Day One: Tuesday, January 23, 2024
10:30 EST
15 min
Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
Darren Jones, Cybersecurity and Risk Advisory Services, Valencia Risk
10:45 EST
60 min
Minimizing Program Fraud: Experiences from the Enterprise Financial Services Division
Rudy Lo, Director, Transfer Payment Ontario Branch
Alex Goncharenko, Director, Operations and Transformation Support Branch
Dan Kelsey, Senior Manager, Operations and Transformation Support Branch
Mugdha Soman, Senior Manager, Operations and Transformation Support Branch
- Strengthen fraud prevention through proactive measures.
- Conduct regular program audits and evaluations.
- Implement stringent fraud detection procedures
11:45 EST
60 min
Living with Breaches. The New Age of Cybersecurity?
- Implement robust threat detection mechanisms
- Establish real-time incident response protocols
- Regularly update and patch security systems
- Conduct thorough vulnerability assessments
- Foster cross-functional cybersecurity collaboration
12:45 EST
45 minBreak
13:30 EST
45 min
Resilient Canadian Communities: Adopting Effective Strategies for a Changing Climate
- Discuss decisional frameworks that use climate data to help communities proactively adapt infrastructure, policies, and social systems to increase resilience
- Provide resilience success stories that have successfully developed adaptive controls to handle climate variability. Share real-world results
- Highlight regulatory and policy innovations by different levels of government that incentivize resilience. Share examples and outcomes
14:15 EST
45 min
A Focus on Strategic Risk Management
Deborah Mutsindikwa, Senior Risk Management Consultant, Ontario Government
- Introduction to Strategic Risk Management
- The Concept of Strategic Risk
- The Relationship between Strategic Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Management
- Key Principles for Strategic Risk Management
- Critical Steps for Strategic Risk Management
15:00 EST
45 min
Implementing (or Refreshing) Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in Organizations
Karen Benoit, Senior Manager, Risk, Legal and Compliance, Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
- ERM as a service to the organization
- Adapt ERM framework and concepts to meet organizational needs
- People are the key to success
- Integrate ERM into decision-making processes
- Build on success and refine as needed
15:45 EST
45 min
The Quantum Leap: Cyber Security Implications of Quantum Computing
Imraan Bashir, Partner & National Public Sector Cyber Leader, KPMG Canada
Bruno Couillard, Co-Founder & CEO, Crypto4A Technologies Inc.
- Brief introduction to quantum computing and recent developments in the field
- Discussion on the cyber security implications of quantum computing, including threats and risks
- Suggestions on how organizations can prepare for the age of quantum computing, including preparation steps that can be taken in the short-term
16:30 EST
Closing Remarks from the Chair
Day Two: Wednesday, January 24, 2024
10:30 EST
min
Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
Darren Jones, Cybersecurity and Risk Advisory Services, Valencia Risk
10:30 EST
60 min
Understanding and Mitigating Data and Privacy Risks Associated with Artificial Intelligence
- Understanding risk features of different kinds of AI systems
- AI as a tool – understanding the risks of bias, accuracy, robustness, etc.
- AI as an adversary – understanding the risks of automated attackers, misinformation, etc.
- Mitigation approaches
11:30 EST
60 min
Responsible AI: Navigating the Risks Related to AI
- Quick overview of AI to Gen AI
- Risks and challenges of Gen AI
- Regulatory developments
- Framework on how to address Gen AI risks
- (Hypothetical) use of AI in risk management
12:30 EST
45 minBreak
13:15 EST
60 min
The Journey to Fully Risk-Based Decision-Making in Regulatory Organizations
Greg Paoli, CEO, Principal Risk Scientist, Risk Sciences International
- Moving from Rules-based to Risk-based in Policy and Operations
- Navigating the roles of Public Risk Manager and Enterprise Risk Manager
- Foundational elements of risk-based decision-making
14:15 EST
60 min
Shaping Tomorrow: The Evolving Landscape of Risk Management in the Public Sector
Shannon Devane, Program Manager, Municipal Risk Management, Local Authority Services
- How to manage and finance cyber risk in the public sector.
- Emerging risks in public administration – what is on the horizon?
- Risk structure in the public sector – How to optimize your risk culture
- Joint and Several Liability Work Update
15:15 EST
60 min
Risk Management - Changing Workers / Changing Work World
Marc Belanger, Senior Manager, Practice Management Unit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- One of the most important issues facing the Public Service today is the changing workers and the changing work world.
- Dealing with the multiple generations (Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y/Millennials) can be quite exciting.
- It offers many challenges and many opportunities at the same time, especially now in the Public Service.
- Are you and your organizations ready for the coming generational transitions?
- How can you and your organization deal with the impending changes and potentially thrive?
16:15 EST
Closing Remarks from the Chair