Midsize Enterprise Program at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™

Connect with Midsize Enterprises

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2026 conference is the premier conference to attend for CIOs and IT executives tasked with leading a digital-first organization. Whether you’re looking to validate your strategy, enhance your professional network or simply reconnect with peers face-to-face, the conference journey is curated to provide guidance in the areas most meaningful to your organization.

The Midsize Enterprise Program at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo is designed to focus specifically on your business, technology and leadership development as a midsize enterprise.

Accelerate toward your goals

Enhance your on-site experience with contextualized insights that build upon the conference sessions. Get strategies to make smarter, faster decisions for your organizational size.
  • What's Included
  • 2026 Sessions
  • The Gartner Difference
What's Included

A variety of Gartner-led and interactive sessions with midsize enterprise context and content, tailored for our midsize enterprise attendees, including:

  • Gartner analyst one-on-one meeting to directly address your key initiatives and challenges
  • Midsize enterprise roundtable sessions to connect with peers from leading organizations to discuss relevant topics, inspired by the latest insights and led by a Gartner analyst
  • Networking opportunities for partcipants to maximize their conference experience
  • Access to our IT Xpo including leading technology solution providers innovating essential business capabilities

Qualification criteria
Delegates from organizations with any of the following:

  • $1 billion or less in annual revenue, and between 100 and 1,000 employees
  • Public sector organizations with fewer than 5,000 employees
  • IT budget under $30 million, and between 2 and 50 members
2026 Sessions
  • The Future of Midsize Enterprise IT in 2030
  • Midsize Enterprise CIO Leadership Vision for 2027
  • Stronger Security, Smaller Teams: How AI Bridges the Gap
  • CIO Circle Workshop: Create Your Pathway to the Dynamic MSE*
  • CIO Circle Workshop: AI Value, AI Literacy and AI Governance*
  • CIO Circle Workshop: Leverage Cost Optimization Actions to Enhance Business Outcomes* 
  • Ask the Analyst: Embedding Security Culture Into AI Literacy Programs* 
  • Ask the Analyst: Using AI to Close the Talent and Capability Gap in Security*
  • Ask the Analyst: Taking Action to Manage Vendors for Reduced Costs and Improved Outcomes*
  • Roundtable: Managing CEO Expectations for AI in MSEs*
  • Roundtable: Is Cloud Still the Way of the Future?*
  • Roundtable: Building C-Suite Relationships* 
  • Roundtable: Balancing Strategy Tactics for Lean Cybersecurity Teams*
  • Roundtable: AI Meets Enterprise Applications* 
  • MSE Networking Breakfast Series: Managing AI Agent Growth*
  • MSE Networking Breakfast Series: Leverage AI for Security*
  • MSE Networking Breakfast Series: Top Strategic Technologies for MSEs* 
  • Midsize Enterprise Program Exclusive Reception

Agenda as of June 2026

*Pre-registration is required. Sessions are exclusive to Midsize IT Organizations. Space is limited.

 
The Gartner Difference

Dive deeper and access some of the greatest minds in IT to help you plan your next steps.

From large-group keynotes setting the stage for emerging technology and trends and sessions featuring Gartner experts and external thought leaders, to small-setting roundtables and workshops - all the way to personalized one-on-one interactions with Gartner analysts, you have a variety of ways to discover new insights, engage and validate your strategy, and walk away ready to make smarter, faster decisions.

"I get new perspectives, great frameworks and a ton of value. I have attended a couple of times and always walked away with actionable insights. "

Rahul Deep
VP, Curi Inc