The Québec City Convention Centre just posted impressive results for 2017–2018, with 170 events hosted, including 56 conferences, 18 of them international. Research professors from Université Laval have been enthusiastic ambassadors, playing a key role in nine international conferences held at the Convention Centre. These events attracted some 20,000 attendees and generated over $15 million in economic benefits for Québec City.
Here are the nine international conferences held at the Québec City Convention Centre in 2017–2018 thanks to these inspiring ambassadors:
ICA 2017 – 12th IWA Specialized Conference on Instrumentation, Control, and Automation
Economic impact: $300,000
ISMAR 2017 – 20th Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance
Economic impact: $1.4 million
IFORS 2017 – 21st Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies
Economic impact: $5.3 million
Normand Laberge
5th International Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference
Economic impact: $600,000
Georges Beaudoin
14th SGA Biennial Meeting (Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits)
Economic impact: $1.1 million
20th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI)
Economic impact: $3.4 million
ISCAR 2017 – 5th International Congress of the International Society for Cultural-historical Activity Research
Economic impact: $1.1 million
8th International Conference on Polyphenols and Health
Economic impact: $610,000
2e Biennale de l’Espace francophone de pneumologie
Economic impact: $1.1 million
