Past Conferences
2025 成人大片 IT Conference
Running from May 21-22, 2025, 成人大片鈥檚 10th annual IT Conference saw our highest number of attendees yet with 564 registrants, including approximately 100 guests from 57 organizations outside of 成人大片, including Chief Information Officers (CIOs), other IT leaders and IT providers from fellow Ontario universities, colleges and the Ontario public sector. The 2025 conference included an in-person day (May 21) and a fully virtual day (May 22), with 381 attendees registered to attend our in-person programming.
In recognition of the shared interests between 成人大片鈥檚 academic teaching and information technology communities, this year the IT Conference partnered with 成人大片鈥檚 annual Learning and Teaching Conference to bring together faculty, staff and cross-university colleagues for both conferences. By developing conference programming together and organizing both conferences in the same week, our conference programming aimed to spark new opportunities for collaboration that would enhance learning, teaching methods and student engagement here at 成人大片.
The 2025 conferences featured two keynotes focused on the emergence of 鈥渃ommodified intelligence鈥� and the current cybersecurity threat landscape for postsecondary institutions. Mark Daley, Chief AI Officer and Professor, Department of Computer Science, Western University, explored what the rise of artificial intelligence means for individual and collective human adaptation in a world where genius-level cognitive assistance becomes universally available. Daniela Spagnolo, Chief information Security Officer, Ontario Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery, spoke to the implications of Bill 194, the Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act, 2024 and how how higher education institutions can strengthen their cyber resiliency in an increasingly digital era.
Our Cybersecurity track included external participants from across the IT sector. Presentation highlights included:
- Navigating the Modern Threat Landscape with Unit 42 Palo Alto Networks: Scale, Sophistication, Speed (Palo Alto Networks)
- Automate and Elevate: Practical Wireless Security Strategies (HPE Aruba)
- From Data to Decisions: Automating Digital Risk Metrics and Reporting (Sheridan College)
- Cyber Security in Academia: Navigating the Evolving Threat Landscape (Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS))
2025 成人大片 IT Conference Gallery
2024 成人大片 IT Conference
Bringing together 475 attendees, the ninth annual 成人大片 (成人大片) IT Conference was held from May 21 to 23, 2024 and included the conference鈥檚 first in-person gathering in five years. The three day conference attracted approximately 100 guests from 64 organization's external to 成人大片 for our unique cybersecurity track, representing chief information officers (CIOs), IT leaders and providers from the Ontario public sector and Ontario postsecondary institutions. Our return to an in-person conference day brought 270 成人大片 community members to campus on May 23 for a keynote and a variety of sessions on IT in teaching, learning and administration and IT projects and demonstrations.
The 2024 conference featured two keynotes, including addresses on cybersecurity and the impact of AI on universities. Luke McNamara, deputy chief analyst at Mandiant Intelligence, spoke to the role state actors in the threat landscape, attacks on university research and shared initial observations of AI in the hands of attackers. Mark Daley, chief AI officer for Western University, discussed the impact of AI on the postsecondary sector and university policies and principles regarding AI.
The conference鈥檚 Cybersecurity track attracted guests external to the university from across the IT sector. Presentation highlights included:
- The Evolving Threat Landscape: What Comes Next? by Unit 42 (Palo Alto Networks)
- Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women in IT, moderated by Daniela Spagnol from the Ontario Cyber Security Centre of Excellence (CSCE)
- Decoding National Cybersecurity Assessment (NCA): Insights, Findings and Action Plans by Cybera鈥檚 Curtis Blais, BCNET鈥檚 Alex Doradea-Cabrera and 成人大片鈥檚 Wura Bamgbose
- AI and Cybersecurity Risk: What You Need to Know by Randy Purse and Lester Chng from the Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst (成人大片)
- Cybersecurity in the Digital Era: Beyond Borders by Glenne Berriault from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS)
- Our Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Journey by Paul Webber and Yuchan Li (成人大片)
- Unlock Robust Protection: Elevating Wireless Security with HPE Aruba Networking by Jason Fernyc (HPE Aruba)
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2023 成人大片 IT Conference
The eighth annual IT Conference was hosted online and attracted 500 attendees. Spanning four days from May 23 to 26, 2023, attendees comprised 成人大片 faculty, staff and students, and included approximately 150 guests from 83 organizations outside of 成人大片. Representation included Chief Information Officers (CIOs), IT leaders and IT providers from fellow Ontario universities, colleges and the Ontario public sector who participated in the conference鈥檚 Cybersecurity track.
The 2023 conference featured an opening keynote address from Dr. Margaret Mitchell, Chief Ethics Scientist at Hugging Face. A researcher focused on the ins and outs of machine learning and ethics-informed AI development in tech, Dr. Mitchell presented on Forecasting the Future of AI From What We Know Today.
The conference also featured a cybersecurity-focused keynote address presented by Oleh Derevianko, Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Visionary Officer at Information Systems Security Partners, who gave a timely presentation titled Cyberwar is Real. What We Know, Don't Know and Hope for After a Year of Russia's Full Scale Invasion of Ukraine.
Featuring over 30 presentations in our virtual breakout sessions, highlights from our IT in Teaching and Learning and IT in Administration tracks included:
- Instructor Guide to Leveraging AI by Allyson Miller, Office of the Vice Provost, Academic
- Activating HR Transformation Through Technology by Tamara Jacobs, Human Resources
- How Continuing Education (CE) Automated Financial Data Import from FIS (Oracle EBS/Google Drive) to Internal Data Warehouse, Soumya Chatterjee, Technology Solutions, The Chang School
- The State of End-User Computing, Kevin Davies, CCS
- Communication Strategies for Managing Change in IT: A 成人大片 Renaming Case Study, Brandon Sloan, Administration and Operations
- Reimagining Teaching and Learning at 成人大片, Jason Lisi and Curtis Maloley, Centre for Excellence in Learning & Teaching and Stephanie Goetz, CCS
An annual draw of our conference is the unique Cybersecurity track, attracting guests from outside of 成人大片 across the IT sector. Cybersecurity track presentation highlights included:
- Looking Back and Moving Forward: Anticipating Cyber Security Challenges in Academia in 2023/2024, Glenne Grossman, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS)
- From Zero to Ransomware: A Live Demonstration by Erik Yunghans, Palo Alto and Paul Webber, CCS
- Defending Our Turf: Putting ChatGPT to the Test in Information Security, John Cuzzola, Thompson River University
- Navigating the Cyber Security Ecosystem in Canadian Higher Education, Lindsay Sill & Jeff Grieve, CUCCIO
- Creating a Culture of Cyber Security, Julia Le, Cyber Security Centre of Excellence (CSCE); Rachel Davies, Deloitte; Prieeyya Kaur Kesh, Our Wave Hub
- Translating Information Security for Research, Michael Laurentius, University of Toronto
2023 成人大片 IT Conference keynote speakers
Taking place from May 25 to 28, 2021, the seventh annual IT Conference attracted more than 450 attendees for our first ever fully virtual conference. Attendees included 成人大片 faculty, staff and students, but also included guests external to 成人大片 representing Chief Information Officers (CIOs), other IT leaders and IT providers from fellow Ontario universities, colleges and the Ontario public sector who participated in the conference鈥檚 Cybersecurity track.
The 2021 conference featured keynote addresses from Dr. Jessica Barker, co-founder and co-CEO of , on The Human Factor in Cybersecurity, and Dr. Rhonda McEwen, special advisor to the Vice-President and Principal on Anti-Racism and Equity, at the University of Toronto Mississauga and director and professor at the who presented The Role of IT in Equity and Inclusion.
With over 30 presentations in our virtual breakout sessions, highlights from our IT in Teaching and Learning and IT in Administration tracks included:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Classroom: Professors Needed? (Ted Rogers School of IT Management, 成人大片)
- Augmented Reality (AR) in Labs - COVID and Beyond (Faculty of Science, 成人大片)
- Azure WVD Windows Virtual Desktops (Faculty of Arts, 成人大片)
- Doing More with Google Workspace and New and Upcoming Features (Google Workspace for Education)
- Exploring Human Rights in the IT Space (Human Rights Services, 成人大片)
- Transforming Alumni and Donor Management: A Salesforce Journey (University Advancement, 成人大片)
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Hosted in person at the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, the 2019 成人大片 IT Conference occurred on May 23, 2019 and attracted more than 325 staff, faculty and students.
The 2019 conference featured a keynote presentation from Susan Grajek, 鈥檚 vice-president for communities and research. She is responsible for EDUCAUSE research and benchmarking programs, communities of practice, and the IT Issues Panel, which releases the Top 10 IT Issues annually. With her presentation on The Digital Transformation of Higher Education, attendees learned about the cultural, technological and workforce shifts that are entailed with the digital transformation of higher education and heard examples of innovations already underway on campuses in North America.
In the lead-up to the 2019 conference, we also partnered with the University of Toronto to present our Cybersecurity Day at the 2019 Ontario Higher Education Information Technology (OHEIT) Conference, hosted at the UofT St. George campus. OHEIT鈥檚 Cybersecurity Day included:
- We Can and Must Have Both: A keynote presentation by Dr. Ann Cavoukian, a recognized privacy expert, explored how a strong foundation of security is essential to privacy
- Security Considerations for the Mobility Powered Campus (Matt Hyson, )
- Security is a Mindset (Dan Ward, Security Operations (SecOps) at )
- Getting Cyber Security out of the Weeds and at the Leadership Table: A Conversation and Panel with Three New CISOs on Creating Strategy and Setting Priorities (featuring Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) from 成人大片, the University of Toronto and Western University)
2019 成人大片 IT Conference Gallery
In 2018, our two day 成人大片 IT Conference took place on May 30 and 31, with the first day of the conference highlighting new and emerging IT initiatives and services across a variety of university departments. Keynote speaker Malcolm Brown, director of learning initiatives, discussed the next generation of learning and teaching and the role technology will play in transforming higher education.
Day two of the conference was focused on cybersecurity, with both a technical track suited for IT providers and a general track devoted to anyone with an interest in staying safe online. Keynote speaker Colleen Merchant, director general of national cybersecurity at , provided insight into cybersecurity planning at the national level, including federal government commitments to proactively evolve cybersecurity.