Speaking Opportunities

Mark has contributed at renowned international conferences and events such as Global Security Exchange, the International Security Expo, and the Security Industry Association’s AcceleRISE.  An engaging speaker, panelist, and moderator in both English and French, Mark is a seasoned thought leader able to engage audiences in person or virtually on a wide variety of cutting-edge security industry topics and trends.

Interested in having Mark participate in your event? He would love to hear about it at info@folmsecur.com.

PANEL PARTICIPATION

  • Judge, OSPA, 2022 – Present
  • Judge, IFSEC Global’s Security Influencer of the Year, 2021
  • Judge, IFSEC Global’s Influencers in Security and Fire, 2020
  • Panelist, 2024 Security Industry Association (SIA), Cyber-Hygiene for Physical Security Projects: What Do You and Your 3rd Party Providers Need to Know?
  • Panelist, 2024 Vertical Insights Symposium: High Stakes and High Tech: How Casinos Deploy Security Technology
  • Panelist & Panel Moderator, ISC West 2024 Las Vegas, “The Economics of Risk and Technology: Making Security’s Business Case for Innovation, a deep dive into how an innovative approach to physical security truly changes how a service is obtained, delivered and measured.
  • Panelist, ISC West 2024, Security Industry Association (SIA) Las Vegas Educational Session 
  • Panelist, ISC East 2023, Security Industry Association (SIA) New York City, Educational Session “Is Your Physical Security Installation Project Cyber-Secure?”
  • Panelist, ASIS International Toronto Chapter, Best Practices Seminar “The Evolution of Security Technology” (May 2023)
  • Panelist, ASIS International GSX2022, Atlanta, “Solving the Increase in Societal Crime Issues through Physical Security Design: Why the current wave of crime is a wake-up call for security professionals” (Sept 2022)
  • Panelist & Speaker, Managed Security Services Forum (Toronto Edition), “Developing the Corporate Security Leader of the Future (Feb 2022)
  • Panelist & speaker, ASIS International GSX2021, Orlando, “The evolution of security services” (Sept 2021)
  • Panelist & speaker, ASIS International GSX2021, Orlando, ” The Impacts of Digital Transformation on Physical Security” (Sept 2021)
  • Panelist, ASIS International, ” What is the Security officer of Tomorrow Facing Today” (Feb 2021)
  • Panelist, ASIS International Leadership Exchange, Washington, ” Views on Security Industry Globalisation”
  • (Jan 2020)
  • Panelist & speaker, IFSEC International, London, England, “Social Media and Security: A Challenge and Opportunity” (Jun 2019)
  • Think Tank Working Group Member, College Alma, “Review of the security officer function” (May 2019)
  • Chair, Security Service Council, ASIS International, Winter Meeting, San Antonio, Texas (Feb 2019)

GUEST SPEAKER APPEARANCES

  • Fleming College Security Program, Presentation on Security Technology (Mar 2024)
  • Allied Universal Security: Healthcare Security Symposium in Nashville “Case Study Presentation: Latest Healthcare Security Technology, Preventing Future Attacks” (Mar 2024),
  • ASIS International, Quebec Chapter, Montreal (in French); ” On nous avait promis des robots et des voitures volantes mais nous avons eu des robots de sécurité” (Nov 2023)
  • ASIS International Pacific Chapter, Vancouver, “We were promised robots and flying cars but we got security robots” (May 2023)
  • Guest lecturer, Université de Montréal, “La Sécurité physique et la technologie” (Mar 2023)
  • ASIS International Banking and Financial Service Subject Area Community (Dec 2022)
  • Presenter, Fleming College, “Technology and Security Services + Security Career Insight” (Apr 2022)
  • ASIS International – Edmonton & Alberta North Chapter, “Robotics and Technology as Security Solutions (Feb 2022)
  • GSX: How digital transformation has affected all aspects of organizational operations and why security professionals should care.https://youtu.be/5Z0GOaMM9jM
  • Speaker and Host, ASIS International Montreal Chapter, “Innovation and Technology” (May 2021)
  • Managed Security Services Forum (Toronto Edition), “Robotics as a service” (May 2021)
  • Presenter, Fleming College, “Technology and Security Services” (Apr 2021)
  • ASIS International Crime Prevention Community, “Presentation on Robotics and Security” (Oct 2020)
  • ASIS International GSX2020, “How the Top Technologies that Enabled Digital Transformation Affect Security” (Sept 2020)
  • Canadian Security Magazine, Security Coffee Break, Interview with Allana Farley (Sept 2020)
  • Security Guy TV with Chuck Harold, Interview on Robotic Assistance Devices (Jul 2020)
  • International Security Expo, London, England, “Security Services in Smart Cities” (Dec 2019)
  • Co-Speaker, The Clery Center – National Campus Safety Awareness Month, “Improving your Clery act reporting procedures: A focus on reporting” (Sept 2019)
  • Co-Speaker, GSX 2019 ASIS International, Chicago, “How Technology Affects Today’s Security Officers” (Sept 2019)
  • Accelerise, Security Industry Association (SIA), Minneapolis, “Understanding Game Changers: Impact of Technology on Today’s Security Guard Force: Innovative Options to Drive Protection” (Aug 2019)
  • Co-speaker, IAHSS, “Webinar: Designing Safer Healthcare Environments” (May 2019)
  • ASIS International, Toronto, “Update of ASIS in Canada: ASIS Toronto, Best Practices Seminar” (Apr 2019)
  • ASIS International Volunteer Leadership Conference, Alexandria, Virginia, “Leadership in the Security Industry” (Jan 2019)
  • International Security Expo, London, England, “Importance of data for security stakeholders in the transport industry” (Nov 2018)
  • Panelist/Contributor/SME, GSX 2018, Las Vegas, “Leveraging ESRM to Manage Physical, Cyber, and Converged Security Programs – Full day roundtable (Sept 2018)
  • GSX 2018, Las Vegas, “Tales from the Dark Side! From Security Service Exec, to Practitioner to Software” (Sept 2018)
  • ASIS International, Webinar, “Priorities and Principles of the Data-Driven Security Discipline” (May 2018)
  • International Association of Healthcare Security & Safety Webinar, “Using Technology to Drive Data into Healthcare Security Planning” (Mar 2018)
  • ASIS International West Coast (Florida) Annual Seminar, Tampa, “Today’s Guard Force and Technology” (Feb 2018)
  • ASIS International, Security Force Management Workshop, New Orleans, “Impact of Technology on Today’s Guard Force” (Nov 2017)
  • ASIS International Annual Seminar and Exhibits Texas, “Technology Driving Frontline Data Contribution to Security Planning, ESRM and Business Strategy” (Sept 2017)
  • Centre for Energy Advancement through Technological Innovation, “Why Automate Security Workforces” (Oct 2016)
  • ASIS International Annual Seminar and Exhibits, Orlando, “Security Idea Exchange: How Should Security Speak to the C-Suite?” (Sept 2016)