Chris Mathers

Artificial Intelligence is software that mimics human cognition in order to perform complex tasks and learn from them. Its positive potential is limitless but, like any technology, it can be abused. Criminals are already using audio and video impersonation to defraud and extort us. Foreign governments are using AI to influence our political beliefs. But, on the upside, AI can detect fraud, spam calls and phishing attempts much better than people can. It never sleeps; it won’t call in sick and it doesn’t work from home. Join Chris Mathers as he shares the latest amazing advances in AI, describing how bad guys are using this amazing technology against us and how the good guys are using it to catch them.

Have you ever wondered about the seedy underbelly of the business world? Chris Mathers will provide you with a glimpse of the business world of crime and espionage in this keynote address. As a veteran undercover agent at the RCMP and intelligence officer at one of the world’s largest forensic accounting firms, Chris has seen it all and is able to offer unique insights on this topic with his larger-than-life personality.

No-nonsense explanation on why investigating the background of potential domestic and foreign business partners is important and what can happen when you don't. Using real cases, Chris will explain the nuts and bolts of gathering information on individuals and corporations around the world.

Imagine a world where every telephone call is monitored, every email and text message read. A world where all of your most personal information can be stolen by cyber-criminals and offered for sale to the highest bidder. How much risk are you taking each time you turn on your computer, surf the Internet or participate in social media? We are all bombarded every day with emails designed to trick you into downloading malware onto your computer or your corporate network. Who are the people that are working so hard to steal your identity? What can you do to keep them in check? How do we protect ourselves and our businesses from an invisible enemy? As technology proliferates, what choices should you make? How much of your privacy will you be willing to give up for the sake of security? Convenience? Social Interaction? Where will be as a society in 25 years? What impact will the choices we make today have on privacy and security in the future and how will our government protect us? Chris' insights into the world of organized crime and foreign intelligence and how the Internet is the new crime scene, will shock, inform and entertain you.