with
Sophie D'Amours, Université Laval
Innovation and knowledge are the centerpieces
of a remarkable transformation of Canada’s forest
products industry. The old vision of exporting logs and
pulp is being swept away by a new paradigm of sustainable
forest management, innovative and value-added products,
integrated value chains and multi-company, multi-sectoral
partnerships.
Few people are more informed about the technologies
that are shaping these changes than Université Laval
industrial engineer Sophie D’Amours. Come and learn
how she and her colleagues and partners now collaborate
to solve challenges holistically and position the industry
as a global leader in the growing renewable energy and biomaterials
economy. D’Amours holds both a senior Canada Research
Chair and an NSERC Industrial Research Chair. She is the
scientific director of the NSERC Strategic Network Grant
on Value Chain Optimization and the former director of FORAC
(De la FORêt Au Client)—a highly successful
research consortium that she built at Université
Laval. FORAC has evolved to engage numerous partners from
the forest product industry, the high-technology sector,
and both public and private organizations. In recognition
of the respect that she has earned, both in industry and
academia, she was recently named Chair of the Board of Directors,
of le Centre de recherche industrielle du Québec,
as well as Vice-Dean, Research and Development, in the Faculty
of Science and Engineering at Université Laval.
Organized by: The Partnership Group for Science
and Engineering (PAGSE
