Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2023 - Spain | Gartner, Inc. | 5 November 2023 | International Barcelona Convention Center, Plaça de Willy Brandt, 11-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain

This conference addressed the most significant challenges faced by CIOs and IT executives. Attendees joined Gartner experts and peers to explore new solutions and unearthed new insights to meet the moment, make the difference. As they prepared for the challenges and opportunities of the year ahead, attendees walked away with guidance to drive future technology innovations, successful business strategies, and critical execution.

At the conference, the top 5 sessions that CIOs and IT executives attended were:
• The Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2023
• Seven Disruptions You Might Not See Coming: 2022-2027
• How to Measure Employee Experience, Productivity and Wellbeing
• Building a Digital Future: The Metaverse
• Future of Cloud 2027: From Technology to Business Innovation

2022 Past Speakers

Arsene Wenger
Football Manager and FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development, FIFA

Magnus Lindkvist
Futurologist, Magnus Lindkvist AB.

Andrew McAfee
Co-Founder and Co-Director, MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management.

Catherine Green
Associate Professor, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Head of Clinical BioManufacturing, University of Oxford

Kjell A. Nordström
Associate Professor and Author

Rob Geraghty
Founder, Presenting Virtually

Belinda Parmar
Empathy & Innovation Expert, Author and Corporate Activist, The Empathy Business

Mary Mesaglio
Managing Vice President, Gartner

Ed Gabrys
Managing Vice President, Gartner

Daniel Sanchez Reina
VP Analyst, Gartner

GUESTS:

Deep Kailey
Creative & Artistic Director, Without Shape Without Form

Christa Koenen
CIO/CDO, Member of the Board of Management, DB Schenker

Ing Yan Ong
Senior Director D&T Solutions (Global CIO), HEINEKEN

Scott Petty
Chief Digital & IT Officer, Vodafone Technology

Paul Van Der Merwe
Head of Enterprise Architecture, Standard Bank Group

Robbert van Rutten
SVP and Downstream CIO, Shell International Petroleum Company

Grete Owre
Head of Section, Norwegian Digitalisation Agency

Sofia Sirvell
CIO, Sandvik AB

Bella Abrams
Director of IT Services, University of Sheffield

Alison McGurk
Head of Arcitecture - Operations, AstraZeneca

Wolfgang Hauner
Head of Group Data Analytics, Allianz SE

Marc Votteler
CIO, Shaeffler

Marcin Detyniecki
Cheif Data Scientist, AXA

Mariano Sauca
Director, Quality Assurance, Santader Group

Dr. Sergio Coronado
Chief Information Officer, NATO Support and Procurement Agency

Justin Arbuckle
Wealth and Personal Banking Global Chief Technology Officer, HSBC

Rich Hobbs
Group Technology Director, The Royal Mint

Riccardo Laurenti
CIO, Cassa Centrale Banca

Pieter Halenbeek
CIO, Director IT & Group Lead Solide Fundament, Chamber of Commerce, Netherlands

Marcel van de Lustgraaf
CDOO - Chief Digital Operations Officer, Bovemij

Danny Frietman
Moderator, Executive- People

Prof. Dr. Wim H. van Harten Md, PhD
CEO, Rijnstate hospital Arhjem, the Netherlands.

Mark van der Velden
CIO, Rijnstate Ziekenhuis