Speakers
Viel, Carl, General Manager, Montréal InVivo (Montréal)
Carl Viel joined the Montréal InVivo team on June 4, 2007. After completing a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Mr. Viel was hired by Hoffmann-La Roche, for which he worked for nearly nine years. At the time of his departure, he held the position of Manager, Government Affairs and Reimbursement for Québec and Atlantic Provinces. In 1999, he began working for GlaxoSmithKline as Director, Government Affairs and Sales and, in 2001, he was promoted to Director, Corporate Affairs for Eastern Canada, a position he still held before joining Montréal InVivo.
Carl Viel was Co-President of Rx&D from 1996 to 1999. He currently serves on the Metropolitan Montréal Life Sciences Committee since 2005 and acts as Chairman of the Biopharmaceutical Innovation Council since 2007. Mr. Viel is currently pursuing a university certificate in corporate governance at Université Laval.
Montréal InVivo is the brand name for Metropolitan Montréal’s life sciences and health technology cluster, a group of over 620 organizations, including 150 research centres and 80 corporate subsidiaries. The Montréal InVivo cluster ranks 8th among North America’s large metropolitan areas in number of jobs, hiring over 41,000 skilled workers. This creative cluster includes four universities and ranks first in Canada for the number of research centres and total funding of university research.
List of speakers in alphabetical order
Bachand, Raymond, Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade and Minister of Tourism, Government of Québec (Montréal)
Baillet, Francis, Vice-President, Human Resources, Ubisoft (Montréal)
Benoît, Suzanne, Chief Executive Officer, Aéro Montréal (Montréal)
Blouin, Natalie, Manager for the Ecodesign initiative, Institut de développement de produits (Montréal)
Bouchard, Jean-François, President and Senior Partner, Sid Lee (Montréal)
Brunet, Pierre, Chairman of the Board, Montréal international
Carbonneau, Louis, General Manager, IP Licensing, Intellectual Property and Licensing Group, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Microsoft (Redmond, Washington)
Clerc, Gabriel, Head of Office, EPLF Technology Transfer, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (Switzerland)
Collomb, Gérard, Mayor of Lyon (France)
de Groot, Mark, President and Managing Partner, iNovia Capital (Montréal)
Deruy, Marcel, President, Lyon Place Financière et Tertiaire (Lyon, France)
Deschamps, Richard, President, “Montréal, ville apprenante, de savoir et d’innovation”, Associate Advisor for Economic and Sustainable Development, City of Montréal (Montréal)
Fraikin, Hans, Film Commissioner, Québec Film and Television Council (Montréal)
Gagnon, François, Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, École de technologie supérieure and Electronics Chairholder in Wireless Telecommunications (Montréal)
Gaquère, Gilles, Director of the Innovation and Development Department, Direction des Services aux Entreprises (Business Services Division), Chambre de commerce et d’industrie de Lyon (France)
Larouche, Ghyslain, General Manager, SKL Aluminium Technologie (Jonquière, Québec)
Laurent, Yves, General Manager, Lyonbiopôle (France)
Livingstone, Angus, Managing Director, University-Industry Liaison Office, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Colombia)
Mathiolon, Guy, President, Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Lyon (France)
Mayer, Samuel, Head of Mission, Environment - Ecodesign, Chambre de commerce et d’industrie de Saint-Étienne (France)
Moskowitz, Joel P., Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Ceradyne (Costa Mesa, California)
Noël, Ludovic, Director, Pôle de compétitivité /cluster Imaginove (Lyon, France)
Root, Pierre, General Manager, TechnoMontréal (Montréal)
Sirois, Charles, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Telesystem Ltd. and Enablis Entrepreneurial Network (Montréal)
Toulemonde, Gilles, President and CEO, I-Nova (Lyon, France)
Tremblay, Gérald, Mayor of Montréal
Vanrie, Philippe, Managing Director, European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN) (Brussels, Belgium)
Yano, Dr. Ryoji, Senior Director, Pro-Cluster Kobe, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation (FBRI) (Kobe, Japan)