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Organization

The Board of Directors

To accurately identify manufacturer needs and best tailor its services to the requirements of its clients and partners, INO calls on the know-how of a board of directors and advisory committee made up of eminent experts in the field. INO is administered by 18 members:

10 members from the private sector
the CEO
the chair of the board
2 university representatives
4 representatives from the Government of Québec and the Government of Canada.

Monique L. Bégin *: Corporate Director
Quebec, Quebec
André Bolduc: Team Leader
Project Management Office
Bell Canada
Verdun, Quebec
Normand R. Bourque: Corporate Director
Lorraine, Quebec
Robert Després *: Corporate Director
DRM Holding Inc.
Quebec, Quebec
Denis Faubert: General Manager
Institut de recherche d'Hydro Québec
Varennes, Quebec
Yvon Gasse *: Director, Chair in
Entrepreneurship and
Innovation Université Laval
Quebec, Quebec

François Giroux: President
Gentec Inc.
Quebec, Quebec
Simon Jacques: Director, Sales Canada
Cassidian
Ottawa, Ontario
Guy Laberge *: Corporate Director
Quebec, Quebec
Liliane Laverdière: Vice-President, Business Development (Eastern Quebec) and Specialized Services
Desjardins Group
Quebec, Quebec
Jean-Guy Paquet *: Chairman of the Board of Directors INO
Quebec, Quebec
Jean Pronovost: Corporate Director
Quebec, Quebec

Jean-Yves Roy *: President and Chief Executive Officer INO
Quebec, Quebec
Hugues St-Pierre *: Corporate Director and President of MAXXAB
Rimouski, Quebec
Alain-Jacques Simard: President & CEO
Teraxion
Quebec, Quebec
Jacques Topping: Corporate Director
Quebec, Quebec
Jean-Marie Toulouse: Professor Emeritus
HEC Montreal
Montreal, Quebec
Garry Vail: Corporate Director
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, Quebec

* Executive Comitee Members

R&D Advisory Committee

Made up of 14 members from the public and private sectors across Canada, the R&D Advisory Committee reports directly to the Board of Directors. The Committee advises the INO Board on strategic scientific planning in light of the changing needs of Canadian businesses.

Michel Bélanger: Nortel Networks
Ottawa, Ontario
Richard Boudreault: Technologies Aérospatiales
Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Claude Chapdelaine: NRC-CNRC
Quebec, Quebec
Sylvain Charbonneau: Institute for
Microstructural Sciences
Ottawa, Ontario
Pierre Galarneau: INO
Quebec, Quebec

Jacques G. Giroux: ABB-Bomem Inc.
Quebec, Quebec
Jean Giroux: TELOPS
Quebec, Quebec
Simon Labbé: INO
Quebec, Quebec
Jean Maheux: DRDC-Valcartier
Quebec, Quebec
Michel Piché: Centre d'optique photonique
et laser (COPL)
Quebec, Quebec

Antonio Scandella: Bell Canada
Montreal, Quebec
Michael Schmidt: Friedrich-Alexander Universität
Erlangen – Nürnberg, Germany
Jean-Marie Toulouse: HEC Montreal
Montreal, Quebec
Garry Vail: Corporate Director
Quebec, Quebec
Brian Wilson: Photonics Research Ontario
Toronto, Ontario

Associate Researchers

Every year, INO confers the title of "Associate Researcher" on professors/researchers who work with INO's scientific personnel or serve as codirectors of graduate level INO Fellows, in recognition of their contribution and collaboration.

Jacques Albert: Department of Electronics
Carleton University
Benoit Appert-Collin: Alphanov
Richard Berman: Université du Massachusetts
Jean-Pierre Blanchet: Université du Québec à Montréal
Colin Bradley: Université de Victoria
Sue Chen: Laboratory Services
University of Guelph
Sihai Chen: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Luchino Cohen: Agence spatiale canadienne
Mike Dixon: University of Guelph
Adi Eisenberg: McGill University
Qiyin Fang: McMaster University
Marie-Josée Gauvin: CEGEP de St-Laurent
Amir Gandjbakhche: National Institute of Health
David Jaffrey: University Health Network
Thomas Jennewein: Institute for Quantum Computing
University of Waterloo

Alexander Koujelev: Agence spatiale canadienne
David Loop: Astronomy Technology Research Group
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
Xavier Maldague: Département de génie électrique et de génie informatique
Université Laval
Philip Mauskopf: Université Cardiff
Jean-François Morin: Université Laval
Linh Ngo-Phong: Agence spatiale canadienne
Robert Nordstrom: National Institute of Health/NCI
Marc Parizeau: Département de génie électrique et de génie informatique
Université Laval
Michel Piché: COPL
Université Laval
Brian Pogue: Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
Daniel Provençal: Agence spatiale canadienne
Alexandra Rink: Princess Margaret Hospital
University of Health Network
Martin Rochette: Université McGill
Département de génie électrique et de génie informatique

Michael Schmidt: Bayerisches Laser Zentrum
Friedrich-Alexander Universität
Eric Seibel: Mechanical Engineering
University of Washington
Lorenzo Spinelli: Politecnico di Milano
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Hoang Trang: IRIC
Université de Montréal
Bruce Tromberg: The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Réal Vallée: COPL
Université laval
Jean-Pierre Véran: Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
Alex Vitkin: Ontario Cancer Institute / Princess Margaret Hospital
Brian Wilson: University Health Network
Ulrich Wittrock: Department of Applied Physics
Münster University of Applied Sciences
André Zaccarin: Département de génie électrique et de génie informatique
Université Laval

INO Members

INO's select clientele offers a real hand in its work withmanufacturing clients and keeps the organization in tune with theindustry. Membership in INO is open to any corporation, company,organization or person interested in promoting and in meeting INOobjectives. Members take part in the annual meeting where they reviseand adopt the financial statements, and the auditor's report, and theyelect the corporation's directors in accordance with the GeneralBy-laws.

The membership structure is made up of 5 categories, each offering privileges consistent with the fees perceived.

The Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec are ex-officio members;
Large corporations and major research organizations are affiliate members;
Associate members can be found mainly among small and medium-size businesses;
The individuals (individual members);
The persons who have distinguished themselves by their involvement in INO operations
(honorary members).

Only ex-officio, affiliate and associate members have the right to vote at these meetings.