This event is designed exclusively for CIOs by CIOs. It provides a collaborative atmosphere of discussion, dialogue and debate. You’ll join Gartner analysts, industry thought leaders and a select group of your CIO peers to find new answers to new questions—and learn how your IT leadership can create and follow the path to world class best practice.

You’ll experience an unparalleled opportunity to network at the highest level of the CIO community by meeting your peers in the region and through the regional and global perspective experience of Gartner analysts.

The Gartner CIO Forum, 28 February – 1 March 2011 is all about what’s top of mind for CIOs right now. Over two days, Gartner analysts, industry thought leaders and fellow CIOs will provide insight and advice on how to anticipate changes in the global economic climate, identify and act on enterprise growth opportunities and deliver on expanding commitments with declining resources.

This exclusive, executive-only event is an absolute ‘must attend’ for CIOs.

Who Should Attend

The Gartner CIO Leadership Forum is for CIOs, and only CIOs. Which means, you are guaranteed a level of information exchange and peer interaction that is unrivaled. To ensure this commitment to our attendees, we ask that you verify your eligibility now.

Key Benefits

The Gartner CIO Leadership Forum offers you an interactive experience to exchange ideas and receive actionable guidance from prominent CIOs, Gartner experts and senior executives from leading technology providers. It focuses on helping to turn your insights into actionable results.

• Gain from the proven practices and market insight of your CIO peers
• Broaden your perspective by exchanging ideas with thought leaders from Gartner and the industry
• Translate your strategic direction into actionable results as the enterprise context for IT changes
• Examine what works and what doesn’t when it comes to technology innovation
• Explore the drivers of IT transformation – business intelligence, business process management, resource management, strategic planning and more
• Assemble the resources you need to build and transform IT capabilities
• Explore the deeper issues facing CEOs today – from globalization to sustainability to alternative business models
• Understand the new language of business value when it comes to IT investment
• Uncover communication strategies of successful CIOs who position themselves as business leaders first and technology leaders second

Comprehensive Tracks

In deep dive sessions, workshops, roundtables and more, Gartner analysts cut through the hype to deliver you a view of what you need to know – from breakthrough approaches to delivering business value through IT to the strategic implications of fast-evolving technologies and industry trends.

• Service Management and Operations
• Governance and Leadership
• IT Organization and Sourcing
• Technology Decisions and Futures
• Metrics and Value of IT