Montreal RAMS Event Friday October 2nd 2026

Consider attending the Montreal RAMS (Reliability - Asset Management- Safety) Event this coming Friday October 2nd 2026 at 1455 Blvd. De Maisonneauve W, Montreal, Room H769 Hall Building. From 8:30am to 5pm. Social networking 5pm-7pm. Advanced registration is requested at this link. Cost is free.

Overview: Explore reliability, asset management and safety through presentations, a panel discussion, a workshop and networking.

Join professionals, academics, students and industry leaders at Concordia University to explore reliability, asset management and safety (RAMS).

Explore practical approaches to RAMS 2026 Montréal RAMS brings together Québec’s RAMS community for technical learning, collaboration and industry perspectives.

The opening ceremony will feature Mourad Debbabi, dean of the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science at Concordia University.

Participants will explore resilience and asset management, AI in RAMS, practical applications, data and cloud technologies, continuous airworthiness, medical applications, field cases and autonomous vehicles safety and cybersecurity.

A workshop will focus on the impact of AI on the RAMS ecosystem.

A featured panel, “Role of Academia, Professional Societies and Symposia in Québec’s RAMS Ecosystem,” will examine how these groups contribute knowledge, guidance and connections across Québec’s diverse RAMS industries. Panelists will discuss what industry needs from each of them, followed by an audience Q&A.

General Dynamics Mission Systems Canada - Ottawa (Bells Corners) is seeking a Manager, Reliability, Maintainability, Testability & Safety (RMT&S)

General Dynamics Mission Systems Canada - Ottawa (Bells Corners) is seeking a Manager, Reliability, Maintainability, Testability & Safety (RMT&S) to lead a team of approximately six engineering professionals responsible for delivering system safety and RMT&S engineering services across all engineering programs and product lines within the Business Area. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Engineering Support Services, the incumbent serves as the organization's designated Safety Authority and is accountable for building and sustaining a high performing team, developing discipline capability, and ensuring consistent application of safety, reliability, maintainability and trainability engineering practices across the enterprise. The successful candidate will balance resource planning, employee development, technical oversight, safety governance, proposal support, and hands-on engineering contributions. The Manager will champion a proactive, data driven safety culture and ensure that safety, reliability and maintainability considerations are embedded throughout all lifecycle phases, from concept development through production, sustainment and disposal. More about this position can be found on General Dynamics Mission Systems - Canada's website under Careers or at this link.

SRE Montreal Chapter - RAMS Event (October 2nd)

SRE - Montreal Chapter is planning a RAMS event for Montreal (October 2nd).

Purpose: To strengthen the RAMS community in Montreal by connecting Concordia, industry, professional societies, students, young engineers, and international experts. To position Concordia as a recognized academic hub for RAMS, strengthening the association between the university and reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety + asset management & AI.

Publicly relaunch and revitalize the SRE (society of reliability engineers) Montreal Chapter, with future technical, educational, and professional activities offering real value to members.

Host international guests from the RAMS Symposium leadership community:

• Vasiliy Krivtsov, Director of Reliability Analytics at Ford

• Julio Pulido, President of the Society of Reliability Engineers and senior RAMS leader

• Melvin R. Downes, retired former Chief of Staff and General Chair of RAMS 2023

• Other guests to be added

Host local guests (currently):

• Dominique Roy, Vice-President, AtkinsRéalis

• Dragan Komljenovic, Senior Research Scientist, Hydro-Québec Research Institute—IREQ Program

• Other guests to be added

A Technical presentation from Hydro-Québec and AtkinsRéalis

Short presentations from Concordia, CIADI, and SREi

A Concordia RAMS alumni segment highlighting successful graduates and their companies with participation by senior industry representatives

A Student RAMS Challenge

• Two or three student teams will solve a reliability problem over four to five hours under controlled conditions.

• Controlled professional AI tools may be used.

• The teams will present their solutions to the audience, which will select the winner.

• The prize could be financial or, preferably, a paid internship offered by a participating company.

• Organization and possible contributions

The RAMS event has some level of catering including coffee breaks at approximately 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., plus lunch boxes.

A private industry dinner with the international guests and selected industry leaders.