Registration and Breakfast

8:00AM - 9:00AM MDT

Keynote

9:00AM - 9:50AM MDT

This is an exciting time for innovation. Learn how organizations and businesses across Alberta are reinventing themselves with the cloud, and how they're leveraging AWS to drive rapid transformation.

Speakers:
Mark Schwartz, AWS Enterprise Strategist and past CIO, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Rick Fix, Director of Digital Infrastructure, University of Alberta
Coral Kennett, Education Leader, AWS Canada
Larry Sylvestre, Provincial/Local Government and Healthcare Leader, AWS Canada

The Cloud Operating Model: How to get started

9:50AM - 10:30AM MDT

Join this session for an overview of the AWS Cloud Operating Model: Learn why the cloud is integral for organizations across Alberta, how and why customers are migrating from on-premises data centres, and how to get started on your cloud journey.

Speakers:

Nav Anand, Solutions Architecture Leader, AWS Canada
Dave Trieu, Senior Solutions Architect - Alberta, AWS Canada

Ronald Garcia, Architecture Lead - Digital Innovation Office at Justice Digital, Government of Alberta

Craig Fruin, Manager of Application Services, City of Medicine Hat

Break

10:30AM - 10:45AM MDT

Solve Common Business Problems with Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

10:45AM - 11:25AM MDT

Manually processing and analyzing massive amounts of data is often slow, inefficient, and error prone. In this session, you'll learn how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can make it simpler and faster for organizations across Alberta to harness the power of their data.

Speakers:
Dr. Linda Moreau, Senior Data Scientist, AWS Worldwide Professional Services
Esther Lee, Principal Product Manager, AWS

Prepare for Ransomware
11:25AM - 12:00PM MDT

Ransomware attacks are costing billions of dollars, and impacting organizations from coast to coast. Learn why ransomware is effective, and how you can strengthen your security controls by building on AWS. You’ll also hear key takeaways from the recently released NIST SP 1800-25 and SP 1800-26 ransomware guidance and how to use AWS' security self-assessment toolkit.

Speakers:
Bill Ohlson, Principal Security Leader, AWS Canada
Larry Kiger, Worldwide Public Sector Security & Compliance Lead - Americas Region, AWS

Lunch

12:00PM - 1:00 PM MDT

Amazon's Culture of Innovation, and how it can drive change across your organization

1:00PM - 1:40PM MDT

Amazon’s approach to innovation has remained consistent since the company first launched: Start with the customer, and work backwards. In this session you'll learn valuable insights, lessons learned, and best practices from Amazon’s cultural mechanisms and our innovation journey.

Speakers:
Coral Kennett, Education Leader, AWS Canada
Catherine Catchpole, Territory Account Manager - Healthcare, AWS Canada

Break

1:40PM - 1:55PM MDT

Transforming Citizen Service Delivery: The Cloud Difference

1:55PM - 2:30PM MDT

Across Canada, digital and cloud technologies are reshaping public service delivery. Organizations can now provide simpler, faster, and better services at scale--and people have more convenient, accessible ways to engage with government, education providers, the health care system and nonprofits. In this session, you'll hear from AWS experts who are past Alberta public sector leaders, and from AWS customers, about their journeys to the cloud and the steps your team can take to become digital-first.

Speakers:
Roy Hart, Executive Advisor - Professional Services, AWS Canada
Brent Fox, Senior Solutions Architect - Alberta, AWS Canada
Matthew Sinfield, Associate Vice President of Technology, Alberta Motor Association

Cloud Economics

2:30PM - 3:10PM MDT

Moving from an on-premises environment to the cloud is just the start of your journey toward cost optimization. In this session, you'll learn a range of ways to understand your costs and increase your cloud return on investment. These include building the business case; selecting the right models for the right workloads; benefiting from tiered pricing aggregation; using data to drive the choice of AWS services; and, where appropriate, re-platforming to make use of new architectural patterns such as serverless.

Speakers:
Maria Ellis, Worldwide Public Sector Partner Leader - Canada, AWS Canada
Andre Leduc, Business Development Capture Manager, AWS Canada
Graeme Denney, Deputy CIO, Information Technology, Athabasca University

Closing remarks

3:10PM - 3:30 PM MDT

Speakers:
Coral Kennett, Education Leader, AWS Canada
Larry Sylvestre, Healthcare Leader, AWS Canada