The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada will be hosting a closed-door roundtable, held under the Chatham House Rule, on February 5, 2026, on the margins of the Singapore Airshow.
The Future of Defence (Industrial) Co-operation: Singapore and Canada roundtable will explore how Singapore and Canada can deepen defence industrial collaboration across dual-use technologies, innovation platforms, and more resilient supply chains.
The discussion will highlight the benefits of two-way market access: Canada as a reliable partner and springboard into the North American market and NATO, and Singapore as a stable hub for Canadian firms in Southeast Asia. This curated group of participants will also probe opportunities for collaboration around shared platforms, systems, and interoperability in areas including decision dominance, sovereign compute, maritime domain awareness, undersea autonomy, and training and simulation, among others. The roundtable will aim to build on the already strong bilateral relationship and the foundation provided by the 2022 Memorandum of Understanding on defence co-operation.
This high-level session will bring together senior representatives from Canadian industry, key government stakeholders, and Singapore-based defence and technology leaders to exchange perspectives on advancing bilateral engagement. Your insights would be especially valued as Singapore and Canada explore new opportunities to develop resilient, interoperable, and forward-looking partnerships.
The discussion is intended to foster candid, solution-oriented dialogue on strategic co-operation models, innovation ecosystems, and practical pathways for strengthening engagement between like-minded partners.
