Alliance numériQC, Québec's Digital Industry Network, aims to support and accelerate the growth and competitiveness of its industry in recognition of all its stakeholders. Its aim is to give a voice and a strong brand image to the Québec multimedia and digital interactive content industry and make its own contribution to the development of this sector.

Its work is focused on the needs of small and medium size businesses, offering a range of programs and resources directly related to business development. Alliance numériQC puts special emphasis on activities that provide marketing and financial planning support along with market research.

Alliance numériQC also lobbies on behalf of policies and measures aimed at supporting this industry. Alliance numériQC maintain close contact with government agencies, public and private institutions along with other bodies in related sectors.

The clientele targeted by Alliance numériQC is mainly comprised of companies, corporate executives and managers as well as individuals working in Québec's interactive digital content and multimedia sectors.

Alliance numériQC represents :

• Over 200 corporate members, including: Bell Canada, Cogniscience/Micro-Intel, Copernic, De Marque, Digital Fiction, Discreet, JAMDAT Mobile (Canada) ULC, Ingenio, a subsidiary of Loto-Québec, Musitechnic, QA International, Société Radio-Canada, Sarbakan, Ubisoft, Virtools Canada, Zone 3 and several others.
• Over 3000 industry players who subscribe to our weekly newsletter.
• 15 associations and organizations who forward our communications to their members, including: Fédération informatique du Québec (FIQ), Centre de recherche informatique de Montréal (CRIM), Centre francophone d'informatisation des organisations (CEFRIO), Groupe des partenaires en technologies de l'information (GPTI), la Voix des Entrepreneurs en T.I. de Québec (VETIQ), Montréal International, International Game Developers Association, Le Regroupement des producteurs multimédia (RPM), Société des Arts technologiques (SAT), TECHNOCompétences and the World Trade Center Montréal.
• 7 government partners, including: ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, ministère des Finances du Québec, Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC), Canada Economic Development, Industry Canada, Telefilm Canada and Canadian Heritage.
• 13 specialized learning institutions, including: Centre NAD, Institut Icari, Institut national de l'image et du son (INIS), Cegep@distance, Cegep du Vieux-Montréal, Collège de Maisonneuve (ITI), eConcordia.com and Université de Sherbrooke.

• Participation and support in organizing trade missions
• Greeting missions and delegations
• Offering network support services
• Staging events related to attracting investment capital
• Multimedia Experimentation Fund (financial aid to start-ups)
• Information on funding programs
• Information on training programs
• Research and dissemination of market information
• Participation in public hearings and consultations
• Newsletters for the new medias sector
• Networking activities
• Special interest groups (games, privacy protection, Internet advertising, etc.)
• reference Web site for the multimedia sector www.numeriqc.ca/en