INCYBER Forum 2026

Name: INCYBER Forum 2026
Start: 2026-12-02
End: 2026-12-03
Location: Shaw Centre

INCYBER Forum 2026 takes place on 2–3 December 2026 at Shaw Centre, Ottawa. It is organised by Forward Global, and B2DB lists 80 speakers and 44 sessions announced so far.

INCYBER Forum Canada is a pan-Canadian and international conference on cybersecurity, AI security and digital trust, bringing together cybersecurity and trusted digital providers, end customers, security agencies, experts, researchers and policy makers. The 2026 edition, its fifth in Canada, opens on 1 December at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, with the main programme on 2-3 December at the Rogers Centre Ottawa.

Key facts

Dates	2–3 December 2026 (upcoming)
Venue	Shaw Centre, Ottawa, Canada
Organiser	Forward Global
Series	INCYBER Forum Canada
Speakers	80
Sessions	44
Stages	Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, National Cyber Resilience Stage, Cyber Stage, AI & Digital Trust, Leaders Lounge, Impact Stage, C3SA Stage (Exhibition Floor)
Sponsors	65
Official site	canada.forum-incyber.com/2026-program-incyber-forum-canada

Speakers (80)

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

Sven Stumbauer Partner, Forward Global
Sonya Shorey President and CEO, Invest Ottawa
Imraan Bashir Partner & National Public Sector Cyber Leader, KPMG Canada
Vanessa Henri Managing Partner, Ceiba Wellness
Robert Michon Honorary Governor, Micro Logic
Joe Deklic Head of Sales, Americas AI, Check Point Software
Dr. Khaled El Emam Chief Executive Officer, Woodway Assurance
Steven MacKinnon Transport Minister, Transport Canada - Transports Canada
Arnaud Kopp Manager, Cyber Threats Information Management Coordination Officer, ANSSI - Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information
Kelly McGuinness National Cyber and Tech Development Leader Canada, CFC
Ray Townsend Canada Public Sector Partnership Lead, Cohere
John Tolbert Director of Cybersecurity Research, KuppingerCole Analysts AG
Laura Payne CEO & Head, Security Consulting, White Tuque
Sophia Kudlyk Senior Vice President, Cyber, HUB International
Tom Houpt Channel Sales Engineer, Contrast Security
Bryson Tan Managing Director, Head of Unit 42 | Canada, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42
Isabelle Veilleux Director, Economic Development, Ville de Gatineau
Phillippe Dufresne Privacy Commissioner of Canada/Commissaire à la Protection de la vie Privée du Canada, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada/Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée du Canada
Guillaume-Alexandre Chaizy Zero Trust Strategy Manager, Ekinops
Zachary Stoner Account Manager: Cross Domain Solutions, BAE Systems
Po Tea-Duncan Executive Director - Cyber Security, Government of Canada
Amanda Whalen Director RCAF Digital Hub, Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennes
Jamie Bintliff Enterprise Architect, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Richard Larose Cyber Principal - Advisor for Cyber Partnership (Bill C-8) - CCCS, Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada | Communications Security Establishment Canada
Richard Bilodeau Assistant Deputy Minister, National and Cyber Security Branch, Public Safety Canada | Sécurité publique Canada
Shawn Hayward Solutions Engineer, ThreatLocker
Ken Barker Associate Researcher, University of Calgary
Detective Staff Sergeant Matthew Ellwood Detective Staff Sergeant - Cybercrime Investigations Team, Ontario Provincial Police
David Magee Teacher, University of New Brunswick
Brigadier-General Marc O’Ray Senior Officer, Canadian Armed Forces
William Ghali Vice President Research, University of Calgary
Alexandra St-Hilaire Directrice Cybersécurité - CISO, Hydro Québec
Amyn Sarif Field CISO/Executive Advisor, Sopra Steria
Aniket Bhardwaj Vice President | Global Cybersecurity & Incident Response, Charles River Associates
Anton Boegman Commissioner, Office of the Foreign Influence Commissioner of Canada
Anuj Marya Director, KeyData Cyber
Ashley Lukeeram Senior AVP Canada, Check Point Software
Brendan M. Foo Partner, Forward Global
Brigadier-General Scott MacGregor Deputy Commander, Canadian Armed Forces Cyber Command
Carl Montreuil Director (Superintendent) Federal Policing Criminal Operations - Cybercrime, Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Gendarmerie royale du Canada
Charmaine Dean Vice-President, Research and International, University of Waterloo
Colin MacSween Director General, National Cyber Security Directorate, Public Safety
Colonel Alfred T. Maynard Space Officer, United States Space Force
Corentin Le Reun VP & GM, Americas, Qevlar AI
David J. McGuinty Member of Parliament -- Ottawa South
Division General Patrick Touak Project Manager, Gendarmerie Nationale
Douglas Steil General Manager, Cloud Solutions & Cybersecurity Products, BAE Systems
Ferris Adi Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Trans Americas Fiber
Francis Coats Chargé de Cours (Département de Génie Électrique), École de technologie supérieure
François Guay Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Cybersecurity Network
General Tom Lawson Chair, Conference of Defence Associations Institute
George Al-Koura Chief Information Security Officer, ruby
Gillian Frost Director General for the Critical Technology, Transnational and Hybrid Threats Bureau
Jaxson Khan CEO, Aperture AI
Leon Morris Information Technology Project Manager, Joint Economic Development Initiative (JEDI)
Lina Dabit Executive Director, Optiv Canada
Lisa Moreland Deputy Commissioner, Federal Policing, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Lyle Fabian President, KatloTech Communications Ltd.
Major-General Dave Yarker Signals Officer, Department of National Defence/Ministère de la Défense nationale
Margriet Vonno Ambassador of the Netherlands to Canada, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Canada
Marios Pieri Commissioner of Communications, Office of the Commissioner of Communications
Mary Carmichael Risk and Strategy Advisor, ISACA
Masahi Nakagome Ambassador of Japan to Canada
Melanie Anderson Director General Information Assurance, Communications Security Establishment Canada | Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada
Michelle Robitaille Chief Executive Officer, Digital Trust Canada (DTC)
Monifa Brooks Co-Founder & Principal, Garabyte
Natalie Smith Director Information Security, Bell
Patrick Bourk Vice President, Cyber and Professional Lines, Navacord
Paulius Petrauskas Vice Minister at the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania, Ekonomikos ir inovacijų ministerija
Phedra Clouner Guest Lecturer, ICHEC Formation Continue
Rey Bango Staff Vulnerability Analyst & Security Advocate, Horizon3.ai
Ron Soper Field CTO - Canada, Ping Identity
Samuel Migal’ Minister of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic, Ministerstvo investícií, regionálneho rozvoja a informatizácie SR
Sanjay Mirchandani President and CEO, Commvault
Sean Mullin Senior Fellow, University of Toronto - Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Shurouq Hijazi Managing Director, KeyData Cyber
Tom Levasseur Founder, CyberSci
Tom West Director General - Information Assurance Futures, Communications Security Establishment Canada | Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada
Tricia Geddes Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada | Sécurité publique Canada
Varis Teivans Technical Expert at Cert.lv, University of Latvia

Most represented companies

BAE Systems — 2 speakers
Canadian Armed Forces — 2 speakers
Check Point — 2 speakers
Communications Security Establishment Canada | Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada — 2 speakers
Forward Global — 2 speakers
KeyData Cyber — 2 speakers
Public Safety Canada | Sécurité publique Canada — 2 speakers
University of Calgary — 2 speakers