In-Person

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

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 Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

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


We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering

Gartner cares about the health and safety of our community. If you are feeling unwell, please refrain from attending the conference. At this time, Gartner does not have any health-related requirements in place for attendance. Should this change, we will follow up with updated guidance.

Location

Venue & Accommodation

JW Marriott Parq Vancouver

A 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.

Your Community Sponsors

CIO Thought Leader

CISO Thought Leaders

Key Sponsors

Program Sponsor

Community Program Manager

For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Aislin Courtis

Community Program Manager

503-407-4886

aislin.courtis@gartner.com