Conference Sessions and Trade Show will take place at the Westin Ottawa in Ottawa, ON.
The Westin Ottawa 11 Colonel By Dr Ottawa, ON K1N 9J1 Canada
Conference Sessions and Trade Show will take place at the Westin Ottawa in Ottawa, ON.
Accommodation rates start at $349.00 per night plus applicable taxes and fees.
The Westin Ottawa 11 Colonel By Dr Ottawa, ON K1N 9J1 Canada
To reserve your accommodations now, please use this link.
Air Canada
Air Canada is pleased to offer the following discounts for the CFA 2026 Conference & Tradeshow in Ottawa, ON.
For North American flights, a 5% discount on standard fares, 10% on flex fares and higher.
For international travel, 10% on standard fares and higher.
To book a flight with your promotion code, visit aircanada.com and enter your promotion code in the promotion code field.
Promotion code: CQHY33V1
Applicable Rules:
The booking must be to the following city: Ottawa, YOW (CA).
The travel period begins Sunday, September 13, 2026 and ends Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
WestJet
WestJet is pleased to offer the following discounts for the CFA 2026 Conference & Tradeshow in Ottawa, ON.
5% off Econo* and 10% off EconoFlex and Premium base fares for travel within Canada and between Canada & US
To book a flight with your promotion code, visit www.westjet.com and enter your promotion code in the promotion code field.
Promotion code: 1E4Z9DJ
Applicable Rules:
The booking must be to the following city: Ottawa, YOW (CA).
The travel period begins Sunday, September 13, 2026 and ends Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
Sponsors and Exhibitors
Become a sponsor or exhibitor today to help grow the CFA Conference and Trade show and have your brand featured throughout the conference. We have a variety of packages to fit your organization’s needs.
Representatives of Full Members unable to attend the AGM may vote by proxy. Members wishing to assign a proxy must complete a proxy form, available on CFA’s website, to be returned to the CFA office no later than 10 days prior to the AGM.
The Accessible Canada Act (2019) may impose some requirements on your operations. We’ve therefore organized a webinar to review requirements and have a discussion with two very knowledgeable individuals:
Sonia Gangopadhyay is the Director at the Centre of Expertise for Accessible Transportation at the Canadian Transportation Agency,
Natalie Rose is an Accessibility Specialist at Left Turn Right Turn Accessibility a firm that has worked with organizations in the transportation sector.
The webinar will start by a presentation by Sonia and will then be a moderated Q&A session.
We hope you – and/or the people in your organization responsible for accessibility requirements – will attend.
Autonomous vehicles are no longer fiction. They exist. And the technology also exists for ferries. Some autonomous ferries have operated in Scandinavia and technologies linked to autonomous vehicles are already used in some Canadian ferries (auto-docking).
New technologies around autonomous vessels are being developed daily. There are more conferences related to autonomous vehicles than there are days in the calendar year. Governments are required to provide a regulatory framework to enable the safe adoption of the technology in Canada.
The Canadian Ferry Association (CFA) is looking forward to hosting a dialogue on what regulatory needs exist to support the adoption of autonomous vehicles technology in the ferry sector.
Panelists
Véronique Bérubé, Manager, Arctic & Large Vessels, Design & Equipment Standards, Transport Canada
Dan Holmes, Business Development Manager – North America, BUREAU VERITAS Marine & Offshores
Robin Squires, Maritime Transportation Lawyer & Partner, BLG
Wu Sun, Chairman of Expert Group on MASS, International Association of Classification Society (IACS)
We anticipate Ferry operators, leaders, team members and suppliers to attend. We hope you’ll join us!
Disruptive Technologies and the Human Impact: Innovation Waves in the Ferry Industry
Artificial intelligence, robotics, automation – these were concepts that, until very recently, were the subject of science-fiction stories. However, these technologies are now becoming part of our everyday lives, including aboard ferries. At the conference we will explore the interaction between technologies and crews, as well as passengers, and examine the related challenges and opportunities.
