Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 Barcelona

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 Barcelona runs 9-12 November 2026 at the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB), Placa de Willy Brandt 11-14, and is Gartner's EMEA flagship for CIOs and senior IT executives. The 2025 edition at the same venue drew more than 6,500 CIOs and IT executives. The programme is built around Gartner's signature research releases - Top Strategic Technology Trends, the CIO and Technology Executive Agenda, Strategic Predictions and the CEO Agenda - delivered by Gartner analysts rather than by sponsors, and it closes with a session summarising the key recommendations from the three days. Fifteen tracks span artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and risk management, cloud and infrastructure, data and analytics, applications and software engineering, executive leadership and change management, talent and culture, technology investment and value, and sustainable and responsible business. A co-located IT Xpo exhibition puts named technology providers on the floor for live demonstrations and one-to-one meetings.

Date

November 9–12, 2026

Location

Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB), Spain

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Expected Attendance

6,500+ (2025 edition)

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

Gartner

Added

Jul 10, 2026

Updated

Aug 9, 2026

• ✓CIO
• ✓CTO
• ✓CISO
• ✓VP of IT
• ✓Chief Data and Analytics Officer
• ✓Enterprise Architecture Leader
• ✓Infrastructure and Operations Leader
• ✓Applications Leader
• ✓Sourcing and Vendor Management Leader

This is where a European CIO collects next year's planning inputs in one place. Gartner presents its Top Strategic Technology Trends, CIO Agenda and Strategic Predictions on stage, so budget and roadmap assumptions can be sanity-checked against the research your board will quote back at you. Bookable analyst one-to-ones turn a four-figure ticket into paid advisory time on a live decision - a platform consolidation, an AI governance model, a sovereignty requirement. The IT Xpo floor compresses vendor evaluation that would otherwise take a quarter, and with several thousand IT executives on site the peer benchmarking is the part most attendees say brought them back.

• ✓Track: Artificial Intelligence
• ✓Track: Cybersecurity and Risk Management
• ✓Track: Cloud, Infrastructure and Operations
• ✓Track: Data and Analytics
• ✓Track: Applications, Platforms and Software Engineering
• ✓Track: Executive Leadership and Change Management
• ✓Track: Digital and Business Transformation
• ✓Track: Technology Investments and Value
• ✓Track: Talent, Culture and the Future of Work
• ✓Signature series: Top Strategic Technology Trends
• ✓Signature series: CIO and Technology Executive Agenda
• ✓IT Xpo exhibition floor with provider demonstrations and one-to-one meetings

• ★Analyst-led rather than sponsor-led: the agenda is Gartner's own research, and the signature sessions - Top Strategic Technology Trends, CIO and Technology Executive Agenda, Strategic Predictions, CEO Agenda - are presented here first.
• ★Scale of peer group: the 2025 Barcelona edition drew over 6,500 CIOs and IT executives, the densest concentration of European IT leadership in one building.
• ★Bookable one-to-one analyst meetings and roundtables mean the ticket buys advisory time on a live decision, not only stage content.
• ★The co-located IT Xpo compresses a vendor shortlist into two days of live demonstrations instead of a quarter of scheduled calls.
• ★EMEA framing throughout: cloud sovereignty, EU regulation and regional cost optimisation are first-order tracks rather than an appendix to a US agenda.

Gartner does not publish the Barcelona delegate fee on its public conference pages - the euro rate is quoted at the point of registration, and standard, public-sector and team rates differ. For scale, the same 2026 series lists US$8,200 standard and US$6,125 public sector for the Orlando edition. Sponsors also circulate discount codes (Serviceware, for example, publishes code ESC38EDC), so check with a provider you already work with before booking at list price.

When is Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 Barcelona?

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 Barcelona takes place November 9–12, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain.

Where is Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 Barcelona held?

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 Barcelona is held in Barcelona, Spain. The event format is in-person.

How much does Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 Barcelona cost?

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 Barcelona is paid. Gartner does not publish the Barcelona delegate fee on its public conference pages - the euro rate is quoted at the point of registration, and standard, public-sector and team rates differ. For scale, the same 2026 series lists US$8,200 standard and US$6,125 public sector for the Orlando edition. Sponsors also circulate discount codes (Serviceware, for example, publishes code ESC38EDC), so check with a provider you already work with before booking at list price.

Who should attend Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 Barcelona?

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 Barcelona is aimed at CIO, CTO, CISO, VP of IT, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Enterprise Architecture Leader, Infrastructure and Operations Leader, Applications Leader, Sourcing and Vendor Management Leader.

What topics does Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 Barcelona cover?

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026 Barcelona covers Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Cybersecurity and Risk Management, Cloud and Infrastructure, Data and Analytics, Digital Business Transformation, Executive Leadership, Applications and Software Engineering, Technology Investments and Value, Future of Work.

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