The Salon sur les meilleures pratiques d'affaires 2010

The event NO 1 on creativity and productivity in Québec

MONTREAL, Nov. 4 /CNW Telbec/ - The Mouvement québécois de la qualité present today at the Palais des congrès de Montréal the 18^th edition of the Salon sur les meilleures pratiques d'affaires. This year, spotlights are on creativity and productivity, with many new features.

The Salon, organized by the Mouvement québécois de la qualité, is a goldmine for any company wishing to innovate, improve, revitalize procedures and mobilize employees to become more competitive. The Espace CRÉATIVITÉ is a great place inside the Salon where organizations will discover simple processes helping to encourage creativity and make employees ideas come true. In all, 34 companies will present 42 projects designed for continuous improvement, innovation and sustainable development. The Salon focuses exclusively on information sharing and knowledge transfer and has no equivalent in Québec. Last year, the Salon drew 2,000 executives and managers. The program will also include a Leaders' Forum, an international conference on creativity and productivity and the Award Ceremony for the Grand Prix québécois de la qualité to be presented by the Premier of Québec, Jean Charest.

Leaders' Forum
Panel discussion with leaders who have developed sustainable business models and strategies. Moderated by Dominic Deneault, coauthor of the bestselling book Le Québec sur le podium, the Leaders' Forum will feature five company executives who took up the challenge of value creation and successfully transmitted their passion to their staff. Bernard Bélanger, Chairman of Premier Tech, Josée Fiset, VP Marketing and Strategic Development at Première Moisson, Rudy Pelletier, President of Usinatech, Yvan Morin, President of Industries Mailhot and Luc Paquet, President of Fordia, will share the vision that enables them to constantly improve performance.

A very special guest
The Salon sur les meilleures pratiques d'affaires will also be honoured by the presence of Norman Bodek, nicknamed "Mr. Productivity" by Industry Week. The theme of his presentation will be "How to develop the creative potential of every worker." He will explain how to structure an ideas management program and how to speedily implement employees' innovative ideas for improvements in company performance.

Outstanding performance, outstanding recognition
Lastly, the Premier of Québec, Jean Charest, will recognize the excellence of Québec organizations by awarding the Grand Prix québécois de la qualité in the presence of 800 company directors and strategic employees at a gala luncheon. The Grand Prix québécois de la qualité are the highest awards that the Québec government bestows on private enterprises and public sector organizations that stand out for their quality of management and overall performance.

Major partners
The event is presented by the Mouvement québécois de la qualité and the ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation. It is made possible by financial support from major partners. Key partners are: Emploi-Québec, National Bank, Bell, Les Affaires magazine, the ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation, Hydro-Québec, PACCAR Canada, Aluminerie Alouette, BDC, GlaxoSmithKline , Xstrata Nickel, the Commission des partenaires du marché du travail, Novatech Group and Investissement Québec. The Salon sur les meilleures pratiques d'affaires also receives funding from Canada Economic Development.

About the Mouvement québécois de la qualité
The Mouvement québécois de la qualité is an association of 700 enterprises from all economic sectors dedicated to improving performance. The Mouvement québécois de la qualité is the leading reference in continuous performance improvement. It is the only association able to offer Quebec organizations an extensive range of products and services for continuous improvement in management.

For further information:

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Claude Paquin Director, Business Development Mouvement québécois de la qualité   418-952-4115	Fabrice-Olivier Giguère Octanestratégies.com 514-286-6033, extension 241 Cell: 514-795-5753