Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit EMEA 2026

Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit 2026 highlights the pivotal role of identity at the core of business operations and cybersecurity, essential for mission success. IAM is key to ensuring business resilience and enhancing user experience by facilitating secure interactions among people, machines, and organizations. It evolves alongside digital innovations such as cloud computing and AI agents, while effectively countering emerging cyber threats. The summit provides guidance to leaders and architects on implementing scalable and efficient IAM infrastructures, emphasizing IAM program development, governance, automation, and critical capabilities like visibility, observability, prevention, detection, and response.