Gartner Conference Navigator Reviews

by Neoscribe

If you have trouble logging in, just use the website!

I was able to login ONCE after changing my password. The next time I tried to use it it says user id and password don’t match… even though I use the exact same credentials on the website, worked fine on the website, still couldn’t get in GartnerConferenceNavigator even after trying changing my password again.

Fortunately the website gives me enough of what I need.

by EastSideHorns

Why is it necessary to log us out so frequently? Every day I have to login again despite the check box that says “remember my login”. Between that and the ad that displays every time you launch GartnerConferenceNavigator , it really limits the value. Attendees at a Gartner event need a quick way to find their next session. Frankly, I just copied the events to my personal calendar as a workaround.

by Alekp

It was intended to be a great app, information about the conferences, documents available, etc. But has a few issues with stability (app suddenly closes) and UIX is far from expected (opening GartnerConferenceNavigator and taking you to the actual time or going back and forth from sections where you originally were can be improved)

by X2rider87

There are no maps of the conference area.

GartnerConferenceNavigator doesn’t handle increased text size for accessibility. One example, the filters screen only shows the first letter of any item in a list if text size has been increased.

Navigation is difficult. Took me a while to find the WiFi information.

Filters cannot be easily turned off temporarily, you have to reset the filters and start over to reapply them.

There is not a way to bookmark pages in presentation slides, nor “open in” another application.

by Overworked CIO

This application is essential to navigate the packed ITxpo Symposium. The challenge with the conference is that most of the key sessions are full within two days of when Gartner opens up the session registration. Your only option is to show up at a session that indicates it is full and see if there are available seats. I am told that this always works however there is no way to track these full sessions in GartnerConferenceNavigator as potentials to attend. It would be nice - let me rephrase - it is essential to add some type of wait list function to effectively track sessions you want to attend.

by Mr Clarence The Frog

A must-have for attending a Gartner event, no doubt.

Performance and UI complaints:
- it just freezes sometimes. My other apps don’t do this. I’m guessing that it’s during a sync or information retrieval. When it freezes I can’t scroll, select, etc.
- it tries to be too smart on some screens, such as auto-scrolling to “now”, etc. Problem is that it doesn’t always do so promptly, resulting in missed or inaccurate selections.
- the ease of de-selecting agenda items also means that it’s easy to miss and hit the wrong one. When looking at “my agenda” it would be preferable to either require confirmation or entering edit mode to remove.

Since there are no alternative apps I know that I’m shouting down a well. Between sessions today there’s not much else to do.

by Mgtaka

Great app for navigating at the conferences. However, GartnerConferenceNavigator should allow to select specific calendars in Outlook. Events would add to my personal Google calendar instead of work calendar. Even though,work calendar is the default. In addition, it would be nice to show the event on a map.

by New User Skf

The design issue most disruptive to my use is that it continually repositions me to the next-up sessions. But often, I am planning for later in the day or the following day. With the forced repositioning, I am always losing my focus.

by RickNStl

For some reason GartnerConferenceNavigator would not sync with my agenda leaving me flying blind for day one. In general, GartnerConferenceNavigator lacks functionality--like being able to filter for open sessions against my agenda and seeing my agenda in a calendar view. It would also be nice to allow GartnerConferenceNavigator to insert each session on my agenda into my calendar on mobile device.

by Asddff

I was extremely disappointed in the usability of GartnerConferenceNavigator. At a minimum, the ability to prioritize and rank multiple talks that occur at the same time would make the discovery and selection of talks more effective.

by KmWheat

Hard to think I’d ever go back to hard copy agenda. Features need to have same experience as web version. Toggling between two app versions is not fun.

by Shh0523

Extremely useful for browsing Gartner’s extensive conference session options and building a coherent agenda, and then navigating to your sessions once on site. Would rate 5 stars if there was a way to add personal items to my agenda, like 1:1 networking meetings with other attendees or Gartner EP, or a phone calls I need to make back to the office. It’s hard to manage the day from both app and calendar at once, and while export to calendar is ok, I lose all the other benefits of navigating from within the Events app. Please add a feature to “add personal plans”!

by Tvenar

GartnerConferenceNavigator allows me to see everything important and to work with it as well. A suggestion: Synchronization with the calendar is a good idea, however, my device is my own and my company allows me to use it (BYOD). GartnerConferenceNavigator , however syncs with the default calendar. In my case, my default calendar is the shared family calendar with my wife and now, her week is full of every 30 minute session, etc… that I’m attending. You should be able to set the calendar it will sync with (and in my case, My Outlook calendar would be the best, but short of that, I should be able to designate a different calendar without changing my default.

by Darkfire-shadows

As noted this doesn’t let you pick the calendar to sync to so I had to turn that off.

I would like to see this released for Mac so I don’t need to bring both an iPad and Mac to a conference.

Currently I use my iPad, bout would prefer the Mac to take notes, download the slides, etc.

by MusicTechGuy

Very useful but Tech Support needs to do a better job for set up. This includes GartnerConferenceNavigator Store which is a real pain to work through.

by Bryantus

I imported the agenda from the web application and was ready to go. Switching around the sessions is super easy and the maps make finding session locations a breeze.

by Mdiliberto

The Gartner event navigator adds to the overall experience at the Gartner events. I can take notes and follow along with the presenters slides. It even features a location map so I don't get lost.

by T. Richardson

Very well written and helpful during the conference. Thank you.

by Nakahprime

I've probably used six or eight conference apps, and this one is by far the best and easiest to use. This is the bar all others should be aiming for.

by Trekskidoe

2014: My conference went smoothly because I used GartnerConferenceNavigator to get me where I was going. Especially for the last minute planning.

2017: Enhanced app includes games and great way to keep track of connections.

by Apcela

Almost everything you need to manage your event. Calendar sync was not automatic to G calendar, and it would be great to see which events are being recorded.

by Crazy Laurel

GartnerConferenceNavigator was indispensable as a first time attendee to a Symposiom. It helped me find the tracks and sessions that interested me the most and provided a means for evaluating a session immediately after attendance, which was required for my CPR credits.