Ubifrance Canada for the second year in a row organized a delegation of 6 companies offering innovative solutions designed to improve the quality of care for the aging population and people living with a disability. For this second trade mission, the delegates attended the Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology in Toronto. They also had the opportunity to tour the new lab facilities of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and meet one-on-one with potential business partners.   In Montreal, a customized seminar was organized for the participating companies  and involved the following organizations from Quebec: the Association québécoise d’établissements de santé et de services sociaux (AQESSS) that represents 133 health-related public institutions, FADOQ (Quebec Federation of Senior Citizens) and SEDNA Group who offers long-term care services, specialized medical and nursing services.   In both Ontario and Quebec, Ubifrance Canada organized individual meetings for each of the 6 participating companies to identify potential business partners.

BioPartnering North America is North-America’s 2nd largest conference devoted to biotechnology. The 2011 edition brought together over 800 delegates from 500 companies and 28 countries. 2,500 meetings were scheduled. For the third 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.   On the morning of March 2nd the delegates had the opportunity to visit local research centres: BC Cancer Agency, James Hogg Centre and the University of British Columbia (Centre for Disease Modelling, MRI Research Centre). In addition to the B2B meetings, the Ubifrance/French Trade Commission booth generated traffic, potential business and increased the visibility of the French delegation.    A great success for our delegates in 2011 and a 4th participation is already scheduled for next year.

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE French Technology Press Office Ref #:  A097 Contact: Kimberly Elsham Tel: (312) 327-5260 E-mail: contact.ftpo@ubifrance.fr   FRENCH COMPANIES AND CLUSTERS AT BIOCONTACT SYMPOSIUM OCTOBER 6-7, 2010, IN QUEBEC Chicago, September 15, 2010 (672 words)  A delegation of French clusters and biotech companies will be coming to BioContact Symposium from on Oct. 6 and 7, 2010, at Château Frontenac, in Quebec City, Quebec, to share their expertise with their Canadian counterparts. France, a top player in the European biotech industry with a network of about 400 companies and labs, is at the cutting-edge of biotechnologies and is actively looking for new business developments and partnerships. ( Please scroll down for the French version of this release. ) The delegation is organized by Ubifrance, the French agency for international business development and the DGCIS (General Directorate for Competitiveness, Industry and Services from the French Ministry of Economy, Industry and Employment). The participants will be attending the symposium in order to promote the French industry and to facilitate and encourage collaboration and exchanges between the two countries.  During the symposium, the French delegation will have the opportunity to visit some sites and laboratories, meet with potential BtoB partners and take part in the presentations about all kinds of biotech themes, from diagnostics to therapeutics, including services and other disciplines (for more information about the presentations and panels, visit www.biocontact.qc.ca/ ). Some members

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!