1 Open innovation workshop

3 Panels 

3 Interviews

4 Presentations

6 Startup demos

25 Expert Speakers

190 Participants!

On Friday, October 18, Zú welcomed over 190 participants to the Zú Atrium at Maison-Alcan for the Emergence Summit: Innovation & Technology presented by TELUS, in collaboration with Vibrant Studios.

The objective of this event was to explore the unlimited potential of technological innovation, its trends, and the challenges and opportunities of these possible futures. In addition, it was important to address how to support startups in commercializing technological innovation, the importance of collaboration, and to open discussion on the many challenges ahead.

“The Emergence Summit is a meeting place for realizing that there will soon be no economic development without technology.”
– Dimitri Gourdin, CEO, Zú

The event was attended by Nazim Benhadid, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at TELUS, Anne Koutrakis, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Christopher Skeete, Minister for the Economy, and Alia Hassan-Membre, member of the Executive Committee of the City of Montreal and Associate Advisor to the Mayor.

Our warmest thanks to  :
TELUS 
VIBRANT Studios 
La Presse 
Le Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie
La Ville de Montréal  
Développement économique Canada pour les régions du Québec
The speakers (discover their biographies) 
And all the participants who were present

 

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Schedule of the day :

8:30 am: DOORS OPEN – Startups in demo

9:10 a.m.: ADDRESS by Annie Koutrakis, Member of Parliament for Vimy, Québec, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Québec

9:15 a.m.: INNOVATE & COLLABORATE: Crossed perspectives on the economic future of Quebec and its metropolis with Christopher Skeete, Minister for the Economy, Alia Hassan-Membre, Member of the Executive Committee of the City of Montreal, Associate Advisor to the Mayor, moderated by Dimitri Gourdin, President and CEO, Zú

9:35 a.m.: HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN RAISE THE CROWDS with Nazim Benhadid, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), TELUS, moderated by Maude Bédard-Dufour, Director, Strategic Partnerships and Development, Zú

10 a.m.: PANEL: Technology trends shaping the user experience with Pierre Blaizeau (Félix & Paul Studios) | Marc Boyer (Google) | Christine Latour (Solotech) | moderated by Valérie Vaillancourt (KPMG in Quebec)

11 a.m.: UNIVERSITY & INNOVATION: How to train for creativity with Maud Cohen, Executive Director, Polytechnique Montréal, moderated by Jeanne Dorelli, Senior Director, Strategy and Operations, Zú

11:20 a.m.: PANEL: The place of emerging technologies in business models with Simon Cazelais (BRP) | Hugues Sweeney (TAIT Creative) | Olivier Trudeau (Cirque du Soleil) | moderated by Anne-Marie Laberge (Administrat