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Montréal InVivo: A Forum IN THE SPOTLIGHT Innovation Integration Forum More achievements Biopharma RHConnect cocktail reception attended by 55 people (March 24) Two Fasken Martineau-Montréal InVivo lunch-and-learn sessions: nearly 100 participants (April 1 and October 9) Annual General Meeting with 100 participants, Montréal Mayor Denis Coderre and INESSS CEO Luc Boileau (May 7) During the Health Innovation Week organized by CHU Sainte-Justine, 80 people and 15 national and international speakers participated in the Innovation Integration Forum, organized by Montréal InVivo to promote dialogue between important stakeholders from the business, economic, health care and research communities. This conference was an opportunity to explore the future role of purchasing groups in the strategic sourcing of Quebec’s public health network, including the integration of diagnostic tests in personalized health care and patient care field assessments. It also presented a few Canadian and global examples of “health innovation integration“ best practices, such as B.C. organization Health Shared Services and Catalan agency AQuAS. Catalonia’s Chief Innovator, Ramon Maspons, was also present to talk about them. 8