Duties

• Expert Panel on Clean Growth, Canadian Institute for Climate Choices (CICC)
• Canada Research Chair Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Review Panel
• Part of the Advisory panel on “innovation and knowledge mobilisation, for and by users” (Institut TransMedTech)
• Committee on Gender, Equity, and Inclusion, Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d'université (FQPPU)
• Part of the Advisory Board to the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy (CSTP)
• Deputy Minister Steering Committee member for Policy Horizons Canada
• Team leader of the master program on Technology and innovation management
• Member of the governing council of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
• Member of the Global Excellence Initiative Canvassing Committee 
• Member of the External Advisory Committee on Regulatory Competitiveness (Treasury Board Secretariat)
• Editorial Board member at the Journal of Evolutionary Economics
• Advisory Editor at the publication  Research Policy
• Founding member of the Global Young Academy (GYA) from 2012 to 2014
• Member of the Expert Panel on the State of Science and Technology and Industrial Research and Development in Canada who authored the report Competing in a Global Innovation Economy: The Current State of R&D in Canada
• Member, Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec

Organization of conferences, research and workshops, seminars and webinars

• First 4POINT0 Conference on Policies, Practices and Processes related to the Performance of Innovation Ecosystems (P4IE), online.
• 4POINT0 Pre-Conference on Big Data Analytics in Practice, online
• Workshop on innovation ecosystem indicators, Forum ADRIQ - CIRANO - Conseil de l’innovation du Québec – Mesurer la performance de l’innovation, online
• Co-organiser: The State of Young Scholars and Scientists in Africa – New Insights, with IDRC, online
• Technical 4POINT0 (Seminar series on new data and indicators): 2 webinars in 2020-2021
• Anchor 4POINT0 (Seminar series focusing on research results, partner practices, policies and challenges from the partnership) 5 webinars in 2020, 4 webinars in 2021

Other awards, scholarships and grants

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Connection Grant: Mégadonnées et techniques avancées démystifiées (25 000$)

• Nominee for the award “I adapt to the needs of my students”, Polytechnique (one of six nominees) – (2021)
• Nominee for best industrial engineering undergraduate studies teacher – Polytechnique Montreal (one of three nominees) (2016 and 2017)
• Best industrial engineering graduate studies teacher – Polytechnique Montreal (2010)
• Outstanding Young Scientist – InterAcademy Panel (IAP) (2009)
• Tom Symons Fellowship, Statistics Canada (2009-2010)
•  Rhodes Scholar (1992-1995)

Other publications

Invited panelist (2021/12/10): Medicine by Design Annual Symposium (University of Toronto) – A systems approach to regenerative medicine: Strengthening our Innovation Ecosystem.

Invited seminar (2021/11/29): Manchester Institute Of Innovation Research Seminar Series (Alliance Manchester Business School, United Kingdom): How Canadian firms mitigate innovation barriers to (try to) remain innovative.

Invited panelist (2021/11/05): The Convergent Innovation Webinar Series (McGill University): Addressing the wicked problems of health and access to affordable food/medicine/healthcare/ through open science partnerships.

Keynote speaker (2021/10/25): Mitacs Research Council Meeting: Support for the effective functioning of innovation ecosystems in Canada that go beyond funding for R&D.

Invited panelist (2021/10/19): Innovation+ (Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal – CHUM): Les communautés et écosystème amplifiant les innovations.

Invited panelist (2021/09/03): Closing Grand Panel – CIRST Conference on Economy of promises: Industry 4.0 and other technological promises.

Invited panellist (2021/06/09): Policy Horizon Canada – Futures Week : The future of value in the next digital economy.

Invited speaker (2021/04/09): University of Gothenburg network for Knowledge-intensive Innovative Ecosystems (U-GOT KIES) Workshop on New data sources and methods: The exploration of new data sources and methods – New innovation indicators appropriate to measure the performance and impact within/of innovation ecosystems.

Invited panellist (2020/12/09): OCDE Working party on Technology and Innovation Policy (TIP) : What role for science, technology and innovation un building resilience : How can STI systems help prepare for future shocks.

Invited speaker (2020/12/09): Healthtech webinar – International mission Paraná-Québec : Innovation ecosystems.

Invited panelist (2020/11/25): C.D. Howe Institute Webinar with with Dr. Catherine Beaudry, Daniel Herman and John Knubley: Reviewing the Innovation Superclusters Initiative: Success or Failure?

Invited panelist (2020/11/24): Book launch conference: Le Québec économique 9 : Perspectives et défis de la transformation numérique – Table ronde 1 – Les écosystèmes, l’état et les entreprises face à la transformation numérique : Les technologies et les politiques publiques en appui à l’essor de l’intelligence artificielle.

Invited speaker (2020/11/05): L’École d’automne en management de la créativité – Créativité des organisations et transitions : La transition vers l’innovation durable: de l’utopie à la réalité.

Invited panelist (2020/07/16): Munk School of Global Affairs – Innovation Policy Lab Webinar focused on Exploring the short and long term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72tQldS-X0Y)

Invited panelist (2020/06/17): Inaugural Webinar of the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en opérationnalisation du développement durable (CIRODD) : L’innovation durable en soutien à la résilience sociétale. (https://cloud.cirodd.org/index.php/s/KrZoXg05z6AgjOv/download)

Invited panelist (2020/06/15): Sommet de l’innovation durable du CIRODD – Comment s’assurer que l’innovation soit toujours durable?

Invited speaker (2020/05/21): Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal: Strategic Analysis Committee: Innovation & Disruptive Technologies, Montreal : Commercialisation de l’innovation : obstacles, adoption et écosystèmes.

Invited seminar (2020/03/11): Seminar series of the course Precision Retailing: Decision Making Science for Convergence Insights, Analytics, and Innovation, McGill University, Montreal, Canada: The Open Innovation Journey: A Comparative Analysis of the Quebec and São Paulo Aerospace Industry.

Invited expert witness (2019/11/17): Council of Canadian Academies – Scientific Advisory Committee – Subcommittee on S&T Methods: The importance of validating new data and methods for accurate STI measurement.

Invited panellist (2019/11/13-15): 4.0 au féminin – Sommet mondial des femmes dans l’industrie manufacturière, Montréal Canada: Opening panel on innovation 4.0 – Transformation numérique ? L’histoire nous dit que les femmes relèveront le défi.

Invited panelist (2019/11/04): Entretiens Jacques Cartier – Atteindre les ODD en combinant leviers technologiques et computationnels, économie circulaire et transdisciplinarité. Mission impossible ? Montréal, Canada : Transdisciplinarité et Innovation : Transformation numérique de la mobilité du capital humain au service de l’innovation et de la productivité – rêvons un peu!

Invited panelist (2019/11/04): Entretiens Jacques Cartier – Les écosystèmes d’innovation ouverte favorisant la recherche collaborative en technologies médicales et leur intégration, Montréal, Canada : Écosystèmes d’innovation en santé : une synthèse de leurs composantes.

Invited speaker (2019/06/04-06): Movin’On Summit : Human capital mobility – A crucial contribution to innovation.

Invited panelist and chair (2019/05/15): AERO19 – Annual Conference from the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, Laval, Canada: Industry 4.0 – Results from the Survey of Advanced Technology 2014.

Invited speaker (2019/05/09): Round table of the Institut TransMedTech: Comment miser sur les écosystèmes d’innovation ?

Invited seminar (2019/05/02): Max Planck Institute of Economics and Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany: Beyond the innovation obstacle paradox – The role of government support in helping firms overcome these obstacles and innovate. (500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci)

Invited panelist (2019/04/25): CIRANO 25 Years Conference – 25 Years of Public Policy in Quebec, Montréal, Canada: Les programmes gouvernementaux aident-ils les entreprises à surmonter les obstacles à l’innovation.

Invited seminar (2019/04/15): Economic Statistics Forum (Statistics Canada’s monthly seminar series)

-     1st panel (with Georges Hage): The adoption patterns of advanced technology in Canada;

-     2nd panel (with Mikaël Héroux-Vaillancourt): Using the web as a data source for measuring firm-level innovation.

Invited panellist (2019/04/11): International Development Research Center (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada: Breaking glass ceilings in science and research in the Global South.

Invited speaker (2019/03/12): The 5 à 7 events, hosted by the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP), Montréal : Comment miser sur les écosystèmes d’innovation?

Invited speaker (2018/11/08-09): SciSTIP Planning roundtable – Science and higher education in Africa: A research agenda for the future, Stellenbosch, South Africa – Session 3: Human resources for S&T: Scientists, researchers and doctoral students: Gender issues in science.

Invited speaker (2018/11/05-09): The Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa Annual Forum, Global Research Council Africa Regional Meeting/Partnership for Impact Dialogue: Investing in Research and Innovation in Africa, Abidjan, Ivory Coast – Session 3: Challenges Facing Young Scientists and How to Respond: Challenges facing young scientists in Africa: What over 7,000 of them say – key findings and recommendations.

Invited speaker (2018/06/28-29): 3rd OECD Annual Conference of the Global Forum on Productivity – Firms, Workers and Disruptive Technologies: Ensuring Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, Ottawa, Canada: From clusters to innovation ecosystems - How technology can help us better measure their impact.

Invited panellist (2018/06/27): Health Canada – Health Products Stakeholder Engagement Session, Ottawa, Canada: The Evolving Role of the Regulator.

Invited debater (2018/06/11-13): DRUID Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark: Arguing against the motion: The focus on ‘star scientists’ in science and innovation policy is misplaced, and detrimental to development of effective policies for economic development.

Invited speaker (2018/06/10): Workshop on the Geographical and Organizational Mobility of Scientists, Copenhagen, Denmark: African scientists’ mobility.

Invited panellist (2018/06/01-03): 52nd Conference of the Canadian Economic Association, Montreal, Canada:

-     1st panel (IRPP): Innovation Policies in the Wake of the 4th Industrial Revolution;

-     2nd panel (CIRANO-Phelps-RIIB Panel on Competition and Innovation): The role of government support in helping firms overcome IP, regulation and competition policy obstacles to innovation;

-     3rd panel (CSLS-Productivity Partnership Panel on Explaining Canada’s Post-2000 Productivity Performance): Explaining Canada’s post-2000 productivity performance III: Can the productivity slowdown be reversed and if so,  how?

Invited speaker (2018/05/17-18): Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) Symposium on A New Take on Innovation in Canada, Ottawa, Canada: Boosting the Demand Side: From clusters and networks to innovation ecosystems.

Invited speaker (2018/04/25-27): Fifth Annual Creating Digital Opportunity (CDO) Partnership Network Conference, Vancouver, Canada: Competing in a global innovation economy: The current state of R&D in Canada, Presentation of the CCA report from the Expert Panel on the State of Science and Technology and Industrial Research and Development in Canada.

Invited speaker (2018/03/01-02): Economics and Environmental Policy Research Network (EEPRN) Research Symposium, Ottawa, Canada: Public institutions and governance models for a low carbon economy.

Invited speaker (2018/03/01): Workshop of international experts on Using Econometric Approaches to Evaluate Business Support, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariate, Canadian Government, Ottawa, Canada:            

-     1st panel: Impact assessment – Using econometric approach to evaluate business support;

-     2nd panel: Lessons learned from econometric program assessment.

Invited panellist (2018/02/02): Joint inclusive growth and economic trends and policies roundtable discussion on the socioeconomic impacts of disruptive technologies, Privy Council Office, Canadian Government, Ottawa, Canada:

-     1st panel: Improving support for innovation and technological adoption;

-     2nd panel: Legal stress points and barriers to innovation.

Invited seminar (2018/01/31): International Development Research Center (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada: Young scientists in Africa - Headline results from the web-based survey and the bibliometric analysis.

Invited speaker (2017/11/07-09): CREST-CWTS Bilateral Seminar, Stellenbosch, South Africa: Salary inequalities between university professors in Canada - Gender and other related issues.

Invited panellist (2017/11/06-08) [replaced by Pauline Huet, co-author as I was on sabbatical leave in South Africa]: Gender Summit – Embracing pluralism and thriving through diversity – Shaping science and innovation, Montreal, Canada: Unions and the gender pay gap among university professors in Canada. Preliminary results from a recent data collection.

Invited speaker (2017/10/20) [replaced by Pauline Huet, co-author] Annual General Meeting of the Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d’université (FQPPU), Montréal: Inégalités de salaires parmi les professeurs d’université au Canada – Résultats préliminaires.

Invited speaker (2017/06/18-21): Canadian Agricultural Economic Society (CAES) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Montreal, Canada: Analytical work in agriculture and agri-food innovations – Database solutions to farming.

Invited panellist (2017/05/17-18): Congrès de l’Association des économistes Québécois (ASDEQ) sur les Technologies perturbatrices – des opportunités à saisir, des défis à relever, Gatineau, Canada: Concurrence internationale et course à l’innovation – Les nouvelles conditions de la concurrence industrielle.

Invited panellist (2017/05/11-12): Assises du CIRODD – Innover pour une santé durable – Innovation sociale et innovation technologique alliées pour le bien commun, Montreal, Canada: Innover pour une santé durable – Innovations technologiques et autres.

Invited expert (2017/03/24): Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 2017 Symposium on the effectiveness of the Canadian patent system, Ottawa, Canada: Open, collaborative, and user innovation.

Invited speaker and discussion leader (2017/03/24): 2017 Symposium on the Effectiveness of the Canadian Patent System – Problem solving breakout session. Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Ottawa: Open, collaborative, and user innovation.

Invited speaker (2016/09/19-21): 3rd OECD Blue Sky Conference on Informing Science and Innovation Policies – Towards the Next Generation of Data and Indicators, Ghent, Belgium: Validation of a web mining technique to measure innovation in the Canadian nanotechnology-related community.

Invited speaker (2016/05/09-12): ACFAS Conference – Les sciences sociales et humaines au cœur de l’innovation, Montreal, Canada : Collaboration interorganisationnelle – intrasectorielle et intersectorielle – Réflexions basées sur un atelier de cocréation et sur les enquêtes de POINT.

Invited speaker (2016/01/21-22): IDRC-IRD-OECD-IFRIS International conference on The transformation of research in the south: policies and outcomes, Paris, France: Taking a leap of faith: How young scholars in four ASEAN countries forge ahead for successful research career.

Invited panellist (2015/11/25-27): Canadian Science Policy Conference, Ottawa, Canada: Insights into ICT hardware networks in Canada: A focus on collaboration.

Invited debater (2015/03/31-04/01): 14th Annual Re$earch Money Conference, Ottawa, Canada: Canadian innovation policy is too narrowly focused on R&D.

Invited panelist (2014/11/03): Colloque à l’occasion du 5ème anniversaire du Québec économique : « Vers une gestion publique influencée par les résultats de la recherche sur les politiques publiques », CIRANO, Montreal: Growth and public policy.

Invited focus group participant (2014/07/23): Modernisation of the thematic network program of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS).

Invited speaker (2014/06/21-26): EuroScience Open Forum: Science Building/Bridges, Copenhagen, Denmark: What environment is required to fulfill the role of a scientist?

Invited seminar (2014/05/07): International Development Research Center (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada: The Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) Presentation of the main results from the precursor survey.

Invited speaker (2014/04/22): Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Varenne, Canada: Impact du financement public et privé sur les nanosciences et les nanotechnologies.

Invited speaker (2014/02/28): Statistics Canada workshop on Innovation indicators – data gaps, requirements and directions, Ottawa, Canada: Innovation or the commercialisation of research results: How are data collection and analysis to adapt to new open business models and innovation?

Invited speaker (2014/01/21): Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities – Launch of the GloSYS report and Press conference, Berlin, Germany: Main results of the Global State of Young Scientists.

Invited seminar (2013/12/03): Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, United Kingdom (with Seyed Reza Mirnezami): Revisiting the determinants of scientific publication citation.

Invited seminar (2013/11/27): Max Planck Institute of Economics and Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany: What influences scientific productivity and quality – Exploring the performance of Quebec scientists.

Invited speaker (2013/05/13-15): Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) Workshop, Hanover, Germany: The impact of women scientists in biotechnology.

Invited seminar (2012/11/29): Social sciences and humanities research council (SSHRC), Ottawa, Canada: “Capturing the Impacts” of Research.

Invited round table speaker (2012/05/21-23) [organised by CIRANO]: Proximity Days 7th Edition, Montréal, Canada: Quantitative methods and proximity.

Invited expert witness (2012/05/17): Presentation to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology of the Government of Canada for their study of the Intellectual property regime in Canada: Intellectual property system in Canada.

Invited seminar (2011/12/01): Institut de la statistique du Québec, Montreal, Canada: Étude économétrique sur les facteurs de survie, de croissance et d’innovation des entreprises de biotechnologie.

Invited panellist (2011/11/16-18): Canadian Science Policy Conference, Ottawa, Canada: Challenges for Young Researchers: Insights from the 2011 PAGSE Symposium.

Invited seminar (2011/09/27): Industry Canada, Ottawa, Canada: Description of the Partnership for Open Innovation in the New Technologies.

Invited seminar (2011/02/28): Telfer School of Business, Ottawa, Canada: Is biotechnology losing ground? A study of the survival and growth factors of Canadian biotechnology firms.

Invited Young Scientist (2010/02/14-16): Global Young Scientists Academy Conference, Berlin, Germany. [One of two Canadian scientists selected]

Invited seminar (2010/02/08): Telfer School of Business, Ottawa, Canada: Knowledge intensive business services: Innovation and cooperation activities.

Invited speaker (2009/10/29): 7th Forum of the Chemical Industry, Boucherville, Canada: Collaboration et réseaux d’innovation de biotechnologie : État des lieux, risques et opportunités.

Invited Young Scientist (2009/09/09-13): World Economic Forum – Annual meeting of the new champions 2009 and 2nd IAP/WEF Young Scientist Conference, Dalian, China. [One of two Canadian scientists selected by the Royal Society of Canada and then chosen as one of the 60 Outstanding Young Scientists selected by the InterAcademy Panel]

Invited panelist (2009/09/11): World Economic Forum – Annual Meeting of the New Champions, Dalian, People’s Republic of China: Groundbreaking ideas for social change.  (https://members.weforum.org/pdf/AMNC09/socialchange.pdf)

Invited speaker (2009/06): Association Internationale de Management Stratégique (AIMS), Grenoble, France: Localisation des activités de R&D dans un champ en émergence. Le cas des nanotechnologies.

Invited seminar (2009/05/29): Institut de la Statistique du Québec, Quebec, Canada (with D. Doloreux, with N. Amara, R. Landry, R. Shearmur, P. Therrien): Services à forte intensité de connaissance: innovation et géographie.

Invited speaker (2008/05/03): Nanobank Research Conference, Boston, MA, USA: Geographical aspects of collaboration in Canadian nanotechnology innovation.

Invited speaker (2008/05/01-02): National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Conference – Emerging Industries: Nanotechnology and NanoIndicators, Boston, MA, USA: Collaboration and network indicators in Canadian nanotechnology.

Invited panelist (2007/12/03-04): Entretiens Jacques Cartier: Workshop Nanosciences et nanotechnologies: quelles ruptures, Grenoble, France: 

-     1st Panel: De l’idée au brevet – espaces géographiques et technologiques ;

-     2nd Panel: Le modèle d’affaires des industries sera-t-il modifié avec les nanotechnologies.

Invited seminar (2001/02/22): CIRANO, Montreal, Canada: Cluster, innovation and growth: A study of European Countries.

Invited seminar (2000/11/29): United Kingdom Radio-communication Agency, London, United Kingdom: Economics of communication satellites, 1964-1992.

Invited seminar (1999/09): European Summer School on Industrial Dynamics, Cargèse, France: Enterprise in Orbit: The Supply of Communication Satellites, 1964-92.

Invited seminar (1999/02/24): School of Management, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester, United Kingdom: Enterprise in Orbit: The Supply of Communication Satellites, 1964-92.

Invited seminar (1998/11/26): Policy Research on Engineering, Science and Technology (PREST), University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom: Cluster, growth and the age of firms: A study of seven European Countries.

Invited seminar (1995/03): Institut d’Économie Industrielle, Toulouse, France: Bidding for Satellite Contracts.

Other supervisions