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

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

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Trusted Cloud & Data Sovereignty in Canada: Inside OpenText’s Secure Cloud Portfolio

1:35 PM - 2:05 PM

Strengthening Public Trust: Secure Credentialing Across Public Safety Agencies

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM

Making AI Work for Canadian Government

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Break + Expo

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Modernizing Citizen Communications in Canada 

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

AI-Powered IoT for Canadian Defense & Public Infrastructure

1:35 PM - 2:05 PM

Data Discovery, Classification & Governance for Canadian Government

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM

DevSecOps in the AI Era: Securing Canada’s Digital Services

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Break + Expo

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

A Conversation on AI with OpenText Product Engineers

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Networking Reception – Expo Area

*Agenda subject to change.