Montreal Metropolitan Airport announces Living Lab for Innovation in Aerospace

1. Provide access to a unique study environment, including infrastructure, facilities, and workforce, enabling projects in a real-world setting.

2. Facilitate project execution by involving experts and teams, fostering partnerships, and offering project support.

3. Create and sustain a multidisciplinary community composed of international experts to share knowledge and promote innovation within the airport environment.

Mehran Ebrahimi will spearhead LIA's activities with support from Canadian and international experts forming advisory and scientific committees. Key collaborators include Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (INP), French Association for Artificial Intelligence (AFIA), Bombardier, Aerospace Technology Center (CTA), École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Aéro Montréal, University of Sherbrooke (UdeS), International Expertise Center of Montreal in Artificial Intelligence (CEIMIA), Quebec Aerospace Research and Innovation Consortium (CRIAQ), 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 Ebrahimi.