Teams of three to five students faced off over a question. The teams had been told two weeks ahead of time what general topic the question would fall under, and were given the full question on the Friday before the conference. Each team had three days and three nights to prepare an answer, and on the Monday each gave a 30-minute presentation to five members of the AQTr Board of Directors.

This year's topic: propose an action plan following the emergency closure of the Champlain Bridge. The plan had to include security management, traffic management, communications management and the incorporation of complementary modes of transportation.

The competition's goal is to encourage the next generation and to find innovative solutions for current problems in the transportation field.

Left to right: Dominique Lacoste, CEO, Association québécoise des transports; Kinan Bahbouh, doctoral student in civil engineering at Polytechnique, co-supervised by Catherine Morency and a professor from INSA (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées), France; Mohsen Nazem, doctoral student in civil engineering at Polytechnique, co-supervised by Martin Trépanier and Catherine Morency; Catherine Plouffe, master's student in civil engineering at Polytechnique, supervised by Catherine Morency; Pegah Nouri, doctoral student in civil engineering at Polytechnique, supervised by Catherine Morency; Michel Veilleux, Vice-President, Planning and Innovation, AMT (Agence Métropolitaine de Transport); Jean Mastropietro, Vice-President, Transport Development, Dessau Inc. Missing from the photo: Pierre-Léo Bourbonnais, doctoral student in civil engineering at Polytechnique, supervised by Catherine Morency.

Congratulations to the whole team!

See also:
AQTr website (in French only)