CIPSeR Conference

Where Critical Infrastructure, National Security, Defence, and Emergency Management Converge

Our team is busy working on the details to bring our partners together for our inaugural workshop/conference. Our intention is to establish a useful platform with and for our partners and stakeholders.

An Invitation-Only Forum for Leaders Shaping Canada’s Resilience Future

The Critical Infrastructure Protection, Security and Resilience Conference is a national forum that brings together selected leaders from government, industry, academia, defence, emergency management, and the security community to address some of Canada’s most complex resilience challenges.

Hosted by the National Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Security and Resilience (NC-CIPSeR), the conference is designed to foster meaningful dialogue, strengthen trusted relationships, and identify practical opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and action.

Unlike traditional conferences, participation is by invitation to encourage candid discussion, strategic engagement, and cross-sector collaboration among individuals who are actively shaping policy, operations, research, and decision-making across Canada’s resilience ecosystem.

Why This Forum Matters

Canada faces an increasingly complex operating environment characterized by:

• Evolving geopolitical uncertainty
• Cyber and physical threats
• Climate-related disasters
• Supply chain vulnerabilities
• Infrastructure interdependencies
• Arctic and sovereignty challenges
• Rapid technological change

Addressing these challenges requires more than awareness. It requires trusted relationships, informed leadership, and coordinated action across sectors, domains and jurisdictions. This forum provides a unique opportunity to bring together those responsible for protecting and strengthening Canada’s resilience.

Conference Theme

From Fragmented Complexity to Collective Resilience

Modern threats do not respect organizational, sectoral, domain or jurisdictional boundaries. This conference explores how Canada can better connect the domains of:

• National Security
• Critical Infrastructure
• Emergency Management and Preparedness
• Defence

Through collaborative dialogue and evidence-based insights, participants will examine opportunities to reduce fragmentation, improve coordination, and strengthen resilience outcomes. Collaboration with intention and finding the right projects with the right partners at the right time.

Who Will Attend?

Invitations are extended to senior representatives from:

• Federal departments and agencies
• Provincial and territorial governments
• Municipal leadership
• Critical infrastructure owners and operators
• Defence and security organizations
• Emergency management organizations
• Academic and research institutions
• Indigenous organizations
• Strategic not-for-profit organizations
• Innovation and technology partners

Attendance is intentionally limited to support meaningful interaction and relationship building.

Support Canada’s Resilience Community

A limited number of sponsorship opportunities are available for organizations that share a commitment to advancing critical infrastructure protection, security, emergency management, and resilience.

Sponsors will have the opportunity to:

• Demonstrate leadership within Canada’s resilience community
• Support collaboration between government, industry, and academia
• Showcase innovation and thought leadership
• Build relationships with senior decision-makers and practitioners
• Contribute to advancing national resilience objectives

Because attendance is curated and participation is intentionally limited, sponsorship is focused on quality engagement rather than volume exposure.

Sponsorship opportunities may include:

• Conference Partner
• Reception Sponsor
• Networking Sponsor
• Research and Innovation Sponsor
• Student and Emerging Leaders Sponsor
• Workshop Sponsor

Detailed sponsorship information will be released as planning progresses.

A Different Kind of Conference

This forum is built on a simple premise: Canada’s resilience challenges cannot be solved by any single organization, sector, or level of government. Progress depends on bringing together the right people, at the right time, around the right issues. This conference is designed to do exactly that.

Note: This is not a conference focused on observing challenges. It is a forum focused on advancing solutions.

Through trusted dialogue, practical collaboration, and evidence-based innovation, participants will explore how Canada can strengthen resilience across critical infrastructure, national security, emergency management, and defence.

EVENT DETAILS: TBD