IN-PERSON

Calgary CISO Executive Summit

December 4, 2019 | The BMO Centre at Calgary Stampede

December 4, 2019
The BMO Centre at Calgary Stampede

Governing Body Agenda Location Partners Contact

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Rick Begg

Parkland Fuel Corporation
VP & CIO

Brian Bench

CNOOC International
CIO & Vice President – Global IT

Steve Biswanger

ATCO Ltd.
VP & CISO

Shaun Guthrie

Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Senior Director Information Technology

Kelly Hill

Keyera Corp.
Director, Information Technology

Jason Hinchliff

Husky Energy
Director, Digital Innovation

Miguel Kanafany

Sysco
Interim VP, Business Technology Client Services

Devon Smibert

WestJet
Director, Cybersecurity

Suzie Smibert

Finning International
Global Director Enterprise Architecture & CISO

Agenda

CISO AGENDA CIO AGENDA

December 3, 2019

afternoon

December 4, 2019

morning mid-afternoon afternoon

6:00pm - 8:30pm Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body Welcome Reception

Jessica Belbin

Performer

The Kinkonauts

Nicole Zylstra

Performer

The Kinkonauts

Join the Kinkonauts improv team for a night of entertainment and practical skills to add to your leadership playbook.

7:00am - 7:45am Registration & Breakfast

7:45am - 8:00am Opening Comments

8:00am - 8:30am Keynote

The Next Evolution of Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Hans Mumm

Author & Thought Leader on Future of Artificial Intelligence

IT Thought Leader

Open any newspaper or watch any news station — autonomous systems and AI are everywhere. What is your place in the new autonomous world? Are you ready to lead and govern in this uncertain future?

In this keynote, you’ll hear how:

Social normative behaviors are being redefined
New technology impacts opportunities, provocations, and threats on and off Wall Street
Planned change keeps leaders from becoming obsolete

8:30am - 8:45am Interactive Session

Experience Kinkonauts — Leadership through Improv

Jason Lewis

Co-founder, Executive Coach and Performer

The Kinkonauts

When it comes to leading through disruptive times, there is always room to improve your executive presence. Jason Lewis will lead the audience through a series of interactive sessions to share teachings from improv while adding new leadership traits to your toolbox along the way.

The short interactive sessions will focus on:

Leadership presence and being coach-like
Storytelling and its importance in driving change
Uncertainty and practicing adaptability

8:45am - 9:15am Networking Break

9:15am - 10:05am CIO & CISO Featured Session

Incident Detected! — What's the Worst That Could Happen?!

Joan Ross

Field CISO

Fortinet, Inc.

Join Joan Ross as she exemplifies what a CISO is up against during a cyber-incident response event. She’ll walk through the internal functions of a security team tasked with protecting sensitive information. Better than a murder mystery event because no one dies!

During this interactive mock attack you will:

Sit in the security team’s seat while indicators of an attack occur
Better understand the warning signs and deceptions
Determine if your organization is the target of malicious actors

9:15am - 10:05am CISO Executive Boardroom

Communicating Risk —Translating Insight Into Action

Steve Biswanger

VP & CISO

ATCO Ltd.

Suresh Durairaj

Sr. Manager, Cybersecurity Office

TC Energy

Unlike the CISO role of just a few years ago – where many could still focus heavily on the bits and bytes – today’s security leader is also expected to be a business leader. Uncover strategies with your peers to help you become fluent in the languages of risk, finance and strategy, and to effectively convey your message, including:

How to educate your board on cybersecurity so they become champions for security in your company
What the board really wants to hear from CISOs
Which metrics will help you craft a compelling story that inspires action

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Andie Alderette at andrea.alderette@evanta.com.

10:05am - 10:30am Networking Break

10:30am - 11:20am CISO Featured Session

Changing the Course of Security Operations and the Business

Steve Biswanger

VP & CISO

ATCO Ltd.

Suzie Smibert

Global Director Enterprise Architecture & CISO

Finning International

Finning International is foregoing the trend of outsourcing to better align the business. Suzie Smibert will share how Finning elected to insource by automating and simplifying the security strategy.

In this session you’ll hear:

Financial and change management considerations
Security strategy alignment to the business
Technical debt reduction tactics

10:30am - 11:20am CISO Executive Boardroom

Cyber-Risk Management — New Approaches for Reducing Your Cyber-Exposure

Troy Davidson

Head of Security Operation Center

Enbridge

Kevin Vadnais

Manager, Information Management and Security

University Of Lethbridge

Robert Huber

Chief Security Officer

Tenable

When it comes to reducing cyber exposure, overcoming vulnerability overload is critical. Find out how to improve your vulnerability management efforts so you can close your cyber exposure gap and focus on what matters most to your business.

During this peer discussion, you will explore how to:

Translate raw vulnerability and threat intelligence data into business insights
Benchmark your organization’s cyber exposure to guide decision making
Use threat intelligence to move the most dangerous vulnerabilities up your priority list

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs. To reserve your seat, please contact Andie Alderette at andrea.alderette@evanta.com.

11:20am - 11:40am Networking Break

11:40am - 12:10pm Lunch & Comments

12:10pm - 12:40pm Keynote

The Next Chapter in Your Digital Journey

Xerxes Cooper

General Manager, Global Technology Services

IBM Canada

Asad Kamal

Client Leader, O&G Midstream

IBM

Chris Leonard

Director, Strategy & Digital Transformation

Plains Midstream

Candice Onraët

Business Systems Training Optimization Specialist

Plains Midstream

Forward-thinking businesses are moving from AI experimentation, migrating simple workloads to the cloud and random acts of digital into “Chapter 2” of their digital journey — true digital transformation. Join IBM and a panel of executives for a conversation about the critical areas on this journey.

In this keynote, you’ll learn how to:

Build the right team and thinking to ensure success
Collaborate and co-create to effectively align with business needs
Scale your business platform to connect digital and AI
Sustain and accelerate your (AI) journey

12:40pm - 1:00pm Interactive Session

Experience Kinkonauts — Leadership through Improv

Jason Lewis

Co-founder, Executive Coach and Performer

The Kinkonauts

The short interactive sessions will focus on:

Leadership presence and being coach-like
Storytelling and its importance in driving change
Uncertainty and practicing adaptability

1:00pm - 1:30pm Networking Break

1:30pm - 2:20pm CIO & CISO Featured Session

Interactive Session — A Problems and Solutions Workshop

Brian Bench

CIO & Vice President – Global IT

CNOOC International

Troy Davidson

Head of Security Operation Center

Enbridge

Got a problem you need solved? Got a solution you can provide? This session encourages interaction between attendees to share problems and solutions to pressing needs – from small to big. Leave this session knowing you received or offered a viable solution or resource.

1:30pm - 2:20pm CISO Executive Boardroom

Navigating the Perfect Storm — Cloud Security Made Simple

Albert Kramer

Technical Director

Trend Micro

David Brunetta

Director, Finance and Information Technology

North American Construction Group

With an exploding set of cloud infrastructure services and an increasing number of stakeholders involved in infrastructure and security decisions, the cloud has formed the perfect storm for security. In order to gain the benefits of the cloud and meet business objectives, cloud security needs to be made less complex.

In this boardroom, we will explore how to:

Manage security through the migration and maintenance of a multi-cloud strategy
Deliver faster and integrate often through automation
Create repeatable, consistent, secure and compliant infrastructures

2:20pm - 2:40pm Networking Break

2:40pm - 3:30pm CISO Featured Session

Fighting Fire with Fire — Leveraging Automated Detection and Response

Devon Smibert

Director, Cybersecurity

WestJet

Kris Narayan

Manager, Cybersecurity Technology and Development

Airline Industry

Hackers are increasingly utilizing AI and automation to outsmart defenders, so beating them at their own game is crucial for organizations. Join Devon Smibert and Kris Narayan to hear how AI, Machine Learning, and automation can to free up staff while improving efficiency and effectiveness.

In this session you’ll hear insights on:

Identifying focus areas for automation
Common pitfalls to avoid
Enabling your workforce to adopt and drive automated detection and response

2:40pm - 3:30pm CIO & CISO Executive Boardroom

Lead, Don't Follow — Getting Ahead in the Data Game

Jan Bradley

Chief Information Technology Officer

City of Calgary

Howard Plato

Mgr., IS

Osum

CIOs have endless data at their fingertips, but these leaders understand that leveraging data requires meaningful information, not just lots of information. A data strategy must have clearly defined priorities, the right technological foundation, sound governance, business alignment – and an eye toward the future. Tomorrow’s data-driven organization can’t simply ride the wave; it must direct the wave. Join this interactive conversation to:

Create a shared vision among peers for the next steps in your data journey – wherever you are along the path
Outline the challenges and possible solutions for generating truly predictive analytics
Tackle the data challenge holistically by building the data-first mindset into your entire organization

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs & CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Andie Alderette at andrea.alderette@evanta.com

3:30pm - 3:50pm Networking Break

3:50pm - 4:00pm Closing Comments

4:00pm - 4:15pm Interactive Session

Experience Kinkonauts — Leadership through Improv

Jason Lewis

Co-founder, Executive Coach and Performer

The Kinkonauts

The short interactive sessions will focus on:

Leadership presence and being coach-like
Storytelling and its importance in driving change
Uncertainty and practicing adaptability

4:15pm - 4:45pm Keynote

The Digitally Enabled Business — A Breakdown of Talent and Innovation

Mary Moran

President and CEO

Calgary Economic Development

The economy in Calgary is changing with new opportunities for tech talent and growing innovation - but from where are they being derived? Mary Moran will share insights from Calgary Economic Development’s research on where talent is coming from and where digital spend is going.

In this session, you will hear: