IVADO and Confiance IA join forces to accelerate responsible AI in Quebec

Montreal, December 17, 2024 – IVADO is pleased to announce a partnership with Confiance IA, an industrial consortium dedicated to integrating responsible artificial intelligence (AI) practices that are tailored to the realities of Quebec businesses.

The AI Talent program, a key outcome of this partnership, will be launched in January 2025. It will provide master’s and doctoral students with the opportunity to collaborate with local companies on real-world projects that integrate ethics, sustainability, and responsibility, while helping to tackle the current challenges facing the AI ecosystem.

With this program, IVADO and Confiance IA aim to address three strategic priorities:

• Foster responsible innovation: by integrating transparent, ethical AI solutions into business processes.
• Develop tomorrow’s leaders: by providing students with paid, hands-on experience that directly addresses the real-world needs of organizations.
• Support Quebec SMEs: by facilitating their access to advanced AI expertise, backed by Mitacs funding and favorable terms.

A call for projects

Companies interested in participating in this initiative will be able to submit their projects starting January 7, 2025. Further details on the registration process will be provided shortly.

About Confiance IA

Confiance IA is an industrial consortium founded in 2023, driven by Montreal’s industrial ecosystem and funded by the Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie (MEIE). Committed to addressing the challenges of Quebec’s diverse sectors, Confiance IA adopts an applied approach and an innovation cycle that is specifically tailored to the business realities of Quebec companies.

About IVADO

IVADO is an interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral  research, training and knowledge mobilization consortium whose mission is to develop and promote a robust, reasoning and responsible AI. Led by Université de Montréal with four university partners (Polytechnique Montréal, HEC Montréal, Université Laval and McGill University), IVADO brings together research centres, government bodies and industry members to co-build ambitious cross-sectoral initiatives with the goal of fostering a paradigm shift for AI and its adoption.