Heroes assemble: NRI + Planit are joining forces at this year’s Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™.

NRI is proud to announce our Premier Partnership at this year’s Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2025 taking place from Monday 8 September, through to Wednesday 10 September on the Gold Coast.

Join the world’s most powerful gathering of CIOs and IT executives — where hype meets hard-hitting insights. You’ll harness AI-driven innovation, wield emerging technology strategically, sharpen your executive leadership, and amplify the business value of IT to outpace disruption and drive real-world transformation.

Join us on the show floor and meet our expert team. Our heroes – your sidekicks – we’ll be ready to tackle your toughest challenges, armed with years of proven problem-solving superpowers and battle-tested insights. Whether you’re facing villains like legacy systems, looming risks, or the chaos of transformation, we’re here to help you rise above it.

And the mission doesn’t stop there — step out of the expo and join us for our epic experiences, where strategy, innovation, and a little bit of superhero fun collide.

NRI: Grow Fast. Scale Smart. Run Lean: Perspectives from the Frontlines of Transformation

• Monday 8 September 2025
• 12:00PM – 12:30PM

Abstract:

Today’s leaders are challenged to match strategy with execution across a complex landscape of platforms, partners, and priorities. This panel explores what it takes to realise, extend, and evolve transformation, drawing on real world programs across three distinct growth journeys—fast growth with Adelaide Airport, a digitally ambitious gateway, scaling smart with Device Technologies, a leading distributor of advanced medical tech, and running lean with Airservices, Australia’s national air traffic authority.

Speakers:

• Graham Cronin, CIO | Device Technologies
• Anthony Kitzelmann, Head of Technology Strategy Assurance and Cyber, Airservices Australia
• Adrian Law, Senior Program Manager, Adelaide Airport

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Planit: UK Post Office Scandal: Wake-up Call for Leaders on Quality, Risk, Governance

• Monday 8 September 2025
• 1:20PM – 1:40PM

Abstract:

Exposed in the TV dramatisation of a case that saw 900 UK subpostmasters wrongfully accused, this session explores how Second Sight UK uncovered the failures across flawed code and defects, unauthorised remote access, and lack of governance – and how embedding quality engineering in the software development lifecycle could have identified gaps and mitigated risks early. A powerful call to rethink how we design and trust critical systems.

Speakers:

• Lee Mauger, Director, Second Sight A/NZ
• Alex Edwards, COO, Planit – an NRI company

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NRI & Planit: Learning from Failure: The Essential Pillars of Transformation

• Tuesday 9 September 2025
• 3:00PM – 3:45PM

Abstract:

This roundtable invites IT leaders to share and discuss the role of transparency and accountability in delivering major transformation programs. Using the UK Post Office Horizon case as a starting point, participants will collaboratively explore three critical pillars: visibility into software quality, ownership of governance and risk, and the courage to surface and address issues early.

Facilitators:

• Cameron Curtis, General Manager IT Advisory, NRI
• Dave Lennon, Executive General Manager, Managed Services, NRI
• Alex Edwards, COO, Planit – an NRI company

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Not yet registered? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with our exclusive discount code that’ll save you $650AU off your ticket. Simply click this link and enter our code PS33EDC at check-out.