Speakers

• The Honourable Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Associate Minister of National Defence
• Vice Admiral Mark Norman, Commander of the Canadian Navy:  Why Operate as an Enterprise?
• The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works & Government Services
• The Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification
• Gilbert Diaz, Raytheon:  Delivering Efficient Sustainment through PBL
• Pete Palmer, Edge Innovation Network:  Technology Challenges and Opportunities in Today’s Environment
• Chris Schaefer, Bell Helicopters:  DND OWSS and its Use of Commercial Solutions
• Gary Payne, Thales Canada:  Thales Canada
• Mark Gist, General Atomics Aeronautical:  Understanding the Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) Market & Opportunities to Canadian Industry
• Keith Knotts, Lockheed Martin:  The Execution & Success of the F35 Program
• Stan Jacobson, CCC:  Working with the Government of Canada to Win International Business
• Scott Dewis, RaceRocks 3D:  Starting out in Defence
• Travis Mackland, Harris:  Small Business Partnerships
• Helen Braiter, PWGSC:  Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program
• Sterling Cripps, CCUVS:  The Foremost UAS Restricted Airspace Initiative
• Steve Appleton, Appleton Consulting Inc.:  Creating your Future

​​To request a copy of the above presentations, contact WCDIA.

Exhibitors

Innovation Showcase

• 3M Canada
  
• Barretta
  
• General Atomics Aeronautical
  
• General Dynamics
  
• Harris
  
• Lockheed Martin
  
• Meggitt Training Systems Canada
  
• PWGSC
  
• Raytheon
  
• Stoeger

• Absolute Combustion International
  
• Alta Injection Moulding
  
• Canadian Floating Fence Co.
  
• Boomerope
  
• C4i
  
• Innovate Calgary
  
• Mechatroniq
  
• Microhard
  
• Microlynx
  
• Mover
  
• SAIT
  
• Trilogy Environmental
  
• Williams and White