REGISTRATION
DESK
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The Registration Desk is the first point of contact for all attendees when they arrive at DEFSEC Atlantic. Everyone upon arrival will need to check-in and obtain their Attendee Name Badge before proceeding anywhere else in the venue. It is also the location of the Show Office staff who are there to provide assistance to attendees throughout the entire event week.

It is conveniently located right by the entrance to the Halifax Convention Centre from Argyle Street and is at the bottom of the stairs from the entrance on Grafton Street.

The Registration Desk is available starting at 8:00 am on Tuesday, September 30 until 4:00 pm on Thursday, October 2.

BUSINESS
CENTRE
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The Business Centre is setup to provide free access to all of the basic services of an off-site office for all of our attendees. This includes providing access to a PC workstation connected to the Internet as well as printing, copying and scanning. Basic supplies such as pens, paper, sticky notes, staplers, flash drives, etc. can all be found in this area and there is also a literature rack where you can find a variety of Defence industry-oriented magazines available to take a copy of for free.

It is conveniently located on the HCC Convention Level directly across from the entrance to the Bluedrop Training & Simulation Exhibition Hall.

The Business Centre is available starting at 8:00 am on Tuesday, September 30 until 6:00 pm on Thursday, October 2.

SOCIAL MEDIA
CENTRE
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The Social Media Centre is the central location where you will find a large screen displaying our event’s Digital Social Media Wall with live feeds of all the popular social media platforms used by our event and its attendees. As well, this is the working location for our Brand & Marketing Director, Tim Stephenson, who is there to both manage our event communications and also to assist all of our attendees in answering any questions related to our event, creating social media posts and distributing news releases.

It is conveniently located on the HCC Convention Level in the central part of the floor area between the entrances to both Exhibition Halls.

The Social Media Centre is available starting at 8:00 am on Tuesday, September 30 until 4:00 pm on Thursday, October 2.

GUEST
SERVICES
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Guest Services is an area set aside for our attendees where they can check-in their coats and for military, their headdress, as well as their luggage – especially for those departing to travel directly from our event. We are also providing a service where you can check-in and safely leave your device to charge on one of our high-speed device charging stations. And for those who opt to use it, we will also make this our central location to provide optional personal protective equipment such as masks and hand sanitizer.

It is conveniently located on the HCC Convention Level to the right of the entrance to the COVE Exhibition Hall.

Guest Services is available starting at 8:00 am on Tuesday, September 30 until 5:00 pm on Thursday, October 2.

LOUNGE
AREA
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The Lounge Area is a space frequented all week by those attendees going in and out of the Presentation Pavilion and the Academic Showcase. It provides a dedicated seating area for those attendees seeking a quiet, informal meeting space away from the buzz of the Exhibition Halls and the B2B Meetings Zone. And it also conveniently has both coffee and water service located there for attendees to grab on their way through.

It is conveniently located on the HCC Ballroom Level directly across from the entrance to the ACADA Presentation Pavilion.

The Lounge Area is available starting at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, September 30 until 4:00 pm on Thursday, October 2.