Event Highlights – People in Cyber Conference 2019
Saturday, October 19, 2019, 8:30 AM – 5 PM
RBC WaterPark Place Auditorium
88 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON M5J 0B8
Conference Agenda
Featured Presenters
Welcome and Opening Remarks from Conference Host – Bryan Li
Keynote Speech – Matthew Tim, Vice President, Cyber Technology Office, RBC
Panel Discussion – Cyber Industry Trends
- Moderator: May Sarout, Sr. Director, Cyber Technology Office Partnerships, RBC
- David Millar-LaRocque, Canadian Solutions Leader, Security Services, IBM
- Andrew Wertkin, Chief Strategy Officer, BlueCat
- Peter Cresswell, Security Architect, Trend Micro
- Stuart Dankevy, Enterprise Security Executive, Microsoft
Panel Discussion – Insights from Chief Information Security Officers
- Moderator: Bryan Li, Founder, Cyber Tech & Risk
- Yaz Alattia, CISO, Moneris
- Sandra Liepkalns, CISO, LoyaltyOne
- Zaki Abbas, CISO, Brookfield Asset Management
- Michael Castro, Board Cyber Advisor, Former Head of Information Security and Risk Management at Loblaw
Cyber Tech & Risk Talks
- Antoine Saikaley, Cybersecurity Sales Engineer, Trend Micro
- Vishal Patel, Senior Consultant, KPMG Canada; Harry Attli, Senior Consultant, KPMG Canada
- Gerry Owens, IT Risk Management and Cyber Security Executive
- Chetan Phull, Principal Lawyer, Smartblock Law
Panel Discussion – Cloud Security
- Moderator: Stuart Dankevy, Enterprise Security Executive, Microsoft
- Dhruv Chandra, Head of Cloud Governance & Compliance, RBC
- Brandon Traffanstedt, Global Director, Solutions Engineering, CyberArk
- Robert Moerman, Partner, Technology Risk Consulting, KPMG
Panel Discussion – Cyber Career Development
- Moderator: Julie Bryski, Senior Director, Talent Initiatives, Toronto Finance International
- Kamil Zacharski, Sr. Director, Identity and Access Management Engineering, RBC
- Mary Jane Couldridge, Director, Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX)
- Vanessa Tsotsos, Director, Cyber Security Strategic Support, Scotiabank
- Bryan Li, Founder, Cyber Career Centre
Panel Discussion – Women in Cyber Security & Tech
- Moderator: Bryan Li, Founder, Cyber Tech & Risk
- Helen Oakley, Security Product Owner, SAP
- May Sarout, Senior Director, Cyber Technology Office Partnerships and Innovation Initiatives, RBC
- Michelle Beyo, Founder, Finavator
Cybersecurity Higher Education Contest 2019 – Judges
- Contest Chair: Joe Chang
- Jenny Yang, Senior Advisor, MaRS Discovery District
- Walter Cooke, Senior Manager, Cyber Advisory, Difenda
- Jacklyn Wyatt, Director, Lead Cloud Security Consultant, RBC
- Estelle Chen, Director, Technology & Innovation Banking, BMO
- Antoine Saikaley, Cybersecurity Sales Engineer, Trend Micro
- Stas Bodrov, Associate Lawyer, Strigberger Brown Armstrong LLP
Cybersecurity Higher Education Contest 2019 Winners
- 1st Place – CyberTORia from University of Victoria
- 2nd Place – Team X^2 from York University
- 3rd Place – Aspire from Queen’s College of Business, Technology & Public Safety
Finalists:
- Strike Force from Fanshawe College
- Rampage from Ontario Tech University
- Cybe of the Times from Ryerson University
Panel Discussion – Cyber Innovation & Startups
- Moderator: Chetan Phull, Principal Lawyer, Smartblock Law
- Tahseen Shabab, Founder & CEO, BiBu Labs
- Dmitry Raidman, CEO & CTO, Cybeats
- Ketan Kapadia, Entrepreneur & Technology Executive
Panel Discussion – The Next-Gen Cyber Talent
- Moderator: Bryan Li, Founder, Cyber Tech & Risk
- Brianna Gopaul, Reinforcement Learning
- Talha Atta, Blockchain
- Ria Chakraborty, Quantum Computing
- Liam Hinzman, machine learning
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