Transitions: New Realities, Rules and Opportunities

Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is the industry’s only event to deliver the insights, tools and relationships necessary to create, validate and execute transformative business technology strategies.

We’re in a major transition – a unique mixture of challenge, and opportunity, where practices are unproven, principles are evolving and paradigms shift overnight. The good news? Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is no stranger to change. For 20 years, our flagship conference has explored what’s new and predicted what’s next with confidence and accuracy.

By engaging IT’s greatest thinkers in thoughtful dialogue, discussion and debate, and bringing Gartner analysts’ combined expertise and experience to life, Symposium/ITxpo has built a reputation among IT and business leaders as the most trusted source of insight, guidance, tools and relationships in the world.

In this unprecedented period of change, Symposium/ITxpo is more relevant than ever. With new rules and realities come fresh opportunities to innovate, transform and grow. It’s an exciting time for CIOs and senior executives, one that’s filled with possibility and rich in potential. There’s no better place to prepare for it than at Symposium/ITxpo 2010.

Who Should Attend

Symposium/ITxpo is for IT industry leaders, including:

• CIOs
• CTOs
• Senior IT Leaders
• Technology and Business Strategy Executives
• Institutional Investors & Venture Capitalists
• Technology and Service Providers
• Press and Media

Key Benefits

For senior IT leaders across these roles, we deliver just the right mix of:

• Visionary keynotes
• Insightful breakout sessions led by Gartner experts
• Case study presentations delivered by select IT leaders
• Hands-on workshops (e.g., strategy creation, vendor evaluation, etc.)
• Interactive “how to” clinics (e.g., negotiating contracts)
• Roundtable discussions for sharing best practices among IT leaders
• Magic Quadrant theaters and other sessions featuring Gartner’s renowned
• tools and methodologies
• Technology demonstrations and learning labs

Key Initiatives

• Cloud Computing
• Context-Aware Computing
• Emerging Trends & Technologies
• IT and Economy
• IT Modernization
• Maturity Model
• Pattern-Based Strategy
• Social Media
• Sustainability