The Secretary of Innovation and Strategic Projects in the municipality, Gastón Contardi, received the representative of the Argentine-Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Laura Yorganjian, and together they toured the scientific and technological pole in the city.
Contardi stressed that “the scientific and technological pole has a very great appeal, not only for what we are witnessing in this city and this region, but it represents a huge business opportunity, as it is possible to diversify the economic development matrix, as Mayor Mariano Guido has said on several occasions.
The official noted, “Representatives from the Korean Chamber of Commerce came, as well as from the US Embassy, who will return next week, and now we are talking with part of the government teams from the public and private sectors in Canada, while we also have a lot of expectations, and we also plan to move forward with the agreements.” With universities and with other municipalities in important cities such as those in the province of Alberta.
“The expectation is to achieve investments in the clean energy sector and in this line of work we will continue to see how the work progresses and look for possibilities of bringing together local, national and international companies so that this becomes increasingly important and has the impact of a better outcome for the Neuquén city community.”
“We came to tell you about the project and visit the work with the aim of continuing the work to connect the public and private sectors,” explained Romina Gutierrez, coordinator of the Innovation Secretariat.
“Last week, a discussion took place in which different companies and initiatives like this pole were introduced,” said Laura Yorganjian, Director of the Argentine-Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
The president of the University of Alberta and the deans of that institution participated in that meeting, and Contardi was invited along with Gutierrez, because “we think these types of initiatives really deserve to be known in Canada to be able to interact,” Yorganjian explained. “.
He stressed, “Alberta and Neuquen signed a memorandum of understanding between the sister provinces, so we should not leave that document on the table. We must expand opportunities, and I believe one of them is the scientific and technological pole.”
Listen to the audio. Gaston Contardi, Secretary of Innovation and Strategic Projects at the Municipality.
Listen to the audio. Romina Gutierrez, Innovation Secretariat Coordinator.
Listen to the audio. Laura Yorganjian, Director of the Argentine-Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
