Cybersecurity

OTsec Canada Summit 2026

OTsec Canada returns for a 2nd edition in Montréal on November 3rd – 4th, 2026. Hosted by OTsec, this interactive 2-day event merges the expertise of the globally renowned CS4CA and ManuSec Summits, uniting IT and OT security leaders from critical infrastructure and manufacturing. Attendees engage in deep-dive panel discussions, immersive workshops, and netw…

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52Speakers
19Sponsors
73Sessions
53Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at OTsec, in alphabetical order.

Abdelrahman Eldosouky
Supervisor, Cybersecurity · Hydro Ottawa
Abu Thomas
IT Director · Contract Pharmaceuticals Limited
Adina Schoeneman
Sr. Product Marketing Manager · CrowdStrike
Alexander Rau
Partner – Cyber Security · KPMG
Alex Charbonneau
CISO · Lassonde Industries
Ali Ahmadi
Senior Manager, Industrial OT Cybersecurity · WSP
Amogh Bhosle
Global Lead OT & Cyber Security · Sanofi
Andrew Ginter
VP Industrial Security · Waterfall Security
Bryan Methot
Director of IT · Rebox Corp
Carl Ouellet
Director, Architecture & Cybersecurity · Héma-Québec
Caroline Turcotte
Section Head of Information Infrastructure (Water Section) · Ville de Montréal
Ceres Silva
Solutions Director · IDEMIA
Chanez Zahzah
Corporate Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance · Société d’habitation du Québec
Chris Johnson
Senior Director, Industrial OT Cybersecurity | Digital Infrastructure · WSP
Christian Moreira
BISO · McKesson
CMichael Glenn
Vice President Security & IT Operations · KDC/ONE
Danny Fullerton
CISO · Boralex Inc.
Dany Guimond-Valcourt
Cybersecurity Lawyer · LCM Avocats inc.
Dawn Nedohin-Macek
CISO · Manitoba Hydro
Dragos
Dr. Shri Kulkarni
Advisor – Critical Infrastructure Security · US Defence
Ellen Boehm
SVP, IoT & AI Identity Innovation · Keyfactor

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Acronis
Armis
Black & Veatch
Claroty
Crowdstrike
Dragos
Fortinet
Google Cloud
IGEL
Keyfactor
Netscout
Nozomi Networks
Palo Alto Networks
SentinelOne
VARS Corporation
Verve Industrial
WSP
Xona Systems
Zscaler

Agenda

Selected from 73 sessions.

  • 08:50

    Opening Address

  • 09:00

    Panel Discussion: Disaster Hits: How Should We Respond to an OT Cyber Attack?

    What should be our first steps in the scenario of a cyber attack on our OT systems? What should be our priorities in both protection and response? How can we best prevent panic in …

  • 09:00

    Panel Discussion: How Can Canadian Organisations Achieve Effective IT/OT Security Alignment?

    Why are IT and OT still at odds when it comes to cyber security priorities, ownership, and risk tolerance? Has IT/OT convergence improved cyber security outcomes, or has it increas…

  • 09:00

    Panel Discussion: Mitigating Risk in OT: How Can We Develop a Business Case That Works?

    What does an effective OT security business case look like? Why is it important for us to develop a good business case for our cyber security strategies? How can we best quantify r…

  • 09:40

    Presentation: Building Secure OT & IoT Environments: How You Can Future-Proof Your Industrial Networks

    As OT/IoT systems become more connected, securing Industrial Networks requires more than traditional defences. Join this session to learn about the best practices for protecting cr…

  • 09:40

    Presentation: Securing OT: From Governance to Cyber Resilience - Applying Zero Trust, IEC 62443 and Multi-Framework Governance to Build a Trusted, Resilient Operational Edge

    This session will examine how Zero Trust principles and a platform approach - secure endpoints and workloads, a common control plane for governance and policy enforcement, a broad …

  • 09:40

    Presentation: Solving OT Governance

    Get a masterclass in ICS/OT cyber governance. Learn how to launch, right-size, and sustain a program, keep momentum alive, and maximize your risk ROI. Walk away with actionable str…

  • 09:40

    Presentation: Zero Trust Factories - A Modern Architecture for OT

    According to 2025 Zscaler ThreatLabz research, the manufacturing industry has consistently been the single largest target of ransomware attacks. Despite millions spent on tradition…

  • 10:20

    Networking Break

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 53 companies show up, and 9 bet on three roles at once?

53 companies. nine 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
9All threespeak · spons · exh
10Sponsoringsponsor only
34Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

WSP·Acronis·Claroty·CrowdStrike·Dragos·Fortinet·Keyfactor·Netscout·Zscaler

Speakers by seniority

50% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite815%
  • Founder / Owner12%
  • VP-level48%
  • Director / Head of1325%
  • Manager / Lead1121%
  • Engineer · IC12%
  • Research / Science24%
  • Marketing / Brand12%
  • Advisor / Investor48%
  • Other roles713%

Of 52 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1WSPSponsor3
2AcronisSponsor1
3ClarotySponsor1
4CrowdStrikeSponsor1
5DragosSponsor1
6FortinetSponsor1
7KeyfactorSponsor1
8NetscoutSponsor1
9ZscalerSponsor1
10ArmisSponsor-
11Black & VeatchSponsor-
12Google CloudSponsor-
13IGELSponsor-
14Nozomi NetworksSponsor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified19
100% of 19
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.

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