2024 Vancouver, BC CISO Executive Summit

CISO Vancouver, BC CISO Community Vancouver, BC CISO Programs

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Vancouver, BC'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:

Prioritizing risk mitigation within cybersecurity strategies is paramount

Improving business outcomes through cost and resource optimization

Making data-driven decisions to move digital business priorities forward

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Rob Davidson

Pacific Blue Cross
CISO

David Royer

West Fraser
CISO

Greg Sieg

Ledcor
SVP & CIO

Tim Swanson

FortisBC Energy
Director, Corporate Security & Business Continuity

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 Vancouver, BC 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.

Agenda

Keynote Sessions

Leading Resilient Teams Through Unpredictable Adversity

Lisa Thompson is a high-altitude mountaineer and former healthcare executive who beat cancer months before standing on the summit of Everest. Lisa later became the first all-American woman to summit K2, which is considered the deadliest mountain in the world. In her talks and book, “Finding Elevation,” Lisa shares the experience of climbing the toughest mountains in the world and the importance of teamwork, resilience and defining boundaries.

Join this keynote session to learn about the importance of:

Embracing change and overcoming challenges
Creating a supportive environment inside and outside the office
Defining clear roles and goals to build a strong, communicative team

Lunch Keynote with Zscaler

More details coming soon.

Executive Boardroom Session

Optimizing Experiences with Automation & AI

Quality employee and customer/citizen experiences are key to maintaining a sustainable and competitive edge, and CIOs and CISOS are increasingly looking at automation and AI innovations to transform digital experiences. Strategic use of automation and AI not only improves internal and external experiences but creates value for the organization.

Join this session to discuss:

Leveraging technologies to enhance and streamline user experience
Using automation for scaling self-service experiences while reducing costs
Developing techniques for solving real world business problems with AI

Breakout Session

Interactive Session — Which Side are You On?

Join a friendly discussion and debate with peers to challenge your ideas on cloud and security ease of access. Explore the concept of polarity and determine if you can have the best of both worlds.

Join this session to: