{"id":25407,"date":"2024-01-30T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/?post_type=evenements&#038;p=25407"},"modified":"2025-05-26T13:44:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:44:43","slug":"hvtt18","status":"publish","type":"evenements","link":"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/en\/events\/hvtt18\/","title":{"rendered":"HVTT18: Trucking toward S2MART transport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hvttforum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hvttforum-logo-white.png\" alt=\"HVTT Forum logo\" class=\"wp-image-25885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hvttforum-logo-white.png 375w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hvttforum-logo-white-300x76.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-group-notif-yellow is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-shortcuts\">Shortcuts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-button-anchor-nav\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#registration\">Registration<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-button-anchor-nav\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#welcome-word\">Welcome Word<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-button-anchor-nav\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#h-topics\">Topics<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-button-anchor-nav\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#space\">Program<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-button-anchor-nav\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#evenement-conferenciers\">Guest speaker<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-button-anchor-nav\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#h-full-paper-submission\">Full-Paper Author Instructions<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-button-anchor-nav\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#h-who-should-attend\">Who Should Attend<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-button-anchor-nav\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#h-committees\">Comittees<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to the HVTT18 symposium hosted at Universit\u00e9 Laval in Qu\u00e9bec City, Canada, marking a significant return to the roots of the International Forum for Heavy Vehicle Transport &amp; Technology (HVTT Forum). We are delighted to be back in Canada, where it all began with the inaugural International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Weights and Dimensions in 1986, hosted by the Roads and Transport Association of Canada at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a global platform for collaboration, the HVTT Forum and its biennial symposium is dedicated to <strong>advancing road freight transport technology, safety, and policy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us at HVTT18 to tackle current challenges in the development of S<sup>2<\/sup>MART road freight transport systems, ensuring they are <strong>Sustainable, Safe, Modern, Adaptable, Resilient, and Trustworthy<\/strong>. This four-day international event will be ideal to foster dynamic conversations, collaborative efforts, and vital contributions as we collectively shape the future of the trucking industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"registration\">Registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-button-small-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-yellow-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/lepointdevente.com\/billets\/vvl250525001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Registration<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-yellow is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-practical-information\">Practical Information<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#conference\">General Information for the Symposium<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#roomplans\">Room plans<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#location\">Location<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#transportation\">Transportation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#entry\">Entry Requirements in Canada<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#weather\">Weather in Qu\u00e9bec<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#quebec\">Qu\u00e9bec City<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#fsa-ulaval\">FSA ULaval, Universit\u00e9 Laval<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#accommodation\">Accommodation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-cite.com\/en\/plan-your-trip-quebec-city\/carbon-footprint-offset\">Offset Your Trip\u2019s Carbon Footprint<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"welcome-word\">Welcome <mark style=\"background-color:#FFCC00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Word<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Speaker-Photos-1-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Speaker-Photos-1-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Speaker-Photos-1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Speaker-Photos-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Speaker-Photos-1-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Speaker-Photos-1-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Gavin Hill<br><\/strong>HVTT18 President<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote baseul-quote-black is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">&#8220;I extend a warm invitation for you to participate in the 18<sup>th<\/sup> International Symposium for Heavy Vehicle Transport &amp; Technology (HVTT18) \u2013 <em>Trucking Toward S<sup>2<\/sup>MART Transport<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The theme of HVTT18 is intended to focus our minds on how we can work together to make road freight transport more Sustainable, Safe, Modern, Adaptable, Resilient and Trustworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Significantly, HVTT18 will see us return to the birthplace of the HVTT Forum \u2013 where the inaugural International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Weights and Dimensions was hosted in Canada in 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">After nearly four decades it\u2019s worth reflecting on the extent to which the HVTT Forum \u2013 and its predecessor, the International Forum for Road Transport Technology (IFRTT) \u2013 has directly contributed to advancements to the body of knowledge in the areas of heavy vehicle transport and technology. Moreover, the topics that will be covered by HVTT18 illustrate how we continue to encourage new subject areas, disciplines and bodies of knowledge into the HVTT Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">A key strength of HVTT symposia is the quality of papers prepared by leading researchers and practitioners from across the globe, coupled with a spirit of friendship and community which comes from having a shared purpose. With your involvement, I\u2019m confident HVTT18 will provide the basis from which new relationships can be established, and to build on existing ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Whether this is the first or eighteenth time you\u2019ve been involved with a HVTT symposium, I encourage you to come forward with abstracts, so you can make your contribution towards S<em><sup>2<\/sup><\/em>MART Transport outcomes at HVTT18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">I look forward to seeing you in Qu\u00e9bec, Canada, in May 2025!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-full-paper-author-instructions\">Full-Paper <mark style=\"background-color:#FFCC00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Author Instructions<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-presenter-guidelines\">Presenter Guidelines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please prepare your presentation using the PowerPoint template provided on the HVTT18 website. To avoid problems, please have a PDF version of your presentation available as a backup.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Before your session, please arrive at the assigned room 15 minutes prior to the session start time with your presentation on a USB key. The presiding officer will be there to meet you and assist in loading your presentation onto the computer in the room.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each technical session is 1.5 hours, with three presentations scheduled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The presiding officer will call the session to order at the scheduled time and will briefly introduce each speaker in turn, using the information provided in the technical paper.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each presenter will have 20 minutes to deliver the presentation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After the three presentations are completed, the presiding officer will moderate a discussion period for about 20-30 minutes during which members of the audience will have the opportunity to ask questions. Please be prepared for a lively and informative discussion!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-button-small-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HVTT-18_PPT-1.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the HVTT PowerPoint template (.pptx)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-button-small-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-yellow-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/applications.fsa.ulaval.ca\/cfp\/select.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit your full paper<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-table-yellow\"><table><thead><tr><th>Deadline<\/th><th>Step<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>May 3, 2024<\/td><td>Abstract submission deadline<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>June 2024<\/td><td>Authors notified of abstract review decision<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>November 22, 2024<\/td><td>Full-paper submission deadline<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>January 2025<\/td><td>Authors notified of full-paper review decision<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>March 16, 2025<\/td><td>End of pre-registrations<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>March 2025<\/td><td>Submission of final revised papers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May 1, 2025<\/td><td>End of registrations<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May 25 to 29, 2025<\/td><td>Symposium<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-topics\">Topics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-yellow is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Resilient road freight transport systems, including in cold regions and remote areas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-yellow is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Climate change mitigation and adaptation for heavy vehicle systems and infrastructure<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-yellow is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Policies, pilot projects, and prototypes toward sustainable road freight transport: managing energy transitions and decarbonization<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-yellow is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Heavy vehicle weights and dimensions policies, regulatory harmonization, permitting, and compliance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-yellow is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Innovations in heavy vehicle systems, instrumentation, and materials<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-yellow is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Smart integration of heavy vehicles and resilient transport infrastructure<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-yellow is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Advances in heavy vehicle safety<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-yellow is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Integration of long haul and local deliveries, urban freight network planning, and logistics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-yellow is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Economics of heavy vehicle transportation systems<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-yellow is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Reliable supply chains during disruptive events<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-yellow is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Improving road freight transport practices through training, education, and good governance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-should-attend\">Who Should <mark style=\"background-color:#FFCC00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Attend<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-black is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Agencies responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of road infrastructure, especially pavements and bridges<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-black is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Policy makers and program managers in the field of heavy vehicle transport, freight and asset management, and transport reform<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-black is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Heavy vehicle data-service and part providers and agencies using these technologies to support policies on freight mobility, safety, and the economy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-black is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Persons involved in greening road freight transport and carbon reduction practices<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-black is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Government agencies responsible for truck size and weight enforcement and the operation and control of heavy vehicles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-black is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Persons involved in heavy vehicle design and performance, the design of road infrastructure, and freight transport logistics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-black is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Manufacturers, vendors, and users of heavy vehicles and associated schemes, such as performance-based standards<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-black is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">All relevant stakeholders, including practitioners, researchers, and students<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-committees\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFCC00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Committees<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-organizing-committee\">Organizing Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuiles-container baseul-tuilerie-yellow\"><ul class=\"baseul-tuilerie-content\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/JulienLepine.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Julien L\u00e9pine<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">General Chair<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><p class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"#julien-lepine\">See profile<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jonathan-regehr.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Jonathan Regehr<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">General Vice-Chair and Program Chair<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><p class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"#jonathan-regehr\">See profile<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jean-pascal-bilodeau.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Jean-Pascal Bilodeau<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">General Vice-Chair<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><p class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"#jean-pascal-bilodeau\">See profile<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/andre-begin-drolet.jpeg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Andr\u00e9 B\u00e9gin-Drolet<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">General Vice-Chair<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><p class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"#andre-begin-drolet\">See profile<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-program-committee\">Program Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuiles-container baseul-tuilerie-black\"><ul class=\"baseul-tuilerie-content\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/franziska-schmidt.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Franziska Schmidt<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\"><\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><p class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"#franziska-schmidt\">See profile<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/loes-aarts.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Loes Aarts<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\"><\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><p class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"#loes-aarts\">See profile<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/daniel-ainalis.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Daniel Ainalis<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\"><\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><p class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"#daniel-ainalis\">See profile<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/alison-conway.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Alison Conway<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\"><\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><p class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"#alison-conway\">See profile<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dan-haake.png\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Dan Haake<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\"><\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><p class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"#dan-haake\">See profile<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/papa-masseck-thiam.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Pape Masseck Thiam<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\"><\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><p class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"#pape-masseck-thiam\">See profile<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-scientific-committee\">Scientific Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuiles-container baseul-tuilerie-yellow\"><ul class=\"baseul-tuilerie-content\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/alejandra-efron.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Alejandra Efr\u00f3n<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">Ireland and Argentina<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bengt-jacobson.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Bengt Jacobson<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">Sweden<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dom-kalasih.webp\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Dom Kalasih<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">New Zealand<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/erin-mabry.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Erin Mabry<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">United States<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/federic-domprobst.webp\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Frederic Domprobst<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">France<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/johan-granlund.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Johan Granlund<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">Sweden<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/john-gordon.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">John Gordon<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">Australia<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/karel-kural.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Karel Kural<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">Netherlands<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/michael-atkins.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Michael Atkins<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">South Africa<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/paul-nordengen.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Paul Nordengen<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">South Africa<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sogol-kharrazi.webp\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Sogol Kharrazi<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">Sweden<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/stas-krupenia.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Stas Krupenia<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">Sweden<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thomas-asp.webp\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Thomas Asp<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">Sweden<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tim-breemersch.webp\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Tim Breemersch<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">Belgium<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/christopher-de-saxe.webp\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Christopher de Saxe<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">United Kingdom<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/veronique-cerezo.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Veronique Carezo<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">France<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-contact\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bernard-jacob.jpg\"\/><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-description\"><h3 class=\"nom-contact\">Bernard Jacob<\/h3><p class=\"titre-contact\">France<\/p><p class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-courriel\"><a href=\"mailto:\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-contact-tel-types\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"conference\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_conference_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_conference_label\">General Information for the Symposium<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-registration-and-information-desk\">Registration and Information Desk<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Symposium registration opens at 7:00 on Sunday May 25th, 2025. The symposium registration desk will be located at Universit\u00e9 Laval, in the atrium of&nbsp;the Faculty of Business Administration (FSA ULaval) in the&nbsp;Pavillon Palasis-Prince. The information\/registration desk will be staffed throughout the symposium for queries and late registrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-symposium-hotline\">Symposium Hotline<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For&nbsp;any questions or problems, please call our symposium hotline at&nbsp;<strong>1-418-656-2131 ext. 406655<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>dial 406655<\/strong>&nbsp;from any phone in the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-internet-access\">Internet Access<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A free WI-FI network is available on the campus. Log on to&nbsp;<strong>UL_Visiteur_Guest2<\/strong>. No password required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-certificates-of-attendance\">Certificates of Attendance<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Please go to the registration desk if you require a certificate of attendance.<\/p>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"roomplans\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_roomplans_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_roomplans_label\">Room plans<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plan_salles_2-1024x704.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plan_salles_2-1024x704.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plan_salles_2-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plan_salles_2-768x528.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plan_salles_2.png 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plan_salles_1-1024x729.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plan_salles_1-1024x729.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plan_salles_1-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plan_salles_1-768x547.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plan_salles_1.png 1149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"location\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_location_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_location_label\">Location<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/palasis-prince-FSA.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/palasis-prince-FSA.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/palasis-prince-FSA-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Other than the evening social events, all symposium activities will be held on campus, at Universit\u00e9 Laval, at the Faculty of Business Administration (FSA ULaval), in the Pavillon Palasis-Prince.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2325, rue de la Terrasse<\/strong><br><strong>Qu\u00e9bec City (Qu\u00e9bec) G1V 0A6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Universit\u00e9 Laval is located&nbsp;<strong>about 6 km<\/strong>&nbsp;from downtown Qu\u00e9bec City and is easily accessible by public transit. Because of the distance, we do not recommend walking to the Universit\u00e9 Laval, unless you are staying at a hotel in the vicinity of the Universit\u00e9 Laval in Sainte-Foy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"transportation\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_transportation_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_transportation_label\">Transportation<\/h2>\n<p>Universit\u00e9 Laval (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Universit%C3%A9+Laval\/@46.7817499,-71.2773173,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x4cb896c469ff32f9:0x15feb853bd2f8247!8m2!3d46.7817463!4d-71.2747424!16zL20vMDF6aDNf?authuser=0&amp;entry=ttu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Maps<\/a>) is located in the city of Qu\u00e9bec, approximately&nbsp;<strong>250 km from Montr\u00e9al<\/strong>. You can get there from the South Shore via Highway 20 (Jean-Lesage) or the North Shore via Highway 40 (F\u00e9lix-Leclerc).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/avion-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/avion-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/avion-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/avion.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-arriving-by-plane\">Arriving by plane<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Your final destination is the Qu\u00e9bec City&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aeroportdequebec.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jean Lesage International Airport \u2013 YQB<\/a>. It is located approximately 12 km from Universit\u00e9 Laval and approximately 18 km from Old Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-cite.com\/en\/plan-your-trip-quebec-city\/getting-here#by-plane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Air carriers with service to Qu\u00e9bec City<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aeroportdequebec.com\/en\/airport-access\/taxis-and-limousine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available transportation from the Qu\u00e9bec City airport<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/autobus-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/autobus-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/autobus-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/autobus.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-arriving-by-motor-coach\">Arriving by motor coach<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 2 motor coach stations in Qu\u00e9bec:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orleansexpress.com\/en\/bus-destination\/quebec-sainte-foy-bus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gare d\u2019autocars de Sainte-Foy<\/a>&nbsp;(4.7 km from Universit\u00e9 Laval)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orleansexpress.com\/en\/bus-destination\/quebec-centre-ville-bus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gare du Palais&nbsp;<\/a>(8 km from Universit\u00e9 Laval)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are travelling by motor coach from the United States, you will arrive in Montr\u00e9al. From there, you must take an Orl\u00e9ans Express motor coach to get to Qu\u00e9bec City. Travel time: 3 hours and 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/train-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/train-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/train-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/train.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-arriving-by-train\">Arriving by train<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 2 train stations in Qu\u00e9bec:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.viarail.ca\/en\/explore-our-destinations\/stations\/quebec\/sainte-foy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gare de Sainte-Foy<\/a>&nbsp;(5.2 km from Universit\u00e9 Laval)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.viarail.ca\/en\/explore-our-destinations\/stations\/quebec\/quebec-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gare du Palais<\/a>&nbsp;(8 km from Universit\u00e9 Laval)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are travelling with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amtrak.com\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amtrak<\/a>&nbsp;from the United States, you will arrive in Montr\u00e9al. From there, you must take a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.viarail.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Via Rail Canada<\/a>&nbsp;train to get to Qu\u00e9bec City. Travel time: 3.5 hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-to-get-around-in-quebec-city\">To get around in Qu\u00e9bec City<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At the airport, taxi services are within easy reach to access downtown. Fixed rates: CAN$41.40. Cash or credit cards are accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you wish to share a taxi with other delegates on your way back to the airport, sharing request forms will be available at the information desk during the symposium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need a taxi, you can call any of the following numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taxi Coop Qu\u00e9bec<\/strong>: 418-525-5191<br><strong>Taxi Coop Sainte-Foy\u2013Sillery<\/strong>: 418-653-7777<br><strong>Taxi Laurier<\/strong>: 418-651-2727<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aeroportdequebec.com\/en\/airport-access\/taxis-and-limousine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jean Lesage International Airport website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other options to get around town include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\/global\/fr-ca\/cities\/quebec-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uber<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtcquebec.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public transit buses<\/a>&nbsp;(RTC \u2013 R\u00e9seau de transport de la Capitale)<\/p>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"entry\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_entry_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_entry_label\">Entry Requirements in Canada<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Be prepared:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To start out, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/visit\/visas.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>find out if you need an eTA or a visa<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-black is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-if-you-need-an-eta-eu-citizens-for-example\">If you need an eTA (EU citizens, for example)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/visit\/eta-start.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apply for an eTA<\/a>&nbsp;before you book your flight to Canada. Most applicants get approved within minutes. However, some applications can take several days to process, so don\u2019t wait until the last minute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-column-frame-black is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-if-you-need-a-visitor-visa\">If you need a visitor visa<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-group-notif-red is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>Please note that a visa application may take several weeks or months to process.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We recommend that you file your visa application as soon as possible, online, through&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/ctc-vac\/getting-started.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada\u2019s website<\/a>. You will be required to enclose an invitation letter from the organizers of the HVTT18 Symposium with your application. To obtain this letter, you must without delay:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>register to the Symposium and pay all Symposium participation fees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>send an email request to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:evenements@fsa.ulaval.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">evenements@fsa.ulaval.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"weather\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_weather_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_weather_label\">Weather in Qu\u00e9bec<\/h2>\n<p>There are 4 very distinct seasons in Qu\u00e9bec City. The weather can sometimes be unpredictable. It is best to plan ahead when packing your clothing. Find out about the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ville.quebec.qc.ca\/en\/touristes\/meteo\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">average high and low temperatures<\/a>&nbsp;for each month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local weather<\/a>&nbsp;before packing your bags.<\/p>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"quebec\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_quebec_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_quebec_label\">Qu\u00e9bec City, the jewel of French-speaking North America<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the city of Qu\u00e9bec ranks among the most sought-after destinations in the world for its safety and quality of life. As the cradle of French-speaking North America, Qu\u00e9bec City is brimming with First Nations, French and British influences. In summer as in winter, you\u2019ll find a vibrant city featuring its own unique cultural dynamism and natural amenities. Refer to the following websites for an authentic and unforgettable experience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-cite.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Office du tourisme de Qu\u00e9bec<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quoifaireaquebec.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quoi faire \u00e0 Qu\u00e9bec (activity schedule)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-city-districts\">City districts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Qu\u00e9bec City\u2019s different districts reflect the lifestyles of their residents. They\u2019ll be happy to share some local secrets with you! Here are a few neighborhoods to discover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebecregion.com\/en\/quebec-city-and-area\/old-quebec\/\">Old Qu\u00e9bec<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-cite.com\/en\/old-quebec-city\/petit-champlain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Petit-Champlain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-cite.com\/en\/old-quebec-city\/parliament-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parliament Hill<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-cite.com\/en\/old-quebec-city\/old-port\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Old Port<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-cite.com\/en\/old-quebec-city\/inside-quebec-citys-walls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inside the Walls<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebecregion.com\/en\/quebec-city-and-area\/saint-jean-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saint-Jean-Baptiste<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-cite.com\/en\/neighbourhoods-quebec-city\/saint-roch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saint-Roch<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-cite.com\/en\/neighbourhoods-quebec-city\/limoilou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Limoilou<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-cite.com\/en\/neighbourhoods-quebec-city\/montcalm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Montcalm<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-cite.com\/en\/neighbourhoods-quebec-city\/saint-sauveur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saint-Sauveur<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/international-vivrequebec.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/international-vivrequebec.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/international-vivrequebec-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/international-vivrequebec-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/international-vivrequebec-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-go-even-further\">Go even further!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Qu\u00e9bec City, on its own, is certainly worth a stay of three or four nights. However, the Province of Qu\u00e9bec features many interesting places to visit. If you wish to explore the Province beyond Qu\u00e9bec City and Montr\u00e9al, be prepared to discover breathtaking landscapes, fascinating villages and friendly people. You will have to rent a car, however. Here are a number of possible destinations outside of Qu\u00e9bec City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuiles-container baseul-tuilerie-black\"><ul class=\"baseul-tuilerie-content\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-image\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"image-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1602\" classname=\"wp-image-25809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/charlevoix.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/charlevoix.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/charlevoix-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/charlevoix-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/charlevoix-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/charlevoix-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/charlevoix-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-bottom\"><h3>Charlevoix and the south shore<\/h3><p>Charlevoix (north shore of the St-Lawrence river) is really worth seeing. It is about a 2-hour drive (route 138) from Qu\u00e9bec City. It is certainly worth stopping at Baie-St-Paul and sleeping for one or two nights at La Malbaie (suggestion: the Manoir Richelieu).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-image\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"image-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" classname=\"wp-image-25811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gaspesie-scaled.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gaspesie-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gaspesie-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gaspesie-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gaspesie-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gaspesie-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-bottom\"><h3>Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula<\/h3><p>One of the nicest tourist itineraries is the \u201ctour de la Gasp\u00e9sie\u201d (Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula). Take Highway 20 then route 132, and enjoy various stays in Rimouski, Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Gasp\u00e9, Perc\u00e9, Carleton, Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup and even more towns on the way.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-tuile-image\"><div class=\"baseul-tuile-content\"><div class=\"image-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1441\" classname=\"wp-image-25813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thousand-islands-scaled.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thousand-islands-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thousand-islands-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thousand-islands-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thousand-islands-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thousand-islands-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thousand-islands-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"baseul-tuile-bottom\"><h3>Thousand-Islands<\/h3><p>The Thousand-Islands area in Eastern Ontario is a world-renowned tourist destination. To get there, you first need to go to Montr\u00e9al (this is a very lively city; you may want to spend a few days there) and then continue for about 2.5 hours on Highway 401 towards Toronto.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"fsa-ulaval\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_fsa-ulaval_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_fsa-ulaval_label\">FSA ULaval<\/h2>\n<p>Since 1924, FSA ULaval has been training students to become competent and responsible managers and business specialists. Today, FSA ULaval is part of a select group of 150 Business Schools, out of more than 16,000 worldwide, to have obtained both the AACSB and EQUIS accreditations. With its two international accreditations, FSA ULaval ranks among the top 1% of the best business schools on the planet. These accreditations recognize the Faculty\u2019s excellence in all its facets: academics, research, pedagogical innovation, international activities, student resources and services, and partnerships with the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FSA ULaval is:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More than 10,081 students, including more than 1008 international students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>170 professors and full-time lecturers ready to engage with students and whose research expertise is internationally renowned<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A dynamic network of more than 51,000 alumni in Canada and abroad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Close connections with large international corporations and local SMEs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>State-of-the-art technological infrastructure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Many collaborations with other University faculties&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Canadian leader in hybrid and online-based education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Partnerships with more than 101 world-renowned universities and management schools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>26 world-class research chairs, centres and laboratories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outstanding student-athletes with our competitive Rouge et Or sports teams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A vibrant student life with more than 27 student organizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/en\/\">Learn more about FSA ULaval<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Palasis-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Palasis-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Palasis-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Palasis-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Palasis-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Palasis-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-our-university-universite-laval\">Our University, Universit\u00e9 Laval<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Founded in 1663, Universit\u00e9 Laval is the oldest French-speaking university in North America and is the 6th most important in Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 47,000 students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>29% in master\u2019s and PhD programs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some $500 million in funding for research and innovation and over 300 research centres, chairs, institutes, and other groups, including:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1,665 professors, 2,410 lecturers, and other teaching and research staff, and 3,165 administrative and support staff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.8 km2 of campus, 64% of it covered in green space and trees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>40 buildings connected by footpaths, 8 km of bike path, and more than 5 km of underground tunnels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Universit\u00e9 Laval is the first voluntarily carbon-neutral in the country. Times Higher Education ranks it 9th worldwide and 4th in Canada for its efforts to fight climate change according to United Nations objectives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Universit\u00e9 Laval is one of the world\u2019s top 20 French-language universities according to leading university rankings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ulaval.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about Universit\u00e9 Laval<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/universite-laval-aerien-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/universite-laval-aerien-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/universite-laval-aerien-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/universite-laval-aerien-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/universite-laval-aerien-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/universite-laval-aerien-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"julien-lepine\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_julien-lepine_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_julien-lepine_label\">Julien L\u00e9pine<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/JulienLepine.jpg\" alt=\"Julien L\u00e9pine\" class=\"wp-image-22549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/JulienLepine.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/JulienLepine-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/JulienLepine-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p><strong>General Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Julien L\u00e9pine is an Associate Professor at the Department of Operations and Decision Systems at Universit\u00e9 Laval in Qu\u00e9bec City and a member of the Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT). Formerly, he was a Research Associate at the Sustainable Road Freight Centre and Cambridge University Engineering Department, and a Postdoctoral Associate at St-Catharine\u2019s College, Cambridge. He is primarily working on sustainable transport with research projects on heavy vehicle fuel consumption modelling, rolling resistance, tire wear, alternative fuel and cargo securement. Julien has also been a member and Secretary of the HVTT forum since 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"jonathan-regehr\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_jonathan-regehr_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_jonathan-regehr_label\">Jonathan Regehr<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jonathan-regehr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jonathan-regehr.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jonathan-regehr-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jonathan-regehr-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p><strong>General Vice-Chair and Program Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jonathan Regehr is an Associate Professor (Transportation) and Associate Head (Undergraduate) of Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba and works as a private transportation consultant. His research and consulting experience involves transportation information systems and analysis, freight transportation, railway engineering, traffic engineering, and road safety. He is Co-Director of the Urban Mobility and Transportation Informatics Group (UMTIG) at the University of Manitoba. Working with federal, provincial, municipal, and private sector partners, Dr. Regehr\u2019s research contributes to advancements in transportation engineering practice and policymaking in Canada and internationally. Dr. Regehr currently serves on the boards of the Heavy Vehicle Transport and Technology Forum and the International Society for Weigh-in-Motion. He is the former Chair of the Transportation Research Board Committee on Highway Traffic Monitoring and the Education Committee of the Transportation Association of Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"jean-pascal-bilodeau\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_jean-pascal-bilodeau_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_jean-pascal-bilodeau_label\">Jean-Pascal Bilodeau<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jean-pascal-bilodeau.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jean-pascal-bilodeau.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jean-pascal-bilodeau-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jean-pascal-bilodeau-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p><strong>General Vice-Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean-Pascal Bilodeau is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Water Engineering at Universit\u00e9 Laval in Qu\u00e9bec City. He holds the Sentinel North Research Chair on Northern Infrastructures. He primarily works in the field of transportation infrastructure engineering in cold climates for a resilient and durable development of northern regions. He also develops research programs on the analysis, design and rehabilitation of materials and pavement structures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"andre-begin-drolet\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_andre-begin-drolet_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_andre-begin-drolet_label\">Andr\u00e9 B\u00e9gin-Drolet<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/andre-begin-drolet.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/andre-begin-drolet.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/andre-begin-drolet-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/andre-begin-drolet-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p><strong>General Vice-Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andr\u00e9 B\u00e9gin-Drolet is a Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Universit\u00e9 Laval in Canada. His research revolves around mechanical design. He has developed instrumentation for heavy vehicles ranging from vibration measurements to in-situ rolling resistance measurements. He has published more than 35 peer-reviewed papers and has presented in numerous international conferences. In addition to having launched a spinoff company in 2020, he has filed more than 10 patents and licenced 4 innovations to industrial partners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"franziska-schmidt\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_franziska-schmidt_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_franziska-schmidt_label\">Franziska Schmidt<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/franziska-schmidt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/franziska-schmidt.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/franziska-schmidt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/franziska-schmidt-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>Since receiving her MSc and PhD in Civil Engineering, Franziska Schmidt has been working at Universit\u00e9 Gustave Eiffel (former IFSTTAR, and before LCPC) since 2009, on various European and national research projects dealing with the impact of traffic loads and other (e.g. climate) actions on structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is involved in several expertise studies on the assessment of existing, ageing structures. As a data scientist, she is currently attempting to integrate these innovative data treatment methods in the more traditional world of bridges and structures, using these new data possibilities provided by Structural Health Monitoring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"loes-aarts\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_loes-aarts_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_loes-aarts_label\">Loes Aarts<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/loes-aarts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/loes-aarts.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/loes-aarts-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/loes-aarts-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>Loes Aarts is a Senior Advisor Freight Transport at Rijkswaterstaat, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in The Netherlands. She is co-responsible for the translation of developments and innovations in freight transport (energy transition, aging infrastructure, digitalization, etc.) into the implementation practice of Rijkswaterstaat as executive organization for the management of the main road and inland waterway network. She also is Co-Chair of the CEDR Working Group Road Freight Transport and President of the HVTT Forum (2018-2023).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"daniel-ainalis\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_daniel-ainalis_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_daniel-ainalis_label\">Daniel Ainalis<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/daniel-ainalis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/daniel-ainalis.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/daniel-ainalis-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/daniel-ainalis-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>Dr. Daniel Ainalis is a Senior Technology Leader in the Life Cycle and Economic Assessment Portfolio within the Sustainability and Materials Performance team at the National Transport Research Organisation in Australia. He has extensive experience in the decarbonisation of road freight and has numerous publications on assessing the environmental and economic benefits of alternatively fuelled heavy goods vehicles and transport infrastructure. Previously, Daniel was the Research Manager of the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight at the University of Cambridge, and also spent time as a Research Associate in the Centre for Transport Studies at Imperial College London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"alison-conway\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_alison-conway_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_alison-conway_label\">Alison Conway<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/alison-conway.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/alison-conway.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/alison-conway-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/alison-conway-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/alison-conway-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>Alison Conway is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the City College of New York and the Deputy Director of the Center for Social and Economic Mobility for People and Communities through Transportation (SEMPACT), the US DOT Regional University Transportation Center for Region 2. She is the current Chair of the Transportation Research Board\u2019s Freight Data Committee and the past Chair of the ASCE Transportation and Development Institute\u2019s Freight and Logistics Committee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"dan-haake\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_dan-haake_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_dan-haake_label\">Dan Haake<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dan-haake.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dan-haake.png 600w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dan-haake-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dan-haake-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>At Cambridge Systematics, Dan Haake is a national freight transportation expert who has helped clients in 30 states and four countries navigate infrastructure and policy challenges to improve their quality of life and competitiveness in today\u2019s global marketplace. Active professionally, Dan is the Chair of the Transportation Research Board\u2019s (TRB) Standing Committee on Trucking Industry Research and the past Chair of TRB\u2019s Standing Committee on Truck Size and Weight. He has also led several freight-related efforts for the American Planning Association and the Institute of Transportation Engineers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"pape-masseck-thiam\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_pape-masseck-thiam_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_pape-masseck-thiam_label\">Pape Masseck Thiam<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/papa-masseck-thiam-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/papa-masseck-thiam-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/papa-masseck-thiam-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/papa-masseck-thiam-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/papa-masseck-thiam-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/papa-masseck-thiam.jpg 1269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>Pape Masseck Thiam has more than 12 years of experience in the field of transportation engineering. Graduate from Universit\u00e9 Laval and \u00c9cole Polytechnique de Montr\u00e9al, he works as a Senior Research Engineer and Project Lead for FPInnovations\u2019 Transportation and Infrastructure Department. His research focuses on heavy vehicle weights and dimensions, truck seasonal weight regulations and the impact of heavy loads and climate on low volume roads and bridges. He is currently sitting on the Canadian Task Force on Vehicle Weights and Dimensions Policy and is a member of several committees at TRB, CGS and TAC. He also holds a PMP certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and has recently received the Young Transportation Professional Award from TAC. As a member of HVTT18 committee, he brings the perspective of Canadian forest, mining and oil &amp; gas industries to the current and future of heavy vehicle transportation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close bottom-close\">Close Window<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-baseul-block-dialog\"><div role=\"dialog\" id=\"accommodation\" aria-labelledby=\"dialog_accommodation_label\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"dialog-close corner-close\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close Window<\/span><\/button><div class=\"dialog-content\"><h2 class=\"is-style-fake-h3\" id=\"dialog_accommodation_label\">Accommodation<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hotels\">Hotels<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Universit\u00e9 Laval is located about 6 km from downtown Qu\u00e9bec City and is easily accessible by <strong>public transit services (M\u00e9trobus 800 or 801).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hotels-near-the-old-city-downtown\">Hotels near the Old City \/ Downtown<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The area near the Old City offers many options in terms of accommodations. Here are a few possibilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelchateaulaurier.com\/en\/\">H\u00f4tel Ch\u00e2teau Laurier Qu\u00e9bec <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairmont.com\/frontenac-quebec\/\">Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hotelleconcordequebec.com\/en\">H\u00f4tel le Concorde <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/yqbhihh-hilton-quebec\/\">Hilton Qu\u00e9bec<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/en-us\/hotels\/yqbmc-quebec-city-marriott-downtown\/overview\/\">Quebec City Marriott Downtown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hotels-near-the-conference-site-universite-laval\">Hotels near the conference site (Universit\u00e9 Laval)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Other hotels are located closer to the conference site (Universit\u00e9 Laval), usually at a lower cost, although the setting is less spectacular than the Old City. From the Universit\u00e9 Laval, M\u00e9trobus 800 or 801 is an easy way to get to the Old City area, where the evening social events will take place. Here are a few options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.germainhotels.com\/en\/alt-hotel\/quebec\">Alt H\u00f4tel Quebec<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hoteluniversel.qc.ca\/en\">H\u00f4tel Universel (Walking distance)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lebonneentente.com\/en\/\">Le Bonne Entente<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/viewer?mid=12H0a19xhONOa1XiOfryP7kgEdFKynII&amp;ll=46.79197045449665%2C-71.26350144999999&amp;z=13\">Map of Qu\u00e9bec City, hotels and locations where conference events will be held:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=12H0a19xhONOa1XiOfryP7kgEdFKynII&#038;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-universite-laval-student-residences-walking-distance\">Universit\u00e9 Laval student residences (Walking distance)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Located on the universit\u00e9 Laval campus, just 15 minutes from downtown Qu\u00e9bec City, the Service des residences offers accommodations in a stimulating environment near many tourist attractions. To meet specific needs, a number of affordable, customized packages are available. Practical, economical, and safe, our short-term accommodation offers you an unforgettable experience full of life and culture. Our four residences are also just five kilometres from the Qu\u00e9bec City Convention Center. Public transit buses (M\u00e9trobus 800 or 801) will get you there in only fifteen minutes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.residences.ulaval.ca\/en\/short-term-accommodations\/conventions-and-conferences\/\">Universit\u00e9 Laval Student Residences<\/a><br>2255, rue de l\u2019Universit\u00e9<br>Qu\u00e9bec (Qu\u00e9bec) G1V 0A7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-button-small-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-yellow-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.residences.ulaval.ca\/en\/short-term-accomodations\/short-term-accommodations-rooms\">Website<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/residence.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29583\" style=\"width:562px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/residence.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.fsa.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/residence-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-standard-university-room-shared-bathroom\"><strong>Standard university room (shared bathroom)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>These rooms have two single beds and feature all the amenities usually provided in hotels, including  bed linen, towels, shampoo, soap, parking , as well as free wireless Internet access and local calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Standard university room (shared bathroom), single occupancy: $48.75+ taxes \/ night<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standard university room (shared bathroom), double occupancy: $65 + taxes \/ night<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-superior-university-room-private-bathroom\"><strong>Superior university room (private bathroom)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>These rooms are equipped with a bathroom, queen size bed, double sofa bed,&nbsp; TV,  microwave oven, refrigerator and telephone. 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