The registration site for GovSym is now closed.

If you are interested in attending the event on Tuesday, December 1st, please register on site at Hilton Lac-Leamy, 3, boulevard du Casino, Gatineau-Ottawa, QC.

GovSym, an annual one-day security and information protection symposium, will explore endpoint security, disaster recovery, compliance, eDiscovery, crisis mitigation and other key issues affecting government today through plenary sessions and two educational tracks:

• Best Practices Track will focus on best practices and usage of influential IT systems and solutions that help protect information. This track is designed for government IT and program managers.


• Executive Track will focus on emerging business trends and government IT challenges that are affecting the public sector C-level decision-making process. This track is designed for senior government executives: Senior IT and program executives, CIOs, DCIOs, CTOs, DGs, and ADMs.

Attendance to GovSym is complimentary and limited to qualified government executives and their IT and program management teams. GovSym reserves the right to limit attendance to qualified practitioners.

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