ABCMI Royal Canadian Navy/Industry Innovation Day – Agenda
Thursday, November 18th, 2021
11:00 – 15:00 EST (08:00 – 12:00 PST)
The event will be conducted as a webinar and hosted by ABCMI on its Zoom Platform – Times below shown in Eastern Standard Time (EST) and in parentheses is Pacific Standard Time (PST)
11:00(08:00): Opening Remarks & Moderator– Alex Rueben, Executive Director ABCMI
11:05(08:05): Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) – Opening Remarks – RAdm Casper Donovan, Director General Future Ship Capability
11:10(08:10): Naval Innovation – Cdr Lee Vessey, Director Naval Innovation
- RCN Ideation & Innovation Programme
- Current Projects
- Engagement with Navy Innovation Programme
- Questions & Answers
11:40(08:40): Digital Navy – Cdr Vince Pellerin, Director Digital Navy
- Digital Journey
- Digital Navy Priorities
11:50(08:50): The Value Proposition for a Green Navy – Dr Paul Saville, Naval Innovation (West)
12:00(09:00): Naval Material Technology Management – Cdr Ryan Bunt, Naval Material Technology Manager, Directorate Naval Platform Systems
- Naval Experimentation & Testing – Engineering Charter Service
- Current Projects
- Questions & Answers
12:30(09:30): Future Innovations in Training – LCdr Chris Pedrick, Pacific Campus, Maritime Forces Pacific
12:45(09:45): Maritime Forces Pacific – Global Update – Capt(N) Blair Saltel, MARPAC Chief of Staff
- RCN activities on the Pacific Coast
12:55 – 13:10(09:55 - 10:10): Health Break
13:10(10:10): DND IDEaS Program – Eric Fournier, Director General Innovation, DRDC
- What is new in IDEaS Program? (ie. Innovation Networks)
- The healthy clash of philosophies : Innovation vs S&T(R&D)
- The mechanics of a good proposal – what to keep in mind when issuing proposals to challenges
- Forecast of future dates, demo days and new challenge rounds
- What have we learned and how do we succeed?
13:25(10:25): Innovative Solutions Canada – Chris Sharapenko, ISED Innovative Solutions Canada
- Outline of Testing Stream
- The link to Industrial Technological Benefits Policy and the Value Proposition
- Forecast of future challenges and activities
- What have we learned and how do we succeed?
13:40(10:40): Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies (COAST) – Emilie de Rosenroll, CEO, South Island Prosperity Partnership
- The relevance of COAST to the RCN
13:45(10:45): Industry Showcase – Open Ocean Robotics - Julie Angus, CEO
14:00(11:00): Industry Showcase – Voltsafe - Philipp Garber, Head of Business Development
14:15(11:15): Industry Showcase – Buji Bui - Neehar Karnik, CTO
14:30(11:30): Industry Showcase – Atriedes - Jeffrey Spencer, CEO
14:45(11:45): Industry Showcase – Barnacle Systems - Brandon Wright, CEO
15:00(12:00): Concluding Remarks