With Avalon 2017 looming and over $100 billion in planned investment in the Australian defence aerospace sector, this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast is a must-listen for all defence businesses.
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Executive Manager Industry Development of Avalon 2017, Greg Ferguson, offers his insights on how to plan for Avalon, maximise your opportunities to develop new business contacts at the show and best positon yourself to secure future defence business.
Ferguson expects numerous contracts will be signed at the defence trade exhibition, held 28 February - 5 March 2017. With 600 exhibitors and over 30,000 visitors, including all the primary contractors and foreign defence officials, you’ll need to listen in to find out how you and your business can stand out in the crowd.
Enjoy the show,
The Defence Connect team
Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:
Episode 474: PODCAST: Confronting Australia’s dwindling belief in itself and the national security implications, with Scott Hargreaves, Institute of Public Affairs
Episode 473: CONTESTED GROUND: Espionage and disrupting non-state adversaries
Episode 472: PODCAST: The future of land warfare for Australia and our UK partners with Tom Newman, Babcock Land CEO
Episode 471: CONTESTED GROUND: Irregular warfare in Ukraine and Russian information operations, with MAJGEN (Ret’d) Gus McLachlan
Episode 470: SPOTLIGHT: Deconstructing Defence’s Digital Engineering Strategy, with Downer’s Rachel Hatton and Connie Heaney
Episode 469: CONTESTED GROUND: The enduring opportunities of the Australia–US relationship, with former ambassador Joe Hockey
Episode 468: CONTESTED GROUND: Developing true sovereign capability, with shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie MP
Episode 467: PODCAST: From the front gate to your plate and the world’s – Food security in the era of great power competition, with AgSecure’s Andrew Henderson
Episode 466: SPOTLIGHT: Advanced ICT, emergency services and managing remote sites – how industry supports Defence’s key objectives, with Ventia’s John Rogers and Belinda Grealy
Episode 465: CONTESTED GROUND: Irregular operations in Afghanistan and grey zone warfare in the APAC region, with MAJGEN (Ret’d) Gus McLachlan