin
Sr Principal, Research

Arnold Gutmann
Sr Executive Partner

Matt Hancocks
Sr Director Analyst

Kimberly Harris-Ferrante
Distinguished VP Analyst

Vincent Hauteville
Executive Partner

Nader Henein
VP Analyst

Paul Hermans
Executive Partner

Robert Hetu
VP Analyst

Jeffrey Hewitt
Research VP

Janelle Hill
Distinguished VP Analyst

Simon Hill
Executive Partner

Martin Hoelscher
VP, Team Manager

Matthew Hotle
Distinguished VP Analyst

Rick Howard
VP Analyst

Dolores Ianni
VP Analyst

Gro Jeanette Iversen
Executive Partner

Ben Jepson
Sr Principal Analyst

Leah Johnson
VP, Advisory

Joanne Joliet
Sr Director Analyst

Lloyd Jones
Sr Director Analyst

Mike Jones
VP, Team Manager

Marcus Judge
Executive Partner

LJ Justice
Principal, Research

Melanie Juul Schroder
Sr Executive Partner

Rajesh Kandaswamy
VP Analyst

Frances Karamouzis
Distinguished VP Analyst

Ulrich Kipp
Sr Executive Partner

Thomas Klinect
Sr Director Analyst

Joanne Kopcho
VP Analyst

John Kost
Distinguished VP Analyst

Anna Krasniewska
Practice Vice President

Dale Kutnick
Senior Vice President

Eric Lafarge
Sr Executive Partner

Hung LeHong
Distinguished VP Analyst

Venecia Liu
VP, Team Manager

Mayke Lodewijk
Sales Support & Svcs Spec

Jan-Martin Lowendahl
Distinguished VP Analyst

Kaelyn Lowmaster
Sr Principal, Research

Annelie Lundqvist
VP, Team Manager

Cristina Magdalena
Executive Partner

Fabrizio Magnani
Sr Executive Partner

Joe Malek
Executive Partner

Kelsie Marian
Sr Director Analyst

Angelo Marotta
Sr Expert Partner, Practice

Alessia Marra
Sr Executive Partner

Eduardo Mastranza
Executive Partner

Rich McAvey
Distinguished VP Analyst

Nicola Mckenna
Executive Partner

Leigh McMullen
Distinguished VP Analyst

Emily Rose McRae
Director, Quantitative Analytics and Dat

Alessio Meloni
VP, Executive Partner

Ali Merji
Sr Director Analyst

Mary Mesaglio
Distinguished VP Analyst

Kristin Mettraux
VP, Advisory

Arthur Mickoleit
Director Analyst

Andrew Miljanovski
Sr Director, Advisory

Glenda Morgan
Sr Director Analyst

Belle Morton
Executive Partner

Kristin Moyer
Distinguished VP Analyst

Kurt Muehlethaler
Sr Executive Partner

Alicia Mullery
Sr Director, Advisory

Christiaan Murphy
Sr Director Analyst

Sid Nag
VP Analyst

Richard Natale
Sr Director Analyst

Yefim Natis
Distinguished VP Analyst

Alistair Newton
VP Analyst

Tomas Nielsen
VP Analyst

Peter Norris
Executive Partner

Tina Nunno
Distinguished VP Analyst

Mark O'Neill
VP Analyst

Pedro Pacheco
Sr Director Analyst

Gregor Petri
VP Analyst

Massimo Pezzini
Distinguished VP Analyst

Dorota Pietruszewska
Director, Advisory

Pierluigi Piva
Sr Executive Partner

Daryl Plummer
Distinguished VP Analyst

Helen Poitevin
VP Analyst

Brian Prentice
VP Analyst

Adam Preset
Sr Director Analyst

Michael Ramsey
VP Analyst

Mark Raskino
Distinguished VP Analyst

Pete Redshaw
Practice Vice President

Guido Repaci
Sr Executive Partner

Marty Resnick
Sr Director Analyst

Frank Ridder
Managing Vice President

Jo Ann Rosenberger
Distinguished VP Analyst

Andy Rowsell-Jones
Distinguished VP Analyst

Bill Ryan
VP Analyst

Roberto Sacco
VP Analyst

Rita Sallam
Distinguished VP Analyst

Srinath Sampath
Sr Director Analyst

Daniel Sanchez Reina
Sr Director Analyst

Giorgio Santini
Executive Partner

John Santoro
Sr Director Analyst

Carlton Sapp
Managing Vice President

Paul Saunders
Sr Director Analyst

Rob Schafer
Sr Director Analyst

Don Scheibenreif
Distinguished VP Analyst

Tom Scholtz
Distinguished VP Analyst

Donna Scott
Distinguished VP Analyst

Michael Shanler
Distinguished VP Analyst

Sandy Shen
Sr Director Analyst

Laurie Shotton
VP Analyst

Svetlana Sicular
VP Analyst

Katja Sjölander
Executive Partner

Akis Sklavounakis
Sr Director Analyst

David Smith
Distinguished VP Analyst

Rob Smith
Sr Director Analyst

Stephen Smith
VP Analyst

Johnnie Sorrell
Executive Partner

Daniel Stang
VP Analyst

Kristian Steenstrup
Distinguished VP Analyst

Thomas Struck
Executive Partner

Christie Struckman
VP Analyst

Nicole Sturgill
VP Analyst

Zarko Sumic
Distinguished VP Analyst

Daniel Sun
VP Analyst

George Swale
Director, Advisory

Bill Swanton
Distinguished VP Analyst

Gavin Tay
VP Analyst

Vernon Thaver
Executive Partner

Darren Topham
Sr Director Analyst

Bettina Tratz-Ryan
VP Analyst

Markus Tresch
VP, Team Manager

Rudolf Van Der Woude
Executive Partner

Stefan Van Der Zijden
VP Analyst

Michael Von Uechtritz Und Steinkirch
Sr Executive Partner

Wam Voster
Sr Director Analyst

Christopher Wade
Sr Executive Partner

Graham Waller
Distinguished VP Analyst

Stephen White
Sr Director Analyst

Rob Wilkes
VP Analyst

Roberta Witty
VP Analyst

Bernard Woo
Sr Director Analyst

Rui Zhang
Assoc Principal Analyst

2020 Exhibitors

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP:
•Cisco
•Adobe
•Amazon Web Services, Inc.
•BlackBerry
•Colt Technology Services
•Flexera
•Google
•IBM
•Intersystems
•LRS Output Management
•Microsoft
•Nutanix
•OneTrust
•Ping Identity
•Salesforce
•SAP
•Snowflake
•Splunk, Inc.
•Verizon

EXHIBITORS:
•Auth0
•Blue Prism
•Open Systems
•Qlik
•Veeam Software