2022 Vancouver, BC CIO Inner Circle

Collaborate with your peers

Join Vancouver, BC's top CIOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:

Designing a holistic secure digital framework

Workforce and partnership strategies for digital success

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Dave Cummings

Finning
Executive Vice President & Chief Digital Officer

Rob Labbé

Teck
Director, Information Security

Kalev Ruberg

Teck
VP Future and Chief Innovation Officer

Greg Sieg

Ledcor
SVP & CIO

Tim Swanson

FortisBC Energy
Director, Corporate Security & Business Continuity

Risa Zaleski

Canfor
Senior Director, Technology

Agenda

April 19, 2022

4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception

5:30pm - 6:45pm Discussion Topics

The CIO and CISO Role in Accelerating and Securing Digital Business

Hardeep Mehrotara

Director, Information Security

Concert Properties

Josh Good

Vice President, Product Marketing

Qlik

Shari Wallace

CIO

TRIUMF

Satvir Thandi

Director, Technology Services

Methanex Corp

Sam Shaabani

Manager, Cyber Security Operations

Teck

Dr. Alma Barranco-Mendoza

CIO

Canadian Space Society

Rob Davidson

Director of Security Services, CISO

Pacific Blue Cross

As digital initiatives across enterprises have accelerated quickly, leaders must balance the right structures and strategies. Whether restructuring existing applications, infrastructure and security ecosystems or preempting new initiatives to bring services and applications to market faster than ever before, CIOs and CISOs are immersed in strategizing and building support for these critical business objectives.

In this interactive conversation among peers, CIOs and CISOs will discuss their role in proactively contributing to organizational success.

Topic 1: Designing a holistic secure digital framework

How are you evolving your operating model to deliver better speed, agility and security?
How are you optimizing for future resilience and not just immediate efficiency?
How has your budget strategy evolved to address secure digital priorities?

Topic 2: Workforce and partnership strategies for digital success

How have you evolved your cross-business partnerships in the past year?
How have you overcome challenges when the IT/Security priorities conflict?
How are you establishing credibility in your role to drive the enterprise in a secure digital direction?

6:45pm - 7:15pm Networking Break

7:15pm - 8:30pm Summary Discussion & Dinner

8:30pm - 9:30pm Social Hour

Location

Venue

Terminal City Club

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Health and Safety Local Guidelines

To ensure the well-being of participants, partners, and associates, we will continue to monitor and adhere to government, venue, and health agency guidelines.

As a part of our commitment to create the safest possible environment, we are requiring all participants, partners, and associates to be fully vaccinated to participate in in-person programs, in addition to completing a health status attestation prior to arrival. Please refer to our COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols for up-to-date local guidelines.