Ubifrance and the French Trade Commissions in Canada hosted for the 2 nd time a delegation of 6 French Oil & Gas suppliers & service companies (BOUYGUES BUILDING, COREAU, CV ASSOCIÉS, OSEAD HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGIES, PCM et VAN BEEST France) at GO EXPO 2011, the #1 Oil & Gas on-shore event in North America in 2011.  During the 3 days of the show they had the opportunity to showcase their products, services & know-how, meet key players of the Oil & Gas industry, and develop business partnerships with local clients, distributors or partners.  

  For the first time, France participated as the Guest of honour to the 9th edition of AMERICANA, the biennial international exhibition of environmental technologies, held at the Palais des Congrès of Montreal from March 22 to 24, 2011.   With the support of the French Trade Commission UBIFRANCE in Canada, the French Pavilion welcomed a delegation of thirty-four companies and organizations specialized in environmental technologies.   More than 8,000 visitors and speakers and 310 exhibitors participated to this edition. Over 50 countries were represented. More than 800 business meetings were held within the matchmaking forum.   The Club ADEME International , which greatly helped its members to exhibit at AMERICANA, has been very involved, particularly through the program of lectures on the themes of the French expertise of waste management and climate plans and energy efficiency in buildings and industry.   Once again, the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region has shown a significant mobilization of businesses, coordinated by the association CD2E "Creating Eco-Business Development."

  After 2 successful participations in 2009 and 2010, Ubifrance and the French Trade Commission in Canada renewed their involvement in the 2011 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 6 organisations ( BRGM, Technip, Geovariances, Groupe EPC, Someflu et l’Institut Polytechnique Lasalle Beauvais) and witnessed a 4-day schedule of B2B meetings for all participants.

Montreal: 7 – 10 Decembre 2009 On the occasion of Aéro-Montréal Innovation Forum, the French Trade Commission (Ubifrance) in Canada organised a market discovery trade mission with 14 French companies looking to refine their development strategies in this important sector of the Canadian economy. Other than their attendance of the forum’s workshops and technical sessions, the participants also benefited from a program of B2B meetings and a technical day organised by the Quebec Aerospace Association (AQA). In addition, they were hosted for a day by the Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec (CRIAQ).

Calgary: 8 – 11 June 2009 With 700 exhibitors and 20 000 visitors, the Gas & Oil Exposition (GO Expo) is one of the 5 biggest events in the calendar of the North American energy sector. The 2009 edition of the show saw the participation of 12 French companies under the umbrella of the French Trade Commission (Ubifrance) in Canada. Other than the presence at the 55 m2 pavilion, participants also benefited from a program of B2B meetings organised by the French Trade Commission and attended a day-long series of seminars presented by several important sector players such as Total and Technip.

Montreal : 17 – 19 march 2009 The French Trade Commission in Canada (Ubifrance) participated for the 3rd time to Americana, the biennial environmental technologies Trade Show, with a French presence significantly more important than the previous editions: 22 companies and organisations were represented on the French pavilion, all of them participating in a program of 140 B2B meetings (90 industrial + 50 commercial meetings). Several companies travelled to Toronto after the show to participate in another B2B program, also organised by Ubifrance and the French Trade Commissions in Canada.