The Occitanie Region, with Toulouse at its heart, is one of the very few places in the world where a new generation of aircraft, drones, satellites is conceived, designed and built — for both civil and defense markets.
The region is home to four leading aircraft manufacturers: Airbus (World Headquarters) ATR (World Headquarters) Daher, Aura Aero. Occitanie also hosts more than 800 world-class companies and subcontractors, including: Latécoère, Collins Aerospace, Liebherr-Aerospace, Sabena technics, Safran, Airbus Atlantic, and Thales.
Occitanie is also Europe’s leading space region, representing: 50% of the French space workforce, 30% of the European space workforce 14,000 highly skilled jobs
The CNES Toulouse Space Centre, alongside major contractors such as Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space, makes the region a strategic hub for Europe’s space ambition.
Occitanie is not only an aerospace cluster — it is a global ecosystem shaping the future of aviation and space
Philippe Baylet,
Head of Invest & Trade Department Aerospace and Transport Systems, AD’OCC
CONET SYS delivers complete in-house hardware manufacturing—from engineering support to machining, assembly, and testing—under one roof.
This integrated capability enables strong control over quality, lead time, and cost while helping customers reduce supply-chain complexity and improve delivery reliability for aerospace & defense programs.
Jong Wook Kim,
CEO, CONET SYS Co., Ltd
Whether you are just starting your CMMC journey or actively preparing for assessment, this 30-minute workshop offers practical guidance for every stage of readiness. We will break down what matters most across CMMC policies and controls, share proven best practices, and leave time for open Q&A so you can get real answers to real challenges.
Kevin Hancock,
Senior Director, Solutions Consulting & Customer Success, EXOSTAR
Digital Transformation initiatives to enhance visibility, traceability, and validation through highly collaborative product development, production, and sustainment lifecycles leveraging Model-Based Engineering to drive bidirectional associative Digital Thread & Twins.
Lou Pascarella,
Digital Transformation Strategist, CYIENT
In this session, we’ll break down how to identify whether the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements apply to your organization and what defense contractors need to know about the risks and obligations involved. Attendees will gain clear, practical steps to assess their exposure and prepare effectively.
Ashley Lex,
Sr. Customer Success Manager, Security & Compliance Services, APRIO
Aerospace and defense suppliers are under constant pressure to reduce escapes, maintain throughput, and respond quickly when quality questions arise, yet visual inspection and inspection documentation are still largely manual, inconsistent, and difficult to retrieve under time pressure. Traditional QMS/MES/ERP systems capture outcomes, but they often don’t standardize inspection execution or produce audit-ready proof at the point of work.
In this workshop, Loopr AI will share a practical approach to quality execution using automated visual inspection and structured, serial-linked inspection records. We’ll cover where computer vision is most effective in high-mix aerospace environments, how to standardize visual checkpoints without slowing production, and how to generate objective, retrievable proof of conformance that accelerates containment and customer response. Attendees will leave with a simple framework for selecting the right automation targets, a pilot-first deployment path, and examples relevant to OEM and Tier 1 supply chains.
Nick Tom,
Product Marketing Manager, LOOPR AI
The A&DSS Seattle enables companies throughout the global supply chain to come together, make connections, and identify new business partners.
BCI Aerospace is advanced business events – abe, specialized division for aviation and defense oriented events.
It was established in 1996 and has become world leader of business to business events for the aeronautics, space and defense industries.
