In-Person

Vancouver, BC CIO 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 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:

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 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

Rob Davidson

Pacific Blue Cross & PBC Solutions
CISO

David Royer

West Fraser
CISO

Greg Sieg

Ledcor
SVP & CIO

Tim Swanson

FortisBC
Director, Corporate Security & Business Continuity

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 Vancouver, BC CIO 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 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 Session

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 


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

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Location

Venue & Accommodation

JW Marriott Parq Vancouver

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