Last Revised June 30, 2022
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
There
will be no on-site lunches this year. 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. We also expect to again have Partner Restaurants
where if you show your DEFSEC Atlantic name badge, they will
offer a discount.
Click here
to view the list of participating restaurants.
The
only option we will offer for food service is for Exhibitors
who will be given the option to
have a "box lunch style" meal delivered directly to their booth.
This option will be available to exhibitor employees when they
register in the Online Registration System.
- 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) Dinner & Awards Presentation
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 Recognition
Awards (AIERA). 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 will be posted shortly. If you have any specific questions, you can also
contact the organizer, Catherine MacDonald, either by e-mail at
catherine@ac-ada.ca or by
phone at +1 (902) 425-0070.
- 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 B2B Meetings Platform will have their content
available right up until the end of October. The technologies are:
- One feature that is available right away as part of the
Online Registration System &
Presentations Web Platform will be the Itinerary/My
Schedule module. This feature 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 eventually access in multiple ways
including on-site at the event. You can continually update your
content in this module all the way through the dates of our event.
As with ALL of the modules built into the web platform, you
will have access to them as soon as you register online and at the
same time create a login/password combination in order to log back
into the platform. This platform is optimized and highly
recommended to be used and viewed on computers (PC or MAC), but
can also be viewed on mobile devices such as phones and tablets,
however the viewing experience is not ideal on portable devices.
- The next portion of our technologies that will launch shortly
after will be
the Digital Exhibit Hall.
This is built into the Online
Registration System & Presentations Web Platform. It
will essentially be a planning tool that lists ALL of the
participating exhibiting and sponsoring companies, as well as
their corresponding locations within the two exhibition
halls. You can use this tool to review information on each
company, access any downloads they have available and "put them in
your briefcase" so you can create a list that you can then either
print off or e-mail to yourself for easy reference while at the
live event.
- The last section built into the
Online Registration System & Presentations Web Platform is
the Video Presentations module. All
presentations this year are planned to be in-person in the ACADA
Presentation Pavilion. However, to give presentation access to all
of our attendees (including virtual), we will also be recording
all of them and then making them available shortly after as
on-demand videos via this module. There may also be
on-demand ONLY videos, which we would make available using this
module.
To use this module, you will have the
ability to add them into your personalized schedule. In
fact, in order to view any presentation, you MUST
first add it into your
personalized itinerary. Once we have made a particular video
available to be viewed on-demand, you will see a link appear to
the right on that video title that will then open and play that
video for you.
- The next technology platform to launch will be the B2B
Meetings Platform. If you plan to participate in
our facilitated B2B/B2G Program, whether online or on-site, it is
critical to make sure that you register for this online platform.
Just as the system is launched, all registered attendees will be
sent an invite e-mail to register and setup their own personal
account on the B2B Meetings Platform. Any attendees that register
after the launch date should receive their invite e-mail within a
business day of completing their initial registration.
The
platform combines matchmaking, scheduling,
and browser-integrated video conferencing (for
virtual meetings) all into one site. As well, the platform
will facilitate the in-person meetings at our event. Besides
being able to video conference online through the site, we will
also have three large rooms inside the Halifax Convention Centre
dedicated to B2B/B2G meetings known as the "ACADA B2B Zone".
Inside them are 20 dedicated 10' x 10' divided spaces which will
be setup for both in-person and hybrid meetings on Wednesday,
October 5 and Thursday,
October 6. This platform is planned to be
launched approximately 4 weeks before the event week, so
attendees will have a chance to find each other, make connections
and plan arranged meetings using the system on the event days.
- The last technology platform to launch will be our Mobile Event App.
The details on this will be posted as soon as the app development
is finalized.
- 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, both in-person and virtually 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 them.
- 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.