National Canada Transformation Summit
April 21, 2022
National Canada Transformation Summit
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Agenda
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12:00pm-12:05pm
Opening Remarks
12:05pm-12:55pm
Keynote Panel: “Enterprise Transformation: How to Futureproof against Technology Shifts and Disruptive Technologies?“
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| Ravi Shankar SVP & CMO |
AB InBev |
Bayshore
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The Citco Group Limited |
Moderna |
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| Joshua Hamilton Director Strategy & Digital Transformation |
Satyajeet Sarangi Director, IT Operations, Services and Support |
Saurabh Dixit EVP – Head of Real Assets Technology |
Arpita Bhowmick Global Director Technology Strategy |
Gini Wong Head of Information Technology |
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The only way for your business to stay ahead of the competition is to embark on continuous enterprise transformation. That means, given the digitally entwined business, enterprises need to embrace disruptive technologies and brace for technology shifts. But how can you insulate the business from such technology changes and keep the operations running without interruption? In this panel, veteran CIOs and CDOs will share their experience of what, and specifically what not, to do while adopting the latest technologies and yet keeping the business humming.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn about the major challenges in undertaking major transformation changes. When to migrate data, how much and which priorities.
- Lean how you can plan for a future state architecture across a Hybrid environment
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1:00pm-1:30pm
Fireside Chat: “Can We Really Trust Our Developers to Handle Security?”
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| Steve Kinman Field CISO |
University of Ottawa |
Bayshore
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| Nicolas Buache CISO |
Nilesh Shastri Director Security & Compliance |
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Traditionally, security teams were built to be reactive and only focus on production environments. In many cases, development environments were scoped out to make their compliance and audit lives easier. However, with the latest attacks being targeted toward developer environments security teams are having to rethink their approach.
We’ll discuss:
- Tackling these new environments without having the resources required
- How traditional security teams can take a modern approach to developer environments to ensure proactive security
- The support needed from leadership to ensure developer and security alignment
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1:35pm-2:00pm
Fireside Chat: “Security Observability – Are you ready for the next Log4J?“
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| Dana Gardner Director, Product Evangelist |
Sanjay Nagaraj Co-Founder & CTO |
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When Log4j emerged, many organizations were caught “flying blind”, hoping that they could protect their applications with their traditional perimeter defense. Modern applications are extremely hard to secure because, in the cloud, the apps are no longer behind a firewall, but rather connected to services potentially everywhere. As a result, security at the gate is simply not enough, now we need visibility of what we have, how it is behaving, and how it is being used or abused. We need visibility with the context of the application in order to protect the business from emerging threats like Log4J and others.
In this session you’ll learn:
- How applications have changed and why we need to rethink application security
- How APIs are the key to security in the future
- How application security requires close collaboration across dev, sec, and ops
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2:05pm-2:25pm
Fireside Chat: “Achieving Digital Transformation Despite Labor-shortages of Technical Talent”
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| Michael Nixon VP of Product Marketing |
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Companies everywhere want the benefits of digital transformation, but not every company has the luxury of a software development team to achieve it. The competition to hire technical talent is fierce. So, what are companies that are not Google, Facebook, or Apple to do? Join us as we have an insightful conversion with Michael Nixon, VP, Product Marketing with SnapLogic, producers of intelligent data and applications integration and enterprise automation solutions. We will explore strategies that enable everyday companies to succeed with digital transformation and enterprise automation to accelerate and achieve business results.
- 78% of businesses plan to increase their spending on automation initiatives in the near-term future
- Cost savings is the primary reason, followed by increasing customer engagement and satisfaction and to drive employee productivity.
- Second to legacy technology as the reason for hampering digital transformation and automation initiatives is lack of skilled personnel
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2:30pm-3:00pm
Fireside Chat: “The Journey to Loginless. First Step, Passwordless“
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PwC |
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| Salman Ladha Sr. Product Marketing Manager |
Priya Mouli Director, Cybersecurity and Privacy |
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Identity sits at the intersection of convenience, privacy, and security. From improving customer experiences, to ensuring secure authentication flows that protect customer data – today’s login box must find the right balance between user convenience, security, and privacy.
We believe that the companies that will succeed in the next five years will be the ones best-equipped to balance the ever-growing customer expectations of these attributes One of the key changes on the horizon that will impact these attributes is loginless authentication.
In the near future, traditional logins will no longer be the dominant form of access. Today’s ubiquitous login boxes, with their user ID and password fields, will be replaced with user-centric systems that favor convenience (without sacrificing security or privacy) and that are built on trust.
However, this journey to loginless can be fraught with complications, unknowns, and misconceptions.
Join us in this session to discuss and explore:
- The most common misconceptions when it comes to authentication and loginless
- How you can prepare your business today for the loginless future of tomorrow
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Why should I attend?
Your time is valuable and we make sure to make the most of it! We take the time to figure out your challenges and customize your experience to meet your needs. Our agendas are tailored to your feedback and we pride ourselves in covering the most cutting-edge content delivered by renowned industry experts. Look forward to building enduring partnerships and together we’ll go straight to the top.
Where is the event taking place?
The event is by invitation-only. The location will be released to all attendees once your registration has been confirmed.
What is the dress code?
We recommend business attire. Most attendees wear suits or comparable attire. Ties are optional.
Can I bring a colleague with me?
Yes! We always urge our members to refer their colleagues! We love adding new members to the community, especially if they come highly recommended by a current member. Either have them reach out to your Apex POC or have them fill out the Member Registration Form.
What if I have dietary restrictions?
No problem! Please let your Apex POC know as soon as possible in order for us to work with the venue on providing alternate options for you at the event.
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Apex is always looking for speakers that can contribute their valuable insight. If you would like to speak, please contact your Apex POC or fill out the Speaker Registration Form on the Assemblies page. Please keep in mind that we receive many inquiries for speaking and sessions are available on a first come first served basis. But no need to worry, we have plenty of opportunities available at future assemblies.
I plan on being in attendance, but what if something comes up and I have to cancel?
We understand that something may come up on your calendar! Before canceling with us, please know that we will have a separate room for attendees to step out for work-related activities (meetings, emails, conference calls, etc.). If you must cancel, we just ask that you let us know at least 48 hours in advance so that we can open up the waitlist for another member.
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