Registration Desk opens at 08:15
09:00 | Panel #1: Federal Fleet Innovation Interests
Royal Canadian Navy - Capt(N) Frédéric Pierre, Director Innovation and Digital Navy
Canadian Coast Guard - Ryan Tettamanti, Senior Director, Fleet Requirements and Support
Transport Canada - Howard Posluns, Chief, Multimodal RD&D, Innovation Centre
Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Darren Mierau, National Marine Manager
Public Services and Procurement Canada - Marc Baril, Acting Director General, Marine
10:30 | Coffee & Networking Break (30 Min)
11:00 | Panel #2: Post-Secondary Institutions, Marine & Ocean Innovation
University of Victoria – Dr. Brad Buckham, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, PRIMED
University of British Columbia – Dr David Michelson, Professor, Marine Systems Initiative
Simon Fraser University – Dr. Steven Bergner, Director of Data and Analytics
British Columbia Institute of Technology – Steve Perry, Dean, School of Transportation
12:00 | Lunch & Networking Break (45 Min)
12:45 | Keynote Address - Honourable Brenda Bailey, BC Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation
12:55 | Industry Showcase - featuring ABCMI Members working on new innovations
Reach Technologies – Glenn Jones, Product Architect
Datifex – Corey Kirkhus, Business Development Manager
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence – Cameron Birch, Territory Account Manager, BC
VoltSafe – Philipp Garber, Head of Partnerships
MarineLabs – Scott Beatty, CEO
Helm Operations – Cooper Barry, Director of Customer Success
Tycrop Trailers – Colin Lacey, Sales Manager
BRNKL Systems – Brandon Wright, CEO
14:30 | Coffee & Networking Break (30 Min)
15:00 | Panel #3: Business Scale-up Opportunities
Connecting Industry with Government Innovation – Lee Vessey
BDC – Oana Constantin, Business Centre Manager, Business Development Bank of Canada
COAST – Jason Goldsworthy, Executive Director
ABCMI – TBA Program – Alex Rueben, Executive Director
16:15: ABCMI Closing Remarks
Join us to hear a range of speakers around innovation interests and pursuit of new technologies from the Canadian federal fleets including the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Coast Guard, and Transport Canada.
Come to hear from a range of funding organizations and programs as well as Post-Secondary Institutions and learn of their interests and capacities in working with industry in the pursuit of innovation. The event also has an industry showcase featuring a range of new technologies in the marine and ocean space.
This is an excellent in-person networking opportunity for your organization and a place to create new contacts and forge new partnerships that will benefit your company.
Lunch and health breaks included in the ticket cost.
Take advantage of the discounted hotel rooms at the Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel. Available until April 20th. https://book.passkey.com/go/ABCMI
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- Vancouver Convention Centre, West Building
