Speakers
Baillet, Francis, Vice-President, Human Resources, Ubisoft (Montréal)
An actuary and Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, Francis Baillet, since May 2007, has held the position of Vice-President, Human Resources of the Ubisoft studios in Québec. The company currently has over 1800 employees at its Montréal and Québec City studios.
Mr. Baillet supervises all of the company’s human resources services, a strategic position for the achievement of Ubisoft’s ambitious growth objectives. Mr. Baillet’s many simultaneous responsibilities include organizational development, compensation and benefits, recruiting, project reassignment and international mobility, internal training, the Ubisoft Campus and internal communications. Francis Baillet has over fifteen years of experience in human resources management. Before joining Ubisoft, was Vice-President, Human Resources and Corporate Services at Bell Business Solutions (formerly Nexxlink Technologies). Mr. Baillet was also Director, Global Compensation for North America at Rexel; Director, Benefits at Westburne; and consultant at Towers Perrin.
Ubisoft Montréal is the second biggest video game development studio in the world. Created in 1997, it today employs nearly 1700 creators; local designers, animators, modellers and programmers, as well as hundreds of talents from around the world. A true creative force recognized worldwide, Ubisoft Montréal, over the past 11 years, has developed more than forty games, including several multi-million dollar franchises and brands, such as Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell®, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six®, Prince of Persia®, Far Cry®, Assassins’ Creed™ and the Games for Everyone line.
List of speakers in alphabetical order
Bachand, Raymond, Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade and Minister of Tourism, Government of Québec (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)
Viel, Carl, General Manager, Montréal InVivo (Montréal)
Yano, Dr. Ryoji, Senior Director, Pro-Cluster Kobe, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation (FBRI) (Kobe, Japan)