{"id":101267,"date":"2026-09-10T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?post_type=event&#038;p=101267"},"modified":"2026-09-10T13:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:57:02","slug":"best-defence-conference-2026","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/events\/best-defence-conference-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Defence Conference 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Best Defence Conference is Canada&#8217;s annual defence-industrial conference held in London, Ontario \u2014 the heart of Canada&#8217;s largest provincial defence-industrial base. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now the official conference of the Ontario Defence Association, the two-day event brings together Canadian Armed Forces commanders, federal and provincial procurement decision-makers, prime contractors, SMEs, and technology innovators for keynotes, roundtables, a Technology Showcase, and curated B2B\/B2G matchmaking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program covers Canadian defence procurement pipelines, supply-chain development across air, land, naval, and C4ISR domains, and emerging capabilities in AI, cyber, quantum, and autonomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccd<strong>Location<\/strong>: London, Canada<br>\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>Date<\/strong>: 20\u201321 October 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101269,"template":"","class_list":["post-101267","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Best Defence Conference 2026 - Defender Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/events\/best-defence-conference-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Best Defence Conference 2026 - Defender Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Best Defence Conference is Canada&#8217;s annual defence-industrial conference held in London, Ontario \u2014 the heart of Canada&#8217;s largest provincial defence-industrial base. 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