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2017 Ambassador of the year:<\/strong>
Louis-Philippe Boulet<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Dr. Louis-Philippe Boulet, a pulmonologist with the Qu\u00e9bec Heart and Lung Institute (IUCPQ) \u2013 Universit\u00e9 Laval<\/a> and professor at Universit\u00e9 Laval\u2019s Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Boulet has organized numerous conventions, conferences and symposiums in Qu\u00e9bec City, including Espace francophone de pneumologie<\/a> (800 attendees), the 2012 XXII INTERASMA World Congress of Asthma (1,000 attendees) and the 2008 Symposium Qu\u00e9bec France en sant\u00e9 respiratoire (600 attendees).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Ms. Ir\u00e8ne Abi-Zeid – Cr\u00e9dit photo : Catherine Petitclerc
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2017 Event of the year:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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21ST\u00a0<\/sup>CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETES (IFORS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Mr. Angel Ruiz<\/a> and Ms. Ir\u00e8ne Abi-Zeid<\/a>, both from Universit\u00e9 Laval\u2019s Operations and Decision Systems Department, as well as Professor Bernard Gendron, from the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al Computer Science and Operational Research Department, where awarded the 2017 Event of the year award for 21st<\/sup> Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societes<\/em><\/a> (IFORS). This international conference attracted 1,528 attendees to Qu\u00e9bec City in July 2017 and generated $5,4M in economic impact for Qu\u00e9bec businesses.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Read the complete press release<\/a> on Qu\u00e9bec City Business Destination\u2019s website to meet the 16 ambassadors honored.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2017 Ambassador of the year:Louis-Philippe Boulet Dr. Louis-Philippe Boulet, a pulmonologist with the Qu\u00e9bec […]","protected":false},"featured_media":10576,"parent":0,"template":"","categorie-communiques":[605,606],"class_list":["post-9993","communiques","type-communiques","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-communiques-economic-impact","categorie-communiques-event-ambassadors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nQu\u00e9bec City Event Ambassadors Honored | Qu\u00e9bec City Convention Centre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.convention.qc.ca\/en\/news\/quebec-city-event-ambassadors-honored\/\" \/>\n<meta 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