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What is Dual-Use? In-Person Session
Building for defence is just a good idea until there is a government contract or grant at the other end.
- When
- Thursday, September 24, 2026
- 12:00 to 14:00, Pacific Time (PCT)
- Where
- To be announced
- Cost and entry
- Free
- Area
- Victoria (YYJ)
- Part of
- Victoria Tech Week
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Anu’s take
Worth an hour if the defence market is anywhere on next year's list, and the reason is Karl Swannie. He built Echosec here, selling open-source intelligence to national security and public safety buyers, and Flashpoint bought it in 2022, so the room holds someone who finished the route rather than only people mapping it. There is a quiet joke in the structure too: the readiness programme being previewed is subsidised by PacifiCan, so Ottawa is funding the lessons on how to sell to Ottawa.
Who’s involved
- Running the event. Ask them about signing up or changes.
- Alacrity Canada (their website, in a new tab)
- Helping the organizer put on the event.
- Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (their website, in a new tab)
- On the program, but the organizer didn’t say what they’re doing.
- Karl Swannie, Scott Dewis on LinkedIn, in a new tab, Logan Chester, Justin Young
From Alacrity Canada’s page on luma.com (the organizer’s page, in a new tab) · Listed Sep 16 · Updated Nov 2, 06:17