Chicago

Economy: Impressive & Successful Québec Delegation to Advamed 2016

Monday, November 21, 2016

Business

Export Québec, the Québec Government Offices in Chicago and in Boston, as well as Invest Québec came together to bring the largest Québec delegation so far to Advamed, North America's largest medical device conference.

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(from left to right: Pascal Labrecque – Corstem, Sylvain Boucher – Ergoresearch, Liliane Pin – IQ, Leslie Westfall – DQC, Christelle Fasano – Montreal International, Mario Bouchard – MESI, Frank Béraud – Montreal InVivo, Diane Côté – MEDTEQ, Christian Sauvageau – Luminor Medical Technologies, Sophie Cerny – DQB, Marc Paquin – Hexoskin, Tam Tran – Export Québec)

16 Quebec companies and clusters joined in to make Canada’s delegation the largest foreign delegation to Advamed , held in Minneapolis, MN, this October. During B-to-B meetings, the Quebec participants were able to meet executives from major medical device players including St Jude Medical, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, etc.
The Quebec Scholar Hexoskin had the opportunity to present its smart clothing technology in front of a distinguished and large audience during the Innovation Showcase session.

Mr. Mario Bouchard, Quebec’s Assistant Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries and Major Economic Projects also made the trip to Minneapolis to meet with the Quebec delegation. His visit also included meetings with some American medical device manufacturers with operations in Quebec including Medtronic and 3M.

Finally, the conference was a great opportunity for the participants to gain some insight on the trends and challenges of the medical device industry. The next Advamed conference will take place in San Jose, California from September 25th to 27th, 2017. Several Quebec participants have already saved the date!

For more information on the Québec compagnies at Advamed, please contact Leslie Westfall, commercial attachée at the Québec Government Office in Chicago.