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Symposium Communities is the program to help you get the most out of Symposium/ITxpo right now even before you arrive in Orlando in just a few short weeks. Once registered for Symposium/ITxpo, Symposium Communities is complimentary so you’ll automatically receive an email invitation to join Symposium Communities Online, the new online networking portal is where it all begins. Take a look at the short steps in the email invite and join your online Symposium Community with now over 1200 members worldwide. You’ll be able to find those members who will be heading to Orlando and you can begin networking today.

Check out the many other benefits of Symposium Communities – find the Gartner analyst sessions geared specifically to your role by way of the Recommended Agendas. Pre-register for the Analyst/User Roundtables – each Community has at least 2 of these dynamic peer networking sessions, but they're limited to 12 end user attendees only!

You will benefit ---- join Symposium Communities for your more personal Symposium experience --- it's easy to get started and it's free!

What kinds of tactics, strategies, tools and technologies are needed to respond effectively to regulatory and other types of compliance; operational and information risk management; E-discovery; ethics and corporate social responsibility; business continuity management; an governance?

Listen to analyst insight and get a sneak peek into what to expect at the event as host Mike Anderson and guest French Caldwell discuss Business Imperative: Managing Risk, Compliance and Corporate Governance.

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XBRL, or eXtensible Business Reporting Language, is about to shake up the way all organizations report their finances, providing the foundation upon which forward-looking measures of financial performance will be developed under the Enhanced Business Reporting initiative. We’ll have an exciting panel at Symposium/ITxpo 2007 that delves into the opportunities and challenges that XBRL represents. Kicked off with taped remarks by U.S. SEC Chairman Christopher Cox, the panel will include live participation of the CIO of the SEC, the founding chairman of the XBRL Consortium, and the General Manager of Microsoft Money, all providing unique perspectives on this coming standard. The panel will be moderated by Gartner Research VP Michael Smith and Gartner Research Director Mary Knox.

Are you beholden to support financial reporting (and, well, who isn't?). If so, this 9:45 Monday morning panel is one you won't want to miss: The Future of Business and Financial Reporting: How This Helps Business-to-IT Alignment

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Beginning Thursday, September 6 when you register to attend Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2007 in Orlando, FL you will receive a special offer from The Wall Street Journal Online to subscribe and get $20 OFF the standard rate, plus 2 weeks free! Simply register today and your registration confirmation email will provide you with access to this special offer for Symposium/ITxpo attendees.

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Three things top the executive agenda: performance, profitability, and competitiveness. This is hardly news, but critical to the success of businesses. Begin to understand the specific technologies and business practices aimed at transforming business results.

Listen to analyst insight and get a sneak peek into what to expect at the event as host Mike Anderson and guest Michael Smith discuss Business Imperative: Maximizing Performance, Profitability & Competitiveness.

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As the demand for business performance intensifies, IT and business leaders must move quickly to ensure extraordinary workforce performance. People must be empowered to exercise sound judgment, inject innovation into service, collaborate across distance, and thrive amid continual change. What should business leaders do?

Listen to analyst insight and get a sneak peek into what to expect at the event as host Mike Anderson and guest Diane Morello discuss Business Imperative: Improving Workforce Effectiveness.

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Take a look at our new virtual brochure to see what's in store. This easy-to-use tool allows you to flip through as though you were holding the brochure in your hand. Have fun exploring these pages and diving deeper into areas that intrigue you. It's all right here at your fingertips!

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Agility and innovation will be the hallmarks of business success from 2008-2012. Organizations must learn to respond quickly and challenge prevailing standards to be successful and gain a competitive edge. This is a big undertaking but an important business imperative nonetheless. How do you introduce innovation at a sustainable pace and what does your organization need to do to become truly agile?

Listen to analyst insight and get a sneak peek into what to expect at the event as host Mike Anderson and guest Kathy Harris discuss Business Imperative: Building an Agile & Innovative Organization.

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Wondering what Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2007 is all about and why you should be there in person? Get a feel for what really happens and the focus of this year’s event. Watch the video for a sneak peek at the energy and excitement that is Gartner Symposium/ITxpo.

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Announcing our all new program for our biggest, most comprehensive, must-be-there event of the year: Symposium/ITxpo Orlando.

Everything IT does is aimed at supporting or driving a business imperative. Or at least it should be. Gartner research confirms this … resoundingly. But how well are you doing that? Are your IT initiatives really delivering value to the enterprise? In ways the enterprise understands and appreciates? Could you be doing more?

We're designing Symposium/ITxpo, in Orlando, October 7-12, 2007 from the ground up to help you help your enterprise reach its individual goals, whatever those goals will be.

Specifically, the event and its 250+ sessions and nearly 200 Gartner analysts will enable your organization to:

• Attract and Retain Customers


• Maximize Profitability & Competitiveness


• Improve Workforce Effectiveness


• Build an Innovative & Agile Organization


• Improve Critical Business Processes & Workflows


• Manage Risk, Compliance & Enterprise Governance

To learn more about Symposium/ITxpo and how it will help you deliver value to your organization, visit: www.gartner.com/symposium/us.

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Thank you for attending Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando earlier this month. We hope your time with us was even more productive with your participation in a Symposium Community.

We're pleased to share these Trip Reports with key conference take-aways and highlights from the event pertaining to your specific community. Feel free to browse one or all of the reports - we've provided them in PDF and Microsoft Word formats.

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As Symposium/ITxpo 2006 in Orlando comes to an end today, I want to thank you again for joining us this year. I also hope that your week here with us was time well spent -- from the sessions and presentations you attended to your individual meetings with analysts and solution-providers. So it is with gratitude that I wish you a safe trip home and a restful weekend. I look forward to seeing you at a future Symposium.

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Today's closing keynote session will be held at 11:00 a.m. in Northern Hemisphere A-C.

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