Thursday, May 14, 2026
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration and Light Breakfast in Expo
9:00 AM - 09:10 AM
Opening Welcome: Elevate Together: The Opportunity for Trusted AI in Government
Trusted AI and the Future of Sovereign Digital Government - Set the context for the day and outline the themes of trusted AI, cybersecurity and sovereign digital government
9:10 AM - 09:50 AM
Trusted AI and the Future of Sovereign Digital Government – Strategic overview of how governments can responsibly adopt AI while ensuring trusted data, governance, and security - Shannon Bell, Chief Digital Officer & Chief Information Officer, OpenText.
Key themes include:
- Context at scale - connecting structured and unstructured government data
- Security and governance by design - ensuring trusted AI outcomes
- Choice and openness - supporting sovereign digital government through flexible architectures
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM
Fireside Chat with Mark Schaan on helping Canada achieve its AI potential.
10:20 AM -10:35 AM
Networking Break
10:35 AM -11:05 AM
Building Trusted Data Foundations for Government AI - Why trusted, well-governed data is essential to successful AI adoption across government systems and services
11:05 AM -11:35 AM
Strengthening Cyber Resilience in an AI-Driven World - How governments can protect critical systems, applications, and data while enabling innovation and digital modernization
11:35 AM - 12:00 PM
Government Perspective – Modernizing Digital Government while Maintaining Public Trust
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch & Networking
Trusted Cloud & Data Sovereignty in Canada: Inside OpenText’s Secure Cloud Portfolio
Strengthening Public Trust: Secure Credentialing Across Public Safety Agencies
Making AI Work for Canadian Government
Break + Expo
Modernizing Citizen Communications in Canada
AI-Powered IoT for Canadian Defense & Public Infrastructure
Data Discovery, Classification & Governance for Canadian Government
DevSecOps in the AI Era: Securing Canada’s Digital Services
Break + Expo
A Conversation on AI with OpenText Product Engineers
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Networking Reception – Expo Area
*Agenda subject to change.
