Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit
- Next edition
- Dec 7 to 9, 2026
- Where
- Caesars Forum, Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Usually
- EMEA (London): March; Americas: December from 2026
- Format
- In-Person
- Organizer
- Gartner
- Attendance
- 1,700+ expected at the 2026 Americas summit (organizer)
Editions
- Mar 8 to 9, 2027 · InterContinental London - The O2, London, UK
- Dec 7 to 9, 2026 · Caesars Forum, Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Mar 9 to 10, 2026 · InterContinental London - The O2, London, UK · concluded
What this conference is for
The Gartner IAM Summit is the analyst-led identity event, run as two editions: London each March for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and an Americas edition that moves from Grapevine, Texas to Caesars Forum in Las Vegas for December 7 to 9, 2026. Gartner expects more than 1,700 IAM leaders at the 2026 Americas summit. Its center of gravity is strategy and the buying conversation: Magic Quadrants and Market Guides, maturity models, and where Gartner sees IAM, IGA, and PAM heading. It is aimed at leaders setting direction and budget more than engineers writing code.
Who should attend
Identity and security leaders, program managers, and anyone building a multi-year roadmap or a vendor shortlist. The analyst one-on-ones and market framing are the draw.
What to expect
Analyst keynotes, market direction, and a large vendor expo. Strong for understanding the commercial landscape; lighter on deep protocol content than Identiverse or IIW. Use it alongside our vendor selector and methodology.
Coverage
We cover the highlights, focusing on market direction relevant to buyers.
Listen: episodes from or about Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit
- #393 - Breaking the Tyranny of Joiner, Mover, Leaver with Ian Glazer · Identity at the Center · 2026-01-05
A critique of the batch joiner-mover-leaver model and the case for continuous identity driven by shared signals.
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