the approach

Roadmaps provide strategic plans that define the various actions put in place by sectors to achieve pre-established goals and outcomes. They maximize benefits by providing a vision and a set of objectives while uniting stakeholders under a common initiative across the entire value chain and market.

LAUNCHED IN MARCH 2024, THE APPROACH REFLECTS PRIMA QUÉBEC’S COMMITMENT TO:

To undertake a significant mobilization exercise targeting the advanced materials ecosystem in the context of decarbonization;

To further promote ties between industry and researchers to help position Québec in the marketplace;

To further position the advanced materials sector as a pillar for Québec’s decarbonization and biodiversity preservation objectives.

Updates on global trends and the ecosystem

The first phase involved bringing together all strategic content from the advanced materials sector and associated processes. This included a study on supply and demand, research into scientific publications and patents, a survey for industrialists and researchers, along with interviews with experts in the field.

Identification of strategic sectors and themes

The first version of the Roadmap consolidated these results to prioritize four of Québec’s application sectors: energy, transport, electronics, and the environment.*
The exercise also led to three transversal themes that merit further investigation: funding, start-ups and commercialization, technology adoption, and the workforce

Vision 2035 workshop and preliminary definition of guidelines

In April of 2024, a vision workshop was held for researchers, business representatives, and economic development organizations to help lay the groundwork for a sectorwide outlook targeting 2035.

Co-drafting of objectives and actions

Between May and July, seven working groups met to take part in a co-drafting exercise that sought to translate this vision into concrete objectives and actions.**

* See Appendix A
** See Ambition 2035 section

the numbers:

respondants

for a survey targeting organizations and businesses regarding their perceptions of technological trends with regard to the four application sectors and their outlook for 2035.

interviews

with experts in the field to create a profile of Québec’s advanced materials sector.

collaborative workshop participants

to define Vision 2035 and create a basis for its guidelines.

participants

within sectoral and thematic working groups to define a set of objectives and actions.

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