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Toronto Tech Summit 2025

October 14, 2025

Navigating Trust, Technology, and Transformation

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Cybersecurity
AI Innovation
Leadership
Risk Management
Sovereign Tech
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Why Toronto Tech Summit?

Toronto Tech Summit brings together people shaping Canada’s digital future, it is where trust, technology, and transformation meet - executives, policymakers, and practitioners tackling the most pressing challenges in cybersecurity, AI, and digital trust. In Toronto, Canada's financial and tech hub, the summit is an opportunity to exchange insights, build partnerships, and strengthen resilience for the challenges ahead.

Expert Insights

Navigate critical discussions on AI governance, cybersecurity, resilience, sovereign technology, and strategic leadership in times of uncertainty.

Strategic Networking

Connect with cybersecurity professionals, technology executives, ISC2 chapter leaders, and risk management experts from across North America.

Community Leadership

Learn from chapter leaders mobilizing cyber resilience communities, and discover strategies for building the workforce of the future.

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About The Summit

The Toronto Tech Summit is a one-day event featuring keynotes, panels, and fireside chats with leaders across business, government, and technology. Sessions focus on practical strategies and real-world insights in cybersecurity, AI, and digital trust.

Beyond the stage, the summit creates space for meaningful networking, collaboration, and policy-industry dialogue - giving participants both the knowledge and the connections to act on what they learn.

Toronto Tech Summit

Event Details

When

October 14, 2025

Where

100 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ontario. M5H 1S3

Networking

100+ attendees

Featured Speakers

Learn from visionary leaders, industry pioneers, and technology innovators who are shaping the future of business and technology across North America.

Yvonne Zhu

Yvonne Zhu

EY Responsible AI Leader

Yasemin Sezer

Yasemin Sezer

Executive Counselor, Info-Tech Financial Services & Insurance Practice

Mark Fernandes

Mark Fernandes, FIP

Cybersecurity Executive, National Cyber Defense & Critical Infrastructure Leader

Ben Sapiro

Ben Sapiro

Chief Information Risk Officer, Chief Risk Officer (Technology), Manulife

Petru Dragnef

Petru Dragnef

Partner and Audit & Compliance Practice Lead, Seratos Consulting

Carlos Chalico

Carlos Chalico

Instructor, Partner, Cybersecurity and Privacy, EY

Lionel Akagah

Lionel Akagah, CISSP

Bilingual Cybersecurity Leader, Strategist, and Consultant

Tyler J. Thompson

Tyler J. Thompson

Partner, Reed Smith, Denver

Adriana Gliga-Belavic

Adriana Gliga-Belavic

Partner, Cyber Security & Privacy practice, MNP

Kin Lee-Yow

Kin Lee-Yow

Chief Information Officer (CIO), CAA Club Group (CCG)

Sundeep Sandhu

Sundeep Sandhu

Vice President, Information Security – Global Risk, Manulife

Priya Mouli

Priya Mouli

Chief Information Security Officer, Sheridan College

Maggie Calle

Maggie Calle

Vice-President and Chief Information Security Officer, Varicent

Ken Fishkin

Ken Fishkin

Associate Director, Information Security, Lowenstein Sandler LLP and President, ISC2 New Jersey Chapter

Ken Fishkin

Camille Kloppenburg

P. Eng., CISSP, CISM, PMP Technology Leader and VP & Treasurer, ISC2 Toronto Chapter

Ken Fishkin

Dr. Kayode Alawonde

Seasoned Cybersecurity Executive and ISC2 Saskatchewan Chapter

Ken Fishkin

Raphael Adeyemo, MBA, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, SSCP, ITIL

Senior Manager Technology Risk Management, Manulife and President, ISC2 Toronto Chapter

and more additional speakers including industry executives, startup founders, and technology visionaries from across North America.

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Conference Agenda

A full day packed with transformative sessions, expert panels, and strategic networking opportunities focused on navigating trust, technology, and transformation.

Toronto Tech Summit: Navigating Trust, Technology, and Transformation

October 14, 2025 (EDT)

10:10 AM

Keynote 1

Securing Canada's Future: Trust, Innovation & National Resilience

10:50 AM

Panel Discussion 1

Investing in the Next Frontier: Strategic bets in AI, data, cloud & sovereign tech

11:45 AM

Keynote 2

Innovation vs. Control: Rethinking Risk Appetite in the AI Era

12:25 PM

Panel Discussion 2

Securing Innovation in a Complex World: AI, Cybersecurity & Resilience in a Multi-Risk Era

1:10 PM

Keynote 3 (Lunch Keynote)

The Lighter Side of Leadership: Stories to Lead, Laugh & Learn

2:30 PM

Panel Discussion 3

Chapters as Catalysts – Mobilizing Community for Cyber Resilience

3:15 PM

Panel Discussion 4

The Workforce of the Future

4:10 PM

Panel Discussion 5

Maple Leaf Meets Stars & Stripes: Top 5 AI Issues in Canada & the U.S.

4:55 PM

Keynote 4 (Closing Keynote)

Leadership in Times of Uncertainty

Full detailed agenda with speaker bios and session descriptions will be available closer to the event.

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Our Sponsors

EY
Seratos
Pathfinders
ISC Toronto Chapter