Ottawa, ON

Home to Canada's federal government and a dense cluster of cybersecurity, telecom, and deep-tech companies, Ottawa has long punched above its weight in tech. Join us to connect with security practitioners and AI builders shaping how the capital region approaches trustworthy AI.

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Ali Aleali

Co-Founder and CEO at Truvo

Ali is the Co-Founder and CEO of Truvo, where he helps companies build and manage SOC 2, ISO 27001, and CMMC compliance programs, from audit prep through Trust Center reporting. He has spent over a decade in Canadian cybersecurity, previously serving as a Senior Cyber Security Engineer & Architect at Payments Canada and a Senior Security Architect at the Bank of Canada. A proven security and compliance leader, he holds the CISSP, CCSP, and five GIAC certifications, and sits on the SANS Advisory Board.

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Alaaedin Al-Jallad

Founder & CEO at AIGNITRON

Alaaedin is the Founder and CEO of AIGNITRON, where he leads development of IgnisPrompt, a local-first AI routing and governance platform focused on efficiency, auditability, and sustainability. He writes and speaks widely on the real cost of AI infrastructure, from the energy footprint of LLM inference to how local-first routing can cut cloud dependency. A proven AI infrastructure entrepreneur, he is credited with coining the term "politeness pollution" to describe the hidden compute cost of conversational AI.

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Lester Wong

Director, Cybersecurity and IT Modernization

Lester Wong is the Director of Cybersecurity and IT Modernization at Nulogos Inc. He has over 25 years of technical and sales leadership across enterprise networking, security, data centre and cloud. A Cisco veteran of more than two decades, Lester has led sales and strategy for software, hardware and SaaS, working extensively with government and large enterprise customers across Canada. Lester holds a BASc in Computer Engineering from the University of Ottawa. In his current role, Lester helps organizations navigate the security implications of AI adoption at the intersection of enterprise infrastructure, application development, IT, and emerging technologies.

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