26th Annual Vancouver International Privacy & Security Summit 2024 | Reboot Communications | 6 March 2024 | Westin Bayshore Hotel, 1601 Bayshore Dr., Vancouver, BC V6G 2V4, Canada

This fully in-person summit will offer a platform for up to 750 security and privacy professionals from around the world to discuss important issues on how we securely live, work, and play as the move to digital platforms accelerates. This three-day summit will provide valuable education and training opportunities for individuals who are responsible for the transformation of the public and private sector into the new digital economy.

Embark on a transformative intellectual journey on “Guarding Privacy, Fortifying Security: Navigating the AI Frontier“, where visionaries, experts, and innovators convene to dissect the intricate intersection of cutting-edge artificial intelligence and the critical imperatives of preserving privacy and enhancing security. Through riveting keynote sessions, interactive workshops, and collaborative panels, this event promises to unravel the complexities, challenges, and opportunities that define our digital age. Join us in charting a course toward a harmonious future where AI advancements coalesce with unwavering commitments to individual rights, data sovereignty, and technological trust.

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Hansang Bae
VP, Public Sector CTO, Zscaler

Dr. Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer
Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, NATO

Dr. Kate Crawford
Author, Atlas of AI; Research Professor, USC Annenberg

Scott Deluke
Senior Sales Engineer Manager, Abnormal Security

Philippe Dufresne
Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Sean Falconer
Head of Developer Relations and Marketing, Skyflow

Katherine Fick
Associate General Counsel, IBM

Christopher Fielder
Field CTO, Arctic Wolf

Trey Guinn
Field Chief Technology Officer, Cloudflare

Mani Keerthi Nagothu
Americas Field CISO, SentinelOne

Saqib Khan
Field CIO, Strategic Partnerships, Tanium

Sami Khoury
Head , Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

Karl Klaessig
Director of Product Marketing, Security Operations, ServiceNow

Alex MacLennan
Assistant Deputy Minister and CTO, OCIO-Enterprise Services, Ministry of Citizens’ Services, Province of BC

John Maddison
Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Product Strategy, Fortinet

Jason Maynard
Field CTO, Cybersecurity, Cisco Canada

Michael McEvoy
Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia

Rob Rachwald
Director, Product Cross-Portfolio, Palo Alto Networks

Ben Radcliff
Senior Director - SecOps, Optiv

Sean Roche
Director, National Security, Amazon Web Services (AWS) International Public Sector

Ben Shelston
Director, Solution Engineer, Netskope Canada

Wayne Silberman
Field Director, Cohesity Canada

Elizabeth Smith
Senior Data Protection and Customer Solutions Expert, DPOrganizer

Mark Teolis
Director and Incident Commander, TELUS Cybersecurity

SPEAKERS:

Martin Abrams
Emeritus Chief Policy Innovation Officer and Founder, Information Accountability Foundation

Dr. Ewan Affleck
Senior Medical Advisor - Health Informatics, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta

Melanie Anderson
Director General, Secure Solutions and Services, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

Robin Andruss
Chief Privacy Officer, Skyflow

Brent J. Arnold
Partner, Data Breach Coach, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

Corey Ball
Author of Hacking API’s; Senior Manager - Penetration Testing, Moss Adams

Adrian Beaudin
Principal Solutions Architect, Elastic

Dr. Colin Bennett
Emeritus Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Victoria

Chris Boland
Consulting Systems Expert, Fortinet

Dr. Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer
Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, NATO

Kelly Brickley
VP, Global Protect Fusion, TD

Mary Carmichael
Enterprise Risk Management Consultant; Vice President, ISACA Vancouver Chapter

Dr. Gregory Carpenter
Chief Security Officer, Knowledge Bridge International

Calvin Chrustie
Senior Partner, The Critical Risk Team

Mike Coss
Data Governance Director, PHSA

Ray Cotten
Principal Solutions Architect, Elastic

William "Chip" Crane
Cybersecurity Executive Advisor, IBM Security North America

Rob Davidson
Director of Security Services, CISO, Pacific Blue Cross

Paul F. Davis
President, WhoKnozMe

Elizabeth Denham
Chief Policy Strategist, Information Accountability Foundation

Michael Doucet
Executive Director, Office of the CISO, Optiv

Richard Fadden
Senior Advisor, Capital Hill Group; Former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister

Claire Feltrin
Lawyer, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Group, Deloitte Legal Canada LLP

Michelle Finneran Dennedy
CEO, PrivacyCode

Dr. Robert Fraser
President and CEO, Molecular You

Dr. Benjamin Fung
Canada Research Chair & Professor, School of Information Studies, McGill University

Aarti Gadhia
Board Advisor, WiCyS Western Canada Affiliate; Principal Security Specialist, Microsoft

Dharmesh Gandhi
Chief Information Officer, BC Hydro

Bob Gordon
Strategic Advisor, Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX)

Robin Gould-Soil
President, RGS Management Consulting Services; CPO, Pentavere

Trey Guinn
Field Chief Technology Officer, Cloudflare

Beth Hartwell
Enterprise Account Executive, Canada West, Abnormal Security

Alicia Hatt
CEO, DPOrganizer

Anthony Hémond
Senior Privacy Counsel, Air Canada

Vanessa Henri
Co-founder, Henri & Wolf ; Cybersecurity & Data Governance Lawyer

Peter Holowka
Director of Education Technology, West Point Grey Academy

Octavia Howell
Chief Information Security Officer, Equifax Canada; Founder & CEO, Augustus Redefined

John Jacobson
Former Deputy Minister, Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services

Dr. Loki Jorgenson
Senior Director, Strategy and Innovation, Circle Innovation

Antti Keinaenen
Cloud Security Architect

Patricia Kosseim
Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

Dr. Victoria Lemieux
Professor of Archival Science & Founder, Blockchain@UBC

Brian Lenahan
Founder & Chair, Quantum Strategy Institute

Christian Leuprecht
Class of 1965 Professor in Leadership, Royal Military College and Queen’s University

Lawrence Lewis
CEO & Founder, OneFeather

Jay Loder
Privacy Officer, FortisBC

Alex Loffler
Certified Ethical Hacker & Licensed Penetration Tester; Principal Security Architect, Government of BC

Penny Longman
Director, Information Security and Data Stewardship, Fraser Health

Justin Malczewski
Regional Sales Manager, Canada West, Netskope

Amanda Maltby
General Manager, Compliance and Chief Privacy Officer, Canada Post Corporation

Derek Manky
Chief Security Strategist & VP Global Threat Intelligence, FortiGuard Labs

Jason Maynard
Field CTO, Cybersecurity, Cisco Canada

Drew McArthur
Principal, The McArthur Consulting Group

Tim McCreight
VP Business Development Canada, Apollo Information Systems; ASIS President

Craig McLellan
Founder & CEO, ThinkOn

Dr. Brenda McPhail
Director, Privacy, Surveillance, and Technology Program, Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Paul Meyer
Adjunct Professor, International Studies and Fellow in International Security, Simon Fraser University

Harsh Modi
Director of Offensive Security, Cyber Ensure Ltd.

Suzanne Morin
VP, Enterprise Conduct, Data Ethics & Chief Privacy Officer, Sun Life

Bill Ohlson
Executive Security Advisor, Amazon Web Services

René Ouellette
Director General, Academic Outreach & Stakeholder Engagement, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

Edward Pereira
Principal Consultant, Carmel Info-Risk Consulting

Markus Pflitsch
Founder, CEO & Chairman, Terra Quantum

Jennifer Quaid
Executive Director ,Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX)

Michael Redding
Chief Technology Officer, Quantropi

Sherry Rumbolt
Senior Cybersecurity Strategic Advisor, Government of Canada- Shared Services Canada

Lia Sana
Senior Information Security Architect, Fraser Health Authority

Dr. Teresa Scassa
Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy, University of Ottawa

Dr. May Siksik
CEO, The Canadian Innovation Network

Pam Simpson
Senior Information Security Analyst, TD Bank

Jeevan Singh
Director of Security Engineering, Rippling

Pam Snively
Chief Data & Trust Officer, TELUS

Steven Tam
Partner, INQ Law

Jories Timmers
IT and Cybersecurity Director, Powerex Corp.

Oskar Trpisovsky
Senior Manager, Privacy, Regulatory & Information Management, KPMG

Jeannette Van Den Bulk
Deputy Commissioner, Policy, Adjudication, and Audit, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia

Sruthi veena Lakshmanan
Information Security Architect, Fraser Health Authority

Vivek Verma
Chief Security Officer, eHealth Saskatchewan

Shari Wallace
CIO, Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver

Wesley Wineberg
Bug Bounty Hunter

Kevin Wong
Founder, Dedi Corp.

2024 Sponsors and Partners

TITLE SPONSOR:
• Fortinet

FOUNDING SPONSOR:
• ISACA

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• AWS
• Cisco
• Cloudflare
• DPOrganizer
• IBM Security

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Arctic Wolf
• COHESITY
• iON Tenable
• Netskope
• Abnormal
• Optiv
• Titanium
• Paloalto
• Rubrik
• SentinelOne
• Servicenow
• Skyflow
• Telus Business
• Varonis
• Zscaler

SILVER SPONSORS:
• CSE-CST
• KPMG
• ThinkOn

SUMMIT SPONSORS:
• Crowdstrike Proofpoint
• CYERA
• Elastic
• HPE Aruba
• Interac
• Kirke
• Lighthouse Labs
• Mimecast
• Municipal Finance Authority of BC
• Privacy Works

MARKETING PARTNERS:
• CIO Association of Canada
• WiCyS