Tuesday, November 8

7:00 AM Registration

Rideau Canal Atrium

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7:45 AM Breakfast

Canada Hall 1-2

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8:15 AM - 4:30 PM B2B & Exhibit Hall

Canada Hall 1-2

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8:15 AM - 4:30 PM Aerospace as a Career – Silent Auction

Canada Hall 1-2

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Conference Room

Ottawa Salon

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8:20 AM Opening Remarks

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Summit Chair Salimah Lalji, Senior Contracts Manager, Contracts & Legal, Defense & Security, CAE
Mike Mueller, President & CEO, AIAC
Richard Foster, Chief Executive & Vice President, L3Harris Technologies Canada

8:30 AM Keynote

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
The Honourable Dr. Helena Jaczek, M.D., Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Government of Canada

8:45 AM Super Session

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Lieutenant-General E.J. (Eric) Kenny, CMM, MSC, MSM, CD, Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force

9:15 AM Super Session

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Éric Martel, President and CEO, Bombardier

9:45 AM Refreshment Break

Canada Hall 1-2

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10:30 AM Super Session

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
LeAnn Ridgeway, Chief Sustainability Officer, Collins Aerospace

11:00 AM Small Business Panel

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Barney Bangs, Executive Chairperson, Tulmar Group of Companies
Keith Donaldson, Vice President, Apex Industries Inc
Stephen Kearns, President & CEO, Avior
Anita Pawluk, President, RaceRocks

12:15 PM Networking Lunch (Exhibit Hall)

Canada Hall 1-2

1:45 PM Super Session – Air Mobility Panel

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Joe Armstrong, VP, Single Synthetic Environments & Immersive Technologies, CAE
Michael J. Dyment, Managing Partner, Nexa Capital Partners, LLC
Lyne Moreau, Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, NAV Canada
E. Brandon Robinson, Co-founder and CEO, Horizon Aircraft

2:30 PM SUPER SESSION

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Chris Raymond, Chief Sustainability Officer, The Boeing Company

3:00 PM Refreshment Break

Canada Hall 1-2

3:45 PM Fireside Chat

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Kim Douglas, Vice-President, Business Development and Marketing, Canadian Commercial Corporation
Sven List, Senior Vice-President, Corporate & International, Export Development Canada

4:15 PM Fireside Chat – Gateway to Global Leadership

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Mike Mueller, President & CEO, AIAC
Alexandre Gagnon, Executive Director, Transformation, Pratt & Whitney Canada

4:30 PM Super Session

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Benoît Schultz, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Canada Limited Partnership

5:00 PM Closing Remarks

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Summit Chair Salimah Lalji, Senior Contracts Manager, Contracts & Legal, Defense & Security, CAE

5:30 PM Annual Aerospace Reception (cocktail)

Parliament Foyer 1-2

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6:45 PM Annual Aerospace Dinner

Trillium Ballroom

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James C. Floyd Award sponsored by

Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by

Small Business Innovation Technology Award sponsored by

Centerpieces sponsored by   

Wednesday, November 9

7:30 AM Registration

Rideau Canal Atrium

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8:00 AM Breakfast

Ottawa Salon

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Conference Room

Ottawa Salon

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8:30 AM Opening Remarks

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Summit Chair Salimah Lalji, Senior Contracts Manager, Contracts & Legal, Defense & Security, CAE
Mike Mueller, President & CEO, AIAC
Amandeep Kaler, Chief Executive Officer, Avcorp Industries

8:45 AM Super Session

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Brigadier-General C.A (Chris) McKenna, OMM, MSC, MSM, CD, Director General Air and Space Force Development (DGASFD), Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Armed Forces

9:15 AM super session

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Lisa Campbell, President, Canadian Space Agency

9:45 AM AI Panel

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Julien Billot, CEO, Scale AI
Ghislain Gagné, Partner, Montreal, McKinsey & Company
Nivine Kallab, Vice President, Customer Programs, Pratt & Whitney Canada
Siegfried Usal, VP, Digital Innovation and General Manager, Thales Digital Solutions

10:30 AM Refreshment Break

Ottawa Salon

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10:45 AM Labour Market Panel

Ottawa Salon

Opening Remarks:
Tala Abou Rizk, Third-year mechanical engineer student minoring in aerospace engineering, McGill University

Featuring:
Robert Donald, Executive Director, Canadian Council for Aviation & Aerospace
Joseph Galimberti, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, PAL Aerospace
Alexander Tsoulis, Senior Advisor – Business Development & Advanced Technologies, MHI Canada Aerospace Inc.
Uwe Zachau, PH.D., Managing Director & CEO, MTU Maintenance Canada

11:30 AM Fireside Chat

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
David Riggs, Advisor to the CEO, De Havilland Canada

12:30 PM Leadership Luncheon Reception

RCA Foyer

12:55 PM Aerospace Leadership Luncheon

Ottawa Salon

Featuring:
Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Government of Canada

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2:00 PM Member Briefing

Gateway to Global Leadership

Featuring:
Mike Mueller, President & CEO, AIAC

3:00 PM End