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'''Vice President, Emerging Technologies, National Research Council ''' <br> | '''Vice President, Emerging Technologies, National Research Council ''' <br> | ||
− | Dr. Tanguay | + | In April 2016, Dr. Geneviève Tanguay joined the National Research Council of Canada as the first woman Vice-President Research. She leads the Emerging Technologies Division which oversees Nanotechnology, Metrology, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics, Security and Disruptive Technologies, and Advanced Electronics and Photonics. As part of her remit, Dr. Tanguay is also responsible for NRC’s support to TRIUMF. She chairs the NRC’s Governing Committee on the Recruitment and Retention of Women and is responsible for coordinating interactions with Canadian universities. Dr. Tanguay also serves as the Canadian Co-Chair of the Canada Germany Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Committee. Prior to joining NRC, she served as Vice-Rector Research, Creativity and Innovation at the University of Montreal, one of the four universities with the biggest volume of research in Canada. Prior to this, she served as the Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for Research, Innovation, Science and Society in the Quebec Government, responsible for preparing and implementing the Quebec Research and Innovation Strategy (2007-2010 and 2010- 2013). She is an active member of boards for national and international organizations. |
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Revision as of 15:35, 3 June 2021
Date and time: June 16, 2021 | 10:30 am to 4:15 pm (ET)
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Speaker Biographies
Dr. Peter C. MasonDirector, Quantum Sensors Challenge Program, National Research Council | |
Neil BouwerVice-President, Canada School of Public Service | |
Geneviève TanguayVice President, Emerging Technologies, National Research Council | |
Christian WeedbrookFounder and CEO, Xanadu Christian Weedbrook is the Founder and CEO of Xanadu, a photonic quantum computing company based in Toronto. Christian has over a decade of industry, government and research experience in quantum computing. He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Queensland and was a postdoc at MIT and the University of Toronto. | |
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Alireza YazdiFounder and CEO at Anyon Systems Inc. Awaiting bio |
Michele MoscaCo-Founder and Professor, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo | |
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Vlad GheorghiuCEO, President and Co-Founder of softwareQ Inc Awaiting bio |
Ghislain LefebvrePartnership development manager, Université de Sherbrooke | |
Sarah BlanchetteJunior quantum computing developer, Université de Sherbrooke | |
Kenneth WoodGlobal Business Development Director, IBM Quantum System Program | |
Maxime DionQuantum Computing Developer, Université de Sherbrooke | |
Marco ArmentaQuantum computing software developer, Université de Sherbrooke |