{"id":10011,"date":"2018-11-20T13:34:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T18:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.convention.qc.ca\/nouvelles\/quebec-city-host-international-conference-insects-feed-world\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T14:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T19:00:10","slug":"quebec-city-host-international-conference-insects-feed-world","status":"publish","type":"communiques","link":"https:\/\/www.convention.qc.ca\/en\/news\/quebec-city-host-international-conference-insects-feed-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Qu\u00e9bec City to host international conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"item wysiwyg component-heading component-no-padding \" ><div class=\"container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A first in Canada!<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"item wysiwyg component-paragraph component-no-padding \" ><div class=\"container\">\n<p>The first two editions of this event were held in the Netherlands in 2014 and China in 2018. Canada will host the conference in 2020 thanks to the efforts of Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrrc.ulaval.ca\/fileadmin\/ulaval_ca\/Images\/recherche\/bd\/chercheur\/fiche\/424160.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grant Vandenberg<\/a> and Marie-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Deschamps, who heads up the Entotechnology Program in the Animal Science Department at Universit\u00e9 Laval\u2019s Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences. Both researchers are well known internationally for their work on insect-based fish diets. Together with Jocelyn Guertin, Qu\u00e9bec City Convention Centre Sales Manager, they helped convince the international committee to select Qu\u00e9bec to host the event.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"item wysiwyg component-heading component-no-padding \" ><div class=\"container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An emerging industry<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"item wysiwyg component-paragraph component-no-padding \" ><div class=\"container\">\n<p>\u201cWell known internationally as a tourist destination, Qu\u00e9bec City has also become an important player regarding agricultural food system innovations, via its academic and public research institutes, as well as a vibrant private agri-food sector. Over the past number of years, we have seen the emergence of enthusiastic insect-based research programs and private ventures, buoyed by visionary environmental guidelines related to sustainable development that have helped to fuel growing interest in these opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"item wysiwyg component-paragraph component-no-padding \" ><div class=\"container\">\n<p>Given these factors, we are convinced that Qu\u00e9bec City represents an ideal venue to discuss the many issues related to ento-technologies that require attention by a wide range of international stakeholders from both public and private sectors, related to food and feed security, research, development and policy\/regulatory issues,\u201d, explains Grant Vandenberg, member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.convention.qc.ca\/en\/quebec-ambassadors-club\/\">Qu\u00e9bec City Ambassadors Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 3 to 6, 2020, the 3rd 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