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October 2008 - The St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (SODES) is pleased to invite you to a luncheon meeting. This event will take place: Thursday, November 13, 12 h
Intercontinental Hotel, salle Maisonneuve
360 St-Antoine West Street
Montréal We are honoured to welcome guest speaker Ms. Madeleine Paquin, President and CEO of Logistec Corporation and chairwoman of the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes Trade Gateway Leadership Council. Ms. Paquin will present the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes Trade Gateway study. We will also take advantage of this occasion to express our gratefulness to Marc Gagnon, Sodes Executive Director [1985-2008].
The next Quebec Marine Day will take place on October 28. The theme of this year's edition is Marine Transportation: A Part of Quebec for the Last 400 Years. During this event, small groups of industry representatives will meet with Ministers and opposition members, with a view to sensitizing them to the industry's priority issues. 
The St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (SODES) is pleased to invite you to a luncheon meeting. This event, taking place in the context of the marine industry awareness campaign's regional tours, will take place: Thursday, October 2, 12:00 PM
Hôtel Rimouski, salle Langevin
225, boul. René-Lepage E.
Rimouski We are honoured to welcome guest speaker Mr. Robert Masson, SODES President, who will discuss under the theme: Marine Transportation, a key element to the lives of all Quebeckers. We will also welcome Mr. Éric Forest, mayor of Rimouski. The subject of the conference will be: Marine transportation as a support for Rimouski's economic development. SODES wishes to thank its collaborators: - Société de promotion économique de Rimouski;
- Institut maritime du Québec;
- Rimouski-Neigette's chamber of commerce and industry.
Québec City, August 26, 2008 - Mr. Pierre Prefontaine, Chairman of SODES' Board of
Directors, is pleased to announce the nomination of Mr. Robert Masson as President of
this organization. Mr. Masson, who started his mandate on the 4th of August, replaces
former executive director, Marc Gagnon. Press release (pdf)
Québec City, June 12, 2008 - The St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (SODES) is pleased to invite you to a luncheon meeting. This event will take place: Thursday, June 12, 12 h
Hôtel Château Laurier, salle Des Plaines
1220, Place George-V Ouest
Québec We are honoured to welcome guest speaker Mr. Emmanuel Guy of the Research Chair in Maritime Transportation of UQAR, which is partially financy by the marine industry. The subject of the conference will be: Public Policies to Increase Marine Transportation Competitiveness. Examples from Europe and Oceania.
Québec City, May 1, 2008- The members of the St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (Sodes) today discerned the 2007 St. Lawrence Award to Groupe Desgagnés. Exceptionally, the awards ceremony was held in the heart of the Old Capital, in the Château Frontenac, to mark Québec City's 400th anniversary. The three finalists were Groupe Desgagnés, Groupe Océan and IMTT-Québec, three Québec City-based companies (Presse release).  Pascal Ranger - Aluminerie Alouette (award winner 2006), Louis-Marie Beaulieu - Groupe Desgagnés (award winner 2007) et Pierre Préfontaine - Sodes president
Montreal, 14 May, 2008 - The St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (SODES) is pleased to invite you to a luncheon meeting. This event will take place: Wednesday, May 14, 12 h
Hilton Montréal Bonaventure
« Montréal ballroom »
900, de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montréal We are honoured to welcome guest speaker Mr. Patrice Pelletier, President and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority. CLICK HERE to registrer.
Trois-Rivières (Québec), January 22, 2008 - The St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (Sodes) received a financial contribution from Canada Economic Development and Transports Québec for a study on the St. Lawrence - Great Lakes trade gateway. In the presence of the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour, Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Québec regions and MP for Jonquière-Alma, and Julie Boulet, Minister of Transport of Québec, Minister responsible for the Mauricie region and Member for Laviolette, Sodes also revealed the details of the study. Press release (pdf) |
