Led by Université de Montréal with four university partners (Polytechnique Montréal, HEC Montréal, Université Laval and McGill University, IVADO brings together research centers, government partners, civil society and industry. IVADO’s governance structure is designed to foster the co-construction of ambitious cross-sector initiatives that promote a paradigm shift in AI and its adoption.
Board of Directors
Jean-François Picard
Industrial Technology Advisor at NRC IRAP and founding member of the Quebec Indigenous
NRCC
Julien Crowe
Senior Director of Artificial Intelligence (products, practice, R&D, and partnerships)
National Bank of Canada
David Nanang
Vice-President, Science at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments (ACIA)
Marie-Josée Hébert
Chairman of the board
Vice-Rector, Research Discovery, Creation and Innovation
Université de Montréal
Industrial members
Observers
Marco Blouin
Director General - Science and Innovation Branch
Ministère de l’économie et de l’innovation du Québec
Executive Committee
Marie-Josée Hébert
Chairman of the board
Vice-Rector, Research Discovery, Creation and Innovation
Université de Montréal
Technology transfer committee
Ex-Officio Members
Academic members
Academic Observers
Industrial members
Observers of intermediation organization
Student Representative
Scientific committee
Ex-Officio Members
Academic members
Industrial members
Student Representative
International Advisory Committee
Pascal Van Hentenryck
Director, NSF AI Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT), A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology