Cyber Summit 2024

Introduction to the the 2024 Cyber Summit, land welcome, and opening remarks.

Through the lens of Brittlestar’s dry and comedic perspective as a content creator OG, we dive into the modern-day scapegoat for, and solution to, all of society's problems—technology. From social media (like how did the place where your cousin's cat memes become a battleground for global debates?) to AI-induced anxiety (why he always thanks Chat GPT), we explore why it’s so convenient (and fun) to point fingers at our tech when things go awry… when we should really be pointing at ourselves.

People often associate cybersecurity with the analysts working on the front lines to prevent, detect, and respond to cybersecurity threats. But effective cybersecurity requires people with a wide range of skillsets - law, policy, HR - who often work behind the scenes. By combining these diverse talents, both within an individual organization and collectively, Canada's further education community is coming together to better secure the sector. Join Kathryn for a meme-led journey through the past, present, and potential future of cybersecurity within Canada's R&E sector.

What is the future of the internet of Canada?

Cyber attacks are threatening to destabilize Canadian organizations and households. Costs of protection are rising. Finding talented people who want to work in cybersecurity is as big a challenge as ever.

To examine where we are headed in the future, we first need to head in the opposite direction: the past.

The story of the internet in Canada is a long one. But it would be difficult (or perhaps impossible) to tell it without mentioning CIRA, the not-for-profit dedicated to building a trusted internet for Canadians.

In this session, CIRA’s Monica Ruttle will show participants how CIRA’s innovative contributions to the internet in Canada over the past 30 years have helped organizations across the country.

Over the last three decades, CIRA has managed the .CA domain on behalf of millions of Canadian websites, innovated on the domain name system (DNS) and developed inventive ways for Canadian organizations to fend off cybersecurity attacks.

Where will the internet go next ? Join us in this session to find out (and chuckle at some memes in the process).

Neither Indigenous data nor intellectual property were signed away in treaty, which raises interesting implications for the modern era. In a time of reconciliation, how do we affirm Indigenous rights and sovereignty in digital and online spaces? What processes exist (or should exist) to protect Indigenous data and intellectual property? In this presentation, Kyle Napier will review the issues and rights within legal frameworks across Canada that relate to the protection of Indigenous IP and personal data. He will also look at perspectives and actions being taken by Indigenous communities and governments around the world, in a presentation touching on sui generis copyright and trade secret laws, digital efforts towards language and cultural reclamation, and suggestions for affirming intellectual property and data rights of Indigenous Peoples.