Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, Professor at Polytechnique Montréal, CIRANO Researcher, Fellow and CEO, and Ingrid Peignier, Senior Director of Partnerships and Research Valorization at CIRANO, took part on 18 March in a conference entitled « Research and Innovation: Quebec's Competitiveness Goes International », given by Luc-Alain Giraldeau, Director General, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS).

The conference, held at the Conseil des relations internationales de Montréal (CORIM), was moderated by Marie-Pierre Ippersiel, President and CEO of PRIMA Québec.