Program

Please note: the CANARIE Summit will be conducted in English.

All Summit sessions, including meals and networking breaks, will take place in the Saisons Room of the Hôtel Omni Mont-Royal in Montreal.

 

Tuesday, October 1, 2019
8:00 – 9:30 AM Registration and Breakfast
9:30 – 9:45 AM Opening Remarks Jim Ghadbane | President and CEO, CANARIE

Kathryn Anthonisen | Vice President, External Relations, CANARIE
9:45 – 10:45 AM From Black Hat to White Hat Samy Kamkar | Hacker, Whistleblower, Entrepreneur
10:45 – 11:15 AM Break and Networking
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Cybersecurity and Embodied Agents: What, Me Worry? Dr. Jonathan Kelly | Director, STARS Laboratory and Professor, Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), University of Toronto
12:15 – 1:30 PM Lunch and Networking
1:30 – 2:30 PM The Quantum Cyber Threat and What to Do About It Dr. Atty Mashatan | Founder and Director, Cybersecurity Research Lab (CRL), Ryerson University
2:30 – 3:30 PM The Ghosts of Privacy’s Past and Predictions for the Future Kris Klein | Privacy Lawyer, nNovation LLP
3:30 – 4:00 PM Break and Networking
4:00 – 5:00 PM Cybersecurity at a Global Scale Andrew Dunbar | Vice President of Security Engineering and IT, Shopify
5:00 – 7:00 PM Welcome Reception
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
8:00 – 9:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Why White-Hat Hackers Distrust Authority Clive Thompson | Journalist, Author, Tech Industry Expert
10:00 – 10:30 AM Break and Networking
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Securing the Academy Jim Ghadbane | President and CEO, CANARIE

Barb Carra | President and CEO, Cybera

Jorge Gonzalez-Outeiriño | Director of Infrastructure and Information Security, Wilfrid Laurier University

Brian Lesser | Chief Information Officer, Ryerson University
12:00 – 1:30 PM Lunch and Networking
1:30 – 2:30 PM Resilience in a Digital World: From Citizen, to Corporation, to Country Tyson Johnson | Chief Operating Officer, CyberNB
2:30 – 3:00 PM Closing Remarks Jim Ghadbane | President and CEO, CANARIE