IN-PERSON

Calgary CIO Executive Summit

June 6, 2023 | BMO Centre at Stampede Park

June 6, 2023
BMO Centre at Stampede Park

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Calgary's top CIOs 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 CIOs today:

Mitigating cybersecurity risks amid a quickly changing landscape

Prioritizing data to ensure accuracy, accessibility and literacy

Creating a healthy tech culture across the business despite competing priorities

Calgary CIO Governing Body


The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Ross Ballendine

Trimac Transportation
Vice President Information Technology

Steve Biswanger

ATCO
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer

Jan Bradley

City of Calgary
Chief Information Technology Officer

Shaun Guthrie

Peavey Industries
SVP Peavey Technology & eCommerce

Kelly Hill

Keyera Corp
Vice President, Information Technology

Jason Hinchliff

Cenovus Energy Inc.
Chief Information Officer & VP IT

Catherine Mendonsa

Finning
CISO, Director Information Systems Security & Enterprise Architecture

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CIO 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 Calgary CIO 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


June 5, 2023

6:00pm - 8:30pm  Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body Welcome Reception

We have partnered with Together We Rise (a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the way youth navigate through the foster care system in North America) and we will be filling backpacks for foster children in need. All items will be provided at zero cost to you. Simply show up, enjoy a beverage, light appetizers, network with peers and enjoy an opportunity to give back to the community.

11:00am - 11:45am  Breakout Session

Guiding The Organization Through Transformative Change

Michael Barr headshot

Michael Barr

CIO

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Amid disruptive and uncertain business environments, strategic portfolio management is critical to accelerate digital initiatives. At the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, IT leaders are focusing on student retention as one of the main drivers of transformative change in its physical and virtual presence. Through the power of story and interactive technology, Michael Barr, CIO of SAIT, hopes to engage the audience in learning while sharing ways to elevate the CIO and CISO positions to those of trusted advisors.

Join this interactive session to discuss:

  • Approaches and frameworks for strategic portfolio management within an organization
  • Tools to create business agility and accelerate digital initiatives
  • Strategies for using KPIs as a north star to guide the work

11:00am - 11:45am  Executive Boardroom

CIOs Connecting Business, Data, and Technology

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Neil Bradbury

Head of Technology, Information Systems

Bantrel Co.

Trevor Poffenroth headshot

Trevor Poffenroth

Chief Information Officer

University of Calgary

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Steve Reece

Director - IT & IS

Vermilion Energy, Inc.

According to Gartner, the challenge for many IT and business leaders today is to instill a culture of data-driven decision making across the organization. Those who want to exploit the potential of new data and advanced analytics capabilities at scale typically face numerous challenges.

In this session, CIOs will:

  • Discuss best practices for designing data and analytics programs
  • Identify and define quick-win opportunities supporting the business data strategies
  • Brainstorm technology and resource alignment

11:45am - 12:30pm  Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm  Keynote

Delivering and Securing Digital Dividends

Michael Armer headshot

Michael Armer

VP, CISO

RingCentral

IT and security leadership is necessary to meet critical business gains for the remainder of 2023. The pressure is on leadership teams to drive revenue growth, optimize their budgets and teams and a find a faster path to realizing ROI. Among the many areas of modernization and innovation is in workplace collaboration to get the most out of your workforce.

Join this interactive keynote to discuss:

  • Creating a roadmap to implement new capabilities for greater productivity
  • Embedding security and privacy into workforce collaboration
  • Developing technology strategies that lead to increased value

1:05pm - 1:30pm  Break

7:45am - 8:30am  Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am  Keynote

Remarkable Resilience - Tools for Combating Toxic Stress & Burnout

Sheila Hamilton headshot

Sheila Hamilton

Mental Health Thought Leader and Author of "All the Things We Never Knew"

Guest Speaker

Today’s CIOs & CISOs face daunting challenges. As the business leader in charge of adding value to the company, finding the right talent and inspiring technology innovation, there’s an incredible amount of pressure. It’s no surprise that CIOs & CISOs are experiencing burnout at unprecedented rates. While taking care of employees is important, how can CIOs & CISOs make sure they are taking care of themselves to help make their careers sustainable while maintaining a sense of well-being?

Join this keynote to explore:

  • Evidence-based strategies that can help alleviate burnout
  • How to recognize the signs and symptoms of toxic stress and burnout
  • How to remain engaged, energized, and focused during turbulent times

9:15am - 9:40am  Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am  Breakout Session

Data and AI – Driving Value for Your Organization

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Eric Ranta

Director, Customer Value & Transformation Advisors

Google Cloud

Even the most successful companies face challenges harnessing the full value of a robust data and AI strategy. Technology leaders must keep abreast of data and AI trends to understand how to realize and prioritize greater potential at scale for optimal business value.

In this session, you’ll learn:

  • Benefits of a unified data and AI platform
  • Customer success insights
  • Five trends for an interconnected data strategy

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Analyzing Your Application and Infrastructure Technology Strategy

David Whale headshot

David Whale

Director Information Security

Fasken

Howard Plato headshot

Howard Plato

Manager, Information Systems

Strathcona Resources

Applications can make or break an organization’s growth. Too many and you create an opportunity for redundancies and inefficiencies; too few and you risk getting left in the past. In today’s digital-first workspaces, how can leaders evolve their strategy to maximize the value of their applications, advance key digital initiatives, and remain agile in the face of constant change?

Join your peers to discuss:

  • Discontinuing legacy systems, modernizing, and shifting to agile solutions
  • Building a business case for application and technology rationalization
  • Creating architectures that evolve with ever-changing business requirements

10:25am - 11:00am  Networking Break

10:30am - 10:55am  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a 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.

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Breakout Session

Leading with Digital Sustainability - A Strategy Led by Technology

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Daniel Busse

Senior Chrome Enterprise Customer Engineer

Google Chrome Enterprise

Enterprises are under pressure to address multiple challenges impacting the planet, their people and profitability.  This is all happening while a recession is looming, quiet quitting is real and climate change is a top concern. Now is the time to position technology leaders as key partners in tackling these issues maximizes sustainable value across the business.

Join this session to explore sustainable strategies for:      

  • Reducing efforts in the negative impact your company and products have on the planet (environmental sustainability)      
  • How to best champion and manage the impact on your people (social sustainability)
  • Managing the business' fiscal health and future profitability (financial sustainability)    

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Cutting Costs is Half the Battle

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Mike Yuen

Chief Information Security Officer & Sr Director

AltaGas

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Mariana Trapnell

Manager, Information Technology

Strike Group

Amid economic turbulence, technology leaders must look beyond cost savings to operation resiliency and efficiency. As economic conditions tighten, executives are looking for ways to strategically optimize costs while reinvesting in sustainable technologies.

Join your peers in this session to discuss:

  • Adoption of planning processes that accelerate new capabilities to support growth
  • Ways to optimize performance during turbulent times
  • When to accelerate, reduce or eliminate investment

2:15pm - 2:50pm  Networking Break

2:20pm - 2:45pm  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a 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.

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Breakout Session

Emerging Technology — Collaboration Across the Enterprise

Jason Hinchliff headshot

Jason Hinchliff

Chief Information Officer & VP IT

Cenovus Energy Inc.

Jan Bradley headshot

Jan Bradley

Chief Information Technology Officer

City of Calgary

To lead resilient and innovative organizations, CIOs and CISOs must stay up to date with emerging technology. Leadership has an obligation to be responsive to emerging tech that will either enhance or threaten the business. How are you communicating opportunities and concerns across the enterprise when news of new trends hit the headlines?

Join this interactive session to discuss:

  • The importance of communicating emerging trends like generative AI with key stakeholders
  • What impacts automation can have on an organization’s future
  • How organizations are adapting to the rapidly changing technology landscape

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Executive Boardroom

Aligning With the Business — IT’s Game Plan

Bhavnesh Jaraim headshot

Bhavnesh Jaraim

Chief Information Officer & Vice President, Technology

Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust

Trevor Butler headshot

Trevor Butler

General Manager of IT

City of Lethbridge

Getting total buy-in from leadership isn’t easy but can accelerate your initiatives and increase success and adoption. If you can learn to communicate with your board by leveraging data to tell a compelling story, IT’s effectiveness will be recognized — inspiring trust and future buy-in across the enterprise.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Best practices for communicating with your board
  • Using data to tell IT’s story
  • Building relationships with stakeholders

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs & CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Aislin Courtis at aislin.courtis@evanta.com

3:35pm - 4:00pm  Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm  Keynote

Get Ahead Now — Proactive Problem Solving

Robert Martin headshot

Robert Martin

CISO

Alberta Health Services

Technology leaders are constantly preparing for the inevitable: a cyber breach or ransomware attack. But what if the threat is not a breach, but a catastrophic system failure instead? What might work to combat a tech outage might not be enough to take on a system-wide outage that compromises the organization. Robert Martin, CISO, Alberta Health Services, and his team were front and center of the response and came out the other side.

Join this keynote to discuss:

  • Creating proactive protocols for a system-wide outage
  • Implementing a comprehensive disaster recovery plan
  • Understanding and communicating the impact of a major system failure

4:35pm - 5:00pm  Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

6:00pm - 8:30pm  Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body Welcome Reception

We have partnered with Together We Rise (a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the way youth navigate through the foster care system in North America) and we will be filling backpacks for foster children in need. All items will be provided at zero cost to you. Simply show up, enjoy a beverage, light appetizers, network with peers and enjoy an opportunity to give back to the community.

11:00am - 11:45am  Breakout Session

The Most Important Shift for Cybersecurity in a Generation

Steve Riley headshot

Steve Riley

Field CTO

Netskope

Mike Melo headshot

Mike Melo

VP Technology Shared Services & CISO

LifeLabs

We live in a world where everything is hybrid and the blend between personal, corporate, private and public is ever-changing and presents us with a host of new challenges. This has increased and complicated the attack surface and the pressure to converge tools and do “more with less” is at peak levels. We must meet this watershed moment with the right team, plans, and technology.

Join this interactive session to learn:

  • How to build an effective plan for change without adding to the chaos
  • What consolidation approaches save money without sacrificing security
  • Use cases that deliver immediate value and efficiency while improving user experience

11:45am - 12:30pm  Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm  Keynote

Delivering and Securing Digital Dividends

Michael Armer headshot

Michael Armer

VP, CISO

RingCentral

IT and security leadership is necessary to meet critical business gains for the remainder of 2023. The pressure is on leadership teams to drive revenue growth, optimize their budgets and teams and a find a faster path to realizing ROI. Among the many areas of modernization and innovation is in workplace collaboration to get the most out of your workforce.

Join this interactive keynote to discuss:

  • Creating a roadmap to implement new capabilities for greater productivity
  • Embedding security and privacy into workforce collaboration
  • Developing technology strategies that lead to increased value

1:05pm - 1:30pm  Break

7:45am - 8:30am  Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am  Keynote

Remarkable Resilience - Tools for Combating Toxic Stress & Burnout

Sheila Hamilton headshot

Sheila Hamilton

Mental Health Thought Leader and Author of "All the Things We Never Knew"

Guest Speaker

Today’s CIOs & CISOs face daunting challenges. As the business leader in charge of adding value to the company, finding the right talent and inspiring technology innovation, there’s an incredible amount of pressure. It’s no surprise that CIOs & CISOs are experiencing burnout at unprecedented rates. While taking care of employees is important, how can CIOs & CISOs make sure they are taking care of themselves to help make their careers sustainable while maintaining a sense of well-being?

Join this keynote to explore:

  • Evidence-based strategies that can help alleviate burnout
  • How to recognize the signs and symptoms of toxic stress and burnout
  • How to remain engaged, energized, and focused during turbulent times

9:15am - 9:40am  Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

User Access – Leveraging the Right Technologies

Luke Sagoo headshot

Luke Sagoo

Director, Digital Risk & Cybersecurity

AltaGas

Tolu Oni headshot

Tolu Oni

Director, Cybersecurity & IT Compliance

United Farmers of Alberta Co-Operative Limited

The path to a stronger IAM strategy lies within an agile digital system. CISOs are often challenged with keeping an entire company up to date, as well as identity-related breaches and core business operations being interrupted - but easy to use technology (when leveraged correctly) can be a game changer.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

  • What the essentials are for building an efficient IAM system
  • The challenges faced when protecting remote workers’ environments
  • Optimizing user experience when adopting a user access program

10:25am - 11:00am  Networking Break

10:30am - 10:55am  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a 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.

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Bolstering Your Third-Party Defense Strategy

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Todd Hendrickson

Information Security Manager

Bird Construction

Olivera Zatezalo headshot

Olivera Zatezalo

GM, Cyber Security & Privacy

Suncor Energy

Staying ahead of the next third-party event requires a lot; tools, team buy-in and, most importantly, planning. A good third-party defense plan can do a lot more than protect you from data breaches and overlooked vulnerabilities. When done right, your plan can increase efficiency and move you one step closer to improved metrics and KPIs.

Join your C-suite peers to:

  • Discuss the future of third-party defense
  • Learn what some are doing to stay ahead of the next threat landscape shift
  • Chart your third-party defense plan despite potential resource and talent challenges

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs & CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Aislin Courtis at aislin.courtis@evanta.com

2:15pm - 2:50pm  Networking Break

2:20pm - 2:45pm  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a 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.

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Breakout Session

Emerging Technology — Collaboration Across the Enterprise

Jason Hinchliff headshot

Jason Hinchliff

Chief Information Officer & VP IT

Cenovus Energy Inc.

Jan Bradley headshot

Jan Bradley

Chief Information Technology Officer

City of Calgary

To lead resilient and innovative organizations, CIOs and CISOs must stay up to date with emerging technology. Leadership has an obligation to be responsive to emerging tech that will either enhance or threaten the business. How are you communicating opportunities and concerns across the enterprise when news of new trends hit the headlines?

Join this interactive session to discuss:

  • The importance of communicating emerging trends like generative AI with key stakeholders
  • What impacts automation can have on an organization’s future
  • How organizations are adapting to the rapidly changing technology landscape

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Executive Boardroom

Communicating and Measuring Cyber Risk More Effectively

Francois Gaudreault headshot

Francois Gaudreault

BISO

Banque Nationale

Troy Davidson headshot

Troy Davidson

Director Cybersecurity Strategy, Governance and Advisory

Enbridge

In today’s environment, it is even more challenging for security leaders to communicate and measure their cyber risk and program to their executive board. Being fully transparent about an organization’s weaknesses, strengths, and investments as it relates to cyber risk can be an uncomfortable conversation to have, but it is essential to the overall health of the business.

Join this session to learn:

  • Metrics that quantify challenges & risks
  • How to create trust with dialogue delivery and engage leadership with non-security terms
  • Using data to communicate and explain the risks and how to best leverage this data

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs & CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Aislin Courtis at aislin.courtis@evanta.com

3:35pm - 4:00pm  Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm  Keynote

Get Ahead Now — Proactive Problem Solving

Robert Martin headshot

Robert Martin

CISO

Alberta Health Services

Technology leaders are constantly preparing for the inevitable: a cyber breach or ransomware attack. But what if the threat is not a breach, but a catastrophic system failure instead? What might work to combat a tech outage might not be enough to take on a system-wide outage that compromises the organization. Robert Martin, CISO, Alberta Health Services, and his team were front and center of the response and came out the other side.

Join this keynote to discuss:

  • Creating proactive protocols for a system-wide outage
  • Implementing a comprehensive disaster recovery plan
  • Understanding and communicating the impact of a major system failure

4:35pm - 5:00pm  Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

June 5, 2023

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BMO Centre at Stampede Park
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Aislin Courtis

Community Program Manager

503-407-4886

aislin.courtis@evanta.com