Niagara Region, Ontario Aug 16, 2019 (Issuewire.com) - EC-Council’s Global CISO Forum is making its debut it’s Canadian debut as CISO Forum Canada on Aug 22nd & 23rd in Niagara Falls, powered by SiberX, a Canadian start-up in integrated cyber-security training. The event brings over 250 cybersecurity professionals together to discuss key issues around cybersecurity. The event is sponsored by over 25 national and international brands and is the largest cybersecurity gathering in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Juniper Networks and Bell have been announced as the platinum sponsors and the agenda, featuring over 40 speakers from IBM, Amazon Web Services, Rogers, Government of Ontario and ORION. A full agenda and speakers list can be accessed at https://ciso.eccouncil.org/ciso-events/ciso-forum-canada-2019/cf-agenda/.
As part of the forum, a special event geared towards kids has been arranged with the youngest machine learning expert in the world, Tanmay Bakshi. In collaboration with Niagara Parks, iHub Nigara, Regional Municipality of Niagara and Durham College, Tanmay Bakshi will speak and present to kids at the Oakes Garden Theater from 6 pm to 8 pm followed by a book signing for his book, “Hello Swift”.
Tanmay Bakshi is an AI and Machine Learning Systems Architect. He supports and contributes extensively to the open-source community and is known for his passion to share what he learns through his YouTube channel, blogs, and speeches. He is a TED speaker and has keynoted at numerous conferences around the world for the United Nations, IBM, Apple, KPMG, SAP, NASSCOM, The Linux Foundation, and Walmart, just to name a few. His first major keynote address was at IBM Interconnect 2016, where he presented his algorithm “AskTanmay,” which is the world’s first web-based natural language question-answering system to be powered by IBM Watson.
Tanmay Bakshi will present on fun and enjoyable ways for kids to understand the impact of cybersecurity. He will engage the audience on opportunities to learn more about this field and provide tips on getting started.
Registration is complimentary – you may register by clicking here. If you are interested in sponsoring, please contact Mahdi Raza at mahdi@siberx.org.
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