17 mars 2020 | Local, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR, Sécurité

Important Notice about CAF Outlooks 2020

Important Notice about CAF Outlooks 2020

As a membership organization, CADSI always puts the health and safety of our community first. As event organizers, we are closely monitoring developments related to COVID-19 and adjusting to its impact hourly.

On Sunday, March 15, Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health recommended the immediate suspension of events of all sizes. We are following this recommendation and as such, CADSI will no longer have a face-to-face aspect of the 2020 CAF Outlooks, which had been planned for the Shaw Centre on April 7-9.

We are currently exploring all options with our government partners on ways forward to deliver an alternative program.

CADSI will provide updated information on this program on April 1. Cancellations and refunds will be accepted until April 6, 2020.

In the meantime, we thank you for your patience and understanding during this challenging and unprecedented time.

We will share updates via email, our website, and CADSI's twitter account (@CADSICanada).

Posted 2020-03-16

Last Modified 2020-03-16 16:58

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