2025 Symposium
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Time
Activity
Participants
7h30
Lunch
8h00
Opening speeches
- Pierre-Charles Drapeau, Innovmarine,
- Simon Page, Assistant Deputy Minister, PSPC
8h30
Presentation: Maintenance Optimizer
- François Rioux (Thales)
9h00
Panel 1: Use of AI in Maintenance
- Pierre-Charles Drapeau, Innovmarine,
- Jean-Yves Kbaier (Directeur - Ennovia)
- Ouerdia Ould Tahar (Watsonx Customer Success manager – IBM France)
- Medhi Charif, Data & Leader – Customer Succes Manage – IBM France)
10h00
Coffee break / Exhibitor lounge
11h00
Panel 2: Canadian Coast Guard – Rethinking Maintenance: Challenges and Opportunities
- Neil O’Rourke, GCC
- Promotion Saguenay
- Groupe Océan
12h00
Dinner
- Mayor of Sorel-Tracy (Mayor Patrick Péloquin)
13h15
Dessert/Coffee – Exhibitor Lounge
14h00
Panel 3: Challenges Shipyards Face in Building a Canadian Supply Chain
- Irving
- ABS
- BCS
- Genoa
- Moderator : Davie
15h00
Coffee break at the Exhibitor Lounge
16h00
Panel 4: Private Shipowners and Maintenance in Canada: Challenges and Realities
- Maya HTT
- CSL
- Desgagnés
- Moderator: Shipowners of the St. Lawrence
17h00
Cocktail
Speech: Davie
19h00
End of the day
7h30
Lunch
8h00
Opening speeches
- Pierre-Charles Drapeau, Innovmarine,
- Simon Page, Assistant Deputy Minister, PSPC
8h30
Presentation: Maintenance Optimizer
- François Rioux (Thales)
9h00
Panel 1: Use of AI in Maintenance
- Pierre-Charles Drapeau, Innovmarine,
- Jean-Yves Kbaier (Directeur - Ennovia)
- Ouerdia Ould Tahar (Watsonx Customer Success manager – IBM France)
- Medhi Charif, Data & Leader – Customer Succes Manage – IBM France)
10h00
Coffee break / Exhibitor lounge
11h00
Panel 2: Canadian Coast Guard – Rethinking Maintenance: Challenges and Opportunities
- Neil O’Rourke, GCC
- Promotion Saguenay
- Groupe Océan
12h00
Dinner
- Mayor of Sorel-Tracy (Mayor Patrick Péloquin)
13h15
Dessert/Coffee – Exhibitor Lounge
14h00
Panel 3: Challenges Shipyards Face in Building a Canadian Supply Chain
- Irving
- ABS
- BCS
- Genoa
- Moderator : Davie
15h00
Coffee break at the Exhibitor Lounge
16h00
Panel 4: Private Shipowners and Maintenance in Canada: Challenges and Realities
- Maya HTT
- CSL
- Desgagnés
- Moderator : Armateurs du St-Laurent
17h00
Cocktail
Speech : Davie
19h00
End of the day
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Time
Activity
Participants
7h30
Breakfast
8h00
Speech and Presentation
- Groupe Océan
- Maintenance in the USA
9h00
Panel 5: How to Prepare for Maintenance Activities at a Shipyard: Identifying Issues and Managing Expectations
- Échaffaud Plus
- MacKinnon and Olding
- Seaspan
- Garde Côtière canadienne
- Moderator : Davie
10h00
Coffee break / Exhibitor lounge
11h00
Panel 6: Deconstruction: Where Do We Stand?
- Yulia Yarotska (TPSGC)
12h00
Dinner
- Presentation Mount Royal Walsh
- Jean-Yves Duclos (ministre TPSGC)
- Association Canadienne des Traversiers
13h15
Dessert and coffee at the Exhibitor Lounge
14h00
Panel 7: The Major Canadian Shipyards
- Benjamin Van-Bergen, (Project manager – Davie)
- Tom Sheehan, (Program Director, Ship Repair – Irving Shipyard Inc.)
- David St-Cyr (Director, Surface Fleet Program – Seaspan)
- Colin Clark (Fleetway Inc.)
15h00
End of the symposium
7h30
Breakfast
8h00
Speech and Presentation
- Groupe Océan
- Maintenance in the USA
9h00
Panel 5: How to Prepare for Maintenance Activities at a Shipyard: Identifying Issues and Managing Expectations
- Échaffaud Plus
- MacKinnon and Olding
- Seaspan
- Garde Côtière canadienne
- Moderator : Davie
10h00
Coffee break / Exhibitor lounge
11h00
Panel 6: Deconstruction: Where Do We Stand?
- Yulia Yarotska (TPSGC)
12h00
Dinner
- Présentation Mount Royal Walsh
- Jean-Yves Duclos (ministre TPSGC)
- Association Canadienne des Traversiers
13h15
Dessert and coffee at the Exhibitor Lounge
14h00
Panel 7: The Major Canadian Shipyards
- Benjamin Van-Bergen, (Project manager – Davie)
- Tom Sheehan, (Program Director, Ship Repair – Irving Shipyard Inc.)
- David St-Cyr (Director, Surface Fleet Program – Seaspan)
- Colin Clark (Fleetway Inc.)
15h00
End of the symposium
It's time to book your hotel for the Canadian Naval Maintenance Symposium 2025
- WHERE: Hôtel Mortagne 1228 Rue Nobel, Boucherville, QC J4B 5H1 1-877-655-9966
- Take advantage of the preferential rate by booking your hotel room before February 21
- Valid nights: March 24 and 25
- Identify yourself as part of the Naval Québec group
- Group code 17742