SCHEDULE
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CONFERENCE DAY 1 - Wednesday, 19 August 2026
8:50 - 9:00am
Opening Remark
Alan Yau
Conference Chairperson, CIAG 2026
9:00 - 9:30am
Key Notes: The AI Productivity Paradox: If We’re So Efficient, Why Can’t We Measure It?
Mary Carmichael
Field CISO, Western Canada, Bell Cyber
9:30 - 10:10am
Plenary 1: What an Organization Forgets the Moment Its One Expert Walks Out
Krishna Rajagopal
Group CEO, AKATI Sekurity
10:10 - 10:40am
Plenary 2: Why in an AI‑Infused World, the Human Has Never Been More Important
Brian Hay
Executive Director, Cultural Cyber Security Pty Limited
Morning Break
10:40 - 11:20am
11:20 - 12:00pm
Plenary 3: Trusted AI in Healthcare: Risk, Governance, Cybersecurity and Data Protection
Leonard Ong
ISACA International Board of Directors, 2015-2019
ISACA Singapore Chapter President, 2012-2014
IAPP Asia Advisory Board, 2024 - Present
12:00 - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30 - 2:10pm
Plenary 4: Quantum Computing: A Re-Evolution
Ramsés Gallego
Chief Technologist Cybersecurity, DXC Technology
2:10 - 2:50pm
Plenary 5: The Digital Resilience Mandate — Governing Trust, Quantifying Risk, and Ensuring Compliance in the AI Era
Retnendran Sivasupramaniam
Portfolio Audit Head of Technology/Digital & Data Analytics
Group Internal Audit, AmBank Group
2:50 - 3:20pm
Afternoon Break
3:20 - 4:00pm
Plenary 6: Operational Resilience: Bridging Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Across Industries
Dr Goh Moh Heng, President, BCMI
4:00 - 5:00pm
Panel Discussion: The Boardroom Battle: Balancing Quantum Readiness with AI Governance
Moderator :
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Nickson Choo, FSI Regulator
Panellists :
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Jason Yuen, Partner, Ernst & Young Consulting Sdn Bhd
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Dato’ Ts. Dr. Haji Amirudin Abdul Wahab, Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CyberSecurity Malaysia
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Stephanie Liew, Vice President, Women-in-Tech Wisdom Council, ASEAN CXO Association
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Murari Kalyanaramani, CISO Singapore, UOB
End of Conference Day 1
CONFERENCE DAY 2 - Thursday, 20 August 2026
TECHNICAL TRACK
9:00 - 9:40am
TT1: Safeguarding the missing layer: human risk
Novarica Toefliano Perdana “Dana”
Senior Sales Engineer, Asia
Mimecast
MANAGEMENT TRACK
MT2: Human Risk Management: Strengthening Security through People-Centric Strategies
Brian Hay
Executive Director, Cultural Cyber Security Pty Limited
MT1: All Your Eggs in One Cloud? When is Breaks, It’s Concentration Risk
Mary Carmichael
Field CISO, Western Canada, Bell Cyber
TECHNICAL TRACK
9:40 - 10:20am
TT2: Agentic AI SOC: Building Autonomous Cyber Defense for the Quantum-AI Era
Salleh Kodri
Regional Manager APAC, Solution Engineering
Cyble Inc.
MANAGEMENT TRACK
10:20 - 10:50am
Morning Break
TECHNICAL TRACK
10:50 - 11:30am
MANAGEMENT TRACK
MT3: AI Double-Edged Sword: The Power, the Peril and the Path Forward
Ramsés Gallego
Chief Technologist Cybersecurity, DXC Technology
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TT3: AI powered endpoint security for all
Jason Lim
Technologist Cybersecurity, Broadcomr
TECHNICAL TRACK
11:30 - 12:10pm
TT4: Beyond Access: Building a Quantum-Ready Zero Trust Architecture for the AI Era
Prasad Tharippala
Field CISO, APAC Versa Networks
MANAGEMENT TRACK
MT4: Auditing Business Continuity Management in the Digital Resilience Era: From Compliance Verification to Resilience Assurance
Dr Goh Moh Heng,
President, BCMI
12:10 - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30 - 2:10pm
Plenary 7: Roadmapping Digital Trust in Malaysia's Evolving Cybersecurity Regulatory Landscape: From Compliance to Resilience
Assoc. Prof. Dr Sonny Zulhuda
Deputy Legal Adviser, International Islamic University Malaysia
2:10 - 2:50pm
Plenary 8: Reframing AI Risk: From Governance Obligation to Strategic Advantage
Jane Teh, Founder & CEO VortiQx
2:50 - 3:20pm
Afternoon Break
3:20 - 4:00pm
Plenary 9: Personal Data Breaches in Malaysia: Navigating Notification Obligations and Regulatory Expectations
Ong Johnson, Head of the Technology Practice Group at Halim Hong & Quek
Lo Khai Yi ,Co-Head of the Technology Practice Group at Halim Hong & Quek
4:00 - 5:00pm
Fireside Chat: Coffee, Code, and Cryptography: Living in the Quantum-AI Shadow
Moderator:
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Krishna Rajagopal, Chief Executive Officer, AKATI Sekurity
Panellists:
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Mary Carmichael, Field CISO, Western Canada, Bell Cyber
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Ramses Gallego, Chief Technologist, Cybersecurity, DXC Technology
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Brian Hay, Executive Director, Cultural Cyber Security Pty Limited
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Leonard Ong,
ISACA International Board of Directors, 2015-2019,
ISACA Singapore Chapter President, 2012-2014, IAPP Asia Advisory Board, 2024 - Present
5:00 - 5:30pm
Conference Closing Remarks and Lucky Draw