Poly-World
Encyclopedia
Poly-World - is a student committee based in a French-Canadian engineering school, École Polytechnique de Montréal
, in Montreal
(Quebec
, Canada
).
This committee was founded in 1990 by a group of young students from different engineering fields that wanted to develop their knowledge of business processes
, competitiveness
and innovation
on an international level. These students, François Nadeau, Claude Benoît and Normand Gadoury, therefore organized Poly-Japan, the first mission of what became an independent engineering program orientation at undergraduate level at École Polytechnique.
The primary objective of this student committee is to enable its members to discover competitiveness, innovation and business processes in Quebec companies and then compare their findings on foreign soil through industrial visits to counterpart companies. Each year, the Poly-World council, which includes all coordinators of previous missions and a few teachers, is responsible for the selection of the different industrial sectors that will be studied. These sectors are judged competitive for Quebec and Canada and include aviation
, aerospace
and pharmaceuticals.
École Polytechnique de Montréal
The École Polytechnique de Montréal is an engineering school/faculty affiliated with the University of Montreal in Montreal, Canada. It ranks first in Canada for the scope of its engineering research. It is occasionally referred to as Montreal Polytechnic, although in Quebec English its French...
, in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
(Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
).
This committee was founded in 1990 by a group of young students from different engineering fields that wanted to develop their knowledge of business processes
Business process
A business process or business method is a collection of related, structured activities or tasks that produce a specific service or product for a particular customer or customers...
, competitiveness
Competitiveness
Competitiveness is a comparative concept of the ability and performance of a firm, sub-sector or country to sell and supply goods and/or services in a given market...
and innovation
Innovation
Innovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, technologies, or ideas that are accepted by markets, governments, and society...
on an international level. These students, François Nadeau, Claude Benoît and Normand Gadoury, therefore organized Poly-Japan, the first mission of what became an independent engineering program orientation at undergraduate level at École Polytechnique.
The primary objective of this student committee is to enable its members to discover competitiveness, innovation and business processes in Quebec companies and then compare their findings on foreign soil through industrial visits to counterpart companies. Each year, the Poly-World council, which includes all coordinators of previous missions and a few teachers, is responsible for the selection of the different industrial sectors that will be studied. These sectors are judged competitive for Quebec and Canada and include aviation
Aviation
Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...
, aerospace
Aerospace
Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
and pharmaceuticals.
List of past missions
For more details or to consult official documents relative to the missions, visit the Poly-World website.- 2011 Poly-World: France (visit to Japan canceled due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunamiThe 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...
) - 2010 Poly-World: Denmark, Netherlands
- 2009 Poly-Russia
- 2008 Poly-World: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore
- 2007 Poly-India
- 2006 Poly-World: Poland, Czech Republic
- 2005 Poly-China
- 2004 Poly-Switzerland
- 2003 Poly-Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Finland
- 2002 Poly-Brazil
- 2001 Poly-Spain
- 2000 Poly-Korea: South Korea
- 1999 Poly-Benelux: Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
- 1998 Poly-America: American west coast
- 1997 Poly-France
- 1996 Poly-Germany
- 1995 Poly-Japan
- 1994 Poly-Great Britain
- 1993 Poly-Italy
- 1992 Poly-Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Finland
- 1991 Poly-Germany
- 1990 Poly-Japan