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7:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Registration |
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8:15 |
Opening Address
Céline Foster
President, Haute-Côte-Nord SADC (Upper North Shore Community Futures Development Corporation)
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8:20-9:00 |
First Conference
Dare to Diversify!
Guy Deschênes, President, Sacopan
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9:05-9:15 |
Address by the Honourable Denis Lebel, MP
Minister of State, Canada Economic Development
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9:15-noon |
Business Floor (all morning)
Government of Canada Ministries, Agencies and Organizations
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10:00-11:45 |
Second Conference
What is Happening in the Forestry Sector?
Innovation at the Core of Sector Renewal
Martin Champoux, Director, Member Relations, Communications FP Innovations Paprican
“Billet” diversification Begins with the Tree: Leveraging on Log Versatility
Jean-François Côté, Forestry Engineer, Vice-president, Forestry Consultants DGR Inc.
Tomorrow’s Forestry Products: A Few Interesting Developments
Alain Cloutier, Forestry Engineer, PhD, Professor and Director at the Université Laval’s Centre de recherche sur le bois (Research Centre on Wood Science and Marketing)
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10:30-noon |
Third Conference
Issues and Challenges for the Tourism Industry on the North Shore: Create your Niche within the Diverse Tourism Market!
Paule Côté, Head Marketing Coordinator, Quebec coast
Paul Arseneault, Director, Tourism Watch Network, Transat Chair in Tourism, Université du Québec à Montréal
Emmanuelle Legault, Director, Communications and Publicity, Tourisme Montréal
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10:45-noon |
Fourth Conference (part one)
Human Resources Management: How to Create a Winning Team with Boomers and Generations X and Y
Jean-François Rougès, Consultant, Groupe Forest
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11:00-noon |
Fifth Conference
Doing Business with the Government of Canada
Denis Lévesque, Head of Supplies, Public Works and Government Services Canada |
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12:15-1:30 p.m. |
Networking Lunch |
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1:30-4:30 |
Business Floor (all afternoon)
Government of Canada Departments, Agencies and Organizations
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1:45-4:30 |
Sixth Conference
Agri-Food, Agri-Forestry and Agri-Tourism
Financial Products Tailored to Meet the Needs of Berry Producers
Jocelyn Jeffrey, Agronomist, Regional Director for Eastern Quebec, Farm Credit Canada
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP): A Development Opportunity for the Upper North Shore
Maxim Tardif, DEC (Environmental Horticulture Technology), NTFP and Agri-Forestry Development Team Coordinator, Biopterre
Uncovering Business Opportunities in the Wealth of Forest Resources
Fabien Girard, Biologist, Girardville Forestry Coop
Agri-Tourism… A Planned Development Project
Bernard Gravel, Market Development Agent, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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2:00-3:30 |
Seventh Conference
How to Obtain Benefits from Sustainable Development and Transform them into Business Opportunities
Édouard Clément, Engineer, MScA, Interuniversity Centre for Research on the Life Cycle of Products, Processes, and Services (CIRAIG)
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2:15-4:30 |
Workshop (interactive session with hands-on web creation)
Creating a Web 2.0 Marketing Campaign – Yes, it can be done!
Emmanuelle Legault, Director, Communications and Publicity, Tourisme Montréal
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2:15-4:15 |
Fourth Conference (part two)
Human Resources Management: Creating a Winning Team with Boomers, and Generations X and Y Jean-François Rougès, Consultant, Groupe Forest |
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2:30-4:30 |
Eighth Conference
Learn More About Government Programs to Assist Business
François Santerre, Research and Innovation Development Officier Naturel Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Bogdan Ciobanu, Executive Director, Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (NRC - IRAP)
Pierre Laforest, Associate Director, Business Development Bank of Canada
Thomas Szalay, Regional Director, Côte-Nord Business Office, Canada Economic Development
André Aubin, Industrial Research Coordinator, Quebec Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade
Philippe Bordeleau, Portfolio Director, Investissement-Québec |
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4:30 |
Closing Address
Thomas Szalay, Regional Director, Côte-Nord Business Office, Canada Economic Development
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