GCCA

Écotech Québec to Welcome International Cleantech Clusters

JC — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:56:43 +0000

Lahti, Finland – November 5, 2010 Écotech Québec, Québec’s Cleantech Cluster, today announced 
that the Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA), the new worldwide network of cleantech 
clusters, will hold its first international conference in Montréal during the Ecocity World Summit in 
August 2011. The new association was officially launched today at the Cleantech Venture Day 2010 in 
Lahti, Finland.

“We are very pleased to have convinced GCCA that Québec is the ideal place to hold its very first 
international conference,” noted Denis Leclerc, Écotech Québec’s President and CEO. “We have 
focussed primarily on the fact that Québec is home of key cleantech companies and several 
international environmental organizations and that the province is firmly committed to “greening” the 
economy and fighting climate change. Finally, the presence of the Ecocity World Summit 2011 in 
Montréal created the perfect forum for GCCA’s first international conference.” 
According to Luc Rabouin, Executive Director of the Montreal Urban Ecology Centre and Ecocity 2011 
Co-Chair, “Since cleantech is one of the key factors that will enable us to build truly green cities, it was 
only natural for us to invite the Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) to meet as part of our 
event.”

Écotech Québec will therefore host cleantech cluster representatives from around the world in August 
2011. The conference will centre largely on sharing best practices to help clusters be more efficient 
and effective. The primary goal is to find ways for the various different clusters to pool their resources 
to accelerate the development of clean technologies.

About Ecocity World Summit.

From August 22 to 26, 2011, Ecocity World Summit 2011 will gather more than 1,500 participants from 50 countries at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. The first Ecocity World Summit to be held in a northern climate city, Ecocity 2011 is the 9

th in a series of in international conferences held since 1990 
on the theme of the sustainable city. The event is organized by the Montreal Urban Ecology Centre.

About Écotech Québec
The first organization of its type in Canada, Écotech Québec unites and mobilizes the cleantech 
industry around common goals and actions. In partnership with key stakeholders at the Québec, 
Canadian and international levels, Écotech Québec supports industry players by accelerating the 
design, development, adoption, commercialization and export of clean technologies. In this way, 
Écotech Québec is participating in the greening of the Québec economy with a view to sustainable 
development.

Écotech Québec receives financial support from the private sector, the Government of Québec and 
the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.

For information and interviews:

Denis Leclerc Luc Rabouin
President and CEO Executive director, Montreal Urban Ecology Centre
Écotech Québec Co-Chair of Ecocity World Summit 2011
Tel : 514-864-8310 Tel : 514 282-8378
Cel : 514 914-1405 www.ecocite2011.com
dleclerc@ecotechquebec.com

International Environmental B2B meetings at Lille, France on 12th and 13th June 2012

JC — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:24:07 +0000

During 2 major environmental events in North of France from 12^th to 14^th June:

Environmental trade fair ENVIRONORD, www.salon-environord.com with more than 250 exhibitors and 7000 professional visitors

European Congress on “Eco-technologies for the Future”, www.eco-technologies.org with more than 100 international speakers and 3000 participants

300 companies from 30 countries (Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Italy, UK, Germany, Finland, Russia, South Africa…) are expected to attend the B2B meetings on 12^th and 13^th June so do not miss this opportunity to meet your future partners during personalized 30min meetings with other companies, laboratories & centres of researches, green investors, local territories, environmental clusters.. and:

ð Find new partners (commercial, technological, European research..)

ð Promote and sell your products, know-how & technologies

ð Find ideas, expertise and technologies to their needs and boost eco-innovation

Represented sectors : recycling & renewable materials, water treatment, soil & sediment, renewable energy and energy efficiency, construction and eco-materials, air & noise control, LCA…

Programme and Side events:

Monday 11^th June	Visits of innovative cleantech companies in Northern France
Tuesday 12^th June	*9h30 – 11h30* : Inaugural conference of the European Congress on “Eco-technologies for the future” with among other speakers Nobel prize winner Jean Jouzel with GIEC in 2007, a representative from European Commission on Eco-Innovation Action Plan… *12h00* : Awards of the European Eco-innovation contest (7 different prizes and applications closing on 15^th May 2012 for non-French companies) *14h00 – 17h30* : International B2B match-making meetings (individual meeting of 30min with potential partners and clients) in partnership with European Enterprise Network *18h00* : International Networking Cocktail
Wednesday 13^th June	*9h30 – 12h00* : International B2B match-making meetings (individual meeting of 30min with potential partners and clients) in partnership with European Enterprise Network *13h00 – 18h00* : Free visit of the environmental trade fair Environord and/or attending special workshop of European Congress on clean technologies such as recycling & waste management, eco-building, water treatment, energy innovation…(several workshops in parallel) *13h00 – 18h00* : Special international workshop for *Environmental Clusters, networking and exchange of best practices, in partnership* with GCCA – Global Cleantech Cluster Association**
Thursday 14^th June 2012	Free visit of the environmental trade fair Environord and/or attending special workshop of European Congress on clean technologies such as recycling & waste management, eco-building, water treatment, energy innovation…(several workshops in parallel)

Take the opportunity to apply to the European Eco-Innovation Contest (deadline 15th May for non-French companies and laboratories): if you have invented an innovative technology, services or made a successful transfer in environment field in the last 3 years, do not hesitate to apply before the 15^th May 2012 and maybe win one of the 7 prizes being awarded on the 12^th June at Environord trade fair at Lille

Special Workshop for Cleantech CLUSTERS : international networking and best practices exchange for environmental Clusters on the 13^th June from 13h to 18h

Participation is only for environmental stakeholders (cleantech companies, laboratories, universities, local authorities, green investors, business angels, environmental clusters) and is free of charge (for the whole programme) but compulsory registration before 25^th May 2012 by filling and sending the attached form at h.anis@cd2e.com, Tel: +33 (0)3 21 13 06 83

This B2B meetings are organized by the French environmental cluster CD2E, in partnership with EEN (Europe Enterprise Network) and GCCA (Global Cleantech Cluster Association) andUNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization)

Join 18 GCCA Cluster members in Savannah Georgia Nov 11-13

JC — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:30:09 +0000

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