Industrial clusters

Speaker's presentation

• Montréal InVivo : la grappe des sciences de la vie et des technologies de la santé – Nathalie Ouimet, Montréal InVivo
• TechnoMontréal – Lidia Divry, TechnoMontréal
• La grappe audiovisuelle de Montréal : ActionMTL – Hans Fraikin, ActionMTL
• Écotech Québec : matière grise pour une économie verte – Denis Leclerc, Écotech Québec
• Finance Montréal : la grappe financière du Québec – Éric Lemieux, Finance Montréal
• Cargo Montréal : grappe métropolitaine de logistique et de transport de Montréal – Mathieu Charbonneau, Cargo Montréal
• GIAQ : grappe industrielle de l’aluminium du Québec – Luc Roby, GIAQ
• Le projet mobilisateur SA²GE – Fassi Kafyeke, Bombardier Aéronautique
• La médecine personnalisée : un projet structurant pour la grappe des sciences de la vie et pour le Québec – Martin LeBlanc, Caprion Proteome inc.
• INNO+ : création d’occasions d’affaires – Marie-Hélène Labrie, Enerkem; David Lamarche, Scheider Electric; Tom Whitton, ProGenesis Canada inc.
• L’initiative MACH : un outil pour rehausser la compétitivité de la chaîne d’approvisionnement québécoise – Sylvain Bédard, Avianor inc.
• Le défi de la commercialisation de l’innovation dans le monde pharmaceutique – Max Fehlmann, Institut NÉOMED
• Des avenues pour accélérer la commercialisation des technologies propres – Guy Drouin, Biothermica Carbone inc.
• Croissance de l’audiovisuel québécois : miser sur les partenariats internationaux, l’exemple de Nerima – André Provencher, Contenu QMI
• Rio Tinto Alcan : créer de la valeur par la richesse de nos partenariats – Jean Simon, Rio Tinto Alcan
• Une chaîne logistique forte : élément clé pour le succès des grappes – Sylvie Vachon, Administration portuaire de Montréal
• Montréal : centre financier international – Jean Houde, Finance Montréal

INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS represent a lever for the city’s economic development. Each cluster contributes to the city’s economic competitiveness and reach.

• Come discuss strategies established within the clusters to stimulate innovation and the development of formative projects for the city’s economy
• Take part in a large-scale event to increase your business and partnership opportunities in Quebec and abroad
• Network with key players from strategic sectors the clusters represent: aerospace, aluminium, cinema and television, logistics and transportation, life sciences, financial services, information technology, and clean technologies

Don’t miss this event, which will be attended by:

	JEAN-FRANÇOIS LISÉE Minister of International Relations, La Francophonie and External Trade Minister responsible for the Montréal region
	ÉLAINE ZAKAÏB Minister for Industrial Policy and the Banque de développement économique du Québec
	MICHAEL APPLEBAUM Mayor of Montréal Chairman of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal

INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS

OPENING REMARKS AN ADDRESS BY THE MAYOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE CMM Michel Leblanc President and CEO Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal Michael Applebaum Mayor of Montréal Chairman of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal         MINISTER’S SPEECH Élaine Zakaïb Minister for Industrial Policy and the Banque de développement économique du Québec     INTRODUCTION The dynamics of industrial clusters Presentation of the eight clusters by their respective general directors I. A CLUSTER EFFECT Inter-cluster synergy to stimulate innovation and the development of a sustainable economy Fassi Kafyeke Director, Strategic Technology Bombardier Aerospace Martin LeBlanc President and CEO Caprion Proteome Inc. Tom Whitton, Eng. Business Development Leader PyroGenesis Canada Inc. Marie-Hélène Labrie Vice-President, Government Affairs and Communications Enerkem David Lamarche Launch Manager Schneider Electric     II. FOCUS ON COMPETITIVENESS The clusters' contribution to the city's performance Sylvain Bédard President and General Manager Avianor Inc. Max Fehlmann President and CEO NEOMED Institute         Guy Drouin Chief Executive Officer Biothermica Carbone Inc. Gilles Létourneau President and Chief Executive Officer ACCEO Solution Inc.         Michel Murdock Executive Vice-President Hybride Technologies Inc. Evelyne Bundock Vice-president, Talent management Banque Nationale         Yves Pelletier Regional Vice President - Montreal Alithis III. NETWORK DYNAMICS Developing key partnerships in Quebec and abroad André Provencher  Vice-President International Affairs QMI Content   Jean Simon President, Primary Metal Rio Tinto Alcan Jean Houde Chairman of the Board Finance Montréal Sylvie Vachon  President and Chief Executive Officer  Montréal Port Authority MINISTER’S SPEECH CLOSING REMARKS AND THANKS Jean-François Lisée Minister of International Relations, La Francophonie and External Trade Minister responsible for the Montréal region Michel Leblanc President and CEO Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal

This series is being held with the financial support of Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton.

This forum has been organized in collaboration with the Secrétariat à la région métropolitaine, an agency of the Ministère du Conseil exécutif, and the Ministère des Finances et de l'Économie.

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