2018 Vancouver, BC CIO Executive Summit Evanta a Gartner Company Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel
June 12, 2018
6:00pm - 8:30pm Effective Facetime with the Board
Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie, Founding President & Board Member-CIO Association, CIO Association of Canada
June 13, 2018
7:00am - 7:45am Registration & Breakfast
7:45am - 8:30am Leading Like a CEO
Brent Wouters, President and CEO, ValueKor
8:30am - 9:00am Networking Break
9:00am - 9:50am The Future Belongs to the Intelligent Enterprise
Michael Saylor, President, Chairman of the Board & CEO, MicroStrategy, Inc.
9:00am - 9:50am The Journey to Agile — Interactive DevOps
David Charters, Director, IT Security & Risk, WorkSafeBC Husam Fezzani, DevOps Lead, IT Transformation, HSBC Bank Canada Grant Hallam, Senior Technologist, HSBC Bank Canada
9:00am - 9:50am Evolving to Prevention Through Machine Learning
Shawn Ling, Director, Business Analytics and Data Services, BC Liquor Distribution Branch Christina Wolf, CIO, British Columbia Securities Commission Corey White, SVP, WW Consulting & ThreatZERO Services, Cylance
9:50am - 10:20am Networking Break
10:20am - 11:10am Security in the Cloud — Managing a Fleet
George Pajari, Chief Information Security Officer, Hootsuite
10:20am - 11:10am Automating Security Policies Using Intent-Based Network Security
John Maddison, Sr. Vice President, Products and Solutions, Fortinet, Inc.
10:20am - 11:10am User Behavioral Analytics in Your Security Program
Dave Marecek, Vice President, Transformation and Information Services, BC Pensions Corporation Leo Navin, Information Security Officer, Methanex Corporation Milan Patel, Program Director, Security Offerings Mgmt., IBM
10:20am - 11:10am Partner Up — Advising and Guiding During Business Transition
Mike Brosseau, Master Solution Engineer - Emerging Technologies, Salesforce Yu Jin, CIO, Best Buy Canada Ltd. Carol Vorster, VP & CIO, Corix Group of Companies
11:10am - 11:40am Networking Break
11:40am - 12:50pm CIOs and CISOs at the Forefront of Digital Reinvention
Xerxes Cooper, General Manager, Global Technology Services, IBM Canada Kurt Pregler, CIO, TransLink
12:50pm - 1:20pm Networking Break
1:20pm - 2:10pm The Digital Technology Supercluster and You Greg Caws, Co-Chair, Digital Technology Supercluster, Government of British Columbia
1:20pm - 2:10pm Building the Future — the Digital Transformation Path
Mihai Strusievici, Director of IT, North America, Colliers International Mike Hughes, Director, Product, OutSystems, Inc.
1:20pm - 2:10pm AI and Automation Investments — Evaluating Potential
Mark Beeston, VP, IT Canada, Finning International Cherian Palayoor, Director, Information Security, Lululemon Athletica Soumen Roy, Country Head, Canada, Tata Consultancy Services
2:10pm - 2:30pm Networking Break
2:30pm - 3:20pm Want Intelligence-Led Security? Get Back to Basics
Rob Labbé, Director, Information Security, Teck Resources Limited
2:30pm - 3:20pm Cybersecurity and Smart Cities
David Izzard, Manager, Enterprise Architecture & Security, City of Surrey Sam Shaabani, Manager, IT Security, Corix Group of Companies Tim Swanson, Director, Information Systems, FortisBC Energy Inc. Dominic Vogel, Chief Strategist, Cyber.sc
2:30pm - 3:20pm Cloud Security — Threats, Challenges and Potential
Roberta Kowalishin, Director of Technology, DIALOG Design Greg Paulsen, Director, Information Technology, Cascade Aerospace Rob Davidson, Director, Innovation, Architecture & Security Services, CISO, Pacific Blue Cross 3:20pm - 3:40pm Networking Break
3:40pm - 4:20pm A CIO Walks the CEO Path
Oliver Grüter-Andrew, President and CEO, E-Comm 9-1-1
4:20pm - 5:00pm Closing Reception & Prize Drawing