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CASI Ottawa | President's Tour: Crossing the ‘Valley of Death’

  • March 13, 2025
  • 17:45 - 20:00
  • Carleton University, 231 NN (Porter Hall - in Nideyinàn - formerly the Unicentre)
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

CASI Ottawa Branch | President's Tour

Crossing the ‘Valley of Death’: The Benefits of Collaborative Research Across Industry, Government, and Academia

March 13, 2025 | 17:45 - 20:00

A CASI In-person Event


Jointly sponsored by the

Carleton University Faculty of Engineering and Design and CMAS

Guest Speaker:

Dr. Philip A. Ferguson | Director, STARLab / DroneZone,

President, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI)
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Price Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba

Hosts:

Omer Majeed | CASI Ottawa

Jeremy Laliberte | Professor, Carleton University


Location:

231 NN (Porter Hall - in Nideyinàn - formerly the Unicentre)


Parking:

There is limited pay and display parking in P2 in front of Nideyinàn, on Library Rd west of the Canal Building and on University Dr across the LRT tracks from Nideyinàn. Other nearby permit lots, P4 and P12, switch to pay and display visitor parking after 5:00 


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Meeting Details:

Library shelves are full of journals that explore every corner of aerospace technology from structures to avionics, control systems to artificial intelligence. However, while there is no shortage of innovation and advancement in academic publications, the aerospace sector often struggles to adopt new technologies, stifling innovation, and limiting new commercial opportunities. This talk will study this problem, colloquially known as the “Valley of Death” between academic research and industrial technology adoption, suggesting new pathways that may invigorate the aerospace sector in Canada.


5:45- 6:15 PM | Meet and Greet and light refreshments
6:15- 7:30 PM | Talk and Discussion

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Ferguson is currently the President the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute. He is the Director of the Space Technology and Advanced Research Laboratory at the University of Manitoba, and the NSERC / Magellan Aerospace Industrial Research Chair in Satellite Engineering. His industrial experience stems from engineering and management positions with PrecsionHawk, Magellan Aerospace, Microstat Systems, MacDonald Dettwiller, SPAR and Microsoft. He is a graduate of U of T Engineering Science Aerospace, and MIT. See https://umstarlab.ca

Registration Fees:

CASI or CMAS Members | Complimentary

Non-Members | $15.00


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