Day 1: Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
8:00 am - 9:00 am Conference Breakfast
Breakfast Sponsored by Cyber Defense Ventures
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Check-In/Information Desk Open
9:00 am - 4:00 pm InfoSec Innovators Solutions Showcase is Open
9:00 am - 9:30 am AI Keynote: The Myth of Mythos Keynote: Ira Winkler, CISO, CruiseCon - sponsored by UnknownCyber
9:40 am - 10:10 am Business Keynote: The Business of Cyber, Not The Cyber Business: Connor Mckenzie - CISO Advisor, Caizn (Founder)
10:15 am - 10:25 am Coffee Networking Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am Live "Whale Tank" Innovator Pitches to All CISOs - voting live
11:10 am - 11:20 pm Coffee Networking Break
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Sponsored Keynote by Arcova
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
Lunch Sponsored by Cyber Defense Ventures
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm InfoSec Innovators Showcase
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm CISO Roundtables/Coffee Break + Showcase
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm Panel Moderator Introduction
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm CISO Expert Panel:
Michael Prakhye, CISO, Adventist Healthcare
Matthew Morton, CISO, University of Chicagoﾠ
Sam Masiello, CISO, The Anschutz Corporation
Priya Mouli, CISO, University of Alberta
4:50 pm - 5:05 pm Kurt Olson, Chief Strategy Officer, Cyber Defense Ventures
5:10 pm - 5:30 pm Guest Speaker, Amir Ofek, AIZome
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Cocktail Reception/Showcase
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Conference Dinner
Dinner Sponsored by AIZome
Day 2: Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
8:00 am - 9:00 am Conference Breakfast
Breakfast Sponsored by Cyber Defense Ventures
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Check-In/Information Desk Open
9:00 am - 4:00 pm InfoSec Innovators Solutions Showcase is Open
9:00 am - 9:30 am OT Keynote: Mark Dunkerly, CISO, Coca Cola B.C.
9:40 am - 10:10 am AI Keynote: Vivek Kumar, CISO, Alter Domus
10:15 am - 10:45 am GRC Keynote: Lalit Ahluwalia, CEO & Global Cybersecurity Head, DigitalXForce
10:45 am - 11:10 am Coffee Networking Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am Live "Whale Tank" Innovator Pitches to All CISOs - voting live
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm InfoSec Innovators Showcase
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CISO Roundtables/Coffee Break + Showcase
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Guest Speaker
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm Guest Speaker
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm CISO Expert Panel:
Anthony Siravo, CISO, Brown University Health
Andy Neller, CISO, Wellmark
Teri Green, CISO, Elevate Energy
Dan Carbonnell, CISO, InteLogix
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Cocktail Reception/Showcase
Roundtables
AI, Automation & Future Tech
Autonomous SOCs & AI-Driven Threat Response
How CISOs are preparing for fully automated detection, triage, and containment.AI Safety, Model Security & Emerging Regulations
Preparing for global AI governance frameworks, “AI Bills of Materials,” and model-risk audits.Securing AI Supply Chains: Training Data, Models & Inferencing Risks
The new attack surface: poisoning, model theft, LLM jailbreaks, and malicious model updates.Quantum Readiness & Post-Quantum Cryptography Roadmaps
What boards expect by 2030 and how to actually make a migration plan.Synthetic Identity & AI-Augmented Fraud Prevention
How criminals are weaponizing generative identities and voice cloning.
Cloud, Infrastructure & Architecture
Multi-Cloud Resilience: Failure Modes, Backups & Interoperability
Avoiding a catastrophic cloud provider outage or regional cloud collapse.Container, Kubernetes & Microservices Security at Scale
Emerging attack patterns in ephemeral and serverless environments.Edge Computing, 5G, and Distributed Enterprise Security
Managing risk when compute moves out of the data center and closer to the user.Secure Digital Transformation & Technical Debt Eradication
How CISOs reduce inherited risks while modernizing legacy infrastructure.Identity Fabric & Unified Access Control for Distributed Workforces
Moving beyond IAM silos toward a single enterprise identity strategy.
Threat Landscape & Defensive Evolution
Deepfakes, Voice Cloning & Social Engineering 3.0
Protecting executive teams, PR, and brand reputation in an era of perfect AI mimicry.Advanced Persistent Manipulation (APM): The New Hybrid Attack Pattern
Attacks that combine cyber, misinformation, extortion, and psychological operations.AI-Accelerated Malware & Autonomous Offensive Threats
Preparing for malware that learns, adapts, and updates itself faster than human defenders.Cross-Border Cyber Warfare & Global Cyber Sanctions
How geopolitics and national security pressures affect enterprise risk.
Governance, Leadership & Organizational Maturity
CISO Liability, Insurance Shifts & Personal Risk Mitigation
Navigating increasing laws that hold CISOs personally accountable.Security Budget Optimization in an AI-Economized Future
Where budgets shift as AI replaces human-heavy processes.Cybersecurity Workforce 2030: Upskilling, Automation & Talent Strategy
How AI, automation and new roles reshape staffing strategies.Board-Level Cyber Resilience: Communicating Risk in the Age of AI
What directors expect from CISOs in 2026 and beyond.
Risk, Resilience & Enterprise Protection
Fourth-Party & Nth-Party Risk: Mapping the Hidden Supply Chain
Moving past vendor management into the ecosystem you don’t control.Digital Resilience & Crisis Simulations for AI-Enhanced Incidents
Preparing for fast-moving crises with playbooks that adapt in real time.
Subject to change at any time.
