Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo - Orlando (NA) 2026
October 19th - October 22nd, 2026
Orlando, FLGartner IT Symposium/Xpo's largest edition returns to Orlando, October 19-22, 2026, bringing CIOs and IT leaders together at Walt Disney World Resort. What's usually covered, and where container security fits into the CIO agenda.
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo - Orlando (NA) 2026: what to expect
The North America edition is Gartner's biggest IT Symposium/Xpo of the year, combining research-backed CIO keynotes, one-on-one analyst meetings, and a large Xpo show floor at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando.
Themes to watch
- Enterprise AI strategy, still the dominant theme across the 2026 Gartner calendar.
- IT budget and prioritization for the year ahead.
- Cyber risk framed for the board, rather than for security practitioners directly.
- Technology vendor evaluation via the Xpo floor.
Where container security fits into the conversation
When cyber risk comes up at a CIO-focused event like this one, it's usually framed as a question of measurable exposure: how much of it can we actually quantify and report. Unpatched container images are one of the more measurable categories of that exposure, and one of the more fixable.
Echo turns that into a documented baseline - CVE-free images, FIPS validation, and full SBOM transparency - giving CIOs a concrete, auditable data point on cloud risk reduction to bring back to the board.
Evaluating vendors in Orlando?
Get in touch to see how Echo fits into your broader risk reduction roadmap.
