Provide access to a unique study environment, including our infrastructures, facilities, and workforce, thus enabling the realization of projects in a real-world setting.Facilitate the execution of projects by involving our experts and teams, fostering partnerships, and offering project support.Create and animate a multidisciplinary community of practice composed of international experts to share knowledge and promote innovation in the airport environment.
To launch the LIA's activities, we can count on the leadership and expertise of Professor Mehran Ebrahimi, who has managed to gather support from the greatest experts in Canada and the world to form the advisory and scientific committees of the LIA. Notable collaborations include the Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (INP), the French Association for Artificial Intelligence (AFIA), Bombardier, the Aerospace Technology Center (CTA), the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Aéro Montréal, the University of Sherbrooke (UdeS), the International Expertise Center of Montreal in Artificial Intelligence (CEIMIA), the Quebec Aerospace Research and Innovation Consortium (CRIAQ), the University of Montréal (UdeM) and Air France-KLM.
"To address the colossal challenges of the aviation and aerospace sector, we must transcend past paradigms. It is in this spirit that we envision the airport as the nerve center for mobilizing and articulating academic, industrial, and civil society knowledge and expertise. A true crossroads where ideas and knowledge circulate as freely as airplanes and passengers. The LIA – Living Lab for Innovation in Aerospace will position itself as a major player in this innovative vision, where research, innovation, and collaboration will combine to shape the future of aeronautics," said Mr. Mehran Ebrahimi, Full Professor at ESG-UQAM and Director of the International Observatory of Aeronautics and Civil Aviation.
Mr Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport of Canada said: "This initiative will play a leading role for the aerospace industry in Canada by providing a unique study environment and facilitating the realization of innovative projects. The LIA strengthens the aerospace innovation zone and will shine a spotlight on Longueuil internationally,",
The Mayor of Longueuil said: "The designation of Espace Aéro has highlighted the strong territorial synergy within the Quebec aerospace industry. A project like the LIA – Living Lab for Innovation in Aerospace is the perfect example of a collaboration where companies, researchers, and academic institutions can both develop and test new technologies within a single platform. It is in perfect harmony with the two priority axes of Espace Aéro, which are decarbonization and autonomy. I congratulate MET – Aéroport métropolitain de Montréal for establishing the LIA,"
