FutureIT Vancouver 2025: AI, Data and Tech Leadership
All times are listed in Pacific Standard Time.
This event is a one-day, in-person, live event.
This event will run from 10:20 AM – 5:15 PM, with lunch and refreshments provided throughout the day!
Thursday, September 25
Our host welcomes you to FutureIT Vancouver. Setting the stage for the day, they’ll provide an overview of the strategic insights and tech trends you can expect to hear about during the day.
As organizations accelerate their AI initiatives, the journey from experimentation to enterprise-wide adoption is evolving rapidly. Drawing on IDC’s global AI MaturityScape Benchmark survey and insights from C-Suite, CEO and CIO research, this keynote explores the critical stages of AI maturity, from automation to the emergence of AI agents that act with autonomy and strategic intent. Attendees will gain insights to align AI investments with business outcomes and accelerate value realization.
Build professional connections during this stress-free guided networking time and learn about your fellow event attendees. Expect to find some of our speakers joining you during this time to network and answer questions candidly from your seat.
Join us for a dynamic panel discussion tailored to Canadian IT leaders and CIOs. This session will delve into how organizations across Canada are embracing cloud-first strategies and AI innovation to drive digital transformation. Our expert panel will share key milestones, frameworks, and actionable insights that enable scalable operations, enhance customer experiences, and foster business agility. From navigating modernization in regulated industries to optimizing data for intelligent automation, this conversation will provide practical guidance for IT leaders aiming to future-proof their enterprises in the Canadian market.
AI is everywhere, it is shaping the way we work, communicate, and solve problems across the globe, and it continues to evolve. However, complexity is one of the main barriers to its successful adoption and value realization. Let’s simplify it! Learn how to get started, and how enterprises can accelerate innovation, streamline deployment, and empower their organization to turn data into actionable insights.
Pull up a chair and enjoy a delicious buffet lunch with your new contacts! Plus meet our partners and learn how their solutions can help you overcome your latest challenges.
In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, staying ahead requires more than just innovation—it demands a future-focused strategy. This sponsored session explores cutting-edge tools, frameworks, and approaches that empower organizations to seamlessly integrate emerging technologies, enhance operational efficiency, and drive sustainable growth. Join industry leaders and technology experts as they share success stories, key trends, and practical solutions to help your enterprise thrive in the digital era.
This session is under contruction – come back soon for more details.
Embarking on the AI journey within a large, established organization is no small feat. There’s no one-size-fits-all playbook, and the path is often fraught with challenges. In this candid panel discussion, leading CIOs and IT executives will share their firsthand experiences of initiating AI adoption in complex enterprises. From overcoming early hurdles like stakeholder alignment and data management chaos to evaluating a sea of technology options and fostering internal momentum, this session dives into the realities of starting without a prototype or a dedicated AI team. Join us for a peer-driven conversation that explores what’s working, what’s not, and how organizations are finding their footing amidst uncertainty.
As enterprises confront thetransformative power of agentic AI, this session highlights the challenges that emerging AI systems bring to operations. Attendees will learn how leveraging state‑of‑the‑art AI‑ready infrastructure can meet increasing performance needs, control escalating costs, and safeguard data security.
Traditional security operations, heavily reliant on static rules and manual updates, struggle to keep pace with the dynamic threat landscape. This lightning talk will explore a paradigm shift from a person-in-the-loop model to one where AI and Machine Learning models dynamically build and adapt security rules. We’ll discuss how leveraging predictive scoring can dramatically reduce the number of required rules, enhance responsiveness to emerging threats, and eliminate the need for laborious manual rule changes, ultimately building more resilient and proactive security defenses.
IT and Security leaders have spent decades locking down networks, endpoints, and cloud data. Yet, millions of daily customer and employee conversations remain an unmanaged blind spot – a massive threat surface for compliance breaches and data exfiltration. This session will explore how enterprise-grade AI is transforming this risk, moving beyond simple productivity to provide the critical governance, real-time redaction, and auditability needed to secure your most sensitive unstructured data.
Enjoy some snacks in our exhibit area. Visit our sponsors to learn how their solutions can help you overcome your latest challenges.
Join a discussion topic that best meets your needs. Facilitated by our partner subject matter experts, take a deep-dive into ideas, common questions, and proven solutions in an interactive, peer-sharing environment.
Agentic AI Readiness, hosted by Dell Technologies + NVIDIA
GenAI In Practice, hosted by Dell Technologies + NVIDIA
Balancing AI & Compliance, hosted by RingCentral
Scaling AI in the Enterprise, hosted by Cisco
Generative AI is transformative technology. Thousands of large language models (LLMs) have been built by enterprises, academia, and the open-source community. Many organizations are running GenAI POCs to assess feasibility, value, and tech fit. Moving to production is complex—requiring planning, testing, and integration. Often underestimated, this step can stall initiatives. This keynote will address how to overcome the hurdles from POC to production.
This session is under contruction – come back soon for more details.
As AI adoption accelerates, IT leaders face the critical challenge of driving innovation while maintaining cost efficiency and operational sustainability. This dynamic panel session features senior IDC analysts alongside Canadian industry executives, offering fresh insights into leveraging AI to modernize workflows and tackle entrenched technical debt. Discover practical approaches to scaling AI solutions, measuring impactful outcomes, and sidestepping common obstacles that hinder digital transformation. Leave equipped with actionable strategies to enhance productivity, streamline operations, and lay the groundwork for an AI-powered future—free from the burdens of legacy systems.
Hear a full summary of the days’ takeaways during these final remarks from our Event Host.
Wrap up the day with refreshments while making some final connections to complete your event experience.