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9th Regional Leaders Summit
From 16 to 18 May, 2018, the Regional Leaders Summit will be held in Québec. This will mark the ninth meeting of the Regional Leaders Summit, and the theme will be ''Energy Transition: Towards a Low-Carbon Economy''.
Surrounding and embedded within the 9th Regional Leaders Summit will be a number of scientific activities, including the inaugural RLS-Energy Network Summer School, a Digitization Day hosted by FRQNT, the second Global Aerospace Campus Summer Summit, a Small Satellites project meeting, and a multilateral research project presentation to the RLS heads of government. Learn more about last RLS Conference in Munich here, or read more about the 2016 RLS-Sciences activities and presentations here. |
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The Regional Leaders Summit (RLS) is a forum comprising seven regional governments: Bavaria (Germany), Georgia (USA), Québec (Canada), São Paulo (Brazil), Shandong (China), Upper Austria (Austria), and Western Cape (South Africa). Within the framework of RLS, RLS-Sciences seeks to leverage the unique composition and strengths of the RLS network to support scientific research within and between the RLS regions. The goal is to generate and support academic, scientific, and technological exchanges, as well as the initiation of multilateral research projects. RLS-Sciences is comprised of its scientific network, the existing bilateral relationships between the RLS members, and its four research projects: RLS-Energy Network (the RLS-Sciences pilot project), the RLS-Expert Dialogue on Digitization, the RLS-Global Aerospace Campus, and RLS-Small Satellites.
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Aerospace
Global Aerospace Campus will hold its second annual Global Aerospace Summer Summit this year in Montréal. The two day summit, hosted by AÉROÉTS from 10 to 11 May, will feature researchers and experts from the entire Global Aerospace Campus network, as well as student participants from across the RLS regions. Review the programme here, and learn more about the project by visiting the Global Aerospace Campus site here or watching the project video here. |
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Energy
The RLS-Energy Network is pleased to announce the inaugural international summer school on renewable energy from May 9 to 18, 2018, in Shawinigan and Québec City. The Summer School is jointly organized by the RLS-Energy Network, the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) and the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR). Researchers and coordinators from each RLS region are invited to nominate students to attend. Find more information here, or on the Summer School page from FRQNT here. |
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Small Satellites
The RLS-Small Satellites group will host a project meeting in Québec on 17 May, 2018. The meeting will offer the partners opportunities to exchange on the developments in the past months, as well as to discuss the next steps for the eleven small satellites that are set to be launched in 2019. To learn more about the project, please visit the RLS-Small Satellites website here. |
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Digitization
On 16 May, 2018, the RLS-Expert Dialogue on Digitization will hold a ''Journée numerique'' or ''Digitization Day''. The event will be hosted by Fonds de recherche du Québec- Nature et technologies (FRQNT) in Québec. The event will involve exchanges between researchers and representatives from across the RLS regions, as well presentations from Québec industry participants. Read more about the event here, or learn more about the Digitalization Dialogue here. |
