| 2:00 PM | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 3:00 PM | Welcome and Introduction | Josh Berman, President, C2C Global, and Sam Sebastian, Vice President and Canada Country Manager, Google Cloud |
| 3:30 PM | Opening Keynote: From Silicon Valley to Serverless: Life Lessons in Cloud Economics | Dan Herold, Principal Architect at Google Cloud, will discuss the lessons history teaches us about cost optimization in technology and explain why these lessons are particularly relevant in the age of cloud and AI. The conversation will discuss factors influencing investment decisions and explore how customers are optimizing their cloud ROI, all while preparing for the challenges of tomorrow. |
| 4:15 PM | Partner Panel: Industry Insights | Moderated by Cindy Zhong, Head of Customer Engineering, Google Cloud |
| 4:45 PM | Migration Across Borders and Time Zones with PwC and OpenText | |
| 5:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 6:15 PM | Industry Panel: From Disruption to Success: Turning Change into Opportunity | Join us for an insightful panel discussion on change management in the dynamic realm of cloud computing. As organizations increasingly migrate their operations to the cloud, it is imperative to simplify and optimize cloud operations. This panel will equip you with the knowledge and insights needed to navigate the complexities of cloud transformation effectively.
During the panel, the guest speakers will share their firsthand experiences and lessons learned from their cloud journeys. They will provide you with practical advice on using change management to optimize cloud operations for organizational success.
Moderated by Tessa Liu-Man-Hin, Canada ISV Lead, Google Cloud |
| 7:00 PM | FinOps - Extracting Value from Costs with DoiT and GoBolt | |
| 7:45 PM | Navigating Digital Resilience in the Cloud Era with Pythian and Wealthsimple | Digital resilience is the ability to prevent, respond and quickly recover from events that have the potential to disrupt critical business processes, service delivery, and technological access. When it comes to cloud modernization, there are two sides of the coin to address: Technology Resilience and Cyber Resilience.
This session will explore key considerations to enable digital resilience in today's dynamic landscape, including defining a cloud strategy(cloud-first, cloud-only, or cloud-optional?), factors influencing cloud ROI, navigating external changes, and how to prepare your organization for what's next. |
| 8:30 PM | Customer Panel: What Do I Know Now That I Wish I'd Known When I Started? | Moderated by Michael Craig, Customer Engineering Manager, Google Cloud |
| 9:15 PM | Closing and Wrap-Up | |
| 9:30 PM | Happy Hour and Networking | |
