Open House - Open House Montreal - Interview by Ilias Benjelloun with Luc Sirois
In this highlight from Ilias Benjelloun’s invitation to the Montreal Open House, he turns the spotlight on why this week matters for the entire Quebec tech ecosystem. After setting up the broader theme of collaboration, mentorship, and AI-enabled innovation across Montreal, he zooms in on the event’s opening weekend: a high-energy conference featuring successful entrepreneurs to inspire the new generation on Saturday, followed by an action-oriented day on Sunday focused on AI and impact—building projects and prototypes that participants can take further after the workshop. Then Ilias scales the excitement for the rest of the week, emphasizing that 70 tech events will be distributed across the city, drawing 4,000+ participants. The real value of this moment, though, is not just attendance—it’s the intergenerational and cross-sector connection: experienced builders returning to mentor younger founders, while investors, startups, scale-ups, and corporate actors meet across verticals like medical, robotics, and AI. In his most assertive shift, Ilias challenges Quebec corporate leaders directly. While the region proudly “consumes local,” he argues we must also adopt local technology to match the speed and networking that fuel ecosystems elsewhere—because innovation happening here deserves to be used here. If you want to help the next wave launch faster, build bridges, and make Montreal’s tech momentum impossible to ignore, take action now by watching the full video and registering for Montreal Open House via the details shared there.
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In this highlight from Ilias Benjelloun’s invitation to the Montreal Open House, he turns the spotlight on why this week matters for the entire Quebec tech ecosystem. After setting up the broader theme of collaboration, mentorship, and AI-enabled innovation across Montreal, he zooms in on the event’s opening weekend: a high-energy conference featuring successful entrepreneurs to inspire the new generation on Saturday, followed by an action-oriented day on Sunday focused on AI and impact—building projects and prototypes that participants can take further after the workshop. Then Ilias scales the excitement for the rest of the week, emphasizing that 70 tech events will be distributed across the city, drawing 4,000+ participants. The real value of this moment, though, is not just attendance—it’s the intergenerational and cross-sector connection: experienced builders returning to mentor younger founders, while investors, startups, scale-ups, and corporate actors meet across verticals like medical, robotics, and AI. In his most assertive shift, Ilias challenges Quebec corporate leaders directly. While the region proudly “consumes local,” he argues we must also adopt local technology to match the speed and networking that fuel ecosystems elsewhere—because innovation happening here deserves to be used here. If you want to help the next wave launch faster, build bridges, and make Montreal’s tech momentum impossible to ignore, take action now by watching the full video and registering for Montreal Open House via the details shared there.
