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<\/a><\/p>\nLanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique, of which SADC Matawinie is a member, and the Association pour le d\u00e9veloppement de la recherche et de l'innovation du Qu\u00e9bec are proud to announce the signing of an agreement making Lanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique the main regional contact for ADRIQ - RCTi.<\/p>\n
Innovation is one of Lanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique's regional economic priorities. Helping companies by providing access to experts and links with research and development bodies are important levers for boosting competitiveness.<\/p>\n
On October 9, the Lanaudi\u00e8re region hosted the second edition of the \"L'Innovation c'est payant - Lanaudi\u00e8re Laurentides (2L)\" symposium, which brought together nearly 120 participants from research organizations, companies and local and regional stakeholders at Le Mirage Golf Club in Terrebonne. The heads of ADRIQ and Lanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique took advantage of the event to seal their agreement.<\/p>\n
\"This new Regional Innovation Partner (PRI) will enable innovative companies and economic stakeholders to benefit from specialized support services by calling on the expertise of ADRIQ's R\u00e9seau Conseil,\" says Jean-Louis Legault, President and CEO of ADRIQ-RCTi.<\/p>\n
\"In addition to the already very active local business coaching provided by RCTi advisors, this agreement opens the door to other regional innovation initiatives,\" says Claude Robichaud, vice-president of Lanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique. \"Lanaudi\u00e8re benefits from direct access to ADRIQ's network and programming,\" he adds. He also points out that Lanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique shares several objectives with ADRIQ-RCTi, such as stimulating and fostering a culture of innovation through the implementation of innovation-related best business practices, and supporting SMEs in their growth process.<\/p>\n
About Lanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique<\/b><\/p>\n
Founded in 1991, Lanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique is a non-profit organization whose mission is to bring together the region's economic development players in order to :<\/p>\n
- Contribute to regional consultation on economic development;<\/p>\n
- Promote economic development as a fundamental issue of regional development;<\/p>\n
- Promote the exchange of information between various development agents;<\/p>\n
- Carry out regional activities that complement the local actions of development agents.<\/p>\n
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Lanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique is made up of all nine CLDs and Regional CFDCs<\/strong> and a representative of the Atikamekew territory. In addition, 11 government departments and economic development agencies join the Board of Directors as partners.<\/p>\n About ADRIQ-RCTi<\/b><\/p>\n For 35 years, ADRIQ has been spearheading a unique and influential business association to support and promote technological innovation in Quebec.<\/p>\n We work in concert with industry, chambers of commerce, economic development organizations and various levels of government to create the right conditions to help our innovative companies thrive, be profitable and viable.<\/p>\n To this end, we run a support network of expert advisors, bringing together some 200 specialists to help our companies become more competitive. We organize networking activities and provide economic studies. We collaborate with research centers, universities and college centers of expertise, in addition to raising our young people's awareness of entrepreneurship and scientific curiosity. To this end, ADRIQ has organized over 4,000 school visits and conferences.<\/p>\n In short, ADRIQ effectively reaches over 8,000 decision-makers\/researchers\/innovation experts across Quebec.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Photo:<\/strong> Michel Langelier, ADRIQ director of operations, Claude Robichaud, vice-president of Lanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Dupuis, Lanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique coordinator.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique, of which SADC Matawinie is a member, and the Association pour le d\u00e9veloppement de la recherche et de l'innovation du Qu\u00e9bec are proud to announce the signing of an agreement making Lanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique the main regional contact for ADRIQ - RCTi. Innovation is one of Lanaudi\u00e8re \u00c9conomique's regional economic priorities. Assistance to businesses through the [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}