François Bédard is Senior Advisor of the Innovation Think Tank Humanitek, the innovation catalyst at Numana, Quebec’s technology think tank formerly known as TechnoMontréal. This initiative aims to analyze and identify emerging technologies, assess their impacts, and work with the industry to facilitate their early adoption and integration. Besides, he leads a committee in Numana on creating a roadmap for Empathic Buildings and Neighbourhoods with key stakeholders. 

Cumulating more than 25 years of experience in strategic planning and account management in the digital media environment, he is passionate about media, content, and sustainable innovation. Against this background, he is involved in various initiatives in the connected content industry and is an expert in personalized service. That’s why he works on the vision to make technological innovation a collective resource to increase the impact of technologies to transform each strategic market for Quebec of the future.