Ingram Ridge Consulting (IRC) is an event management company specializing in Aviation, Defence and Aerospace. Primarily conducting the two events of the Nova Scotia International Air Show Association (NSIASA), Air Show Atlantic and DEFSEC Atlantic, since 2009. The small management team has extensive experience and is well-respected in its areas of operation.

Using the attributes of innovation, agility & persistence, and respect for the traditions of its clients, IRC has navigated challenges and grown its events. With carefully nurtured relationships with suppliers, sponsors, volunteers and customers, IRC delivers effective and sustainable shows that have positive impact in the communities they serve.

Creating DEFSEC West is IRC’s recognition of an opportunity in Western Canada to gather defence industry primes and SMEs for effective partnership exploration. Maximizing Canadian content in the supply chains of the procurements underway and to come, requires networking in a welcoming and productive environment. DEFSEC West will provide the opportunities.

DEFSEC Atlantic (and its predecessors) have built a stellar reputation as an effective event in the Canadian defence industry since the mid-1990s. The formula is a carefully crafted balance of listening to participants, leading when needed and responding to the signals from government and industry in each year’s event design. That formula, brought to Western Canada, will create opportunity for the innovation and quality of Canadian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to be discovered and grow in the dynamic and expanding Canadian defence supply chain environment.

The DEFSEC moniker conveys success. For 20 years, as the second largest event of its type in the country, the team has delivered for its attendees. The growth, importance and reach of the event means DEFSEC has qualities to be admired. The NSIASA has entrusted the name to Ingram Ridge Consulting – trusting that DEFSEC West will deliver that same quality to Western Canada.