More Than 800 IT Leaders To Gather At The Grand Hyatt, Goa
Mumbai, 5th, September, 2012 — Gartner, Inc. today announced the program for its annual flagship conference in India, Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, to be held this year in Goa from 10 - 12 October.
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo will be India’s largest and most important gathering of CIOs and senior IT leaders. More than 800 CIOs, IT leaders, Gartner analysts and technology solution providers will gather at the Grand Hyatt, Goa to gain insight on hot topics including social, mobile, cloud, green IT, Pattern-Based Strategy and context-aware computing.
“Just as Davos is the world’s leading gathering of global economic and political thought-leaders, Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is India’s leading gathering of business and IT thought-leaders,“ said Mr. Partha Iyengar, country manager for Gartner Research in India. “It is unparalleled in its ability to provide a strong forum for CIOs and IT leaders to meet with opinion makers from around the globe, and gain leading-edge insights which will help guide their strategy for their enterprises.”
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo serves as an invaluable forum to help CIOs establish their strategic, tactical and even operational plans for the near term to long term futures. It provides insights that marry the best of global best practices, adapted to local realities, to allow attendees to walk away with a wealth of ideas and inputs that can be immediately applied to enhance the business value that their IT organization delivers to the enterprise.
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo features keynotes from leading CEOs and innovators, hundreds of sessions spanning the depth and breadth of IT, and the opportunity to consult with Gartner analysts. Gartner Symposium/ITxpo also provides invaluable networking opportunities with leading IT solutions providers, as well as your industry peers.
“This year’s theme of ‘Focus. Connect. Lead’ picks up from last year’s theme of ‘Reimagine IT’.We will provide granular and targeted inputs in the context of today’s increased emphasis on a laser sharp focus on driving business outcomes and enhancing business core competence. Attendees will learn how to drive collaboration within the enterprise across stake-holder communities across all levels, as well as outside the enterprise with external stakeholders, and most importantly, customers, and using these levers to establish a business leadership role for the CIO and embed IT in the enterprise with the credibility of being a key ‘front office’ enabler and business partner. We do this in this year’s event with five IT role based tracks and one track dedicated to the financial services vertical,” said Mr. Iyengar.
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo delivers independent and objective content with the authority and weight of world’s leading IT research and advisory organization and provides access to the latest solutions from key technology providers. The entire event is dedicated to pure content that is focused on imparting decision making insights and inputs to attendees. With a process that starts with a detailed CIO & IT Leaders survey conducted with Indian attendees to understand key pain points and technology interest areas, to an advisory board comprising of some of the leading Indian CIOs, the content is tailored to the unique local needs of an Indian audience.
About Gartner Symposium/ITxpo
Gartner's annual Symposium/ITxpo events are key components of attendees' annual planning efforts. IT executives rely on Gartner Symposium/ITxpo to gain insight into how their organizations can use IT to address business challenges and improve operational efficiency.
Additional information for Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in India, October 10 – 12 , is available at www.gartner.com/in/symposium .
Members of the media can register for the event by contacting Sony Shetty, Gartner PR on +91 9820900036 or [email protected]
Additional information from the event will be shared on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Gartner_inc and using #GartnerSym.
Upcoming dates and locations for Gartner Symposium/ITxpo include:
October 3-5, Tokyo, Japan: www.gartner.com/jp/symposium
October 10-12, Goa, India: www.gartner.com/in/symposium
October 21-25, Orlando, Florida: www.gartner.com/us/symposium
October 29-31, Sao Paulo, Brazil: www.gartner.com/br/symposium
November 5-8, Barcelona, Spain: www.gartner.com/eu/symposium
November 12-15, Gold Coast, Australia: www.gartner.com/au/symposium
March 5-7, 2013, Dubai, UAE: www.gartner.com/technology/symposium/dubai/
About Gartner
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, Gartner is a valuable partner in 12,000 distinct organizations. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, Gartner works with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, and has 5,200 associates, including 1,280 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 85 countries. For more information, visit www.gartner.com.
