
Increase productivity & competitiveness through concentrated lessons and mentorship through the McMaster | DAIR Industry-Led Speaker Series.


Monthly Speaker & Mentorship Events
SEP 23 - MAR 24
5 SPEAKER EVENTS | 2 MENTORSHIP EVENTS | 1-1.5 HR EACH
MONTHLY | LIVE | VIRTUAL | FREE
McMaster University | Downsview Aerospace Innovation & Research (DAIR) have collaborated to craft a monthly speaker series where leaders in industry will be able to learn directly from senior leaders world-wide on prevalent topics within the aerospace sector.
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The Series hosts 7 events | 5 Speaker & 2 Mentorship Events.
Register for the events that best enable you and your team.
Lunch & Learn
& Rapidly Share
Each 1hr Speaker lecture has been crafted to offer a highly concentrated "lunch & learn" approach, Offering 30 min of optional Q&A post the lecture.
Rapidly share relevant content & tools with your own teams, through the shared tools and content.
Mentorship Events
Attend 2 stand alone mentorship events to ask questions regarding current challenges they are facing.
Participants will rotate through 3 break out rooms and engage up to 6 mentors within the 1.5 hr event.
Speaker & Mentorship Events
Register for your event.
Event 1
LEAN Techniques to Drive Competitive Resilient Operations

SPEAKER
Dave Hyem
Vice President (Ret'd) | Boeing
28 Sep 23
1:00 - 2:30 pm Est
Learn from Dave Hyem | Vice President (Ret'd), Boeing as he shares the most impactful LEAN strategies, best practices and opportunities to enable business units to increase productivity, drive resilient operations while increasing competitiveness.
Event 2
Workforce Development Sustainment Strategies

SPEAKER
Craig Trewet
Senior Executive (Ret'd) Boeing
17 Oct 23
1:00 - 2:30 pm Est
Learn from Craig Trewet | Senior Executive (Ret'd), Boeing as he shares strategies and best practices to enable the rapid up skilling of the current workforce on topics such as leadership, management, and technology adoption. Also learn techniques to best enable pathway's to backfill, attract and train new hires, while development a faster runway to productivity.
Event 3
IoT Solutions to Increase Supply Chain Awareness & Increase Business Competitiveness

SPEAKER
Samra Alavi
Supply Chain Director
Bombardier
23 Nov 23
1:00 - 2:30 pm Est
Learn from Dave Hyem | Vice President (Ret'd), Boeing as he shares the most impactful LEAN strategies, best practices and opportunities to enable business units to increase productivity, drive resilient operations while increasing competitiveness.
Event 5
Enabling High-Performance Research & Development & Project Risk Mitigation Strategies

SPEAKER
Jaime Engdahl
Senior Director Advanced Weapons Strategy
Northrop Grumman
Learn from Jaime Engdahl, Senior Director Advanced Weapons Strategy, Northrop Grumman as he shares the most impactful strategies, best practices and opportunities to manage research & development projects and risk mitigation strategies - showcasing key lessons learned from leading the U.S Navy's Unmanned Combat Aerial System program.
31 Jan 24
1:00 - 2:30 pm Est
Event 6
Enhancing Quality Management Systems & Practices to Enhance Productivity & Competitiveness

SPEAKER
Tiago Dos Santos
Flight Safety Officer | Quality Leader
Bombardier
Learn from Tiago Dos Santos | Flight Safety Officer, Quality Leader, Bombardier as he shares strategies and best practices to enhance quality management systems, and practices. Specifically targeted to enable suppliers and small to medium enterprises to increase productivity and business competitiveness.
22 Feb 24
1:00 - 2:30 pm Est
Program Lead
Industry Operations Leadership & Management

PROGRAM LEAD
Ashan Corea
McMaster University
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Certificates of Completion Professional Programs
