NOTICE TO MEDIA - PRESS CONFERENCE - "The Quebec university system: industry
weighs in" - Survey results

MONTREAL, Oct 4 /CNW Telbec/ - The partners of Rendez-vous du Savoir are pleased to invite the media to a press conference on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. during which Michel Leblanc, President and CEO of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, and Jean-Marc Léger, President of Léger Marketing, will present the results of a survey on industry's opinion of the knowledge economy and industry-university collaboration. Sponsored by the Board of Trade and conducted in partnership with Léger Marketing, this survey and its results will be presented at the first edition of the Rendez-vous du Savoir, to be held on October 20 and 21.

The two Rendez-vous spokespersons, Monique F. Leroux, President and CEO of Desjardins Group, and Dr. Pavel Hamet, senior professor in the Department of Medicine at the Université de Montréal and the Canada Research Chair in Predictive Genomics, will speak.

The other Rendez-vous partners will also participate in the press conference:

Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montréal;
Manon Barbe, Chair, Conférence régionale des élus (CRÉ) de Montréal and Mayor of LaSalle;
Jacques St-Laurent, President and CEO, Montréal International;
Marc Tremblay, President and CEO, Palais des congrès de Montréal;
Daniel Zizian, President and CEO, Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec (CREPUQ).

The Rendez-vous partners hope that their initiative fuels reflection on the main knowledge economy challenges, issues and opportunities and promotes greater industry-university collaboration.

Date:	Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Time:	11:00 a.m.
Place:	Palais des congrès de Montréal 1001 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle 5th Floor, Room 510A

For further information:

Please confirm your attendance to Sylvie Paquette, Coordinator, Medial Relations, by telephone at 514 871-4000, extension 4015, or by e-mail at [email protected].