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Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo India

Gartner's CIO conference for India: strategy, AI governance and the business value of IT.

  • CIO & strategy

Why go

India's largest enterprise CIOs gather here once a year with Gartner's analysts. For a buyer it's a quick benchmark; for a services firm, a room full of the people who sign India's IT contracts.

Who goes: CIOs and senior IT leaders of Indian enterprises and the public sector, and their providers

When
Nov 16–18, 2026
Where
Kochi, India
Venue
Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty
Organiser
Gartner
Dates
Confirmed by the organiser
Region
Asia-Pacific
Attendance
About 1,200 CIOs and IT executives at the 2025 edition
Format
In person; sessions are for ticket holders only

What to look out for

The sessions and announcements worth planning the days around.

  1. Gartner's opening keynote, themed this year around putting AI to work across the enterprise.

  2. Sessions on agentic AI, AI governance and showing the business value of IT spending.

  3. Gartner's top strategic predictions for 2027 and beyond, presented by its analysts.

What's in it for buyers

If you're choosing partners or planning a programme.

  • Benchmark your strategy and budget against Gartner's data and India's largest CIOs.
  • Meet Indian and global providers in one place before a sourcing round.
  • Analyst one-on-ones to test a vendor selection or a sourcing model.

What's in it for vendors

If you're selling services into this ecosystem.

  • India's enterprise CIOs gather here once a year, with budgets for the year ahead.
  • The smaller expo makes it easier to be noticed than at Barcelona or Orlando.
  • A useful event for Indian services firms that want domestic enterprise clients.

Sponsors and exhibitors

Regulars from recent editions. The organiser publishes this year's list on the official site.

  • Tanium
  • Freshworks
  • QBurst
  • Webwerks
  • 63SATS

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