
Vancouver, BC CISO Community
Executive Summit
November 6, 2025 | JW Marriott Parq Vancouver
November 6, 2025
JW Marriott Parq Vancouver
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:
Building a Foundation for Cyber Resilience
Leveraging Data & Analytics to Drive Strategic Business Outcomes
Maximizing AI to Advance the Business and Create Value
Vancouver, BC CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Rob Davidson
Pacific Blue Cross & PBC Solutions
CISO

David Royer
West Fraser
CISO

Greg Sieg
Ledcor
SVP & CIO
What to Expect
Agenda
Breakout Sessions
Breakout Session
Cyber Resilience in Action
Cyber resiliency remains a top concern in 2025, yet Gartner finds many organizations focus on defining and quantifying resilience rather than improving it. Leaders must develop proactive strategies that speak to a “when, not if” mentality, ensuring business continuity when incidents occur.
Join this session to discuss:
- Developing resilient people and processes in a complex threat ecosystem
- Minimizing the impact of cyber incidents and quickly restoring operations
- Maintaining compliance amid increasing regulatory requirements
Keynote Session
Leveraging Outcome-Driven Metrics for Strategic Impact
Technology and security leaders are under increasing pressure to demonstrate the business value of IT investments and align technology priorities with organizational outcomes. Traditional IT metrics—focused on uptime, budget, and project delivery—often fail to resonate with business leaders or drive informed investment decisions. Outcome-Driven Metrics (ODMs) offer a transformative approach, directly linking technology performance to business value.
Join this session to hear about:
- Moving beyond operational reporting by identifying and building metrics hierarchies that connect technology to business outcomes
- Utilizing ODMs to guide executive conversations and clarify risk, value, and cost trade-off
- Connecting investments in technology readiness to business performance, customer satisfaction, and financial results—enabling proactive risk management and business enablement
Executive Boardroom Sessions
Growth and Security – Innovation, Emerging Tech, and Business Agility
In today's fast-changing business world, technology and security leaders share a critical goal: growing the business and using new technology effectively, all while staying safe from increasing cyber threats.
Join this session to examine:
- How to overcome common roadblocks in updating security so it supports both IT needs and broader business goals, especially when adopting new technologies
- How top organizations weave security into new projects and the adoption of new technologies
- What security measures work well for users while meeting essential protection needs
From Static Data to Intelligent Automation
Agentic AI is revolutionizing data strategy, empowering leaders to automate decision making and optimize operations with minimal human intervention. However, success depends on more than just adoption — it requires strategic implementation, governance and risk mitigation to drive real business impact.
Join this roundtable discussion to explore:
- Unlocking autonomous AI for smarter, faster data-driven decisions
- Mitigating risks by mastering AI governance and bias control
- Driving real business impact with scalable agentic AI strategies
The Impact of Geopolitical Shifts
IT and security leaders must play a pivotal role in assessing corporate risk and taking action as necessary. The current state of geopolitical uncertainty leaves many variables for enterprise risk, including vendor reliability, supply chain consistency, and cyber threats.
Join this session to discuss:
- Understanding the latest regulations affecting the threat landscape
- Evaluating operations in high-risk geographies to strategize resiliency
- Planning disaster recovery in the event of a geopolitical disruption
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Vancouver, BC CISO Community Executive Summit.
Gartner facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
Location
Venue & Accommodation
JW Marriott Parq VancouverA block of rooms has been reserved at the JW Marriott Parq Vancouver at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 1-888-236-2427.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $499 CAD (plus tax) is October 7, 2025.
Community Program Manager
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