CBC members were delighted to participate in an amazing evening reception and business-to-business program for Canadian and regional companies who participated in IDEX.

We heard remarks from General Rick Hillier (Rtd), a former chief of defence staff of Canada; His Excellency Kris Panday, the Canadian ambassador to the UAE; Dhia Hussain, CBC Abu Dhabi's chair; and George Holland, the VP of Operations of PAL Aerospace.

We'd like to offer special thanks to our sponsors and partners for helping make this event a success:

• Canada and the United Arab Emirates
  
• The Government of Ontario
  
• PAL Aerospace
  
• Bombardier
  
• Al Zorah Development Company
  

Thanks also to our sister councils, the Canadian Business Council of Dubai and the Northern Emirates, and the Canada-UAE Business Council for supporting the event.

Thank you to everyone who came. We hope that CBC Abu Dhabi succeeded in #CreatingTrustedConnections.

See more event photos here.