/R E P E A T -- Media Invitation - Strategic Forum on major metropolitan projects hosted by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal/

MONTREAL, March 29, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Mr. Michel Leblanc, President and CEO of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, is pleased to invite media representatives to the sixth edition of the Strategic Forum of the Board of Trade on major projects in Montréal, on Friday, March 30, 2012, at 7 a.m.

In the past year, the city's landscape has changed before our very eyes. During the 2011 Strategic Forum, we announced that the major sums injected into property, infrastructure and revitalization construction projects in Montréal will redefine the face of our city.

The 2012 Forum, which will be attended by Montréal Mayor Gérald Tremblay, along with a number of players from our city's economic scene, will be the occasion to discuss the progress of these important projects and to discover which ones will mark the year recently underway, which promises to be as dynamic as the last one.

GUEST SPEAKERS:

INTRODUCTION

Opening remarks
Michel Leblanc, President and CEO, Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal

Introduction
Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montréal

Is the economic landscape favorable for metropolitan real-estate investment?
Benoit Egan, Partner, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton

PANEL - THE CHALLENGES INHERENT TO THE COMPLETION OF PRIVATE REAL-ESTATE PROJECTS IN MONTRÉAL

Jean Laurin, President and CEO, Newmark Knight Frank Devencore
Normand Bélanger, President and CEO, Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ
Daniel Peritz, Senior Vice-President, Montréal, Canderel Management

MAJOR PRIVATE PROJECTS

Viger District
Philip O'Brien
Co-owner and Chairman of the Board, Pur Immobilia

The stakes and challenges for condominium promoters and Samcon projects
Sam Scalia, President, Samson Inc.
Pierre Malo, Urban Planner and Development Director, Samcon Inc.

The Triangle - A development model worth repeating?
Daniel Lafond, Director, Urban Planning and Business Services, Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Borough
Sam Scalia, President, Development Director, Devmont Inc.

MAJOR HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS: PROGRESS STATUS

Step into the new CHUM
Christian Paire, Executive Director, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

The new MUHC - Economic and community healthcare partner
Normand Rinfret, Interim Director General and CEO, McGill University Health Centre

Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
Manon Boily, CEO, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital

Sainte-Justine UHC
Dr. Fabrice Brunet, Executive Director, Saint-Justine University Hospital Center

Jewish General Hospital
Dr. Hartley S. Stern, Executive Director, Jewish General Hospital
Philippe Castiel, Director of Planning and Real Estate Development, Jewish General Hospital

MAJOR REVITALIZATION PROJECTS

The Université de Montréal's Campus in Outremont
Dr. Guy Breton, rector, Université de Montréal

Space for Life's projects
Charles-Mathieu Brunelle, General Manager, Space for Life

The revival of the Olympic Park
David Heurtel, President and CEO, Parc olympique

WRAP-UP

Conclusion
Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montréal

Closing remarks
Michel Leblanc, President and CEO, Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal

Date:		Friday, March 30, 2012
Time:		From 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 7 a.m. - Breakfast and networking 7:30 a.m. - Beginning of the Forum
Where:		Delta Centre-Ville 777 University Street, Montréal

The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal has some 7,000 members. Its primary mission is to represent the interests of the business community of Greater Montréal and to provide individuals, merchants, and businesses of all sizes with a variety of specialized services to help them achieve their full potential in terms of innovation, productivity and competitiveness. The Board of Trade is Quebec's leading private economic development organization.

RSVP with Sylvie Paquette, Advisor, Media Relations, by phone at 514 871-4000, ext. 4015, or by email at [email protected].