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Uncharted: The AI Safety & Security Summit 

The risks of Generative AI are real, and the timeline is short. Join us for a virtual summit where industry leaders will explore the critical challenges of AI safety and security. 

Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2025

Time: 12:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. PT

Location: Virtual Event

EVENT AGENDA

November 13, 2025 | Virtual Event

Welcome & keynote

12:00 – Welcome to Uncharted: The AI Safety & Security Summit

Bret Kinsella, SVP / GM, Fuel iX, TELUS Digital

As GenAI tools and agents explode in use, experts are navigating new territory full of potential and pitfalls. Uncharted is the first summit where AI safety and security experts come together to face the challenges, share insights, and chart the path forward.

12:05 – Uncharted territory: Navigating the state of generative AI safety & security

Bret Kinsella, SVP / GM, Fuel iX, TELUS Digital

Milton Leal, Applied AI Researcher, Fuel iX, TELUS Digital

Innovation is trumping the need to map out and address AI risks. Bret Kinsella uncovers the state of GenAI safety and security, and Milton Leal reveals what testing 24 leading models exposed about hidden risks and vulnerabilities.

AI safety & security in practice

12:30 – A balancing act: GRC in the age of generative AI

Anick Fortin-Cousens, Director of Global Privacy and AI Compliance, TELUS

AI law is being written in real time. Join Anick Fortin, Director of Global Privacy and AI Compliance at TELUS, to explore how legal teams navigate the fine line between innovation, regulation and security.

12:50 – Responsible AI: From principles to practice

Jesslyn Dymond, Director of AI Governance, TELUS

Bret Kinsella, SVP / GM, Fuel iX, TELUS Digital

Practice is where the real lessons are learned. Jesslyn Dymond, Director of AI Governance & Data Ethics at TELUS, and Bret Kinsella unpack why companies tend to underplay safety when chasing security, and how purple teaming helps balance innovation, safety and defense in the real world.

1:10 – The CISO's Dilemma: Securing and safeguarding AI at the speed of innovation

Adrian Guevara, CISO, TELUS Digital

Carey Frey, CISO, TELUS

CISOs are confronting invisible threats on impossible timelines. CISOs Adrian Guevara, Carey Frey and other security leaders discuss how to shift from reactive firefighting to proactive safeguarding as AI evolves faster than traditional frameworks can keep up. This roundtable shares real-world strategies for staying ahead in GenAI security across telecom, digital services and manufacturing.

Fuel iX Fortify

1:30 – Fuel iX Fortify: Uncovering your GenAI risk map in just two clicks

Sho Modica, Head of Product, Fuel iX, TELUS Digital

Think you know your AI risks? Think again. Sho Modica gives a live demo of Fuel iX Fortify, showing how thousands of automated attack simulations can reveal hidden vulnerabilities and deliver a full GenAI risk map in minutes — cutting testing time by 97% and bringing continuous monitoring to safety and security teams..

1:45 – Scaling Automated Red Teaming: Lessons from a leading health provider's public AI initiative

Ranjeet Saini, CIO, Post-secondary institution

Reilly Kwiatkovsky, Senior Product Manager, Fuel iX, TELUS Digital

In uncharted territory, the best guides are those who've already made the journey. Join Ranjeet Saini, a technology executive with 20+ years leading enterprise IT strategy and cybersecurity in healthcare and the public sector, as he shares his path to AI safety and security maturity, and how he used Fuel iX Fortify to scale automated testing for a healthcare company's public AI initiative. This session delivers real-world lessons from navigating AI safety and security where the stakes are high.

Looking forward and next steps

2:00 – Looking forward: Analyst insights on AI safety and security in 2026

Analyst speaker coming soon!

Red teaming is just the beginning. Join a leading industry analyst as they share forward-looking insights on what security leaders need to know about AI risk in 2026, from emerging threats and evolving regulations to the gap between research and real-world implementation. Followed by a Q&A with Bret Kinsella to explore how these insights translate into action for your organization.

2:55 – Charting what’s next in AI safety and security

Bret Kinsella, SVP / GM, Fuel iX, TELUS Digital

We’ve mapped the uncharted territory of AI safety and security. Bret Kinsella closes the summit with key insights, next steps, and resources to help you turn learning into action and chart your own course ahead.

* Please note that presentations will be conducted in English.

SPEAKERS

Hear from leading experts in AI safety & security

Bret Kinsella

SVP / GM, Fuel iX, TELUS Digital

Special analyst guest

Coming soon!

Jesslyn Dymond

Director of AI Governance, TELUS

Carey Frey

CISO, TELUS

Anick Fortin-Cousens

Director of Global Privacy & AI Compliance, TELUS

Adrian Guevara

CISO, TELUS Digital

Reilly Kwiatkovsky

Senior Product Manager, Fuel iX, TELUS Digital

Milton Leal

Applied AI Researcher, Fuel iX, TELUS Digital

Sho Modica

Head of Product, Fuel iX, TELUS Digital

Ranjeet Saini

CIO, Post-secondary institution

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