CIO UK Editor Edward Qualtrough caught up with some 10 CIOs at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo in Barcelona to reflect and debrief on the the sessions, trends and themes which struck a chord at the research and analyst firm’s annual European gathering.

Chief Digital Officer for Scottish Local Government Martyn Wallace, British Red Cross CIO Rosie Slater-Carr, Brussels Airline CIO Simon Lamkin, DVSA Director of Services and Technology James Munson, Arsenal FC IT Director Christelle Heikkila, Belron Chief Information and Digital Officer Nick Burton, ECB Head of IT Damian Smith, Pladis Chief Digital Officer Anthoula Madden, ArrowXL CIO James Robbins, and British Transport Police Sarah Winmill all discussed the cultural side of digital transformation, emerging technologies, from AI to augmented intelligence, board liaisons and their priorities for the next year.

Recorded in conference rooms, exhibition halls, beach bars and corridors - hear some of the reflections from leading CIOs, CTOs, Chief Digital Officers, IT Directors and Heads of IT.

Martyn Wallace, Chief Digital Officer for Scottish Local Government [2min 41sec]

Rosie Slater-Carr, CIO of British Red Cross [9min 32sec]

Simon Lamkin, CIO of Brussels Airlines [14min 56sec]

James Munson, Director of Services and Technology at the DVSA [20min 03sec]

Christelle Heikkila, IT Director at Arsenal FC [33min 01sec]

Nick Burton, Chief Digital Officer at Belron [37min 34sec]

Damian Smith, Head of IT for the ECB [45min 22sec]

Anthoula Madden, Chief Digital Officer of Pladis [55min 36sec]

James Robbins, CIO of ArrowXL [1hr 8min 45sec]

Sarah Winmill, CIO of the British Transport Police [1hr 15min 29sec]