Connecting Intelligence – A springboard for new startups rooted in industry challenges

    ilias Benjelloun

    This highlight sits at the heart of the broader initiative described in the video: building a strategic bridge between Rimouski’s deep maritime expertise and Montreal’s entrepreneurial engine to accelerate Blue Economy innovation—while contributing to sustainable development and the protection of our oceans. In this moment, Ilias Benjelloun frames the real mission as urgent and practical: we must create new entrepreneurs, and shape entrepreneurs who can tackle the major societal challenges of our time. The value of this highlight is the way it connects people and knowledge across the innovation pipeline. Through Montréal-Utax’s role in gathering innovateurs and innovatrices who explore what technology can unlock, the initiative “Connecter l’intelligence sur les opportunités de l’économie bleue” convenes researchers, entrepreneurs, students, industry experts, and major companies in an intimate discussion focused not only on problems, but on opportunities. The core idea is that entrepreneurship in the maritime domain should be promoted through trust-building and shared learning, so participants develop the skills to launch innovative, ambitious startups. By diffusing panels from Montreal to Rimouski and attracting local research centers, the initiative aims to spark broader regional momentum—creating a dynamic maritime ecosystem capable of meaningful progress on ocean protection. For entrepreneurs, researchers, and corporate innovation leaders, this is a blueprint for collaboration that turns sustainability goals into real venture traction. Watch the full video to see how this bridge-building approach unfolds across the entire Blue Economy initiative.

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    This highlight sits at the heart of the broader initiative described in the video: building a strategic bridge between Rimouski’s deep maritime expertise and Montreal’s entrepreneurial engine to accelerate Blue Economy innovation—while contributing to sustainable development and the protection of our oceans. In this moment, Ilias Benjelloun frames the real mission as urgent and practical: we must create new entrepreneurs, and shape entrepreneurs who can tackle the major societal challenges of our time. The value of this highlight is the way it connects people and knowledge across the innovation pipeline. Through Montréal-Utax’s role in gathering innovateurs and innovatrices who explore what technology can unlock, the initiative “Connecter l’intelligence sur les opportunités de l’économie bleue” convenes researchers, entrepreneurs, students, industry experts, and major companies in an intimate discussion focused not only on problems, but on opportunities. The core idea is that entrepreneurship in the maritime domain should be promoted through trust-building and shared learning, so participants develop the skills to launch innovative, ambitious startups. By diffusing panels from Montreal to Rimouski and attracting local research centers, the initiative aims to spark broader regional momentum—creating a dynamic maritime ecosystem capable of meaningful progress on ocean protection. For entrepreneurs, researchers, and corporate innovation leaders, this is a blueprint for collaboration that turns sustainability goals into real venture traction. Watch the full video to see how this bridge-building approach unfolds across the entire Blue Economy initiative.

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    This highlight sits at the heart of the broader initiative described in the video: building a strategic bridge between Rimouski’s deep maritime expertise and Montreal’s entrepreneurial engine to accelerate Blue Economy innovation—while contributing to sustainable development and the protection of our oceans. In this moment, Ilias Benjelloun frames the real mission as urgent and practical: we must create new entrepreneurs, and shape entrepreneurs who can tackle the major societal challenges of our time.

    The value of this highlight is the way it connects people and knowledge across the innovation pipeline. Through Montréal-Utax’s role in gathering innovateurs and innovatrices who explore what technology can unlock, the initiative “Connecter l’intelligence sur les opportunités de l’économie bleue” convenes researchers, entrepreneurs, students, industry experts, and major companies in an intimate discussion focused not only on problems, but on opportunities. The core idea is that entrepreneurship in the maritime domain should be promoted through trust-building and shared learning, so participants develop the skills to launch innovative, ambitious startups.

    By diffusing panels from Montreal to Rimouski and attracting local research centers, the initiative aims to spark broader regional momentum—creating a dynamic maritime ecosystem capable of meaningful progress on ocean protection. For entrepreneurs, researchers, and corporate innovation leaders, this is a blueprint for collaboration that turns sustainability goals into real venture traction. Watch the full video to see how this bridge-building approach unfolds across the entire Blue Economy initiative.