2022 AGENDA

Isaac Sacolick

President and Founder

StarCIO

Author: Digital Trailblazer

Philippe Johnson

Chief Information Officer

National Research Council of Canada

SPEAKER

SPEAKER

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

End User Roundtable Discussions | Tech and Infosec Venting Grounds

Attendees can pick their table/topic of choice and will be asked to share one or both of the following:

1. A vexing and recurring problem that they solved - and how they solved it
2. A vexing and recurring problem that keeps them up at night and they lack a solution

Table topics include:

• Security Headaches: Executives, VIPs, and employee misbehaviors
• Multicloud Nightmares: Getting the value without the complexities
• Demystifying Data Governance: Finding data owners, funding, and outcomes beyond compliance
• Detoxing DevOps: Too much Dev? Not enough Ops? Accelerating automations that impact
• Innovation's Abyss: Winning and failed approaches to PoCs, pilots, and value streams
• Agile Cultures: Hacking your organization's way of working through the deluge of frameworks and tools
• SOC Horror Stories: The Incidents that hurt, took too long to solve, or burned people out

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Welcome Reception & Dinner

An elegant networking reception and dinner for all designed to foster interaction and build relationships.

SPEAKER

Denis Gaudreault

Country Manager

Intel Canada Ltd

Isaac Sacolick

President and Founder

StarCIO

Author: Digital Trailblazer

MODERATOR

Ohad Yehudai

Principal Solutions Architect

SnapLogic

PANELIST

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Networking Breakfast

8:00 AM - 8:40 AM          

Cybersecurity Keynote

Hacking the Organization: Building Resilience in Times of Increasing Complexity

The lines between technology, people and processes that power and enable the modern company, hospital, school and government institution have become so blurred, complex, and ubiquitous that it is no longer possible to separate them. The organization is now the computer and in our role as security leaders we need to broaden our perspective on how best to protect it. Come learn how to hack, defend and make the decisions today that will create a layer 8 culture of security and a layer 9 resilient organization.

8:40 AM - 9:30 AM

Practitioner Panel

Cybersecurity Challenges Facing Canadian Organizations

Hear from some of your peers on what is keeping them up at night and how they are fighting the growing threats from around the world.

Moderated by Kevin Magee, CSO, Microsoft Canada

9:30 PM - 9:45 PM        

Break

9:45 AM - 10:25 AM

Client Spotlight Series LIVE!

Gaining Value and Driving Business Innovation   |   The Power of Cloud

CHALLENGE: Organizations today need to develop new business models to avoid being disrupted, gain efficiencies, ensure innovation, and transform mission-critical systems without business risks.

JOURNEY: In this webinar series, we will discuss the renaissance of Enterprise Resource Planning and how you can leverage and utilize intelligent automation, instant insight and industry best practices.

JOIN: This three-part webinar series, SAP and Illumiti will be joined by clients who will discuss the value the technology and solution brings to their businesses, and the continued investment they’re making to maintain and extend their leads within their industries.

Speakers and Participants: SAP Canada and Illumiti

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10:25 AM - 10:55 AM

General Session

How AI Can Think Like an Attacker

In the face of skyrocketing cyber risk, detecting and responding to attacks is no longer enough. Organizations must take proactive steps to prevent threats before they happen, and to recover if compromised. In this session, Darktrace unveil an ambitious new approach to security, with core engines powering AI technologies to prevent, detect, respond, and ultimately heal from attacks. Together, these engines combine to strengthen organizations’ security posture in a virtuous AI feedback ‘loop,’ which provides powerful end-to-end, bespoke, and self-learning solutions unique to each organization.

10:55 AM - 12:00 PM    

Case Study Presentations

25 minute case study sessions. Solution providers and their End User customers discuss challenges faced, strategy, implementation, outcome, and the future.

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Networking Lunch

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM                

Panel Discussion

Cracking Data and API Integration's Iceberg of Tech Debt

SPEAKER

SPEAKER

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Thought Leader Panel

2:00 PM - 2:05 PM          

Break

2:05 PM - 3:00 PM

Case Study Presentations

25 minute case study sessions. Solution providers and their End User customers discuss challenges faced, strategy, implementation, outcome, and the future.

3:00 PM - 3:10 PM          

Break

3:10 PM - 6:05 PM  

Meeting Zone

1:1 Meetings Between Technology Vendors, Industry Experts, and Attendees

6:05 PM - 7:00 PM

Open Time

7:00 PM - 9:30 PM          

Networking Reception

A networking reception designed to foster interaction and build relationships.