April 15, 2020
April 15th Update: The summit organizers have rescheduled the summit to April 14, 2021. Registration and other dates will be updated accordingly.
March 16th Update: The summit organizers have rescheduled the summit to June 5th, 2020. Registration and other dates will be updated accordingly.
Original post, dated March 11, 2020:
The summit organizers are taking guidance from UBC authorities, who have been monitoring the situation regarding COVID-19 closely. As of the latest update of this post, they quote the government that “the public health risk associated with the virus as ‘low for Canada’.” UBC authorities have not issued any bans and have not advised against holding public events, as of the time of this post. As such, the summit organizers intend to proceed with the summit, with the awareness that the situation might change materially. If the summit is cancelled due to COVID-19 risks, registrations will be refunded. Since one of the main goals is to provide opportunities for industry practitioner and academic researchers to network, the organizers have no intentions to use virtual/online format for the summit. It will be held in person.
March 12, 2020
The summit organizers are very pleased to announce that Joseph Bonneau will deliver the academic keynote at the Summit. Joseph is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at New York University. His research focuses on computer security, including the economics and usability of security and novel applications of cryptography. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Princeton University, Stanford University and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He has worked in industry at Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cryptography Research, Inc. In his spare time he enjoys travelling, climbing and kayaking.
March 11, 2020
The summit will showcase 24 posters detailing ongoing cybersecuirty-related research at UBC. Poster sessions will be during breaks, lunch, and reception.
March 8, 2020
Available until March 31, early bird registration is open for regular and elite tickets.
February 25, 2020
The summit organizers are very pleased to announce that Chester Wisniewski will deliver the industry keynote at the Summit. Chester is a Principal Research Scientist at global security firm Sophos. His interest in security and privacy began while learning to hack from bulletin board text files in the 1980’s and has been a lifelong pursuit. After moving to Vancouver, Canada in 2003 to work for Sophos, Chester has helped customers design enterprise-scale email defense strategies, was the primary technical lead on building Sophos’ first email security appliance, and consulted on security planning with some of the largest global brands. For the last ten years Chester has focused on analyzing the massive amount of attack data acquired by SophosLabs and sharing that information with the public to improve understanding of the threats we face and practical approaches to defending ourselves. He has regularly spoken and given keynotes at computer security events like RSA Conference, The University of Washington, Virus Bulletin, Security BSides (Vancouver, London, Wales, Perth, Austin, Detroit, Los Angeles, Boston and Calgary), Cloud Expo Asia and Purdue University. As a recognized expert he is regularly consulted by the press appearing on BBC News, ABC, NBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, CBC, NPR, Global, CTV and many other media outlets. When not busy fighting cybercrime, Chester spends his free time cooking, cycling and mentoring new entrants to the security field through his volunteer work with InfoSec BC.