CANHEIT 2023 at a glance

CANHEIT 2023 offers many opportunities to learn, engage and connect including keynote addresses, breakout sessions, exhibits and social events.

Day 2 – June 20

Time

Session

Location

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.

Opening remarks

Isabel Bader Theatre

8:45 – 9:45 a.m.

Keynote address: AI – The good, the bad and the ugly

Speaker: Takara Small, award-winning technology journalist and podcaster

Isabel Bader Theatre

9:45 – 10:05 a.m.

Wellness break and refreshments

This wellness break is brought to you by Epson, a CANHEIT gold sponsor.

Isabel Bader Theatre

10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Exhibitor hall

Bahen Centre for Information Technology

10:30 – 11:15 a.m.

Breakout sessions: Block 6

Bahen Centre for Information Technology

Speakers:
  • Mathieu Bertrand, Chief Information Security Officer, University of Ottawa
  • Mike Popoff, Chief Information Security Officer, Concordia University
  • Paul Muir, Information Security Officer, Queen’s University

Room BA 1160

Speakers:
  • Axel Schulz, Director, Cybersecurity Operations, CANARIE
  • Jean-François Lemieux, Cybersecurity Manager, RISQ
  • Mike Patterson, Manager, Information Security Operations, University of Waterloo

Room BA 1170

Speakers:
  • Jill Kowalchuk, Senior Director, CanSSOC Services, CANARIE
  • Chad Coller, President and CEO, SRNET

Room BA 1200

Speakers:
  • Bob Cook, Lead Facilitator, CUCCIO Leadership Development Program
  • Gayleen Gray, Assistant Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, McMaster University
  • Art Exner, Associate Vice-President, Information Services, University of Regina
  • Lindsay Sill, Executive Director, CUCCIO

Room BA 1230

Speakers:
  • Scott Henwood, Senior Director, Cybersecurity Programs, CANARIE
  • Rob Milman, Manager, Network and Security, University of Prince Edward Island

Room BA 1240

Speakers:
  • Glenn Ricketts, Business Development Manager, Epson
  • Nick Rizzo, Business Development Manager, Epson

Room BA 1210

11:15 – 11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30 – 12:15 p.m.

Breakout sessions: Block 7

Bahen Centre for Information Technology

Speakers:
  • Rory Macneil, CEO, Research Space
  • Terrell Russell, Executive Director, iRODS Consortium
  • Bruce Maas, Chief Information Officer Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Room BA 1160

Speakers:
  • Annie Hua, Project Manager, Academic, Research & Collaborative Technologies, ITS, University of Toronto
  • Laurie Harrison, Director, Digital Learning Innovation, ITS, University of Toronto

Room BA 1170

Speaker:
  • Brian Lesser, Chief Information Officer, Toronto Metropolitan University

Room BA 1210

Speaker:
  • John Weigelt, Microsoft Canada National Technology Officer

Room BA 1200

Speaker:
  • Andrea Knoblauch, Principal, Security, Softchoice

Room BA 1180

Speaker:
  • Sean Weiss, Business Development Engineering Manager

Room BA 1230

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Grab-and-go lunch

This lunch is brought to you by Fortinet, a CANHEIT gold sponsor.

Howard Ferguson Dining Hall, Morrison Hall, University College

12:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Summer OUCCIO meeting

Note: Attendance by invitation only.

School of Graduate Studies, Room 101

1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Cyber security capture the flag competition

Facilitator: Mark Gaudet, VP of Simulation Technologies, Field Effect

Bahen Centre for Information Technology, Room BA 2145

1:45 – 2:30 p.m.

Breakout sessions: Block 8

Bahen Centre for Information Technology

Speaker:
  • Lindsay Sill, Executive Director, CUCCIO

Room BA 1160

Speakers:
  • Jesse Jordan, Senior Managing Consultant, Google for Education
  • Patrick Kelly, Commercial Account Manager, Google for Education
  • Chris Russel, Chief Information Security Officer, York University

Room BA 1200

Speakers:
  • Michael Young, Director, Integrated Services, Centennial College
  • Greg Chin, Manager, Technical Services, Centennial College
  • Scott Murray, Higher Education Lead, EY
  • Vikram Nayak, ServiceNow Canadian Practice, EY
  • Elias Karamitsos, Service Delivery Lead, University of Toronto Scarborough

Room BA 1210

1:45 – 2:05 p.m.

Speakers:
  • Alex Tremblay, Network Systems Developer, University of Toronto Scarborough
  • Kyle Fozo, Intermediate Network Administrator, University of Toronto Mississauga

Room BA 1230

Speakers:
  • Carmalita Larkin, Senior Manager, Collaboration and Productivity Services, McMaster University
  • Laura McBride, Strategic Implementations Project Manager, McMaster University

Room BA 1170

2:10 – 2:30 p.m.

Speakers:
  • Justin Fletcher, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, University of Toronto
  • Derek Hunt, Faculty Liaison, University of Toronto
  • Sun Ooi, Faculty Liaison, University of Toronto

Room BA 1230

Speakers:
  • Edgar Zaganjori, Cyber Security Engineer, York University
  • Albert Ghionea, Senior Security Analyst, York University

Room BA 1170

2:30 – 2:45 p.m.

Wellness break and refreshments

This wellness break is brought to you by ISA Cybersecurity and SentinelOne, a CANHEIT gold sponsor.

Bahen Centre for Information Technology

2:45 – 3:30 p.m.

Breakout sessions: Block 9

Bahen Centre for Information Technology

Speakers:
  • Sandeep Sidhu, Chief Information Officer, Emily Carr University of Art + Design
  • Alastair MacLeod, Chief Information Officer, OCAD University

Room BA 1160

Speaker:
  • Tara Hillis, Project Manager, University of Waterloo

Room BA 1230

Speakers:
  • James Farmer, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Director, Infrastructure and Operations, Dalhousie University
  • Michael Bennett, Associate Director, Engineering Services for Information Technology Services, Dalhousie University

Room BA 1210

Speakers:
  • Anne Paulson, Manager, Departmental Systems, University of Waterloo
  • Greg Smith, Director, Information Systems, University of Waterloo

Room BA 1200

Speaker:
  • Zhibin Zhang, Unit 42 Senior Principal Researcher, Palo Alto Networks

Room BA 1170

3:30 – 4:00 p.m.

Break

4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

Breakout sessions: Block 10

Bahen Centre for Information Technology

Speakers:
  • Nick Valentino, Program Manager, Student Success Initiatives, York University
  • Vidur Kalive, Artificial Intelligence Architecture Lead, York University

Room BA 1230

Speakers:
  • David Almond, Associate Vice-President, Information Services, Interim CIO, MacEwan University
  • Idara Effiom, ELITE Program Coordinator, University of Alberta

Room BA 1210

Speaker:
  • Jeff Oliver, Lead, Network and Telecommunications, University of Lethbridge

Room BA 1180

Speaker:
  • Marcela Hernandez, Chief Data Officer, University of British Columbia

Room BA 1170

Speakers:
  • Ben Hall, Technical Operations Manager – School of Computing, Queen’s University
  • Sue Hutchinson, Manager, IT Services, Housing & Ancillary Services, Queen’s University
  • Stephen Hunt, Senior Director, IT & Facilities, Queen’s University
  • Matt Simpson, Director, Information Technology – Queen’s Health Sciences, Queen’s University
  • Chris Ingram, IT and Facility Operations Director, Queen’s University

Room BA 1160

6:30 – 11:00 p.m.

Awards gala
Enjoy a night of dinner, music and dancing at the awards gala! The CUCCIO Awards will be presented at this celebration to honour individuals, groups or institutions whose work exemplifies CUCCIO’s efforts to build and support Canada’s higher education IT community.

The awards gala is brought to you by Microsoft, a CANHEIT platinum sponsor.

The Carlu, 444 Yonge Street, 7th floor, Toronto

Note: The schedule includes time to travel between buildings for those attending in person.

CANHEIT information desk

Time

Location

June 19, 10:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Bahen Centre for Information Technology

June 20, 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Isabel Bader Theatre

June 20, 10:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Bahen Centre for Information Technology

June 21, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Bahen Centre for Information Technology

Note: A virtual help desk will also be available for those attending online.