Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the best of Quebec innovation at the 35th annual ADRIQ Innovation Awards Gala.
We had the privilege of highlighting bold projects, visionary leaders, and organizations that are transforming our economy, society, and industries.
The evening began with the Next Generation Gala—an inspiring exhibition bringing together young scientists (winners of the Hydro-Québec Science Fair), university student clubs, and emerging startups—before continuing with a ceremony filled with emotion and collective pride.
We also thank the Innovation Awards jury members and all the partners of this 35th edition, whose participation helps make the Gala a must-attend event.
For its 35th edition, ADRIQ honoured key players in our ecosystem, with the presence of Ms. Chantal Renaud-Landry, President of the Cercle des Amis de Bernard-Landry, Mr. Éric Girard, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Jean, Coalition Avenir Québec, Minister for Regional Economic Development, Minister responsible for the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, Mr. Carlos J. Leitão, Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, Mr. Alexandre Teodoresco, Head of Optimization, Municipal Performance and Innovation at the Executive Committee of the City of Montreal, as well as our Chief Innovator of Quebec, Mr. Luc Sirois!
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2025 Innovation Awards!
Individual Awards
Presented by Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie
Jean-Marc Rousseau, Ph. D., Cofondateur de GIRO, ex-directeur du CIRRELT, ex-président du CIRANO, artisan d’IVADO et de Scale AI
From left to right: Frédéric Alberro, CEO, ADRIQ | Éric Girard, Member of the National Assembly for Lac-Saint-Jean, Coalition Avenir Québec, Minister for Regional Economic Development, Minister responsible for the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region | Jean-Marc Rousseau (recipient) | Chantal Renaud-Landry, President of the Friends of Bernard-Landry Circle
Presented by Polytechnique Montréal
Keyu Hu, Collège St-Louis
From left to right: Keyu Hu (laureate) | François Bertrand, Director of Research and Innovation, Polytechnique Montréal
Special distinctions
Presented by Fonds de recherche du Québec
Projet MAIN – Université Laval
From left to right: MAIN Project – Université Laval (recipients) | Janice Bailey, Vice-President of Research, Nature and Technologies Sector, Fonds de recherche du Québec
Presented by Conseil de l’innovation du Québec
Nationex
From left to right: Frédéric Alberro, CEO, ADRIQ | Nationex (award winners) | Luc Sirois, Chief Innovator of Quebec, Quebec Innovation Council
Corporate Awards
Presented by Université Concordia et l’Université McGill
Sollum Technologies
From left to right: MAIN Project – Université Laval (recipients) | Janice From left to right: Benoit Boulet, Associate Vice-President, Innovation and Partnerships, McGill University | Sollum Technologies (recipient) | Tim Evans, Vice-President, Research, Innovation and Impact, Concordia University
Nationex
From left to right: Pierre-Luc Marcil, Director, Cross-cutting Research and Innovation, Hydro-Québec | Nationex (winners)
Centre de robotique et de vision industrielles in collaboration with RinnoVision
From left to right: Industrial Robotics and Vision Center (winner) | RinnoVision (winner) | Ludovic Soucisse, CEO, CCTT Network
Presented by Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation
Hydro-Québec in collaboration with Nucleom et DroneVolt
From left to right: Sylvain Charbonneau, President, Canada Foundation for Innovation | Hydro-Québec (winner) | Nucleom (winner) | DroneVolt (winner)
Presented by Université de Montréal
Cap campus
From left to right: Luc Stafford, Associate Vice-Rector of Research and Innovation, University of Montreal | Cap campus (winner)
Presented by École de technologie supérieure
Pratt & Whitney Canada
From left to right: Pratt & Whitney Canada (award winners) | Kathy Baig, Director General and CEO, École de technologie supérieure | Pratt & Whitney Canada (award winner)
Presented by ADRIQ
Nucleom
From left to right: Frédéric Alberro, CEO, ADRIQ | Nucleom (winners) | Carlos J. Leitão, Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry | Nucleom (winners)
Qeen Biotechnologies
From left to right: Qeen Biotechnologies (award winners) | Martin Fortier, Associate Vice-Rector for Internationalization and Research, Creation and Innovation at Université Laval
Presented by Médicaments novateurs Canada
Qeen Biotechnologies
From left to right: Bettina Hamelin, President and CEO, Innovative Medicines Canada | Qeen Biotechnology (award winners)
Pratt & Whitney Canada
From left to right: Pratt & Whitney Canada (winners) | Guy Gagnon, Executive Vice President, Micrologic
Presented by Regroupements sectoriels de recherche industrielle
- CQDM presents: Quebec Heart and Lung Institute – Laval University, BioMark Diagnostic Solutions, AstraZeneca Canada, Pfizer Canada, and the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute Foundation
- CQRDA presents: REMAC and the Quebec Metallurgy Centre
- CRIBIQ presents: Immune Bio Solutions, E. Gagnon et Fils, Merinov, and TransBIOTech
- CRITM presents: National Research Council of Canada, École de technologie supérieure, Centre technologique en sérospatiale, VAC AERO International Québec, SprayWerx Technologies, and Surftec Industrial R&D Group
- InnovÉÉ presents: École de technologie supérieure (Kamal Al-Haddad) and SmartD Technologies
- MEDTEQ+ presents: Ingenew Pharma, ChitogenX, and the University of Sherbrooke
- PRIMA Québec presents: McGill University and Seido Photonics, a division of Aurios Medical Canada
- Prompt presents: ited
Phoela Health
From left to right: Richard Chénier, General Manager, Québec Tech | Phoela Health (winner)
The next generation at the 2025 Gala
Our great partner
Our connection partner
Our Innovation Awards Partners
Our Gold Partners
Our Silver Partners
Our Bronze Partners
Presented by Réseau québécois en innovation sociale
La Cantine pour tous
From left to right: Luc Dancause, Chairman of the Board, Quebec Network for Social Innovation | La Cantine pour tous (winners)