Ottawa, 16-18 May: after a 1st successful participation in 2010, it was obvious that the French Trade Commission (Ubifrance) in Canada would raise a new delegation of French Photonic Cies to attend Photonics North, the main conference in photonics in Canada, in 2011!
Then, these are not less than eight companies interested in developing their activities in Canada which attended the event this year.
For 3 days, Ixfiber, Microcertec, RSA Le Rubis, Photline, Idil, Perfos Teem photonics and Vectrawave have got the opportunity to exhibit their technologies, products or services, at the exhibition space.
The French companies followed a four-day program held in 2 stages:
- 3 days in Ottawa, including individuals B2B meetings with potential partners, visit of the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC) and the participation at Photonics North where additional pre-targeted meetings as well as networking through the Ubifrance booth made contacts easier, allowing the French delegation to enhance their visibility all along the expo. Access to technical sessions at OFS21 was also included.
- 1 day in Montréal, where an additional session of B2B and visits of sites (IMI-NRC and EMT-INRS Research Institute) took place.