Gartner CIO Summit

Overview

Gartner is pleased to announce our first annual CIO Summit in Europe. This executive-only event is the most powerful conference available for CIOs to expand their business, technology and leadership capabilities for professional advantage. It's world-class insight, peer networking and solution-provider interaction all combine into a stimulating, enjoyable and compelling experience for executive learning.

Transformation of IT - Impact on Business, Organization and People

IT is transforming itself, creating new sources of business value and new business models. As the main link between the business and IT, CIOs hold the "bird's eye view" of the organization and of all departments with an understanding of current projects and future plans. Therefore, a CIO is strongly positioned to enable - and drive - transformation in the business and become a true business partner.

The CIO Summit will look at how information technology is changing, and how those changes will impact businesses and IT organizations as well as IT and business professionals. We will look at how enterprises will use and manage IT during the next several years. We will explore how technologies and management disciplines will evolve to support the exploitation of three essential business assets - information, processes and relationships - and how these assets can be fused with technology to create new value.

The CIO Summit theme goes well beyond IT as technology, or as an industry, or even the IT discipline as it's understood today. Rather, it also encompasses the emerging disciplines that are becoming critical for organizational success in the future.

THE TRACKS

TRACK 1: Transformation: Harnessing the Drivers
The emphasis of IT is shifting from the "T" to the "I", from technology to information, from support to agility. IT is no longer a separate and distinct business activity. It's intertwined with business intelligence, business process management, resource management, strategic planning and operations management - just to name a few. In some industries, the amount of money spent on "operational" technology is similar to the traditional information technology budget. Virtual worlds and consumerization of IT are generating new insights and new demands. This track reviews how these trends are developing and combining as drivers of transformation.

TRACK 2: Transformation: Building the Value
Today's best top executives know that successful business growth and transformation demand IT integrated with business strategy. Business transformation can no longer be done with IT as an afterthought. The business environment is constantly and rapidly changing. Globalization, sustainability, new sources of competitive advantage and alternative business models all demand attention. Yet you can never overlook the power of IT to transform efficiency of business foundations. Building value from all these elements of transformation is the heart of this track.

TRACK 3: Transformation: Making It Happen
The management of IT is in transition. As IT becomes more critical to the day-to-day operations and to the strategic development of many enterprises, business leaders need closer understanding and visibility of what technology can do for them and how it can change the landscape of their markets. Other enterprises see IT simply as a commodity, necessary but not strategically critical. In both situations, it's less and less true that the management of IT is only within the IT organization. It's all through the business and also part of today's work, culture and society. All this demands transformations of leadership, management, people, skills and organizations. How to make them happen is the subject of this track.

The Objectives

> Create an environment for CIOs on a peer exclusive basis
> Deliver a platform to stimulate creative and entrepreneurial thinking
> Enable CIOs to benefit from collective wisdom to establish future excellence
> Investigate methodologies, frameworks and approaches for professional and
   personal growth
> Assist in building long-term relationships with other practitioners and partners
> Stay ahead of technology developments, trends and impacts
> Develop practical, outcome oriented solutions

The CIO Summit Difference

> Peer Exclusivity - attend in the knowledge of pure peer-to-peer interaction.
   All attendees are screened upon registration.
> Planned Intimacy - numbers of registered delegates are deliberately controlled to
   enable high level of interaction.
> Holistic View - agenda built to enable exchange amongst CIOs, Gartner Analysts and
   Invited Providers.
> Gartner Difference - authority and solidity based on numerous engagements, with
   sound recommendations and advice.
> Consultation - a two-way private exchange with top Gartner Analysts.

Who Should Attend

The CIO Summit is a highly targeted event intended for CIOs and equivalent titles across Europe. To create a true peer exchange experience and deliver a high level of interactivity, the CIO Summit is restricted to the top executive in the IT function.

Standard Conference Price

- €2,695 + 20% VAT

Fee includes conference attendance, documentation and planned functions.