Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference 2026 takes place December 8-10 at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. The event brings together infrastructure, operations, and cloud leaders, including the teams responsible for maintaining reliable enterprise technology and planning its next stage of development. Its focus is the organizational and technical work involved in supporting business services as cloud platforms, automation, and artificial intelligence continue to change.

The 2026 program addresses cloud infrastructure, operational resilience, cost management, and the adoption of generative and agentic AI. Gartner identifies topics including business continuity, disaster recovery, security, compliance, observability, and monitoring. These subjects connect the day-to-day responsibilities of infrastructure teams with decisions about governance, investment, staffing, and the services an organization needs to provide.

The organizer’s current conference announcement describes a program spanning leadership, emerging technologies, cloud platforms, data centers, intelligent operations, end-user services, security, talent, and value. The agenda offers different perspectives on those subjects through analyst presentations, discussions, and interactive formats. Dedicated content also addresses organizations with smaller teams and more limited resources, rather than assuming that every attendee operates a large enterprise environment.

Professional exchange is another part of the gathering. The conference provides opportunities to meet infrastructure and operations peers, discuss priorities with Gartner analysts, and explore the exhibitor showcase. Individual appointments and limited-capacity sessions have their own eligibility and advance-booking requirements. Attendees use the organizer’s Conference Navigator to select sessions, plan their agenda, and manage eligible meetings.

Admission and program access

Paid conference registration is offered through Gartner. The organizer explicitly states that people who are not Gartner clients can attend and receive access to conference activities and documentation through a fully paid registration. Some specialized programs and individual meetings have additional eligibility or availability limits, so access to a particular appointment should be checked separately from general admission.

The conference runs across three announced dates, with presentations, discussions, networking, and appointments following the organizer’s daily agenda. The current event website provides the program and registration categories. A hotel reservation is separate from conference admission; the organizer’s accommodation process is available to registered attendees.

History in Las Vegas

Gartner’s own announcement for the 2025 edition identifies a December 9-11 conference in Las Vegas. That prior announcement focused on infrastructure leadership, resilience, cloud technology, artificial intelligence, and organizational value. The December 2026 gathering continues that recent Las Vegas conference presence with a new year’s program and dates. The earlier edition’s session totals and speaker arrangements are separate from the current conference.

Location

The Venetian Resort Las Vegas is at 3355 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109. Gartner’s 2026 venue information identifies the resort as the conference location and lists both The Venetian and The Palazzo among its accommodation options. The setting places the event on the Las Vegas Strip within an integrated resort and convention complex.

For attendees, the relevant destination is the conference area at The Venetian rather than a general citywide venue. Gartner provides venue, lodging, and transportation information through its conference site, together with the current agenda and attendee assistance details.