Technology

ManuSec Canada: Cyber Security for Critical Manufacturing Summit 2027

The 4th edition of ManuSec Canada centers on the theme: “Future-Proofing Canadian Manufacturing Through IT-OT Cyber Resilience.” The summit brings together leading cyber security professionals from Canada’s largest manufacturing companies to network, learn, and share strategic insights over two days. It features keynote presentations, case studies, panel dis…

Visit the official siteSponsorship open
34Speakers
11Sponsors
45On the bill · sessions
32Companies · in total
§I

Speakers

Programmed at ManuSec, in alphabetical order.
Abu Thomas
IT Director · Contract Pharmaceuticals Limited
Ahmed Ali Khan
Consulting Services Lead – Industrial OT Cybersecurity · WSP
Amogh Bhosle
Global Lead OT & Cyber Security · Sanofi
Amyn Sarif
Field CISO · Sopra Steria
Christian Moreira
BISO · McKesson
Christopher Rivers
Vice President of Information Technology/Information Systems · CEL Group of Companies
Dan Hewitt
OT Cybersecurity Leader · Tenable
Debbie Clarke
Factory Cyber Security Manager · Unilever
Dino DiMarino
Chief Revenue Officer · Tenable
Dr. Shri Kulkarni
Advisor – Critical Infrastructure Security - US Defence · Confidential
Ernest Eustace
Head of Cyber Defense, Operations, and Delivery · Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Goran Novkovic
Director of Industrial Cyber Security · Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Gord Howells
VP IT · Sofina Foods
Hamid Adem
Cyber Protection Advisor · Acronis
Hitesh Chhabra
Transformation Architect, Americas · Zscaler
Inamullah Siddiqui
Cyber Security Lead · Confidential
Ivan Sestak
Director Cyber Security Operations · Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
James Roemele
Solutions Engineer · Acronis
Jean-François Boucher
IT Director · CVTech-IBC inc
Jeffrey De Sarno
Director, IT & Cyber Security · Sphere Manufacturing Group
Jonathan Wismer
Manager, Critical Infrastructure Guidance · Government of Canada
Kevin Dreyer
I.T. Director & CISO · Maple Reinders Group
§II

Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Acronis
Armis
Dispel
Nozomi Networks
Parallels
Rockwell Automation
Sopra Steria
Tenable
WSP
Xerox, Powerland, Aruba
Zscaler
§III

Agenda

Selected from 45 sessions on the bill.
  • 08:50

    Opening Address by the Chair: Kevin Dreyer

  • 09:00

    Panel Discussion: AI in Manufacturing - An Opportunity or Threat for Our Cyber Security?

    • How can we cut through the hype to pinpoint practical AI applications that genuinely strengthen OT security? • What real-world examples demonstrate how AI can enhance our cyber s…

  • 09:00

    Panel Discussion: The Fundamentals of Incident Response: What Can We Learn From Jaguar-Land Rover & Other High Profile Attacks?

    • What lessons can we learn from recent attacks? • What should the first steps be from an incident response standpoint to ensure downtime is limited? • How can we mitigate panic an…

  • 09:40

    Presentation: Adapting Cyber Defence for the Age of AI - An Extensive Roadmap

    AI is playing a massive role in contributing to new cyber-attacks with rogue actors utilising AI quicker than we are to protect our cyber security systems. This session will discus…

  • 09:50

    Presentation: Zero Trust for Factories

    • Why traditional OT security models fall short in modern factories • The growing risk of third-party and remote access in industrial environments • Core principles of Zero Trust a…

  • 10:50

    Case Study: Developing an Effective OT SOC: From Design to Deployment

    • What we have done to optimise our OT SOC • How we built a SOC that provides overview of all parts of our infrastructure, to support effective management of assets and tools to ke…

  • 11:10

    Case Study: Building the Talent of Tomorrow Through a People-Centric Security Strategy

    • How we built an effective human firewall and culture of security through our organisations • How we have gone beyond simple awareness training to focus on the ‘individual’ when b…

  • 11:20

    Case Study: How We Mastered OT Identity Access Management

    • How we made IAM work in our OT environments • How we developed our IAM architecture to effectively fit our OT strategies • Why it was important for us to establish roles and resp…

  • 11:40

    Presentation: Applying Two Decades of OT Security Compliance to Protect Manufacturing Operations

    Regulatory expectations for cybersecurity and operational resilience are increasing across manufacturing environments. Manufacturers must strengthen OT security in ways that protec…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 32 companies show up, and 6 bet on three roles at once?

32 companies. six are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
6All threespeak · spons · exh
5Sponsoringsponsor only
21Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Acronis·Tenable·Zscaler·Rockwell Automation·Sopra Steria·WSP

Speakers by seniority

59% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite515%
  • VP-level412%
  • Director / Head of1132%
  • Manager / Lead824%
  • Engineer · IC26%
  • Advisor / Investor26%
  • Other roles26%

Of 34 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01AcronisSp2V
  2. 02TenableSp2V
  3. 03ZscalerSp2V
  4. 04Confidential4V
  5. 05Rockwell AutomationSp1V
  6. 06Sopra SteriaSp1V
  7. 07WSPSp1V
  8. 08ArmisSp
  9. 09DispelSp
  10. 10Nozomi NetworksSp
  11. 11ParallelsSp
  12. 12Xerox, Powerland, ArubaSp
  13. 13Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)2V
  14. 14Brookfield Renewable1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified11
100% of 11
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Related events · by shared sponsors