Venue
Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre
Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre, 525 Bay St., Toronto, ON M5G 2L2, Canada

What is Qwoted?

Qwoted is a free expert network: we help reporters connect with experts & we help those same experts build relationships with top reporters.

Event Date Thu Dec 15 EST (almost 2 years ago)
Location Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre
525 Bay St., Toronto, ON M5G 2L2, Canada
Region Americas
Details

Get together with Toronto's top CISOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
• Elevating security practice and CISO roles into strategic partners who manage cyber risk
• Developing established approaches and technologies in response to the expanding attack surface
• Maturing IAM roadmaps and infrastructure to become more resilient against evolving demands

What to Expect:

• Interactive Sessions
Hear from CISO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

• Community Networking
Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Toronto CISO community.

• Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Evanta's Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Speakers

2022 Speakers

CO-CHAIRS:

Zaki Abbas
SVP, CISO, Brookfield Asset Management

Samer Adi
CISO, Green Shield Canada

Susan Berezny
Equite Association, Head of Cyber Security

Michael Dundas
AVP, Cyber Protection, Manulife

Sandra Liepkalns
VP, Information Security & Data Governance, Choice Properties REIT

Ranjika Manamperi
Vice President Cybersecurity & CISO, Ontario Power Generation

Mike Melo
VP Technology Shared Services & CISO, LifeLabs

Ragulan Sinnarajah
VP, IT Shared Services & Head of Cyber Security, Sobeys

SPEAKERS:

Omar Al-Assaf
Bank Information Security Officer for the Americas, American Express

Sunil Chand
VP - Cyber and Information Security Officer, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation

Derek Browne
CISO, Northbridge Financial Corporation

Vishal Sharma
CISO, Achievers

Umar Hossain
Sr. Director of IT Operations, Staples Canada

Manny Singh
Manager - Information Security Engineering, Hyundai Capital Canada

Craig Peppard
VP & Group CISO, Wilton Re

Assaf Afek-Levy
CISO, GFL Environmental

Manas Giri
CISO, WestJet

Fred Hopper
Vice President, Security, Quality & Process Improvement, Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security

Amirthan Gunanathan
Director Technology Services and Solutions, Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security

Mark McGinnis
Manager, Security, Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security

Steve Ferrigni
CISO and Director of Security, CSA Group

Shakeel Sagarwala
CISO, Canadian Tire Corporation

Susan Berezny
Head of Cyber Security, Equite Association

Octavia Howell
VP - CISO, Equifax

Gennady Duchovich
Head of Cybersecurity, Haventree Bank

Jeff Curtis
Chief Privacy Officer, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Faiza Kacem
Head Americas - Operational Resilience, Crisis Management, and Third Party Tech Risk, BNP Paribas Canada

Paul Min
Head of Information Security and End User Experience, Cadillac Fairview

Jason Williams
Director - Security and Compliance, Aecon

Noah Scalin
Artist, Innovation Consultant

HOSTS:

Matt Duench
Sr. Director - Customer Identity Cloud, Okta

Dennis Dayman
Resident CISO, Proofpoint

Michael Balenzano
Sr. Manager - Canadian Server & Manufacturing Infrastructure, Wonderbrands

Nilesh Shastri
CISO, Canadian Institute for Health Information

Danny Connelly
Field CISO - Americas, Zscaler

Vinay Puri
VP - Head of Security Architecture, Thomson Reuters

Osgood Vogler
Global Director - Enterprise Platforms, Celestica

Sponsors & Partners

2022 Partners

GLOBAL THOUGHT LEADER:
• Google Cloud

CISO THOUGHT LEADER:
• Zscaler

KEY PARTNERS:
• CyberArk
• Expel
• Fastly
• Okta
• Proofpoint
• SentinelOne

PROGRAM PARTNERS:
• BlackBerry
• Digital Boundary Group
• HashiCorp
• Wiz