Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is the world’s most important annual gathering of CIOs and senior IT executives. You can’t afford to miss it. The next 12 months will be tricky – among the most difficult of your career as a business technology executive. Symposium/ITxpo 2009 is designed to deliver you the insights, tools and relationships you’ll need to get through it. We’ll have a laser focus on how all facets of business technology, across every IT leadership role in the organisation, will help you balance cost optimisation, risk mitigation and a return to growth. As every year, Symposium/ITxpo will prepare thousands of the most informed and empowered IT leaders in the world to address truly unique challenges and opportunities. Be the leader Symposium creates. Australian CIOs will share how their organisations are using technology to drive business success. A Mastermind Interview Keynote with Telstra CEO David Thodey and guest keynote presenters will provoke new thinking and ideas. Gartner’s top analysts from around the world will present new research and practical advice on technology and business trends. The rich choice of more than 100 conference sessions is designed to make your total experience stimulating, relevant and profitable. In addition, there are roundtables, tutorials, great debates, panels, case studies, peer networking opportunities, one-on-one analyst and vendor expert meetings and the ITxpo interactive technology exhibition.