📍 École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Montréal – May 13, 2026
🎯 Theme: Smart & sustainable industry in support of the Sustainable Development Goals

The 2026 edition brought together students, researchers, industry representatives, and partners of the SDG Innovation Network to discuss issues related to smart systems, applied artificial intelligence, the IoT, automation, and the sustainable transformation of organizations.

This edition highlighted the integration of Industry X.0 technologies from a perspective of sustainability, eco-responsibility, and operational performance.

Highlights of the program

• Plenary lectures led by experts from academia and industry (Guy Dulude, VP at Siemens, on industrial digital technologies, Richard Gagné, Quality Director at Famic Technologies on the digitization of multi-technology components, as well as Prof. Amin Chaabane from ÉTS on the role of humans in smart environments)
• Student presentations to an academic and industry jury, and a poster competition featuring three awards for excellence
• Practical workshops focused on digital tools and decision-making (Designing a first IoT platform, Smart workflow automation with n8n, AI and ethics)
• Discussions on Industry 5.0 and SDG alignment
• Academic-industrial networking cocktail reception

Check the full program for the 2026 edition.

📍Palais des congrès de Montréal, June 19 2025
🎯 Theme: Technology Management for Intelligent, Open and Responsible Organizations and Ecosystems

The 2025 edition braught together students, researchers, industry representatives, and partners of the SDG Innovation Network to discuss issues related to IAMOT 2025 main tracks.

📍 ESG UQAM – 23 & 24 May, 2024

🎯 Theme: Digital Transformation and Sustainable Innovation

The 2024 edition brought together students, researchers, industry professionals, and partners to discuss challenges in digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and sustainable technologies.

Program Highlights:

• Student presentations before a jury and poster competition

• “Digital Transformation Offensive (DTO)” competition with researchers and partners

• Thematic workshops (scientific communication, Power BI, etc.)

• Plenary lectures by industry and academic experts:

  • Excellence 5.0 – AI for Operational Excellence

  • Automated RFID for Stockout Management

  • Sustainable IT Awareness – Sopra Steria & Airbus

  • Low Emission Aviation – NRC

• Visit to ESG UQAM’s IoT Laboratory

• Breakfasts, lunches, and networking cocktail fostering exchanges

👉 Check the full program for the 2024 edition.

📍 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Campus – CNIMI, Drummondville
📅 June 13, 2023
🎯 Theme: Digital Transformation and Innovation – Industry 4.0

The 2023 edition brought together students, professors, and industrial and public partners from the SDG Innovation university network, as well as international delegates, to share advancements in digital transformation and innovation.

Event Highlights:

• Student competition and CNIMI tours: teams explored smart manufacturing stations and co-created research project proposals

• DTO (Digital Transformation Offensive) Forum: discussions on project progress with researchers and industrial partners

• Conferences and experience sharing: innovation, ethics, sustainable development, and technological entrepreneurship

• Scientific poster session: 25 students presented their work

• Networking cocktail fostering interactions between students, professors, and experts

👉 Check the full program for the 2023 edition.

📍 Laval University – June 8, 2022
🎯 Theme: Industry 4.0 and 5.0 – Innovation and Digital Transformation

The 2022 edition of the Student Forum brought together students, professors, and industry experts from the SDG Innovation network, providing a space for scientific exchange and peer-to-peer interactions.

Program Highlights:

• Student presentations (15 minutes each) before a jury and peers, showcasing their research projects and scientific contributions

• Thematic sessions led by experts to encourage discussions and knowledge sharing

• Guest lectures:

  • François Léger, CEO of PMP Solutions – The importance of the “data scientist” in the data-driven world

  • Jeffrey Dungen, Co-founder and CEO of ReelyActive – The tale of the three bears, 4.0 and 5.0

• Competitions and interactive exchanges on simulation projects, digital twins, AI, and supply chain transformation

• Parallel workshops: collaborative innovation, process optimization, additive manufacturing, and smart logistics

• Scientific poster session presented by students to share research results

• Networking cocktail fostering interactions between participants and experts

👉 Check the full program for the 2022 edition.

📍 Online – May 6, 2021
🎯 Theme: Digital Transformation – Innovation and Management

The 2021 edition, integrated into the 88ᵗʰ Acfas Congress, brought together researchers, professors, and industry experts to explore challenges of digital transformation and Industry 4.0 in manufacturing organizations.

Event Highlights:

• Opening lectures and expert panels on future perspectives and strategies for implementing Industry 4.0

• Oral presentations on SMEs and digital transformation, data preparation and usage, machine learning, and digital twins

• Student competition: research videos and innovative solutions to business challenges

• Workshops and panels on Lean 4.0 health and IoT solutions for manufacturing management

• Awards ceremony for competition winners and official closing by Hany Moustapha (ÉTS)

👉 Check the full program for the 2021 edition.

📍 ÉTS Montreal – August 26–28, 2019
🎯 Theme: Industry 4.0 – The Fourth Industrial Revolution is Here. Get Ready!

The 2019 edition of the 4.0 Innovation Network Student Forum brought together students, researchers, industry professionals, and decision-makers to explore the challenges and opportunities of Industry 4.0.

Program Highlights:

• Lectures led by experts from academia and industry

• Hands-on workshop on cyber-physical systems

• Scientific poster competition and student booths

• Visits to ÉTS research laboratories

• Dinners and networking cocktails fostering exchanges and collaborations

Special Activity:
🚍 Industrial visit: Festo Didactic, Québec – August 29, 2019 (bus transportation included)

👉 Check the full program for the 2019 edition.