Sustainability at SecTor 2024

SecTor is committed to positively impacting the cybersecurity community and the planet. Below are key sessions, features, partnerships, and resources that highlight SecTor’s efforts to deliver a responsible and inclusive event.

INSPIRING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

To inspire sustainable development in the cybersecurity community, SecTor is featuring Briefings and a Community Program that connect to sustainability, diversity, and inclusivity:

• We host an annual Student Scholarship program to increase accessibility to our event.
• Community Lounge: SecTor aims to provide a platform to discuss current issues affecting the cybersecurity community. One of the events newest additions for 2024, the Community Lounge, will highlight sessions and meetups that pertain to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as career development. Sessions focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion include:
  • Cybersecurity Careers: Leveraging Unique Backgrounds to Build Canada's Future Workforce: This session will highlight how embracing diversity in skills and perspectives not only enriches teams but also fortifies defenses against cybersecurity risks.
  • Overcoming Barriers: How Women in Cybersecurity are Shaping Success: This session will highlight challenges women have faced, the strategies that fueled their success, and how they're shaping the future of the industry.
• Career Campaigns: How to Re-Spec Your Professional Class for an InfoSec Role: This Briefing will help attendees hack their way into a new cybersecurity career with gamified and interactive elements.
• Measuring Burnout with Data in a High-Output Team: This Briefing will focus on ways that burnout affects organizations and how to take care of your team.

MINIMIZING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

• SecTor 2024 is powered by 100% renewable electricity.
• Our venue, the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, focuses on various sustainability initiatives and programs, including extensive waste management, renewable energy, and reducing traffic and carbon monoxide emissions in the local area for move-in/out for vendors and exhibitors
• SecTor no longer incorporates aisle floor carpet within the design of the Business Hall, to minimize the environmental impact often associated with short-term usage of carpet. The specific square meters of the amount of carpet that SecTor 2024 will prevent from being sent to the landfill will be made available post-event.
• We preference digital signage and encourage exhibitors and sponsors to think about sustainability in their procurement choices.

DESIGNING SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE EVENTS

• SecTor has developed a Code of Conduct and Sustainability Pledge to hold itself, our attendees, vendors, and contractors accountable to deliver the best event experience possible
• Our event is intentionally located in downtown Toronto to encourage commuting and is easily accessible via public transportation.
• We select purposeful partnerships with key industry partners and non-profit associations.
• Pronoun ribbons will be available at Registration and there is an optional field on our mobile app to display pronouns.
• A Wellness Room is available throughout the duration of the event, to provide attendees a quite space to decompress and unplug. This space is optimal for any attendees that need a space to meditate or pray.
• Accessible seating will be available in each of the Keynote and Briefing rooms and is reserved with signage.
• Open captioning will be available for all recorded content.
• The Metro Toronto Convention Centre complies with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), its regulations, and guidelines.