Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium’s special half-day forums will bring Canadian manufacturers together with industry leaders, stakeholders, government, and solution providers to explore new domestic growth opportunities emerging from Canada’s increased investment in defence, infrastructure, housing, and mining, alongside trade, tariff, and supply chain shifts.
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March 24, 2026 – OTTAWA AREA
Agenda
7:30 AM – Registration & Networking Breakfast
8:15 AM – Opening Remarks: Manufacturing Resilience & Growth in a Changing Economy
8:30 AM – Workshop: Defence Sector / Domestic Supply Opportunities for Canadian Manufacturers
An expert-led session outlining where manufacturers fit within Canada’s growing defence, infrastructure, construction, and resource-related supply chains.
Featuring:
- Guillaume Belisle, Director – Innovation, Science, Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Vahan Galoumian, Deputy Director, Defense Industrial Strategy – Department of National Defence
- Col Michael Brooks, LCol Jérémie Angrignon-Dompierre, and Ms. Christena Morrell - Canadian Army
9:30 AM – Panel Discussion: How Manufacturers Are Successfully Entering Defence & Domestic Supply Chains
- Jeff Ayoub, CEO - Calko Group and Chairman - Canadian Textile Association
- Rhiannon Isles, President - HFI Pyrotechnics Inc.
- Joanna Davies, Managing Director - Polaris Advantage
- Trevor Hains, Chief Revenue Officer - Tulmar Safety Systems
10:30 AM – Networking Break
11:00 AM – Concurrent Breakout Sessions (Participants Select One)
A) Controlled Goods: Led by Dominic Dubé, Education Program Officer, Controlled Goods Program, Government of Canada.
B) Supply Flow, Trade, Tariffs & Supply Chain Access, Cybersecurity
C) Leveraging Energy, Sustainability & Cost Competitiveness
12:00 PM – Networking Lunch: Tara Parry, Lead Client Partner, BDC Defence Program – Business Development Bank
1:15 PM – Applied Learning: Facilitated Manufacturer Roundtables
Participants will take part in a facilitated roundtable discussions on trade, tariffs, and domestic growth strategies, cybersecurity requirements and opportunities to connect through EMC’s new Supplyflow initiative.
Other locations and dates – agendas to be confirmed:
April 29, 2026 – GREATER TORONTO AREA
May 14, 2026 – GREATER VANCOUVER AREA
For more information, please contact Tiffany Robbins, Manager of Marketing & Communications – Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium –
trobbins@emccanada.org
