Bavaria-Québec News

From 14 to 15 July, 2016, the 8th Regionl Leaders Summit was held in Munich, Bavaria. The focal topic of this year’s Regional Leaders’ Summit was “Digitalization and Innovation”. With the 8th Regional Leaders’ Summit, the partner regions expanded their cooperation in the fields of economy and science, shaped the developments accompanying digitalization, and opened up future prospects. The strong bilateral relationship between Bavaria and Québec was further strengthened during this multilateral and multiregional conference, with several new cooperation agreements being signed. The 9th RLS Conference will take place in Québec in 2018, where the theme will be ''Energy transition: Towards a low-carbon economy''.

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TIRCON (Treat Iron-Related Childhood-Onset Neurodegeneration) successfully held its Final Conference in Munich from October 15 to October 16.

The successful scientific cooperation between Bavaria and Québec will be further expanded. On September 6, 2014, a new cooperation agreement was signed by Dr. Michael Mihatsch, Bureau Chief of the Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Culture, Science and the Arts (StMBW), Ms. Maryse Lassonde, Scientific Director at Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature and Technology, and Mr. Renaldo Battista, Scientific Director at Fonds de recherche du Québec – Health.

As part of IFAT 2014, the World’s Leading Fair for Water, Sewage, Waste, and Raw Materials Management, a unique forum on Canadian water and energy resources was held May 7, 2014.

Prof. Alain-G. Gagnon is presenting a collection of his latest essays on federalism and national
diversity in Canada. You are kindly invited to attend the launch of “Das Zeitalter der Ungewissheiten” on February 25, 2014.

The new ERA-Can+ initiative was launched on October 1, 2013, to promote opportunities for Canadian researches to work with European colleagues in Horizon 2020, the new European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.