Gartner CIO Leadership Forum is an executive-only program, designed to explore critical business, technology and leadership strategies. This exclusive event was created with direct input from more than 1,000 top CIOs.

With attendance limited to a select group of CIOs from major corporations and public sector enterprises, the emphasis will be on small-group discussion and debate, private consultations with analysts, and special keynotes. No lengthy presentations. No minutiae.

In a workshop environment, CIOs will discover how to translate strategic direction into actionable results, achieve the innovation required for competitive business advantage, and lead an organization’s transformation of its IT capabilities.

Using your peers as well as some of Gartner’s more renowned analysts and CIO experts as a sounding board, you’ll come away with creative solutions, proven frameworks for managing change and a viable plan of action.

Agenda

With attendance limited to a select group of CIOs the emphasis will be on small group discussions and debate, private consultations with Gartner analysts, special industry keynotes and insight gained through Gartner analyst presentations within three core tracks.

CIOs will discover how to:

• Translate strategic direction into actionable results
• Achieve the innovation required for competitive business advantage
• Lead an organization’s transformation of its IT capabilities

Directly interacting with influential CIOs, renowned Gartner analysts and experts from Gartner Executive Programs, you’ll come away with creative solutions, proven frameworks for managing change and a viable plan of action.

Three core tracks:

Deliver Results Now
As the first quarter of 2010 closes, CIOs will re-assess their commitments amid an uncertain economic environment. How will expectations, delivery and action change? In this track CIOs will learn where they stand, how they can accelerate execution of 2010 results and how to set the foundation for 2011 and beyond.

Prepare for the Upturn
Economic recovery is not a matter of if. It’s a matter of when. For CIOs, economic recovery will not mean a return to traditional IT. How will the rule books change? What actions must they take now? In this track CIOs will focus on decisions and actions that will position their enterprises for success during the upturn and will secure their personal reputations as business leaders.

Navigate the Next Opportunities and Threats
Decisions that CIOs and senior executives make in 2010 and 2011 will shape their enterprises long into coming decade. What opportunities, threats and challenges are on the horizon? In this track CIOs will learn about high-impact forces on the horizon and devise strategic roadmaps to lead their enterprises through the next three to five years.

Full agenda will be available soon.