Events
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 (Gold Coast)
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 is a three-day conference and expo in Gold Coast for CIOs and IT executives on AI, cybersecurity and digital business strategy.
Location
Gold Coast
About the Event
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 runs September 14 to 16 at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Australia. Gartner's own announcement describes it as the world's most important gathering of CIOs and IT executives, with more than 1,500 CIOs and IT executives expected and a global team of more than 40 on-site Gartner analysts. This year's theme is Ignite Intelligence.
Audience and Attendees
The event is built for CIOs and senior IT executives across Australia and the Asia/Pacific region. Gartner positions it as shaped by more than 200,000 annual conversations between its analysts and the IT community.
Programme Structure
The conference combines keynotes, analyst-led sessions and an exhibition floor, with content organized into topic tracks. Attendees use the Gartner Conference Navigator app to build a personal agenda, message peers, and access session materials and take-aways after the event.
Main Topics
Featured tracks and sessions cover agentic AI, AI technology and infrastructure, business transformation and value, cybersecurity, customer experience and data analytics.
