The World’s Most Important Gathering of CIOs and IT Executives™ 2021 | Gartner Inc. | 18 October 2021 | Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort, 1500 Epcot Resorts Blvd, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830, US / Virtual

CIOs and IT executives joined Gartner experts virtually, over four days to share valuable insights on creating a composable business, leading during disruption, smarter spending, cybersecurity and much more. Attendees explored how to shape technology to respond to adversity and build resilient organizations. The conference offered the tools, insights and advice needed to create a composable business - a playbook for accelerating digital business - to deliver resilience and agility during a time of crisis.

At the conference, the top 5 priorities that CIOs and IT executives met on included:

• Culture and People
• Data and Analytics Strategies and Solutions
• Security and Risk Management
• CIO Leadership Strategy
• Sourcing, Procurement, and Vendor Management Strategies

2021 Speakers

Christopher Krebs
Founding partner of the Krebs Stamos Group

Baratunde Thurston
Writer, Activist, Comedian

Billie Jean King
Sports Icon and Equality Pioneer

Hung LeHong
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Daryl Plummer
Distinguished VP Analyst

Mbula Schoen
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Teddy Bekele
CTO, Land O'Lakes

Zhanna Golodryga
SVP and Chief Digital and Administrative Officer, Phillips 66

Jim Swanson
EVP, Enterprise Chief Information Officer, Johnson & Johnson

Sheila Jordan
Chief Digital Technology Officer, Honeywell

Abhi Dhar
EVP, Chief Information and Technology Officer, TransUnion

Macario Gallegos
SVP of IT & CIO, Seminole Hard Rock Support Services, LLC

Hans Brown
Global Head of Enterprise Innovation, BNY Mellon

Lucia Soares
Managing Director and Global Investment Resources CIO, Carlyle

Michael Kingston
Deputy Global CIO L'Oréal & CIO L'Oréal Americas, L'Oréal Americas

Steven Rosenbush
Bureau Chief, enterprise technology, WSJ

Jose Nacif-Drah
VP, Information Technology, Centerra Gold

Gene Alvarez
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Whit Andrews
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Michelle Duerst
VP Analyst, Gartner

Christie Struckman
VP Analyst, Gartner

Chris Howard
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Rajesh Kandaswamy
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Kristin Moyer
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Tina Nunno
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Rita Sallam
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Don Scheibenreif
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Donna Scott
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Monika Sinha
VP Analyst, Gartner