GLOBAL PETROLEUM SHOW (GPS) is one of the largest energy exhibitions since 1968. GPS unites 60,000 international leaders, engineers, industry professionals, field operators visiting from 95 different countries, and 2,000 service and supply exhibiting companies.   On this occasion, UBIFRANCE Canada is hosting a delegation of 12 leading French companies specializing in the Oil & Gas sector. All of them are looking at partnering with Canadian companies to foster new and potential industry relationships.   B2B meetings will be organized at the French Pavilion with local interested companies.   Feel free to come and visit us at the show (Booth #7528).   For any further information please contact: UBIFRANCE - FRENCH TRADE COMMISSION IN VANCOUVER - Stéphane BLAJBERG, Trade Commissioner -   ste phane.blajberg@ubifrance.fr    - Tel.:+1 (604) 639-0922  

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  GLOBE is one of the biggest environmental & sustainable business summit in North America. This year marked the 12th biennial GLOBE Series Conference and Trade Fair with 400 exhibitors, 10 000 participants visiting from more than 50 countries. On this occasion, UBIFRANCE Canada and its partner ADEME (French Environment & Energy Management Agency), hosted a delegation of about 10 leading French companies specializing in diverse environmental sectors, such as renewable energy, greenhouse gas emissions management, recycling and waste management, water treatment, green building, etc. : Artelia, Ecomundo, Hocer, Hydrelis, Internat Energy Solutions, Solva-Rec/Chimirec, Vectrance, Certivea including ADEME. All of them were looking at meeting with local Canadian companies to develop business ties.  

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  The French Trade Commission in Canada is organizing a Trade Delegation in the Information Technology Security Sector on the occasion of the annual conference of the Information and Communication Security Association of Montréal (Colloque RSI 2012) one of the major information Security events in Canada and a gathering of major IT security professionals from Québec. This trade mission will take place from the 2nd to the 4th of May 2012 and the delegates will be visiting Toronto and Montreal in order to discover the new upcoming trends in the Canadian and North American information Security Industry. An individual B2B meetings schedule with Canadian companies will be organized on this occasion for each member of the French Trade delegation. A business opportunity not to be missed !

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After 3 successful participations in 2009 , 2010 and 2011 , Ubifrance and the French Trade Commission in Canada renewed their involvement in the 201 2 edition of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) mining Trade Show, one of the most important international events in the mining sector. The French Pavilion hosted 7 companies (Aramine, BRGM, ENAG, Geovariances, IRIS Instruments, Technidrill and Technip) and witnessed a 4-day schedule of B2B meetings for all participants.

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Eleven French companies in the elearning, serious gaming, web, IT services, mobile and health applications, participated in the Digital and Interactive Media business trade delegation organized for the 4th consecutive year by Ubifrance Canada from March 12 to 15 in Quebec and Ontario. Each participant received a personalized B2B meeting schedule in Montreal, Quebec and Toronto and participated in networking events with Canadian companies. Organized in partnership with Interactive Ontario and the Office Franco-Québécois pour la Jeunesse, this digital and interactive trade delegation was successful and allowed the French companies to better comprehend the Canadian IT and digital media industry. Two participating companies already registered local subsidiaries and are  ready to do business with Canadian companies.

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BioPartnering North America is North-America’s 2nd largest conference devoted to biotechnology. The 2012 edition brought together over 680 delegates from 422 companies and 28 countries. 2026 meetings were scheduled. For the fourth year in a row, The French Trade Commission in Canada brought a delegation of biotech companies from France. 15 French delegates attended the event making France the most important European delegation. During the three days of the conference, the 15 delegate companies made the most of the B2B meetings and networking events to develop and increase their international business relations. The receptions offered by the organizer TVG were great networking opportunities for all the delegates, in prestigious location s such as the Vancouver Aquarium. On the morning of February 29 th , the French delegates had the opportunity to visit local research centres: Discovery Park ( to meet with biotech companies), Centre for Drug Research & Development, Ubc Centre for Comparative Medicine, Prostate Centre, Genome Sciences Centre… In addition to the B2B meetings, the “ Ubifrance Canada ” booth generated traffic, potential business and increased the visibility of the French delegation.  A great 2012 edition which will certainly lead to a 5 th participation of UBifrance at BPN 2013.

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  For the fourth year in a row, The French Trade Commission UBifrance Canada is partnering with BPN, North-America’s 2nd largest conference devoted to biotechnology. In 2011 France was represented by no less than 12 individual firms and 3 clusters, making France the third most important national delegation after Canada and the United States. The French Trade Commission is delighted to present a unique trade mission to create and stimulate partnering opportunities for French and Canadian companies in the biotechnology market and to introduce French expertise. All participants are willing to establish or increase their international business relations and to develop closer contacts with both the global Canadian market and local western companies. French companies will be in Vancouver from February 26th to 29 th   to present themselves and share their experience during the three days of the conference.   Don’t miss this unique network opportunity to meet directly 15 French major biotech players at BPN on an international scope.  Our delegation is composed by the following companies :     •Affilogic - www.affilogic.com •Alsace Biovalley - www.alsace-biovalley.com •Ariana Pharmaceuticals – www.arianapharma.com •Bioalternatives – www.bioalternatives.com •Cohiro – www.cohiro.fr •Eurasanté – www.eurasante.com •Metabolys– http://metabolys.com •Novalix – www.novalix-pharma.com •Invest in Western France – www.western-france.eu   •Physiostim – www.physiostim.com •Plant Advanced Technologies – www.plantadvanc ed.com •Prestwick Chemical – www.prestwickchemical.com •PX’Therapeutics – www.px-therapeutics.com •Roowin – www.roowin.com •Vivalis – www.vivalis.com

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