C-SCRM Summit 2026
Programme at a Glance
MAIN HALL — UNIFIED PROGRAMME
7:30 – 8:30 AM
Registration & Power Breakfast
Exhibition Hall opens · Sponsor pavilion
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
Christina Kakaflikas
Director of Economic Development | Invest Mississauga
9:00 – 9:35 AM
Opening Keynote — Prof. Robert Ruggieri
Professor, Business Administration – Supply Chain Program | George Brown College
Session Topic: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation and Diversification during Turbulent Economic Times
9:35 – 10:20 AM
Panel Discussion — Potential of Dual-Use
Moderator:
Craig McClelland
Aerospace Lead | FedDev Ontario’s Defence Services Team (DST)
Panellists:
Alan McDougall
Senior Security Program Manager and Chief Information Security Officer | ADGA Group
Emily Tell
vCISO | Cocoon CS
Scott Hanson
Director of Global Operations | Marine Thinking Inc.
10:20 – 10:30 AM
Networking Break
Sponsor pavilion · Curated introductions
10:30 – 11:05 AM
CMISA · Canada’s Marine & Shipbuilding Supply Chain
Keynote — Dr. Jack McCready, CMMC RP
Keynote — Dr. Jack McCready, CMMC RP
Maritime Stewardship and Maritime Security Expert | JWM Consulting LLC
Session Topic: Shipboard Cyber Vulnerabilities: Information Technology (IT) versus Operational Technologies (OT)
11:05 – 11:35 AM
CMISA · Canada’s Marine & Shipbuilding Supply Chain
Resources — Hyelim Juliana Kim, Mitacs
Resources — Hyelim Juliana Kim, Mitacs
Strategic Partnerships Lead, Key Sectors and FDI | Mitacs
11:35 – 12:20 PM
CMISA · Canada’s Marine & Shipbuilding Supply Chain
Panel — When Risk Becomes Reality: Legal, Financial and Operational Response
Panel — When Risk Becomes Reality: Legal, Financial and Operational Response
Moderator:
Marlene Conway Diels
CMISA Board Chair
Panellists:
Judi Smith
CIP, CRM (BA), CIOO | Judi Smith Risk Management
David Oswald
CPA, CA, CFE, CFI, Founder | Forensic Restitution
Chetan Phull
Principal Lawyer | Smartblock Law P.C.
12:20 – 1:35 PM
Lunch & Learn by AppGate
Jordan Ebinger
Regional Sales Director, AppGate
Session Topic: Introduction to AppGate
Neal Kushwaha
Chairperson, National Security Centre of Excellence (NSCOESN)
Session Topic: Zero illusions for zero trust
1:35 – 2:05 PM
11:11 Systems Spotlight
Jeff Polczynski
VP, Solutions Architecture-Global | 11:11 Systems
Session Topic: When Critical Dependencies Fail: What happens when a supplier critical to your business is unavailable or compromised?
2:05 – 2:50 PM
Federated Trust: Operationalizing Digital Trust Across the Trade Value Chain
Global value chains face diverse compliance requirements, data sovereignty concerns, and rising AI risk, making authentication, traceability, and source of origin harder to guarantee and more essential than ever. This session brings together leaders working across digital trust to examine what it takes to make trust operational across value chains.
Moderator:
Michelle Robitaille
Chief Executive Officer | Digital Trust Canada and Gaia-X Hub Canada
Panellists:
Roland Fadrany
Chief Operating Officer | Gaia-X Association for Data and Cloud (AISBL)
Meyer Mechanic
Founder and CEO | Vaultie
Mathieu Lemay
Partner | Digital Ubiquity Capital
2:50 – 3:00 PM
Networking Break
Sponsor pavilion · Invest Mississauga investor lounge
3:00 – 3:45 PM
CMISA · Canada’s Marine & Shipbuilding Supply Chain
Workshop — Mapping Canada’s Critical Infrastructure & Economic Resilience for the Marine Sector
Workshop — Mapping Canada’s Critical Infrastructure & Economic Resilience for the Marine Sector
Tyson Macaulay
Deputy Director | National Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Security, and Resilience (NC-CIPSeR)
3:45 – 4:30 PM
Keynote — Alex Tsoulis
Senior Advisor – Business Development & Advanced Technologies
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Canada Aerospace (MHICA)
Session Topic: Introduction & Overview of C-SCRM / Dual Use Concept, Joint Approach
4:30 – 5:00 PM
CMISA · Canada’s Marine & Shipbuilding Supply Chain
Workshop — Compliance by Design™ Executive Briefing: Build a Dual-Use Supply Chain Program in 30 Days
Workshop — Compliance by Design™ Executive Briefing: Build a Dual-Use Supply Chain Program in 30 Days
Mark Tse
VP Strategic Partnership | Cocoon CS
- Understand the dual-use compliance landscape and its impact on growth and market access.
- Learn how to build one compliance program that supports multiple certifications.
- Prioritize compliance investments based on business risk, customer requirements, and market opportunities.
- Leave with a practical 30-day roadmap to begin implementing a dual-use supply chain compliance program.
5:00 – 6:00 PM
CMISA · Canada’s Marine & Shipbuilding Supply Chain
Closing Address — George Browne, Seaspan
Closing Address — George Browne, Seaspan
Senior Cyber Security Control Specialist | Seaspan
Session Topic: Securing the Marine Supply Chain: What Primes Need—and What Suppliers Must Do
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