Business partners and customers Knowledge utilization Chair The Chair's vision is to improve linkage and exchange among health system actors in order to augment the applied research capacity and to induce decision makers to increase the utilization of research in health services. The ten-year life of the Chair provides the long term stability that is essential to foster linkage and exchange, and develop and capitalize on pertinent applied research and decision making opportunities in health services. http://kuuc.chair.ulaval.ca/ Smart Practices Innovation Network The Smart Practices Innovation Network pursues the activities of the Réseau québécois sur l’étude et la promotion des systèmes d’innovation (RQSI). The network is first of all a group of persons who have an interest in the innovation process and regional development. Secondly, it is an intelligence gathering tool through which these persons can stay up-to-date on the best innovative practices and economic development in OECD countries. It is finally an extensive database that repertories initiatives, practices, public policies, research programs and documents on innovation and regional economic development. http://www.rqsi.ulaval.ca Strategy Contact Strategy Contact helps companies in the region of Quebec to make business with the Quebec government. Strategy Contact makes daily searches on MERX for enterprises and offers them the support for the analysis of call for tender, the preparation of the submissions and marketing researches. http://www.strategie-contact.qc.ca/ GATIQ Technorégion The action group for the technological and industrial promotion of Québec and Chaudière-Appalaches region ( GATIQ) is composed of successful enterprise and economic development organizations of the technoregion. The GATIQ concentrates its action on the most favorable projects and activities for the development of the technoregion and the companies that are part of it. http://www.gatiq.qc.ca Canada Economic Development Canada Economic Development is a key player in Quebec among federal stakeholders working for the economic development of Canada's regions. As a member of the Industry Portfolio, the Agency works proactively, as part of a team, building on synergy with a number of federal departments and organisations that influence the economic development of the regions of Quebec. http://www.dec-ced.gc.ca Center for the Analysis of Public Policies The Center for the Analysis of Public Policies (CAPP) has a mandate to explain variations in governmental activities using a diachronic and comparative perspective. Tha main goals of the research group are the promotion of research on public policy, the co-ordination of research projects on government interventions, the formation of junior researchers, the promotion of the application of knowledge by public and private sectors, the diffusion of knowledge on the explanation of varaitions in public policies. http://www.capp.ulaval.ca Gazel.ca Gazel.ca, the E-business crossroads, aims to supply strategic information for small and medium-sized firms. Gazel.ca is a good tool for business people and other stakeholders who want to be leaders in the new economy. http://www.gazel.ca Portneuf's SADC Portneuf'S SADC has the mission to stimulate the participation of the community in the coverage of its future. The SADC favors the economic development and the implementation of local initiatives by investing in Portneuf's region enterprise. http://www.sadcportneuf.qc.ca Université du Québec L'Université du Québec welcomes every year beyond 76 000 students. It offers more than 300 programs of high school diploma, mastery and doctorate. It consists of ten establishments distributed on the vast territory of Quebec. http://www.uquebec.ca Cybercat CyberCat is a computer consulting firm specialized in Web applications useful to companies. The firm, established over 4 years ago, is the technological partner of some 12 communications firms (Québec, Sherbrooke and Montréal) wishing to provide e-commerce and database management through the Internet. Its staff is mainly composed mostly of computer and electronic engineering graduates allowing us to offer our customers the services of proficient professionals, with more than 16 years of experience in information technologies. http://www.cybercat.ca Meeting The Future The multidisciplinary and international research center "Meeting The Future" provides a prospective look on the company of the 21st century. It proposes virtual conferencing cycles on strategic organizational axes with the views of high level experts and applied scientists. E-training session modules are also available. The virtual library also includes a variety of works, publications, magazines and reports allowing to present current and anticipatory trends. The Innovative Project Observatory is open to international pilot experiments, innovative products and entrepreneurship.