Gartner Symposium - ITxpo 2018 | Gartner, Inc. | 5 March 2018 | Madinat Jumeirah, 6 King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Street - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

The World's Most Important Gathering of CIOs and Senior IT Executives.

Turn your vision into action at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Dubai, where 600+ CIOs and senior IT executives will gain a strategic view of the emerging trends shaping IT and business. Through an unparalleled intersection of Gartner analysts, industry experts, peers and solution providers, you’ll explore new ways to approach critical challenges, make decisions with confidence and achieve greater impact as a leader.

Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is specifically designed for:

(CIOs)
Roles Include:
• Corporate-wide CIOs
• Business unit CIOs

(Senior IT Executives)
Including:
• Senior IT leaders reporting to the CIO

What You Will Learn:
Exploring the top challenges faced by today's CIOs, this 3-day event will focus on:

• Technology & Information – Understand the key initiatives and investments you'll need to undertake to create a future-proofed, adaptive digital core to support your business strategy for the next phase of digital transformation.

• Business Strategy – Learn how to strike the right balance between shaping customer-focused initiatives with the day-to-day needs of your business with our technology predictions.

• Leadership – Master competencies, sharpen your skills and create the culture, structure and relationships needed to find and keep digital talent to help your organization thrive.

2018 Speakers

James Michael Anderson
Felix Baumgartner
BASE Jumper, Skydiver and Helicopter Pilot

Her Excellency Dr Aisha Bin Bishr
Director General, Smart Dubai Office

Alexa Bona
Managing VP, Gartner

Wesam Lootah
CEO, Smart Dubai Government

Don Scheibenreif
VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner

Peter Sondergaard
EVP, Research, Gartner

James Michael Anderson
Research Director

Alexa Bona
Managing VP

Miriam Burt
Managing VP

Kartik Cariappa
Sr Director

David W. Cearley
VP & Gartner Fellow

Simon Cushing
Research Director

Mario de Boer
Research VP

Lee Fell
Executive Partner

Jackie Fenn
VP & Gartner Fellow

David Furlonger
VP & Gartner Fellow

Iain Gillespie
New Client Engagement Speciali

Bernd Gradischnik
Sales Specialist

Tiny Haynes
Research Director

Christian Hestermann
Research Director

Partha Iyengar
VP & Gartner Fellow

Nick Jones
VP Distinguished Analyst

Jan-Martin Lowendahl
VP Distinguished Analyst

Ken McGee
VP & Gartner Fellow

Leigh McMullen
Research VP

Terence P. Mulhern
VP

Sam Olyaei
Sr Research Analyst

Gene Phifer
VP Distinguished Analyst

Helen Poitevin
Research Director

Santhosh Rao
Principal Research Analyst

Magnus Revang
Research Director

Andy Rowsell-Jones
VP Distinguished Analyst

Don Scheibenreif
VP Distinguished Analyst

Donna Scott
VP Distinguished Analyst

Emad Shafik
Executive Partner

Rob Smith
Research Director

Peter Sondergaard
EVP, Research

Joanne Spencer
Research Director

Gavin Tay
Research Director

Bettina Tratz-Ryan
Research VP

Irving Tyler
Research VP

David Yockelson
Research VP

2018 Exhibitors

PREMIER:
• AWS
• Du
• Elm

PLATINUM:
• Apla
• bmc
• Cofence
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• KnowledgeNet
• MicroStrategy
• Spinnaker Support
• Tamkeen
• UiPath

SILVER :
• APPDYNAMICS
• Appian
• Automic
• CrowdStrike
• Fortinet
• FVC
• IXTEL
• Liferay
• Mimecast
• OpenText
• Red Hat
• Rimini Street
• SER Group
• TerraLink
• Support Revolution
• Tripwire
• Veritas