Ottawa, 16-18 May: after a 1 st 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.

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.