Media Advisory: 2018 Canadian Aerospace Summit in Ottawa


OTTAWA, Nov. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mr. Jim Quick, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) invites media representatives to its annual Canadian Aerospace Summit on November 13-14 at the Shaw Centre (Ottawa Convention Centre, 55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa).

More information on the Summit, can be found at www.aerospacesummit.ca (English) or www.sommetaerospatiale.ca (French).

SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

November 13, 2018

9:00 -10:00Super Session - Beyond Unmanned: The Human Implications Of Autonomous And Remotely Piloted Systems
 
  • Lt. General Michael Day, Executive Advisor, Avascent
  • Vincent Vidal, Director, Insitu U.S. Commercial Solutions
  • Mike Dithurbide, President/General Manager, Allen Vanguard Electronic Systems
  • Dave Norman, Group Director, Innovation and Technology, Moog Inc. – Aircraft Group
  
 10:45-11:45Super Session - The Diversity Value Chain
 
  •  Raminder Gill, Project Leader, The Boston Consulting Group
  • Hélène V. Gagnon, VP, Public Affairs and Global Communications, CAE
  • Marie–Eve Rehayem, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, BASF Canada
  • Karen Kastner, Vice President, Partnerships and Government Relations, BDC
  • Richard Rudderham, Chief Human Resources Officer, BMO
  
 11:45-12:15 Brigadier-General Michel Lalumiere
  
 1:30-2:00Thomas Fissellier, Director, Market Analytics & Customer Insight, Bombardier Business Aircraft
Fassi Kafyeke, Ing, Senior Director, Strategic Technology & Innovation, Bombardier Aerospace
  
 2:00-2:30Super Session – Aircraft Financing
 
  • Donald Gray, Partner & Chair, Aviation and Aerospace Group, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP
  • Dave Parker, Managing Director, The Americas, Leasing & BBJ, Customer Finance, Boeing Capital Corporation
  
 3:00-3:30Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder, Nanos Research Corporation
  
 3:30-4:00Super Session - Issue Radar 2018
 
  • Manfred Hader, Senior Partner, Roland Berger
  
4:00-4:30 Laurence Vigeant-Langlois, Executive, Commercial Development Leader, GE Additive
  
4:30-5:00Mark Cousin, Head of Demonstrators, Airbus

Please note that the Annual Aerospace Dinner, being held on the evening of November 13, is a private ticketed event that is not part of the regular Summit program and will not be open to media. 

November 14, 2018

9:00-9:30Jason Chua, Executive Director, United Technologies Advanced Projects
  
9:30-10:00Roberto Garavaglia, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Competitive Anylysis, Leonardo Helicopters
  
10:15-11:15Executive Panel
 
  • Manfred Hader, Senior Partner, Roland Berger (Moderator)
  • David Gossen, President, IMP Aerospace
  • Dan Goldberg, President & CEO, Telesat
  • Cynthia Garneau, President, Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Ltd.
  
11:15-11:45Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator
  
11:45-12:15Hon. Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport
  
12:15-2:00Aerospace Leadership Luncheon, featuring Hon. Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development

On-site registration will be available. The Summit Media Registration policy can be viewed here

AIAC is the national association representing Canada’s aerospace manufacturing and services sector. As the world’s fifth-largest aerospace industry, Canada’s aerospace sector contributes nearly $25B to the economy in GDP, exports 75% of its output, and dedicates over 20% of its activity to research and development (R&D). Aerospace is responsible for the employment of 190,000 Canadians. 


            

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