RLS-Sciences 2024 Scientific Conference

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September 15 to 18, 2024
Hotel Le Concorde Québec

4 pm
Welcoming of participants 
3rd floor hall

5 pm 
Opening remarks 
Suzor-Côté Room

6 pm
Welcome dinner 
Suzor-Côté Room

7 to 8:30 pm
Conference on what are the Québec innovation zones? 
(Interpretation service available) 
Suzor-Côté Room

• Michèle Houpert, Director General of Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness, Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy
• Yves Sicard, Vice-President of Innovation Zones and Networks, Investissement Québec
• Clément Villemont, Vice-President of Innovation, Energy Transition Valley
• Jarrod Morley, Director of Innovation, Competitiveness, and Productivity, Aéro Montréal

“Innovation zone” models in partner regions:

• Eduardo Zancul, Professor at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo: innovation zone projects in the State of São Paulo
• Costas Simoglou, Director of the Center of Innovation for Energy Technology at theGeorgia Center of Innovation: “Innovation District” model

7 to 8:30 am  
Buffet breakfast available near Borduas Room

9 to 10:30 am 
Conference on the Québec Research and Innovation Investment Strategy (QRIIS²) 
Suzor-Côté Room

Moderator: Christian Moreau, Professor, Concordia University  

Speakers:  

• Marie-Noëlle Perron, Director of Coordination and Customer Strategies, Science and Innovation Sector, Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy
• Luc Sirois, Québec’s Chief Innovation Officer 
• Janice Bailey, Vice-President of Research and Scientific Director, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature and technologies sector
• Jesse Vincent-Herscovici, CEO, Axelys 
• Michel Lesage, CEO, Network of College Centres for the Transfer of Technology and Innovative social practices

10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Parallel working sessions of the thematic groups

• RLS-Energy: Leduc-Fortin Room
• RLS-Digital Health: Morrice-Lismer Room
• RLS-Aerospace: Pilot Room
• RLS-Small Satellites: Cullen Room

12:30 to 1:30 pm
Lunch available near Borduas Room

1:30 to 3 pm 
Continuation of the parallel working sessions:

• RLS-Energy: Leduc-Fortin Room
• RLS-Digital Health: Morrice-Lismer Room
• RLS-Aerospace: Pilot Room
• RLS-Small Satellites: Pilot Room

3 to 4:30 pm
Conference on cross-disciplinary digital applications: Technum Québec and DistriQ models 
Suzor-Côté Room

Speakers: 

• Alan Renaudin, Vice-President, Business Development, Technum Québec 
• Samy Bjaiji, Project Manager, Quantum Technology Adoption, Québec Quantique 
• Stéphane Roche, Director, Institute of Environment, Development and Society, Laval University
• Sara Ahmed, Professor, McGill University

4:45 pm
Signing of a bilateral agreement between the Fonds de recherche du Québec and the São Paulo Research Foundation

6 pm 
Buffet dinner available near Borduas Room

7 to 8:30 pm 
Conference on the intersectorality of research teams and links with the industry: Québec examples and international comparisons of partner regions 
Suzor-Côté Room

Speakers: 

• Louis Gosselin, Professor, Université Laval
• Samaneh Shahgaldi, Professor, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières 
• Peter Hülse, Head of Strategy and Projects, Munich Aerospace
• Matthias Welzl, Coordinator Hydrogen Research and Technologies, University of Bayreuth

7 to 8:30 am
Buffet breakfast available near Borduas Room 

9 am to 12 pm  
Parallel working sessions of the thematic groups

• RLS-Energy: Leduc-Fortin Room
• RLS-Digital Health: Morrice-Lismer Room
• RLS-Aerospace: Pilot Room
• RLS-Small Satellites: Pilot Room

10 am to 12 pm 
Meeting of the administrative coordinators of the RLS-Sciences network 
Cullen Room

12 to 1 pm
Lunch available near Borduas Room

1 to 2 pm
Continuation of the parallel working sessions:

• RLS-Energy: Leduc-Fortin Room
• RLS-Digital Health: Morrice-Lismer Room
• RLS-Aerospace: Pilot Room
• RLS-Small Satellites: Pilot Room

2 to 3 pm
Guided walking tour in Québec City

3 to 4:30 pm
Conference on private-sector collaboration and R&D: the sectoral industrial research cluster model 
Suzor-Côté Room

Speakers: 

• Guillaume Côté, CEO, Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Québec
• Daniela Bernic, Vice-President of Corporate Affairs, Consortium for Research and Innovation in Industrial Bioprocesses in Québec
• Thierry St-Cyr, CEO, InnovÉÉ
• Isabelle Crick, Account Manager, MEDTEQ+

4:30 to 5:15 pm 
Conference on collaborative research: a university-industry continuum to accelerate innovation 
Suzor-Côté Room

Speaker: Jean-Nicolas Paquin, Vice-President Engineering and Electrical Expertise, OPAL-RT

5:15 to 5:45 pm 
Conference on European perspectives of collaborative projects 
Suzor-Côté Room

Speakers:

• Sebastian Fendt, Chair of Energy Systems, Technical University of Munich
• Reinhart Schwaiberger, Managing Director, and Astrid Heindel, International Project Manager, Technology Center for Energy at Landshut University of Applied Sciences

6:15 pm
Buffet dinner available near Suzor-Côté Room

7 to 8 pm
Closing remarks and networking 
Suzor-Côté Room

Early morning departure by bus for technical visits:

• RLS-Digital Health: 6 am departure for Montréal.
• RLS-Aerospace and RLS-Small Satellites: 6 am departure for Longueuil.
• RLS-Energy: 7 am departure for Shawinigan, Trois-Rivières and Bécancour.

Full tour schedules will be available shortly. 
Thank you for your interest!