Fortinet Cybersecurity Summit 2026

Fortinet Cybersecurity Summit 2026 takes place on 19 November 2026 at Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC), Toronto. It is organised by Fortinet, and B2DB lists 26 speakers and 34 sessions announced so far.

The Fortinet Cybersecurity Summit is Fortinet Canada’s annual cybersecurity event, held in Toronto on 19 November 2026 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It brings together cybersecurity leaders, IT decision-makers, business executives, partners and industry experts for keynotes, executive discussions, breakout sessions, customer stories, demos and partner exhibits. The 2026 programme focuses on AI data protection and SASE.

Key facts

Keynote speakers

• Hon. Stephen Crawford Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement, Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• Derek Manky Chief Security Strategist & Global VP Threat Intelligence, Fortinet
• Carl Windsor Senior Vice President, Product Technology & Solutions, Fortinet
• Pedro Paixao GM and Senior VP of Sales Americas International, Fortinet
• Robert May EVP, Technology and Product Management, Fortinet
• Rafi Wanounou VP of Sales, Central Canada, Fortinet

Speakers (26)

Compiled from the published agenda; speakers can claim and verify their own entry.

• Hon. Stephen Crawford Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement, Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• Derek Manky Chief Security Strategist & Global VP Threat Intelligence, Fortinet
• Carl Windsor Senior Vice President, Product Technology & Solutions, Fortinet
• Pedro Paixao GM and Senior VP of Sales Americas International, Fortinet
• Robert May EVP, Technology and Product Management, Fortinet
• Rafi Wanounou VP of Sales, Central Canada, Fortinet
• Rod Locke Senior Director of Product Management, Fortinet
• Adnan Seddighi Associate Partner, IBM
• Boris Henicker Principal Consulting Systems Expert, Fortinet
• Ernest Eustace Lead for Cyber Enterprise Architecture, Toronto Pearson International Airport
• Heather Shipley Senior Manager, Partnership Operations, Communications Security Establishment (CSE)
• Henrique Queiroz SE, Fortinet
• Jonathan Qiu Senior BDE | Advanced Technologies Solutions Specialist, Fortinet
• Jordan Thompson SVP Product Development, Fortinet
• Kush Gidda Director, Cyber and IT Security, Ontario Power Generation
• Martin Giguere All About Cloud and Security, Fortinet
• Mathieu Nantel CSE Director & Field CTO, Fortinet
• Ted Maniatis PreSales Security Expert (SE), Fortinet
• Tuval Chesler Principal Product Manager, Fortinet
• Amira Masood Chief Technology Officer, The UPS Store Canada
• Debbie Landers Founder and Principal, Future Now
• Janet Lin Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, EQ Bank
• Martin Hoz Senior Regional VP PreSales Experts, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. Field CTO., Fortinet
• Shannon Curran Cybersecurity Professional, Fortinet
• Suzanne Muir Managing Partner, Canada, Capco
• Raffi Newman Cloud CSE, Fortinet

Agenda (34 sessions)

Day 1 — Thursday 19 November 2026

• Welcome to FCS2026 | Toronto 09:00–09:15 · Keynote Session — Rafi Wanounou
• Keynote #2 09:15–09:30 · Keynote Session — Hon. Stephen Crawford
• AI vs. AI: The Killer App Only a Platform Can Deliver 09:30–10:00 · Keynote Session — Pedro Paixao
• Secure AI Adoption and Digital Sovereignty demand a Unified Architecture 10:00–10:30 · Keynote Session — Robert May
• Securing the Speed of Adversary 10:30–11:00 · Keynote Session — Derek Manky
• Risk and Resilience in the Age of AI 11:00–11:30 · Keynote Session — Carl Windsor
• Women in Tech: Leading with Strength and Shaping our Futures 12:15–13:00 · Thought Leadership Panels — Amira Masood, Debbie Landers, Janet Lin, Shannon Curran +1 more
• SD-WAN in the Era of Agentic Operations 13:00–13:45 · SASE Firewall — Boris Henicker
• Unified Agentic SOC Platform 13:00–13:45 · AI Powered SecOps
• FortiOS 8.0 13:00–13:20 · AI + Data Security | Demo Theatre
• Manufacturing Cybersecurity: Securing Operations from Plant to Cloud 13:00–13:45 · Operational Technology (OT) — Rod Locke
• Data Security in the Agentic Era: What Changes and How to Keep Up 13:00–13:45 · AI + Data Security — Tuval Chesler
• Securing the Web Browser: FortiSASE Secure Browser 13:10–13:30 · SASE Firewall | Demo Theatre
• Agentic Security at Scale: Navigating the Next Era of Cybersecurity 13:15–14:00 · Thought Leadership Panels — Derek Manky, Carl Windsor, Pedro Paixao, Robert May +1 more
• From Alert to Verdict: Letting AI Agents Investigate, and Keeping Analysts in Charge 13:25–13:45 · AI-Powered SecOps | Demo Theatre
• FortiEndPoint : Unify secure access with endpoint, data, and AI security 13:40–14:00 · AI + Data Security | Demo Theatre
• The Management Plane has entered the Chat 13:50–14:10 · SASE Firewall | Demo Theatre
• Quantum-Safe Before Q-Day: Fortinet's Path to Post-Quantum Security 14:00–14:45 · SASE Firewall — Mathieu Nantel
• From Chat to Agents: Securing Your AI Applications 14:00–14:45 · AI + Data Security — Martin Giguere
• Transportation and Waste Service Cybersecurity: Secure Operations across Fleets and Facilities 14:00–14:45 · Operational Technology (OT) — Rod Locke
• Trust No Agent: Governing Agent-to-Agent and MCP Communications 14:00–14:15 · Thought Leadership Panels — Adnan Seddighi
• When EPP+EDR Is No Longer the Finish Line: Unified Endpoint Security in the AI Era 14:00–14:45 · AI Powered SecOps — Jonathan Qiu
• FortiAppSec Cloud: WAF as a Service to Protect Your Applications and APIs 14:05–14:25 · AI-Powered SecOps | Demo Theatre
• Discovering Shadow AI: Building Your AI Inventory From the Endpoint 14:20–14:40 · AI + Data Security | Demo Theatre
• FortiSASE design flexibility with FortiSASE Sovereign and FortiSASE Outpost 14:30–14:50 · SASE Firewall | Demo Theatre
• From Compliance to Resilience: Bill C-8 and Canada's Cybersecurity Future 14:30–15:15 · Thought Leadership Panels — Ernest Eustace, Heather Shipley, Kush Gidda
• Detect, Deceive, Contain: Stopping active adversaries with Fortinet 14:45–15:05 · AI-Powered SecOps | Demo Theatre
• Flatline: When Medical Devices and the Extended System become the Attack Surface 15:00–15:45 · Operational Technology (OT)
• How AI Accelerates Security Control Operations 15:00–15:45 · AI + Data Security — Henrique Queiroz
• Pick The Prompt - Play the game, protect the prompt 15:00–15:20 · AI + Data Security | Demo Theatre
• Sovereign at AI Speed. Retain Your Data & Control 15:00–15:45 · SASE Firewall — Jordan Thompson
• The Autonomous Frontier, Redefining Security Operations 15:00–15:45 · AI Powered SecOps — Ted Maniatis
• FortiCNAPP Unified Risk Management 15:10–15:30 · SASE Firewall | Demo Theatre
• FortiSOC for Investigation and Response 15:25–15:50 · AI-Powered SecOps | Demo Theatre

Organisers, sponsors and partners

Organiser (1)

Fortinet

Sponsors (18)

Ingram Micro · IBM · Rogers Communications · Bell Canada · Foreseeson · TD SYNNEX · LCM Security · Compugen Inc. · TELUS · Insight · Interware · Armis · Edgeworx · Heighten · Exclusive Networks · Softchoice · FTT Networks · CDW Canada

Source: the published agenda. See how B2DB compiles its records.