Governance

Montréal, Québec, June 22, 2012 – At its annual general meeting held on June 12, NanoQuébec renewed the mandates of most members of its board of directors for the year 2012-2013 and proceeded to appoint three new industrial members.

Governing bodies :

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
André Archambault	Director General Soucy Techno Inc.
Benoit Balmana	President and CEO NanoQuébec
Sabin Boily	Director, Research and Industry Relations École de technologie supérieure
Hamid Benaddi	Director and scientific advisor Stedfast Recherche
Jacques Bernier	CEO Folia Biotech inc
Josée Blanchard, Ph. D., MBA	Director, Business Developement, Life Sciences Sherbrooke Innopole
Mohamed Chaker, Ph. D.	Professor, INRS ÉMT Chairman, Scientific Affairs Committee
Jean-Jacques Drieux	Vice-president Innovation-Produits Produits Chimiques Magnus
Réjean Girard	Head of Material Sciences Department Hydro-Québec
Philippe Hugelé	CEO St-Jean Photochimie Inc., Groupe PCAS
Wes R. Jamroz	Director, Space Division MPB Communications Inc.
Claude Jean	Executive Vice-President and Director General Teledyne DALSA
Pierre Lapointe, Chairman of the Board president@nanoquebec.ca	President and CEO FPInnovations
Jean Moreau	President and CEO Celluforce
Claudine Simson	Research & IP Executive LA Business Development IBM Corporation
François Verdy Goyette, Treasurer	Director General Centre d'innovation en microélectronique du Québec
Jean Belzile (observer)	Assistant Deputy Minister Recherche, innovation et science citoyenne Ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation
Maryse Lassonde (non-voting member)	Directrice scientifique Fonds de recherche Nature et technologies
Danial D. M. Wayner (non-voting member)	Vice-President, Physical Sciences National Research Council Canada
Isabelle Deschamps (observer)	Professor École de technologie supérieure
Sylvie Dufort (secretary)	Administration Manager NanoQuébec

SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
What it is: The Scientific Affairs Committee issues recommendations on the scientific aspects of NanoQuébec’s activities, programs and planning.
Richard Arès, Ph. D. ing. jr	Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Université de Sherbrooke
Robert Beauregard	Dean Faculty of Forestry, Geography and Geomatics Université Laval
Jean Bouchard, Ph. D.	Chief Scientist Chemical pulping FPInnovations
Michael D. Buschmann, Ph. D.	Professor Canada Research Chair in Cartilage Tissue Engineering NSERC Chair/BioSyntech-Biomaterials Director GRSTB [from FRSQ] Department of Chemical Engineering Institute of Biomedical Engineering École Polytechnique de Montréal
Mohamed Chaker, Ph. D., Committee chairmain	Professor INRS ÉMT
Denis Désilets	Director, Research & Development and Quality Control St-Jean Photochimie Inc.
Andrew G. Kirk	Interim Dean and James McGill Professor of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University Director, McGill Institute for Advanced Materials
Luc Ouellet	Vice-President Technology Development DALSA Semiconductor
Teodor Veres, Ph.D.	Group Leader Advanced Materials Design Functional Nanomaterials NRC Industrial Materials Institute
Benoit Balmana	President and CEO NanoQuébec
Sylvie Dufort, Committee secretary	Administration Manager NanoQuébec

UNIVERSITY LIAISON COUNCIL
What it is: The University Liaison Council’s mandate is to build and harmonize relationships between NQ and member universities and to issue opinions on academic issues related to NanoQuébec’s mission.
Jacques Beauvais	Vice-Rector, Research Université de Sherbrooke
Sabin Boily, Chairman	Director, Research and Industry relations École de technologie supérieure
Yves Mauffette	Vice-Rector, Research and Creation Université du Québec à Montréal
Paul Fortier	Vice-Rector Research and Creation Université Laval
Alain Fournier	Scientific Director Institut national de la recherche scientifique [INRS]
Benoit Balmana	President and CEO NanoQuébec
Graham Carr	Acting Vice-Rector, Research and Graduate Studies Concordia University
Geneviève Tanguay	Vice-Rector, Research, Creation and Innovation Université de Montréal
Gilles Savard	Director, Research and Innovation École Polytechnique de Montréal
Rose Goldstein	Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations) McGill University
Mohamed Chaker (observer)	Professor INRS ÉMT Chairman, Scientific Affairs Committee
Martin Doyon (observer)	Ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation
Sylvie Dufort, Committee secretary	Administration Manager NanoQuébec

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