Niagara Falls, 31 May – 3 June 2010: As part of Photonics North, the main conference in photonics in Canada, the French Trade Commission (Ubifrance) in Canada raised a delegation of six companies interested in developing their activities in Canada. 500 participants were registered and more than 53 organizations exhibited their technologies, products or services, at the conference this year.   The French companies followed a four-day program held in 2 stages: - 2 days in Quebec City and Ottawa, upstream of the conference, including individuals B2B meetings with potential  partners, organized in collaboration with the QPN, and visits of the INO and COPL . - 2 days at Photonics North where additionnal pre-targeted meetings, access to technical sessions as well as networking through the Ubifrance booth, made contacts easier, allowing the French delegation to enhance their visibility all along the expo.   The morning of the second day was devoted to a “U.K.-France-Canada Partnering Workshop”, organized in collaboration with the U.K. counterparts,  the Canadian Photonics Consortium and UbiFrance Canada.   Building on this success in 2010, the French Trade Commission is considering organizing a mission  next year by attending the Photonic week scheduled in Ottawa in May 2011. This event will include: the 21st international conference on optical fiber sensors (OFS21) Photonics North 2011 and the annual conference of CIPI.

Montreal : May 17&18 - Toronto : May 19, The French Trade Commission in Canada (Ubifrance) organized for the first time, in collaboration with the Montreal metropolitan IT Security Association, a technology trade mission for 9 French firms specialized in IT Security. This event took place on the side lines of a conference on Information technology security in Montreal which gathered more than 300 professionals from Québec and Canada. The French firms got an opportunity to present their technological expertise during a seminar and were also able to exhibit at the Ubifrance kiosk. They also benefited from on the spot B2B meetings with Canadian partner firms followed by a networking cocktail. The trade mission concluded its Canadian visit in Toronto with B2B meetings organized by the French Trade Commission (Ubifrance).

Toronto : May 1st to May 7th - HOT DOCS is a documentary festival taking place in Toronto from April 29 until May 9. For the first time, a delegation of eleven French producers of documentary films was at Hot Docs for the 2010 edition. They had also the chance to visit Montreal  to meet with local producers and commissioning editors thanks to a partnership with SODEC.   This mission, labeled by Ubifrance, is co-organized by iconoval, the Alsace Image Cluster and the regional Chamber of Commerce Alsace-Export thanks to the financial support of Ubifrance. A whole week was enough time to get some contacts with local partners, meet Canadian, American, but also European producers.The French producers attended collective presentations and a networking cocktail and were able to meet with Telefilm Canada, Radio Canada,National Film Board, TFO, CanWest, WNED and CBC Radio Canada.

Toronto: May 4 - Miami or Los Angeles: May 6 During the LCBO Month of France, the French Trade Commissions in Canada have organised a tasting with 42 wine producers from 10 regions of France. The French Wine Connection 2010 – North America was a trade event only. Wine agencies, sommeliers, hotels and restaurants owners and managers as well as LCBO representatives could taste wines and spirits already on the market or discover new products. The French winegrowers then headed to Los Angeles or Miami.

17 organic wine French producers were in Montreal to present their products at a wine tasting event. Organised by the French Trade Commissions in Canada and in the USA , this event took place in Montreal, San Francisco and Washington DC. Dedicated to professionals (monopoles, agents, restaurants and sommeliers), this event was a great opportunity to discover the French soil and its famous regions for this growing  niche market.

Vancouver : 24 - 26 January 2010 The French Trade Commission (Ubifrance) in Canada organized for the second time in a row the participation of a French delegation to this event. Thanks to the presence of 19 companies and 2 clusters, France was the most important international delegation this year. More than 200 B2B meetings have been organized during the event. French companies could also present their activities and expertise during the 18 podium presentations proposed. To conclude this event, Ubifrance in partnership with the Life Sciences British Columbia, offered the delegation to participate to a conference dedicated to life sciences, followed by the visit of Canadian companies on site. Let’s meet next year from 27th of February to 1st March 2011 in Vancouver!