Françoys Labonté

With more than 25 years of experience in the IT sector, Françoys Labonté has been the Executive Director of CRIM since 2015. He has a solid scientific background combined with several years of experience in the development and commercialization of innovative technologies in the field of information technology. After obtaining his Ph.D. from the Polytechnique […]
Marc Gilbert

Marc Gilbert is a core member of the Industrial and Consumer practices at The Boston Consulting Group. He is a member of BCG’s Operations practice and he leads the firm’s Montreal office. He also spends time advancing artificial intelligence (AI) in Canada. Marc is a core member of BCG’s Centre for Canada’s Future. In that […]
Marie-Lise Dion

Marie-Lise Dion is the Director of Business and Strategic Initiatives at Montréal InVivo. Montréal InVivo is the Greater Montréal’s Life Sciences and Health Technology Cluster (LSHT), a non-profit organization for economic development within the industry. It aims to create a business environment that fosters innovation and development of public and private organizations in the LSHT […]
Matthieu Cardinal

Matthieu Cardinal is Vice President, FinTech Development and Corporate Affairs at Finance Montreal. He heads the FinTech Development unit of the organization and works to develop Montreal’s FinTech scene locally and internationally. He manages the Montreal FinTech Station and is Co-President of the Canada FinTech Forum organizing committee. Mr. Cardinal is a member of the […]
Richard Blanchet

President and CEO of STIQ, Richard Blanchet has been with the organization since 2004. Mr. Blanchet has also served as the Director of Business Development and as Assistant General Manager of the organization. His achievements include pioneering the Podium development program as well as the repositioning of the association as a key player in the […]
Suzanne Benoit

Suzanne M. Benoît serves as the President of Aéro Montreal, Québec’s aerospace cluster and has had the position since its inception in August 2006. Aéro Montreal brings together major decision makers in Québec’s aerospace sector and aims to optimize the competitiveness, growth and the influence of the industry around the world Prior to joining Aéro […]
Michela Milano

Michela Milano has been a full professor in computer science at the DISI Institute – University of Bologna since April 2016. Her research interests include decision support systems based on constraint programming and her integration with Integer linear programming. In this area, Michela Milano has gained international visibility and collaborates with numerous research groups. She […]
Nicola Gatti

Nicola Gatti is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering at Politecnico di Milano. He received his PhD in Information Engineering in 2005 and was a Research Fellow from 2006 to 2015. In 2013, he was a Visiting Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA. He is also co-director of […]
Michele De Buono

Michele De Buono has been the CEO at SCAI Lab Srl, a company that offers ICT services and support, since 2008. He is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. In fact, he worked at Credito Emiliano in 2001, Infoteam Srl in 2002-2007, and […]