Conferences and workshops

• Innovation

Innovation: from spark to full blaze,  Charles-Mathieu Brunelle.

• Exporting and marketing

Exporting is good for the economy, being paid is good for the exporter,  Frank Trentadue and Jacques Fleury.

Marketing strategies for seafood products, Sandra Gagné.

• Fisheries and aquaculture

Economic portrait of Îles-de-la-Madeleine fisheries and aquaculture,  Luc Boucher.

An operational network of commercial fishing harbours: a source of ongoing concern and constant involvement for Fisheries and Oceans Canada,  Guy Descôteaux.

Role and services of the Société de développement de l'industrie maricole (SODIM),  Denis Lévesque.

Tax harmonization in the Maritime regions,  Donat Thériault and Claire Thibault.

• E-business

Efficient use of e-business,  Claude Riopel.

• Tourism

Product development and tourist reception: tourist market trends and opportunities for the Îles-de-la-Madeleine,  Paul Arsenault.

2004-2007 Marketing strategies: policy, objectives, budgets, strategies by product, evaluation of results and success factors,  Louise Nadeau.
 

• Fishing and its day-to-day management

Fishing and taxation, Hélène Marquis.

Regulatory reform and fishing vessel safety regulations,  Robert Beaudoin and Gilles Hubert.

Tax credit: aquaculture research and development,  Jean-Guy Paquet.

Harbour authorities and their volunteers: a crucial partnership,  Guy Descôteaux.

• Climate change and wind power

The science of climate change: what it means for the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Jacques Lavigne.

Power generation: from wind to water,  Claude Demers.

Workshops

• Small business information seminar , led by Hélène Marquis.
• The tax auditing process , led by Donat Thériault.