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The DisGovr GovTech Summit and Expo in Ottawa will be the fourth GovTech summitled by DisGovr Canada, a division of the Capital Hill Group. The objective of the expois to enable collisions between the Canadian governments and the tech community,leading to stronger connections, relationships, and collaboration opportunities.

AGENDA

7:30 - 8:20 Registration and Refreshments

8:20 - 8:30 Opening Remarks, Hon. Prabmeet Sarkaria

8:30 - 9:15 NetApp Keynote, Spencer Sells

9:15 - 9:30 Networking Break

9:30 - 10:30 GovTech Pitch Series

10:30 - 11:30 Workshop Session 1

11:30 - 12:30 Workshop Session 2

12:30 - 13:00 Light Refreshment Break

13:00 - 14:00 Workshop Session 3

14:00 – 15:00 Workshop Session 4

TRADE SHOWThroughout the day, the trade show floor in the main plenary hall will feature boothsfrom our sponsor companies, participating pitch companies, and government.

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WORKSHOPSFor each workshop session, the Expo is offering workshops to attendees under fivestreams: cloud, cyber, digital, data, and emerging technologies. The workshops will beoffered by a mix of government and industry. Our government sessions will provideoverviews of their respective information technology plans, programs, and initiatives,and our industry sessions will showcase their solutions and the technology availableto assist government in achieving their objectives.

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CLOUD CYBER DIGITAL DATA EMERGING

Session 110:30-11:30

NetApp UOttawa PDI kainos

Public Service and

Procurement Canada (PSPC)

Session 211:30-12:30

BriteSky tenable.ioCorrectional

Service Canada (CSC)

Transport Canada

Shared Services

Canada (SSC)

Session 31:00-2:00

BMC Software

Ontario Provincial

Police (OPP)Piicomm SAS Institute UiPath

Session 42:00-3:00

Veeam CyberArk RCMP

Immigration, Refugees, and

Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

Intellectual Property

Institute of Canada (IPIC)

For details about each organization and their workshops, please turn to pages 10-14.

DisGovr Canada is Canada's first government affairs digital platform targeted toInformation Technology companies seeking business with the Canadian public sector.Designed by the Capital Hill Group, DisGovr Canada navigates procurement andlucrative business opportunities with every level of government across Canada for itsmembers through our unique DisGovr portal and GovTech Summits.

CHG is one of Canada’s leading privately-held government relations and public affairsfirms. For over 35 years, President David Angus and our senior consultants havemanaged issues for a diverse clientele, both in times of crisis and for longer-termstrategic positioning. CHG has developed a solid reputation for its hands-on, multi-level approach to government relations. Our talented staff understand howgovernments work and have the provincial and federal experience and networks toprovide our clients with assistance in virtually any sector.

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Spencer SellsSenior Director, Cloud Data ServicesNetApp

Spencer leads a global team of Cloud Solutions Architects and Field CTOs. The teamconsists of trusted, bright, creative and passionate problem solvers that help customerssuccessfully deploy and run cloud services to advance their businesses.

Prior to his role leading cloud efforts at NetApp, Spencer spent eight years at NetAppleading the product and solution management team responsible for providing the beststorage and data management for virtual server, virtual desktop, and private cloudenvironments.

Spencer has worked in enterprise storage industry for over twenty years. Prior to joiningNetApp Spencer held various for Brocade Communications, Gadzoox Networks, andAmdahl.

Hon. Prabmeet SarkariaAssociate Minister, Small Business and Red Tape ReductionProvince of Ontario

Minister Sarkaria was first elected as a Member of Provincial Parliament to the riding ofBrampton South in the 2018 provincial election. In 2019, he was promoted as theAssociate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, following governmentroles as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General, and previously as Chair ofthe Select Committee on Financial Transparency.

Prior to pursuing politics, Sarkaria was employed as an associate corporate lawyer withMiller Thompson, a Toronto-based law firm.

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The process of unlocking data from unstructured

documents remains a challenge for many businesses. Now,

artificial intelligence and machine learning are helping us

deliver even more work, faster and better than ever

before. SortSpoke leverages artificial intelligence to help

you turn your documents into data. With SortSpoke, your

team can focus on higher value work and spend less time

on manual data entry.

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Enterprise mobility solutions from PiiComm empowerorganizations in the field services, government, retail,manufacturing/warehousing, transportation, andhealthcare markets. PiiComm designs and implementssolutions that connect mobile computers, printers, anddata collection devices, such as RFID readers and barcodescanners, to enterprise information systems.

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Xtract are experts in artificial intelligence. They have built

state-of-the-art machine learning architectures that

provide predictions that are superior to currently available

alternatives. They are able to use extremely deep neural

networks which allow users to address complex real-world

challenges.

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At CrowdBridge, they believe that the people in your

organization know more about the future of your

organization than anyone else. CrowdBridge uses

gamification to help you crowdsource what your

employees really think and feel about your business and

how to use it to your advantage. With these insights, you

will drive innovation, make better strategic choices,

and mitigate risks.

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IMRSV Data labs is an Ottawa-based applied artificial

intelligence company that specializes in a broad range of

vertical AI services. Their AI experts work to understand

their business cases and identify opportunities where data

can be used to automate key tasks, cut costs and improve

performance. With a team of data engineers, data

scientists and machine learning researchers, they apply

various cutting-edge technologies including natural

language processing, computer vision, and speech

processing to implement AI solutions and integrate them

within organizations' technical environments.

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Proof empowers governments to go paperless bystreamlining approvals and improving data-drivendecisions. Their platform includes three parts: Dashboardto instantly track the status of all your approvals, Routingto easily drag-and-drop to update and action workflow,and Timeline to automatically record a complete history ofall changes and approval sequence.

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Ferro Technics Inc. provides highly specialized services in IT

security certification training as well as consulting services

in the field of cyber security, cloud security, and risk

management. Ferro Technics is the only private, Canadian

company that currently offers this spectrum of cyber

security training services which are increasingly becoming

mandatory for cyber security specialists working within

the Canadian Public and Private sector. Ferro Technics is

leading this market, right here in Ontario.

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BriteSky provides the most flexible, cost-effective, and

secure enterprise cloud services and solutions for

Canadian businesses. Unlike generic, preconfigured

offerings, BriteSky enterprise-grade cloud services and

solutions are purpose-built for medium and large

enterprises. They are engineered to enable the creation of

customized, highly secure virtual data vaults that fit the

unique needs of each business.

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Since its inception, DLS has become a leading technologysolutions and service provider fulfilling the market needsand supporting evolving business requirements of publicand private sectors. DLS specializes in the areas of end-to-end infrastructure design and deployment, virtualization,secure remote access, cyber security, mobility, Bring YourOwn Device (BYOD), cloud computing, and supportbusiness continuity.

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PigeonLine uses privacy-focused, human centered AI to

solve the problems of governments and businesses around

the world. By unlocking the full potential of interactive AI,

the team’s current research focuses on organizational

digitization, data privacy solutions, service personalization,

interactive AI and AI governance and policy.

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QRA Corp develops modern solutions for engineeringteams that are blurring the lines between cyber andphysical. Early on, founder Jordan Kyriakidis realized thatengineering solutions come from asking the rightquestions, rather than throwing more power behind thewrong questions.

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CLOUD STREAM

Veeam is an industry leader for backup, disaster recovery and intelligent datamanagement solutions. Veeam’s software offers resiliency and disaster recoverysolutions that can potentially enhance your security posture and reduce risks.Their solution protects any workload, be it on premise or in the cloud and is alsohardware agnostic.Workshop DetailsIt is becoming increasingly difficult to store, protect and manage data within theFederal government. Veeam’s workshop will address how to effectively backup thegovernment’s Office 365 data, government employees work or records, and howto efficiently manage data sprawl.

BriteSky provides the most flexible, cost-effective, and secure enterprise cloudservices and solutions for Canadian businesses and governments. BriteSkyenterprise-grade cloud services are engineered to enable the creation ofcustomized, highly secure virtual data vaults that fit your unique needs.Workshop DetailsFor their session BriteSky will cover the unique elements of their Portable On-Demand Data Dentre (PODD) which allows create a custom virtual data vault.Once configured, the PODD provides a secure cloud environment that functionslike a private cloud and reduces the risk of security breaches.

NetApp is the data authority for hybrid cloud, providing a full range of hybridcloud data services that simplify management of applications and data acrosscloud and on-premises environments to accelerate digital transformation.Workshop DetailsThis session will introduce Azure NetApp Files, which goes live in Canada in early2020. Microsoft Azure file storage service built on NetApp technology, gives youthe file capabilities in Azure even your core business applications require.

BMC has unmatched experience in IT management, supporting 92 of the ForbesGlobal 100, and earning recognition as an ITSM Gartner Magic Quadrant Leaderfor six years running. Our solutions offer speed, agility, and efficiency to tacklebusiness challenges in the areas of service management, automation, operations,and the mainframe.Workshop DetailsDetails forthcoming – stay tuned!

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CYBER STREAM

Tenable.io, the world’s first Cyber Exposure platform, arms security with the abilityto see their entire cyber-attack surface at all times and arms the CISO, C-suite andBoard of Directors with the insight to focus on the issues which matter most andmake better strategic decisions.Workshop DetailsWith vulnerabilities on the rise, how can you identify the biggest threats to yourbusiness – and know what to fix first? Learn how Predictive Prioritization enablesyou to zero in on the vulnerabilities that matter most and reduce your cyberexposure gap by translating threat intelligence data into business insights.

The OPP are one of North America's largest deployed police services thatprovides essential services that ensure the safety and security of the people ofthe Province of Ontario.Workshop DetailsDetective Sergeant Vern Crowley and Detective Inspector Heath Crichton will beproviding an overview of the OPP Cyber Operations Section triage model,including the Cybercrime Investigation Team and Digital Forensics.

The University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute was establishedover 25 years ago to offer higher learning opportunities to private and public-sector professionals and the community at large in Ottawa.Workshop DetailsPDI offers both open enrollment courses and customized courses and programsadapted to the specific needs of client organizations. PDI’s session will cover theircyber security course offerings, their new presence in Kanata serving the high-tech sector, and Co-op opportunities involving the University.

CyberArk has been a strategic security partner for the Government of Canada forover five years delivering industry-leading solutions that improve overallinfrastructure security while mitigating today’s advanced cyber threats. Canadiangovernments have invested in the CyberArk portfolio across many federal,provincial and municipal agencies.Workshop DetailsCyberArk experts will provide insights from lessons learned securing commercialSaaS applications, cloud infrastructure, and internal infrastructure and learn fromreal-world scenarios related to privileged access security in cloud and self-hostedenvironments.

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DIGITAL STREAM

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is the federal government agencyresponsible for managing institutions of various security levels and supervisingoffenders under conditional release in the community.Workshop DetailsCSC will be providing a demo of structure intervention units (SIU). The SIUimplementation makes use of a modern digital solution to enable theelimination of segregation units and tracking of meaningful human interactions.The digital solution is a combination of mobile devices, web application, andRFID tagged cells, which is expected to streamline daily operations and improvedata quality.

Enterprise mobility solutions from PiiComm empower by designing andimplementing solutions that connect mobile computers, printers, and datacollection devices, such as RFID readers and barcode scanners, to enterpriseinformation systems.Workshop DetailsHaving difficulty deploying your workplace devices? The Piicomm session will befocused on how their services can be leveraged to deploy your workplace devicesquickly and effectively.

For nearly 150 years, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has beenCanada's national police service. The RCMP represent more than 20,000 policeofficers, supported by nearly 10,000 civilian employees in over 700 detachmentsin 150 communities across the country. They also provide policing services inmore than 600 Indigenous communities.Workshop DetailsThe RCMP will be presenting on their Digital Policing Strategy

kainos works collaboratively with customers with a user-first approach to theirsecure, accessible, and cost-effective solutions . kainos has delivered more than70 digital transformation projects in the public sector and are also Europe’slargest boutique Workday partner.Workshop DetailsDetails forthcoming – stay tuned!

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DATA STREAM

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada facilitates the arrival ofimmigrants, provides protection to refugees, and offers programming to helpnewcomers settle in Canada. It also grants citizenship, and issues traveldocuments to Canadians.Workshop DetailsDetails forthcoming – stay tuned!

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and currentlyservices 44 federal departments and 14 Crown Corporations. SAS has a solutionfor Insider Threat that brings the power of analytics to provide organizationswith proactive, precise and timely information about individual user risk andoverall user risk.Workshop DetailsDetails forthcoming – stay tuned!

Transport Canada is responsible for transportation policies and programs.Transport Canada promotes safe, secure, efficient and environmentallyresponsible transportation.Workshop DetailsTransport Canada will be hosting a 1 hour overview of their current projects andpriorities related to data and data analytics.

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EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES STREAM

UiPath is a global software company that has developed a platform for roboticprocess automation. Users that leverage Uipath can program personal ‘bots’ tolearn and then perform operational or repetitive tasks. UiPath recently receivedtheir Government of Canada SLSA and can now sell their software to federaldepartments.Workshop DetailsThis session will discuss RPA (Robotic Process Automation) and why its fastestgrowing space in enterprise software. Presenters will illustrate how RPA is appliedand the tangible, practical benefits being realized with automation.

PSPC serves federal departments and agencies as their central purchasing agent,real property manager, treasurer, accountant, pay and pension administrator,integrity adviser and linguistic authority.Workshop DetailsBetter Buying is PSPC's plan to make procurement processes easier, faster andmore accessible for suppliers and buyers. The Office of Small and MediumEnterprises explain how the government buys goods and services, and how youcan navigate the process to find opportunities.

Shared Services Canada (SSC) delivers digital services to the Government ofCanada organizations. They provide modern, secure and reliable IT services sofederal organizations can deliver digital programs and services that meetCanadians needs.Workshop DetailsThe Chief Technology Officer Branch (CTOB) will lead a discussion on thedepartment’s forward-looking technology needs and how industry could helpSSC in its digital evolution to SSC 3.0.

The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) is the professional associationof patent agents, trademark agents, and lawyers practising in all areas ofintellectual property (IP) law. IPIC’s members support the Canadian economy byproviding expert services to local, national, and international companies that aredeveloping and growing their businesses.Workshop DetailsDetails forthcoming – stay tuned!

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