2026 SPEAKERS

Political and Institutional Leaders

George

AL-KOURA

CISO Ruby Corp.

Canada

Melanie

ANDERSON

Director General, User IT (Digital Services Group), Department of National Defence

Ontario, Canada

Aniket

BHARDWAJ

Vice President, Global Cybersecurity & Incident Response, Charles River Associates

USA

Patrick

BOURK

Vice President, Cyber and Professional Lines, Navacord

CANADA

Alex

CAMERON

Partner and Co-Chair, Privacy & Cybersecurity Group, Fasken

ONTARIO, CANADA

Dr. Khaled

EL EMAM

Canada Research Chair in Medical AI, University of Ottawa & CEO of Woodway Assurance

Ottawa, Canada

François

GUAY

Founder & CEO, Canadian Cybersecurity Network

CANADA

Jaxson

KHAN

Senior Fellow at the Munk School of global affairs and public policy, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

Sami

KHOURY

Former Senior Official for Cyber Security, Government of Canada

Canada

Brigadier-General Scott

MACGREGOR

Deputy Commander, Canadian Armed Forces Cyber Command

Nova Scotia, Canada

Kelly

MCGUINNESS

Cyber and Tech Development Leader, CFC

ONTARIO, CANADA

Samuel

MIGAL’

Minister of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic

Slovakia

Joanna

MURPHY

Director General of Canadian Sovereign Technology Strategy, Shared Services Canada

Canada

Paulius

PETRAUSKAS

Vice Minister of the Economy and Innovation, Lithuania

LITHUANIA

Marios

PIERI

Commissioner of Communications, Republic of Cyprus

Cyprus

Michelle

ROBITAILLE

MBA Chief Executive Officer, Digital Trust Canada

CANADA

Alexandra

ST-HILAIRE

CISO, Hydro-Québec

CANADA

Sven

STUMBAUER

Partner, Americas Forensic, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Practice Leader, Forward Global

New York, United States

Varis

TEIVANS

Technical Director and Deputy Manager, CERT.LV

LATVIA

John

TOLBERT

Director of Research and Principal Analyst, KuppingerCole Analysts

USA

Division General Patrick

TOUAK

Head of the Ministry of the Interior’s Cyberspace Command

FRANCE

Margriet

VONNO

Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Canada

Netherlands

Major-General Dave

YARKER

Commander, Canadian Armed Forces Cyber Command

CANADA