Preliminary program

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October 26 : The challenges, needs and trends in tomorrow's agriculture

October 27 : Quebec's innovative agricultural solutions and technologies to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow's agriculture

October 28 : The financing and marketing of agtechs in Quebec : best practices

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Day 1 - October 26, 2021

The challenges, needs and trends in tomorrow's agricuture

 

8:30 | Opening of the day and words from the partners

Presented INO, in partnership with Vooban

• Sébastien Nadeau, mayor of the city of L'Assomption and bearer of the vision of the Zone Agtech to the Council of mayors of L'Assomption RCM
• Marilou Cyr, director of Zone Agtech
• Mario Simard, director, Advanced manufacturing business unit at INO
• Hugues Foltz, executive vice-president at Vooban
• Francis Bérubé, director of marketing and category management, fruits and vegetables, Sobeys

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8:50 | Opening word

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9:00 | Opening word

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9:20 | The agrifood Quebec of tomorrow : resilient, green and innovative (conference)

• Mathieu Gingras, Regional Director, Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec
• Julie Ouellet - Greenhouse Growth Strategy
• Marie-Hélène April - Sustainable Agriculture Plan
• Marie-Hélène Déziel - Horticulture Competitiveness Task Force

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10:00 | Horticulture in Quebec : understanding the issues and trends to better respond to them (panel)

Presented by : Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

• Catherine Lessard, Association des producteurs maraichers du Québec
• Jennifer Crawford, Association des producteurs de fraises et framboises du Québec
• Josiane Cormier, Fermes Cormier
• Vincent Gauthier, Fermes Belvache (Carottes Croc Bio)
• Pierre Lafontaine, Carrefour industriel et expérimental de Lanaudière (CIEL)

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11:00 | The challenges and opportunities of Quebec's indoor culture industry (panel)

Presented by : Sollum Technologies

• Claude Laniel, general director, Les Producteurs en serre du Québec
• Vincent Paradis, business development director, HRVST limited
• Caroline Provost, Ph.D.,  Director, CRAM researcher / Associate Professor INRS-Institut-Armand-Frappier
• Richard Dorval, President and Chief Operating Officer, Savoura
• Yourianne Plante, Director Of Communications, Ferme Lufa

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11:45 : Lunch and free networking

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13:00 : The major agtech innovation projects in Quebec (panel)

• Marilou Cyr, director, Zone Agtech
• Denis Leclerc, CEO, Ecotech Québec
• Stéphane Guidoin, Innovation director, InnovHQ - Subsidiary of Hydro-Québec 
• Vincent Lafrenaye Lamontagne, Open Innovation Program Manager, Cycle Momentum
• Olivier Demers-Dubé, Project Director, Innovation Programs, Zone Agtech
• Louise Tremblay, Réseau québécois de recherche en agriculture durable (RQRAD)

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14:00 : Innovation as tool for competition and growth (conference)

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Day 2 - October 27, 2021

Quebec's innovative agricultural solutions and technologies to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow's agriculture

 

8:30 | Opening of the day and words from the partners

Presented by INO, in partnership with Vooban

• Marilou Cyr, director of the Zone Agtech
• Mario Simard, director, advanced manufacturing business unit at INO
• Hugues Foltz, executive vice-president at Vooban
• Francis Bérubé, director of marketing and category management, fruits and vegetables, Sobeys

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9:00 | The agtech ecosystem of Quebec and Canada (conference)

• Dave Smardon, general director, Bioenterprise Corporation
• Olivier Demers-Dubé, project director | Open innovation program. Zone Agtech

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9:45 | Agriculture solutions in a controlled environment for the autonomy and resilience of the agricultural sector (panel)

Presented by : Les Industries Harnois

• Yves Daoust, founder, Ferme d'Hiver
• Patrick Ménard, vice-president of product, Sollum Technologies
• Julien Loiseau, vice-president of production and R&D, LBM-Agtech
• Audrey Renaud, general director, Messis Economie Circulaire
• Steven Sicard, Damatex

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10:40 | Robotization and automation technologies as as solution to alleviate the labor shortage and reduce inputs consumption (panel)

Presented by : Gobeil Dion et associés

• Luc Labbé, president, Nexus Robotique
• Yann Périard, Ph.D. Soil Physics, agr., Ag science researcher, Hortau
• Daniel Mondor, Sales & Marketing Director, AIR Program
• David Arseneault / Alain Lemieux, Noovelia

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11:15 | Artificial intelligence and data science to optimize productivity and environmental footprint (panel)

Presented by : IVADO

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12:00 : Lunch and free networking

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13:00 | Optics at the service of agriculture (conference)

Presented by : INO

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13:50 | Clean energy in agriculture (panel)

Presented by : Ecotech Québec

• Raphaël Duquette, Head of Department - Renewable Gas Development, Energir
• Stephane Guay, Génitique
• Josée Chicoine, Director - Agri-Food Development, Coop Carbone

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14:30 | Advances in Quebec's smart traceability and foodteh (panel)

Presented by :  Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation

• Vanessa Grondin, vice-presidente, global sales and strategy, Groupe Optel
• Réjeau Drouin, vice-president R&D, CINTECH
• Other panelists to come, stay tuned !

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15:10 | Bioinputs and regenerative agriculture in Quebec to reduce the environmental footprint and crop enemies (panel)

Presented by : Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

• Samira Chbouki, teacher-researcher, coordinator, Bio.Enviro.In.
• Pierre Migner, agr., M.Sc., MBA, Director, product development and agronomic training, Agro-100
• Pierre L'Heureux, president, Myllennium Technologies
• Thomas Gradek, RHST Industries
• Other panelists to come, stay tuned !

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16:00 | Closing word and free networking

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Day 3 - October 28, 2021

Best practices to accelerate the financing and commercialization of innovative agricultural technologies

 

8:30 | Opening of the day and words from the parnters

Presented by INO, in partnership with Vooban

• Sébastien Nadeau, mayor of the city of L'Assomption and bearer of Zone Agtech's vision to the Council of mayors of L'Assompton RCM
• Marilou Cyr, director of Zone Agtech
• Mario Simard, director, Advanced manufacturing business unit at INO
• Hugues Foltz, executive vice-president at Vooban
• Francis Bérubé, director of marketing and category management, fruits and vegetables, Sobeys

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9:00 | The Zone Agtech and its partners : what potential for my entreprise? (conference)

Presented by : Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

• Marilou Cyr, director of the Zone Agtech
• Patrick Gagné, Cycle Momentum (Th Partner Funds' Circle)
• Morgan Guitton, Cycle Momentum (Agtech Acceleration Program)
• Olivier Demers-Dubé, project director |Open innovation program, Zone Agtech
• Dominique Lynch-Gauthier, Blanc de Gris
• David Poisson, Alliance Solutions

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10:00 | Marketing agtech in Quebec and internationally : potential (panel)

Presented by : HRVST Limited

• Dave Smardon, Bioenterprise Corporation (Canada)
• Émilie Dyan, Business France (France)
• John Cassidy, Thrive | SVG Ventures (Silicon Valley)
• Alain Olivier, Bureau du Québec à Rabat (Maroc)
• Saadia Lakehal, Global Summit Women in AgritTech 2021
• Other panelists to come, stay tuned !

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11:10 | Technology transfer to the farm : best practices in artificial intelligence (conference)

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12:00 | Lunch and free networking

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13:00 | Financing agtechs in Quebec : aid available for development and establishment (panel)

Presented by : Leyton

• Lydia Paré, Investissement Québec
• Agence du Revenu du Canada (crédits d'impôts RS&DE)
• France Martel, Technologies Développement Durable Canada
• Pierre-Olivier Quesnel, ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec 
• Emilie Vanier, Ecoleader
• Other panelists to come, stay tuned !

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14:00 | Flash presentation by startups to the Partner Funds' Circle of Cycle Momemtum (on selection, call for application to come) (workshop)

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15:00 | Closing word and free networking

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