Apr. 22 – The President of National Institute of Scientific Research of the University of Quebec, Professor Daniel Coderre, announced that it would open a ‘UNESCO Chair’ for conversion materials and technologies, and energy savings and accumulation. Professor Federico Rosei, selected for the position, will bring to Canada his experience and extensive research conducted between Trieste and Rome on new materials and nanotechnologies. Coderre confirmed the position during the official opening of the new chair in Montreal, in the presence of numerous political and economic leaders of the international scientific world and UNESCO representatives in Canada.
