Speakers
Gagnon, François, Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, École de technologie supérieure and Electronics Chairholder in Wireless Telecommunications (Montréal)
François Gagnon received the B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal. Since 1991, he has been Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the École de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal. He chaired the department from 1999 to 2001, and is now the holder of the Ultra Electronics (TCS) Chair in Wireless Communication at the same university. His research interest covers wireless high-speed communications, modulation, coding, high-speed DSP implementations, and military point-to-point communications. He has been very involved in the creation of the new generation of high-capacity line of-sight military radios offered by the Canadian Marconi Corporation, which is now Ultra Electronics Tactical Communication Systems. The company has received, for this product, a “Coin of Excellence” from the U.S. Army for performance and reliability. Prof. Gagnon is a recognized leader in research management with an annual budget of 900 000$. He supervises 18 graduate students and leading a brilliant team of 7 research professionals. He maintains activities with more than 10 companies: Ultra, ISR technology, Wavesat, ZTE, Ericsson, Lipso, Nortel, Bell, Octasic Semiconductors, Sierra Wireless, Boomerang, IREQ.
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)
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)