Nancy Déziel has been working actively with CCTTs for 30 years. She is the Executive Director of the Centre National en Électrochimie et en Technologies Environnementales (CNETE).

She is very familiar with the realities of industry and is committed to economic diversification, working in partnership, and networking. That’s why she is actively involved in a number of organizations – she is president of ADRIQ and sits on the boards of Synchronex le réseau des CCTT; NSERC; INRS; Médicament Québec; SADC Shawinigan; d’Économie du Savoir Mauricie; SDS; and the Fonds de développement économique LaPrade St-Maurice. Ms. Déziel is also a municipal councilor for the River District of the City of Shawinigan. Her objectives are to develop her community, help SMEs become more competitive and create an economy based on innovation and knowledge.

Sessions

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February 13, 2024 | 11:30 - 12:10 | Grand Salon (SI) 

Growing Impact: Where to from here?

Keynote and Invited Speakers

Alejandro Adem

President
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Julie Delahanty

President
International Development Research Centre

Krista Holmes

Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation
George Brown College

Manal Bahubeshi

Vice-President, Research Partnerships
Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada

Mohamad Nasser-Eddine

Vice-President, Programs and Planning
Canadian Foundation for Innovation

Nancy Déziel

Director General
Centre National en Électrochimie et en Technologies Environnementales

Naser Faruqui

Director, Education and Science
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Nathalie Méthot

Dean, Academic and Research
Collège La Cité

Simon Kennedy

Deputy Minister
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

Susan Blum

Associate Vice-President, Applied Research and Continuing Education
Saskatchewan Polytechnic

Sylvie A. Lamoureux

Vice-President, Research
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

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