HAC’s Convention is changing. HAC is evolving its convention to place a greater focus on safety and safety developments in the international helicopter community. We have a growing number of internationally-recognized speakers coming to Vancouver to help us identify safety trends and practices in the international community, and we have expanded the conference by one day to allow us to expand the program without running too many concurrent sessions. At the same time, we are offering more safety-related professional development courses, and we are attracting more international delegates and exhibitors. Our Canadian accident rate is declining, but not fast enough. Please take a few minutes to reach out to other operator-members — and non-member operators — and urge them to attend in Vancouver. Professionally and socially, this year’s event promises to be a memorable one.