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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) |