Last Revised May 15, 2023
Once you have made the decision to attend DEFSEC Atlantic
in-person, please review the following checklist:
- Registration for all attendees this year will be completely online
and on an individual basis. The process to follow is:
- Review the information on what the attendee categories are this
year and figure out which you should register under.
Click here to start getting the
information you need.
- Once you have started your registration, fill out the basic
contact information (and other info screens depending on your
category) and then decide on options being offered as part of the
registration process. It is important to note that this year that
no attendee passes of any kind automatically include
any meals. Hence options are:
- Lunch Options
It is
important to note that this year that
no attendee passes of any kind automatically include
any meals and there
will be NO on-site lunches this year
- this includes the "Bagged Lunch" that has been
available to Exhibitors in past years.
There are well over 20 restaurants just within a 3-block radius of
the Halifax Convention Centre and even more just outside of that
distance.
- Official DEFSEC Atlantic
Receptions
Both of our official receptions will be
taking place in-person this year. Your attendance at the
receptions will be determined by the type of attendee pass you
have. If your pass allows for you to attend a specific
reception, it will appear as a screen in your registration
process and will also be available for you to add to your
itinerary. If you are eligible to attend, we would ask that
when coming to these screens in the registration process that
you indicate (to the best of your knowledge) whether or not you
are planning to attend that particular reception.
- Atlantic Canada Aerospace &
Defence Association (ACADA) Gala Dinner
A popular event that takes place the Wednesday evening each
year alongside DEFSEC Atlantic that creates a platform for
Atlantic Aerospace and Defence member businesses to be
showcased. Attendees typically include key national and
international industry members, military and government
representatives and delegates. The evening typically features
a reception, high-quality meal, speakers & entertainment and
presentation of the ACADA Industry Excellence
Awards. You will have the option to purchase an
individual ticket for this event directly through our
registration process this year.
More details
on the Dinner are
available
here. If you have any specific questions, you can also
contact the organizer, Catherine MacDonald, either by e-mail at
catherine@ac-ada.ca or via
mobile at (902) 483-5664.
- Make arrangements for transportation to the venue:
Depending on where you are coming from, this could be as simple as
driving and parking
OR as complex as
flying and
getting
transportation to downtown Halifax upon arrival.
- If you are travelling from outside of Canada,
make sure that you are aware of the requirements for entering into
Canada. Click here
for more details.
- If you are travelling from within Canada, but
outside Nova Scotia, there are no longer any restrictions.
- Book your accommodations as early
as possible to ensure availability. To find out more details about our
partner hotels and to book your room,
click here.
- The next steps all involve our integrated technology platforms.
It should be noted that once they have launched, ALL technology
platforms EXCEPT the Matchmaking module of the B2B Meetings Platform will have their content
available right up until the end of October. The technologies are:
- New for this year will be the development of a
Web App which will allow for
enhanced access to event information on a year-round basis.
We are starting its development and expect to launch it later in
the Summer months.
- Our Online
Registration Web Platform is now live and has two modules, both of
which will be available upon launch.
The
Registration module is
straightforward and setup to allow you to register to attend the
various aspects of DEFSEC Atlantic. If there are any sub-events
within DEFSEC Atlantic, you will be able to register for those as
well using this system. All
attendees will also have the option of purchasing tickets for the ACADA
Gala Dinner.
The Itinerary module
allows you to choose from a variety of "sessions" listed in the
master schedule which you can then add to create your own
personalized schedule which you can continue to update and access
through the system all the way through the dates of our event.
- The next technology, the B2B2GO Web Platform,
will launch in the first week of September and will have three
modules.
The Messaging module
will be active right from the launch date. This feature allows all
registered attendees who have activated their profiles in the
platform to view other active attendee profiles and message back
and forth with them. This is used as part of the process of
arranging and confirming meetings, but can also be used simply to
communicate with those attendees. It will continue to be available
after the dates of the B2B meetings (October 4 & 5, 2023) right
until the end of that month.
The
Matchmaking module combines matchmaking and meeting
scheduling all into one site.
The platform
is used to facilitate the in-person meetings at our event. We will
have four large rooms inside the Halifax Convention Centre
dedicated to B2B meetings known as the "ACADA B2B Zone".
Inside them are 30 dedicated 8' x 8' divided spaces which will
be setup for in-person meetings on Wednesday,
October 4 and Thursday,
October 5. Where the platform is planned to launch
on Tuesday, September 5,
attendees will have that time to find each other, make connections
and plan arranged meetings using the system on the event days.
Access to this module will end at the close of business on the last day of meetings
(October 5, 2023).
As we did last year, we will be recording all of the
presentations taking place in the ACADA Presentation Pavilion. The
Video Presentations module will
start to be available in the B2B2GO Web Platform once we post the recordings
on Friday, October 6
and they can be viewed on-demand when you are logged into the
platform right until the end of October.
- Correspondingly with the technologies we make available, then
plan your activities taking place while on-site at our
event. These can include:
- Visiting both of the exhibition halls and viewing the
exhibiting company booths.
- Participating in networking opportunities and social events.
- Attending the presentations and panels in-person, and watching
what you missed or would like to view again via the on-demand
videos.
- Meeting with other attendees in-person to
conduct and develop your business.
- Take note of several peripheral/related activities taking place during the week of
DEFSEC Atlantic and participate in those that interest you.
- And enjoy the warm hospitality of the people of
Halifax
and Nova
Scotia in general!
- If you have any specific questions about the
event that this attendee checklist does not address or require
further clarification, please
contact the DEFSEC Atlantic Registration Desk.
We will do our very best to assist you and answer your questions!
If you have any questions, please e-mail
registration@defsecatlantic.ca.