VIRTUAL

Calgary CIO Virtual Executive Summit

October 20, 2020 | 8:00am - 1:15pm MDT

October 20, 2020 | 8:00am - 1:15pm MDT

Collaborate with your peers

Come together with your peers virtually to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Calgary CIO Virtual Executive Summit.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:

Transforming Business Culture

New Tools and Processes for a Digital World

The Future of the CIO & CISO

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Ross Ballendine

Calfrac Well Services
Director, Information Technology

Brian Bench

CNOOC International
CIO & Vice President – Global IT

Steve Biswanger

ATCO
VP & CISO

Jan Bradley

City of Calgary
Chief Information Technology Officer

Shaun Guthrie

Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Senior Director Information Technology

Kelly Hill

Keyera Corp.
Vice President, Information Technology

Jason Hinchliff

Husky Energy
VP & Chief Information Officer

Agenda


October 20, 2020

8:00am - 8:45am  MDT Virtual Summit Keynote

Cloud Strategies to Power Digital Transformation

Rick Begg headshot

Rick Begg

Chief Information Officer

Bird Construction Company Limited

Hillery Hunter headshot

Hillery Hunter

CTO, IBM Cloud

IBM

The most successful businesses today connect digital transformation to business goals using innovative technology and increasing moving more of their enterprise workload to the Cloud. CIOs are charged with clearing adoption hurdles to align mission-critical tasks and business priorities with the multiple cloud environments.

This interactive session explores:

  • Case studies on successful transformations using open, flexible, and secure multicloud operating environments
  • Fostering digital transformation and creating a competitive advantage through a hybrid cloud strategy
  • Accelerating the skills and culture that leverages AI and cloud

By registering for this session, this serves as your authorization to Evanta or its vendor to provide your contact information to IBM to follow up on your interaction and participation. IBM’s use of your contact information is governed by the IBM Privacy Policy. If you need more information on how IBM is using your personal data you may refer to the IBM Privacy Statement.  To withdraw your marketing consent and unsubscribe to receiving emails click on the unsubscribe button at this address:  ibm.biz/marketingoptout.

9:00am - 10:00am  MDT Virtual Summit Boardroom

Delivering Value at the Speed of Business

Jan Bradley headshot

Jan Bradley

Chief Information Technology Officer

City of Calgary

Kelly Hill headshot

Kelly Hill

Vice President, Information Technology

Keyera Corp.

In an increasingly competitive landscape, new thinking, new technology and new ways of doing business are essential. But to fully embrace and leverage innovation, CIOs must be fully aligned to the strategy and execution of the organization. Take this opportunity to share your strategies for embedding innovation into the core of your business.

This conversation will focus on:

  • Evaluating emerging technologies and building the business case for their implementation
  • Defining new business opportunities through technology
  • Creating a comprehensive culture of innovation rooted in practical, measurable outcomes

10:00am - 10:45am  MDT Virtual Summit Keynote

Executive Presence for Lasting Leadership

Chris Ulrich headshot

Chris Ulrich

Body Language Expert & Political Consultant

Guest Speaker

Any given gesture -a nod, a point of the finger - unconsciously communicates powerful ideas and feelings that have tangible consequences. Top executives are generally proficient in their ability to interact with others, but the stakes are raised during high-level negotiations, reporting to the board, inspiring and empowering senior managers or dealing with tricky internal matters. This is especially challenging in a highly remote environment.

Join body language expert Chris Ulrich as he shares:

  • Why every movement and action is magnified in high-level situations 
  • Tools and techniques to build rapport quickly 
  • How executives can communicate more effectively

9:00am - 10:00am  MDT Virtual Summit Boardroom

Drive the Business Forward with Data at the Core

Steve Reece headshot

Steve Reece

Director - Information Technology & Information Services

Vermilion Energy, Inc.

Paul Selway headshot

Paul Selway

Senior Vice President & Chief Digital Officer

AltaGas Utilities

Today’s enterprise has access to endless amounts of data and CIOs and CISOs must continually find true meaning and value in the data. This peer-to-peer discussion will consider ways to mature your data and analytics program to provide accurate, real-time data.

Come ready to discuss how to:

  • Implement data strategies that align with desired business outcomes
  • Leverage data to gain greater insights and drive value
  • Define clear data ownership and standardization

8:45am - 9:00am  MDT Break

10:45am - 11:00am  MDT Break

11:00am - 12:00pm  MDT Virtual Summit Boardroom

IT Strategy Shift - Pivoting with the Digital Customer

Ross Ballendine headshot

Ross Ballendine

Director, Information Technology

Calfrac Well Services

Tony Rizzuti headshot

Tony Rizzuti

VP IT

ENMAX Corporation

The spring pandemic only accelerated the growing trend of building out engaging digital experiences that meet your customers where they live. In this boardroom discussion, CIOs and CISOs collaborate over new and innovative ways to connect digital-first consumers with the brands they follow.

In this virtual boardroom discussion, leaders will discuss:

  • Strategies to partner across the organization to drive digital offerings
  • How to identify and execute digital priorities
  • Best practices for implementing on an accelerated timeline

12:00pm - 12:30pm  MDT Networking

Community Discussion

Miguel Kanafany headshot

Miguel Kanafany

Interim VP, Business Technology Client Services

Sysco

An informal and interactive opportunity for you to network with peers in small groups. 

8:00am - 8:45am  MDT Virtual Summit Keynote

Cloud Strategies to Power Digital Transformation

Rick Begg headshot

Rick Begg

Chief Information Officer

Bird Construction Company Limited

Hillery Hunter headshot

Hillery Hunter

CTO, IBM Cloud

IBM

The most successful businesses today connect digital transformation to business goals using innovative technology and increasing moving more of their enterprise workload to the Cloud. CIOs are charged with clearing adoption hurdles to align mission-critical tasks and business priorities with the multiple cloud environments.

This interactive session explores:

  • Case studies on successful transformations using open, flexible, and secure multicloud operating environments
  • Fostering digital transformation and creating a competitive advantage through a hybrid cloud strategy
  • Accelerating the skills and culture that leverages AI and cloud

By registering for this session, this serves as your authorization to Evanta or its vendor to provide your contact information to IBM to follow up on your interaction and participation. IBM’s use of your contact information is governed by the IBM Privacy Policy. If you need more information on how IBM is using your personal data you may refer to the IBM Privacy Statement.  To withdraw your marketing consent and unsubscribe to receiving emails click on the unsubscribe button at this address:  ibm.biz/marketingoptout.

9:00am - 10:00am  MDT Virtual Summit Boardroom

Real Frontiers for 2021 in XDR

Troy Davidson headshot

Troy Davidson

Head of Security Operation Center

Enbridge

Sandeep Sharma headshot

Sandeep Sharma

Enterprise Security Architect

AESO

Antoine Saikaley headshot

Antoine Saikaley

Technical Director

Trend Micro Canada

With today’s ever-evolving threat landscape, advanced security is not enough to prevent attacks on your users and infrastructure. You need capabilities in place to help you respond rapidly to threats that may breach your defenses. To avoid serious and widespread damage, you need to prevent as much as you can and detect and respond quickly if a threat breaks through. The efficiency of XDR allows resource-constrained security teams to do more with less.

Join Antoine Saikaley as he leads this interactive conversation focused on:

  • How XDR delivers on data correlation needed to tell the full story of an attack
  • What the pragmatic differences are with XDR in the real world
  • How this aligns with MITRE ATT&CK

10:00am - 10:45am  MDT Virtual Summit Keynote

Executive Presence for Lasting Leadership

Chris Ulrich headshot

Chris Ulrich

Body Language Expert & Political Consultant

Guest Speaker

Any given gesture -a nod, a point of the finger - unconsciously communicates powerful ideas and feelings that have tangible consequences. Top executives are generally proficient in their ability to interact with others, but the stakes are raised during high-level negotiations, reporting to the board, inspiring and empowering senior managers or dealing with tricky internal matters. This is especially challenging in a highly remote environment.

Join body language expert Chris Ulrich as he shares:

  • Why every movement and action is magnified in high-level situations 
  • Tools and techniques to build rapport quickly 
  • How executives can communicate more effectively

9:00am - 10:00am  MDT Virtual Summit Boardroom

Drive the Business Forward with Data at the Core

Steve Reece headshot

Steve Reece

Director - Information Technology & Information Services

Vermilion Energy, Inc.

Paul Selway headshot

Paul Selway

Senior Vice President & Chief Digital Officer

AltaGas Utilities

Today’s enterprise has access to endless amounts of data and CIOs and CISOs must continually find true meaning and value in the data. This peer-to-peer discussion will consider ways to mature your data and analytics program to provide accurate, real-time data.

Come ready to discuss how to:

  • Implement data strategies that align with desired business outcomes
  • Leverage data to gain greater insights and drive value
  • Define clear data ownership and standardization

8:45am - 9:00am  MDT Break

10:45am - 11:00am  MDT Break

11:00am - 12:00pm  MDT Virtual Summit Boardroom

Transforming the Employee Experience

Chad La Fournie headshot

Chad La Fournie

Director, Digital Productivity Solutions

Finning

Joey Roa headshot

Joey Roa

Head, Agile Centre of Excellence

Suncor Energy

A sudden and unexpected pivot to a remote workforce was both a monumental challenge and a unique opportunity for improving the digital employee experience. With the right approach, CIOs and CISOs can leverage this year to re-envision business models, embrace new ways of empowering employees and optimize operations to fuel a competitive advantage.

Join this virtual boardroom to discuss:

  • Cultivating a secure, modern digital employee experience
  • Advancing agile methods across the enterprise to capture opportunity quickly, and deliver what the business needs…not necessarily what they initially ask for
  • Leveraging a combination of low-code and high-control applications to improve development velocity and increase the velocity of app delivery

12:00pm - 12:30pm  MDT Networking

Community Discussion

Miguel Kanafany headshot

Miguel Kanafany

Interim VP, Business Technology Client Services

Sysco

An informal and interactive opportunity for you to network with peers in small groups. 

October 20, 2020

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