ICDDA 2018
ICDDA 2018
4th Edition Industrial Cooperation Days in Defense and Aviation (ICDDA) will be held on 23-25 October 2018 at Hacettepe University, Beytepe Convention Center in Ankara.
With the support of Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSB), with the organization of Ostim Defense and Aviation Cluster (OSSA) and ABE, participant companies will have a chance to;
* Perform bilateral business meetings,
* Improve existing business relationships,
* Create new business associations,
* Offer the opportunity to explore the problems and possible solutions that the industry is facing.
ICDDA has been successfully conducted by a professional team with great efficiency evidenced by the surveys conducted after the events of the years 2013-2014-2016 which have shown that 95% of correspondents were satisfied regarding participant companies and the interviews themselves. ICDDA, with its low costs grants, offers SMEs the opportunity to meet with high qualified companies. The continued participation and interest to each ICDDA 2013-2014-2016 events shown by procurement bodies from abroad and the support of our sponsors has an important place in our success.
ICDDA has been awarded the “Defense Industry Special Award” in 2014 by Undersecretariat for Defence Industries and the special award of “Defense Industry Promotion” in 2017 with the successful and effective bilateral business negotiations realized by the procurement bodies from abroad thanks to the organization. The support provided by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Economy under UR-GE Projects is important in terms of increasing the participation of SMEs to the events.
On the first day of ICDDA, conferences on the topics of Civil Aviation, Maritime-Air-Land Systems, Homeland Security Technologies and Supply Chain Strategies and sectoral problems faced by the industry are hold in the presence of domestic and foreign competent moderators. Possible solutions are also discussed with more than 1600 officials from several qualified institutions including military and commercial attaches, distinguished bureaucrats from ministries, representatives from armed forces. On the 2nd and the 3rd day, bilateral business negotiations are organize for the participants in their booths.
In 3rd edition ICDDA which took place in October 2016, 5400 registered bilateral business meetings were held among the participation of over 200 companies from 33 countries. In addition to the participation of many important companies such as AIRBUS DEFENSE AND SPACE, BOEING, DASSAULT SYSTEMS, EADS, LEONARDO GROUP, LOCKHEED MARTIN, MBDA, NAVANTIA, ROLLS ROYCE, SIKORSKY, THALES from abroad, also several local industrial companies such as ASELSAN, HAVELSAN, FNSS, ISTANBUL SHIPYARD, MKEK, OTOKAR, ROKETSAN, TAI, TEI have also part place in the event.
ICDDA WITH NUMBERS 2013-2014-2016
In 4th Edition ICDDA, various conferences will be held on successful operations carried by the Turkish aerospace industry and maintenance/repair/operating (MRO) issues, as well as various conferences on certification and regional development models on 23-25 October 2018.
For further information you may contact with;
ece.umay@ostim.com.tr and ugur.aydin@ostim.com.tr
Some Views of Participants of ICDDA:
Latif Aral Aliş, DEFENCE AND AEROSPACE INDUSTRY EXPORTERS’ ASSOCIATION Chairman of the Board: We are continuously growing in defense and aviation sector in Turkey. Institutions as OSSA professionally creates road maps for designated goals in this important and strategic industry.
Dr. Faik Eken, General Manager of ASELSAN: As Aselsan, we closely follow and support OSSA's activities. I notice that the work of OSSA is not limited to domestic companies but also enables international cooperations. The ICDDA event in defense and aviation held between 11-13 October 2016 in Ankara has been an important platform where local and foreign stakeholders in the sector can gather together and collaborate each other.
Andy Johnson, ROLLS-ROYCE VP South Africa&Turkey: Industrial Cooperation Days in Defense and Aviation ICDDA is a good event that we have been here out to meet both local and international companies. This really helps business growth globally. It is a good event to also discuss our advanced manifacture technology center. This is center we hope to work companies from Turkey and internationally. So we can build skills and capabilities within Turkey to be even greater.
Jill Christenson, BOEING Procurement Manager: It has been a pleasure to be a part of aerospace activity here in Ankara. It is my first time in Turkey and it has been amazing to see all of the capabilities and the suppliers and the technology that is available in Turkey and the growth we can have here together as an aerospace industry between Boeing, Airbus and military.