Get ahead of your competitors.
Compare your performance with that of the best.
Discuss major current strategic challenges with the key actors of the industries concerned all gathered in one location. Meet them, come hear them, and take part in high-level exchanges.
October 26, 2012
Needs and opportunities
relating to healthcare establishments
Quebec health and social services institutions and organizations wish to develop partnerships with businesses from the province and intensify their collaboration with them. They both aim to meet their internal needs and to develop, promote and export their health expertise internationally. Don’t let this unique opportunity to discover the potential of a sector in full bloom pass you by.
Develop your business:
- Review the needs of Quebec health and social services institutions and organizations to learn about all of the business opportunities available in this sector;
- Discover examples of successful partnerships, and the best practices that made them possible;
- Learn to better promote your local expertise internationally;
- Build new partnerships and develop a strong collaboration between private businesses and health institutions.
Agenda:
- 7:30 a.m. to noon: Conferences
- Noon to 1:30 p.m.: Networking buffet and trade show
- 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Trade show and express B2B meetings
November 30, 2012
Greater Montréal and its head offices
In a context where the great metropolitan centres of the world are fiercely competing to attract and retain the head offices of multinational corporations, this event will focus on the strategies that the metropolitan area must adopt to position itself to take on this key challenge.
Develop your business:
- Grasp the challenges in attracting and retaining large companies, both in terms of taxation and qualified labour availability;
- Join in the discussion on the strategies to implement to overcome these obstacles;
- Assess the impact and positive spin-offs of the presence of majors head offices in the metropolitan area;
- Discover why large organizations decided to establish their headquarters in the city.
Agenda:
- 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Conferences
- 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.: Networking buffet
February 8, 2013
Natural resources trade fair
Natural resources constitute a significant source of collective wealth. At the heart of many projects across Quebec, they represent development opportunities for the communities involved and for businesses that intend to invest on these territories. How can the metropolitan economy serve the development of our resources? What spin-offs can these major investments trigger for the metropolitan economy?
Develop your business:
- Seize the opportunities related to the many projects announced and discover them in detail;
- Accurately identify the realities and challenges facing local communities involved in Plan Nord;
- Meet the key actors of the Quebec natural resources industry and create new business contacts;
- Recruit the qualified personnel your business needs.
Agenda:
- Day 1: (reservations only)
- 7:30 a.m. to noon: Conferences
- Noon to 1:30 p.m.: Networking buffet and trade fair
- 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Trade fair and express B2B meetings
- 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.: Cocktail dinner buffet and networking
- Day 2: (open to the public)
- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. : Job fair and information conferences
March 15, 2013
Major projects and urban revitalization
Major projects redefine the face of Montréal. Each of them re-energizes an entire part of the city. The colossal amounts invested have a major impact on the economic development of our metropolitan centre.
Develop your business:
- Discover new projects that will come change the face of Montréal;
- Review the progress status of major projects;
- Decipher and integrate the structuring effect of some projects on their neighbourhoods and immediate surroundings;
- Network with the key institutional and private actors behind metropolitan projects of scale.
Agenda:
- 7:30 a.m. to noon: Conferences
- Noon to 1:30 p.m.: Networking buffet and trade fair
- 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Trade fair and express B2B meetings
April 26, 2013
Transport and logistics
Thanks to the expertise and infrastructures its logistics and freight transportation industry benefits from, Montréal leverages an undeniable competitive edge to position itself as the continental North American gateway. The recent creation of a new industrial cluster dedicated to this sector will come energize this strategic economic vector for the metropolitan area. This event will help you understand and seize the opportunities related to this industry, while assessing the actions that must be taken in order to strengthen Montréal’s position as a North American leader.
Develop your business:
- Better grasp the stakes of freight transportation, whether via sea, rail, air or ground;
- Assess the strategic importance of smooth transport for Montréal and identify the means to leverage to promote it;
- Get an update on the repairs in progress on the metropolitan area’s roading infrastructures in order to thoroughly understand their short-, mid- and long-term impacts;
- Join in the discussions about actions to undertake to ensure the competitiveness and growth of this sector of strategic importance for our economy.
Agenda:
- 7:30 a.m. to noon: Conferences
- Noon to 1:30 p.m.: Networking buffet and trade fair
- 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.:Trade fair and express B2B meetings