In front of nearly 600 business people of the great area of Quebec, the President- Director General of the Convention Center of Quebec, M. Michel Bouchard, was pleased to give the Fidéide Business Event of the Year to Mrs. Monique Bernier, professor in remote sensing at the Institute National of Scientific Research (INRS), and Mrs. Josée Lévesque, Defense Scientist at the Defense Research Center of Val-Cartier for hosting the joint event 34th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium / 35th Canadian Symposium of Remote Sensing. This important scientific congress in the fields of Remote Sensing and Geoscience gathered some 1.900 researchers coming from 63 countries from July 13 to 17, 2014. The presence of these visitors in Quebec City generated more than 5.000 nights for the hotels and 4,3 M$ of tourist expenditures. Beyond the economic contribution, IGARSS 2014/35th CSRS radiates the expertise and the know-how of Québec City and Canada on the international scene.
