Best Defence 2021 Program
Learn more about what’s taking place at Best Defence 2021.
*Please note the program is subject to change
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
| 8:00 AM | Registration Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | Keynote Speaker |
| 9:30 AM | Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Mini Outlooks Directors of Requirements for the Army, Navy, and Air Force |
| 10:30 AM | Break & B2Bs |
| 11:00 AM | Supporting Viable Chains of Critical Minerals Andrew Ghattas, Director, Critical Minerals Task Force Natural Resources Canada |
| 11:30 AM | Canada’s Post-Covid Procurement Outlook Dr. David Perry, VP, Canadian Government Affairs Institute |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM | Research Capabilities in Advanced Manufacturing The Advance Manufacturing Consortium (Uwaterloo, Western, McMaster) |
| 2:00 PM | Tech Showcase |
| 2:30 PM | INO: bringing innovations to life in Optics-Photonics Patrice Topart, Director, Defence, Security, and Aerospace Business Unit |
| 3:00 PM | Break & B2Bs |
| 3:30 PM | Indigenous Benefits Plan / ITBs Matthew Sreter, Director General, Strategic Contracting, Procurement and Indigenous Relations Management Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) |
| 4:30 PM | Women in Defence (WiDS) Speed Networking |
| 5:00 PM | B2Bs & Networking (+ WiDS) |
| 6:00 PM | Welcome Reception |
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
| 9:00 AM | Transformation in a Digital Era Brigadier-General P.C. Sabourin, CD Director General, Information Capabilities Force Development |
| 9:30 AM | Modernizing the Defence Supply Chain from Factory to Foxhole: The advantage of holistic planning and partnering Judith Bennett, Director General, Materiel Systems and Supply Chain (ADM (MAT) DGMSSG |
| 10:00 AM | BlackBerry® |
| 10:30 AM | Break & B2Bs |
| 11:00 AM | CyberSecure Canada Program Erle Higgins, Manager, CyberSecure Canada |
| 11:30 AM | Balancing the development and growth of the Canadian economy with national security risks Katherine Hanna, Regional Director General Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Toronto Region |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM | Sustainable Chemicals Elisabeth Luther, Principal Sustainability and Knowledge Transfer, Yordas Group |
| 2:30 PM | Networking |
| 3:30 PM | Conference Closes |