Where is What is Dual-Use? In-Person Session?

Victoria, BC (address shared on registration).

How much does What is Dual-Use? In-Person Session cost?

What is Dual-Use? In-Person Session is free to attend.

What is Dual-Use? In-Person Session

Name: What is Dual-Use? In-Person Session
Start: 2026-09-24T12:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-09-24T14:00:00-07:00
Location: Victoria, BC (address shared on registration)

Building for defence is just a good idea until there is a government contract or grant at the other end.

Just sharing YYJ Victoria Tech Week '26 Talk Business

Thursday, September 24, 2026

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Victoria, BC (open in Google Maps) (address shared on registration)

Free Event

Presented by Alacrity Canada

Featuring: Karl Swannie, Scott Dewis on LinkedIn, Logan Chester, Justin Young

Dual-use means building one product that a commercial market and a government will both buy. The government half works differently: buyers there judge the company at least as hard as they judge the product. They look at procurement rules, security and governance standards, staff clearances and how a supply chain is run. The hour is the practical route in rather than the policy behind it, and the organisers' own ARC Lab, a subsidised six-month readiness programme, gets a look as part of it.

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.

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Published Wednesday, September 16, 2026 by Anu Jolliffe on LinkedIn

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When is What is Dual-Use? In-Person Session?: Thursday, September 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Where is What is Dual-Use? In-Person Session?: Victoria, BC (address shared on registration).
How much does What is Dual-Use? In-Person Session cost?: What is Dual-Use? In-Person Session is free to attend.
Is What is Dual-Use? In-Person Session worth attending?: 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.

What is Dual-Use? In-Person Session

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