Partnering for Success
Business to Business – Aerospace and Defence Briefing
Held on May 6th, Fort Gary Hotel, Winnipeg
EnviroTREC and Manitoba Aerospace Association, in collaboration with Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) hosted a B2B on new supplier opportunities.
Our morning session started with a focus on upcoming procurements covering Air, Land and Sea. The feature presentations from both the procurement advisory and major international defense and civilian project contractors were as follows:
- Canadian Air Force Requirements, presentation made by Lieutenant-Colonel Don Hamilton
- Western Canada Shipbuilding Strategy, presentation made by Brent Depape, Senior Officer, WD
- Boeing, presentation made by Ian Smith, Boeing Defense Space and Security. Please access the Boeing Supplier Development site directly via www.boeingsuppliers.com
- GE Canada, presentation made by Daniel Verreault, Director, Canada MSO
- MDS Aero, presentation made by Eddie Moretto, Chief Estimator
- Thales Canada, presentation made by Gary Payne Manager, Industrial Cooperation & Industrial and Regional Benefits (Offsets)
- Controlled Goods Program, presentation made by Rachel Boudreau, Outreach Officer, PWGSC
- Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative, presentation made by Peter Filipkowski, Senior Investment Specialist
The Lead Team from EnviroTREC and WD would like to thank all participants and presenters for contributing to the success of this event.
This B2B session was being held in conjunction with the Western Aerospace Expo 2013. Other presentations that our readers may find of interest from the WAE 2013 Conference are:
- Aerospace in the West-Updates from the Provinces – Ken Webb, Executive Director Manitoba Aerospace Association
- Aviation and Sustainable Biofuel– Stephen Emmert, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
- Green Growing Global – Syvain Cofsky, Executive Director, GARDN
- GE Aviation Perspectives on Clean Efficient Engines– Dr. Dale Carlson, GE Aviation
- Machining Muscle Building– Rod Jones, Executive Director, Ontario Aerospace Council
- Additive Manufacturing Aerospace Defence – James Janeteas, Stratasys Ltd.
- Doing Business in China – Brad Bourne, Chief Executive Officer, Firan Technology Group Corporation
- Doing Business in Chinas Aerospace Sector – Laurie Anne King, Trade Commissioner Service, Aerospace Sector, DFAIT
Read a summary of the Western Aerospace Expo, written by Fred Petrie of Navigator Services:
Western Aerospace: Industry explores ways to stay ahead of International competitors