{"id":9754,"date":"2020-11-05T10:02:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T15:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/news\/article\/mtl-connecte-2020-une-grande-reussite-un-impact-global\/"},"modified":"2020-11-05T14:09:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T19:09:48","slug":"mtl-connect-2020-a-great-success-a-global-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/en\/news\/article\/mtl-connect-2020-a-great-success-a-global-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"MTL connect 2020: A great success, a global impact!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Montreal, November 5, 2020<\/b> \u2014 It is under the sign of boldness and innovation that Montreal Digital Spring (Printemps num\u00e9rique) held the second edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/mtlconnecte.ca\/en\/\">MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week<\/a>, 100% online from October 13 to 18, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main objectives of Montreal Digital Spring was to connect participants with each other. Mission accomplished, as <b>more than 16,000 interactions between participants<\/b> took place via the online platforms offered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Provenance-des-participants.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Origin of participants<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><b>MTL CONNECT 2020 IN NUMBERS<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>11,909<\/b> participants, including <b>4,193<\/b> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/isea2020.isea-international.org\/\">ISEA2020<\/a> stream<\/li>\n<li><b>87 countries<\/b> represented<\/li>\n<li><b>18<\/b> international delegations and <b>6<\/b> intra-Quebec delegations<\/li>\n<li><b>474<\/b> sessions: <b>308<\/b> conferences, <b>107<\/b> workshops and <b>59<\/b> panels<\/li>\n<li><b>+600<\/b> speakers and <b>133<\/b> local and international artists<\/li>\n<li><b>+300 hours of content<\/b>: 12 hours of live content per day on 6 channels<\/li>\n<li><b>1,732<\/b> visitors to the <a href=\"https:\/\/art2020.isea-international.org\/\">ISEA2020 artistic website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>229<\/b> visitors in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mtlconnecte.ca\/en\/enter-our-virtual-world\/\">virtual world<\/a><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>9 thematic Pavilions<\/b>: Cybersecurity and digital identity \/ AI, IoT and 4.0 \/ FinTech \/ City of the future \/ Future of Work \/ Creativity &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/isea2020.isea-international.org\/\">ISEA2020<\/a> \/ Health \/ Education \/ Sustainable development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>(RE)LIVE IN IMAGE MTL CONNECT 2020<\/h3>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\"><iframe title=\"MTL connecte 2020 : retour en images\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GVseyQoRn_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><b>A RICH AND DIVERSIFIED PROGRAM<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The event also offered a <b>tech zone<\/b> with an award ceremony: the <a href=\"https:\/\/mtlconnecte.ca\/en\/mtl-tech-awards\/\">MTL Tech Awards<\/a>, an <b>e-Job Fair<\/b>, <b>expert consultation clinics<\/b>, <b>express coaching<\/b>, <b>smart networking<\/b>, <b>business meetings<\/b> through the presence of <b>international and local delegations<\/b>, and networking moments with <i>After Hours<\/i> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mtlconnecte.ca\/en\/enter-our-virtual-world\/\">virtual world<\/a> of Montreal Digital Spring.<\/p>\n<h3><b>SPECIAL EVENTS<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Among them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreso.com\/fileadmin\/_temp_\/Agenda_Smart_Buildings_and_Communities__002_.pdf\">Smart Buildings and Communities, from Germany and Quebec<\/a>: in partnership with the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Montreal;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mtlconnecte.ca\/festival-du-monde\/\">Le Festival du Monde<\/a>: 3 sessions led by journalists from the newspaper Le Monde, in collaboration with the Consulate of France in Quebec City and with the support of the Ministry of International Relations and Francophonie of the Government of Quebec;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holtaccelerator.ai\/holt-fintech-show\/\">Holt Fintech Show<\/a>: presented in collaboration with Holt Accelerator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>NOTICED PRESENCES<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Among those present were <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89ric_Caire\"><b>\u00c9ric Caire<\/b><\/a>, Quebec&#8217;s Minister for Government Digital Transformation; <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audrey_Tang\"><b>Audrey Tang<\/b><\/a>, Minister of Digital (Taiwan); <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rob_Wainwright_(civil_servant)\"><b>Sir Rob Wainwright<\/b><\/a>, Senior Partner at Deloitte (Netherlands) and ex. Director General of Europol; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alissaknight.com\/\"><b>Alissa Knight<\/b><\/a>, Hacker (USA); <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Gabriel_Ganascia\"><b>Jean-Gabriel Ganascia<\/b><\/a>, computer scientist and philosopher Sorbonne University &#8211; President of COMETS, Ethics Committee of the CNRS (France); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jeanneholm\/\"><b>Jeanne Holm<\/b><\/a>, Director of Data Systems (CDO) and Senior Technology Advisor to the Mayor of Los Angeles (USA); and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Synthetic_media\"><b>Victor Riparbelli<\/b><\/a>, Co-founder and CEO of Synthesia (Great Britain).<\/p>\n<p>We would also like to underline the <b>Franco-Quebec collaboration<\/b> highlighted, in particular, by the exchanges between the following cities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Panel with<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R%C3%A9gis_Labeaume\"> <b>R\u00e9gis Labeaume<\/b><\/a>, mayor of <b>Qu\u00e9bec<\/b> and<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89douard_Philippe\"> <b>\u00c9douard Philippe<\/b><\/a>, mayor of <b>Le Havre<\/b> and former Prime Minister (France);<\/li>\n<li>Panel with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maxime-pedneaud-jobin-b95b8a32\/\"> <b>Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin<\/b><\/a>, mayor of <b>Gatineau<\/b>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lilla-merabet-16530b140\/\">\u00a0<b>Lilla Merabet<\/b><\/a>, VP Innovation for the <b>Greater East Region<\/b> (Grand-Est, France);<\/li>\n<li>Panel with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/francoiswcroteau\/\"> <b>Fran\u00e7ois W. Croteau<\/b><\/a>, borough mayor, <b>Montreal<\/b> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ftrichet\/\"> <b>Francky Trichet<\/b><\/a>, VP digital innovation, international relations for <b>Nantes M\u00e9tropole<\/b> (France).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Le-monde-festival.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A great success for Montreal Digital Spring, for whom MTL connect is: <b>the future to be built together <\/b>and the development of new collaborations to strengthen <b>Montreal as the digital capital of the world<\/b>. In this context, <b>a third edition will take place in October 2021<\/b>, in a hybrid format. Save the date, see you next year!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-30-<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>:<br \/>\nMontreal Digital Spring (Printemps num\u00e9rique)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Contact<\/b><br \/>\nMargaux Davoine<br \/>\nCommunications<br \/>\n<a href=\"margaux.davoine@printempsnumerique.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">margaux.davoine@printempsnumerique.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out all the highlights and numbers about MTL connect 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":9757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[244,246,250],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9754"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9756,"href":"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9754\/revisions\/9756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.printempsnumerique.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}