Your Roots - Your Power and Your Future
Business, Culture & Innovation
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September 13, 2025
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Enjoy a Day to Redefine the Future:
The Opportunity Your Destiny Was Waiting For!
September 13, 2025, Palais des Congrès, Montreal, at Éditions Maison de Vie Québec (EDITIONS PER ANKH QUEBEC) welcomes you to Affaires, Cultures & Innovation. Don't miss THE unmissable event that will bring together 400 influential leaders, entrepreneurs, and visionaries from the Afro-descendant diaspora and their allies.
Get ready for an immersive day. Engage in impactful dialogues that will explore entrepreneurship, the strength of the Afro-descendant diaspora, the potential of cultural innovation, the challenges of geostrategy, the depth of spirituality, and the essence of leadership. This is a unique opportunity to connect, learn, and contribute to a future we are shaping together.
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HISTORY
The Past, a Source of Strength for the Future.
How can your ancestors' legacy illuminate your path and catalyze your current success? Discover the resilience strategies, ancestral philosophies, and wisdom that have guided the Afro-descendant diaspora through the ages. Understand how these lessons can be applied to forge a prosperous future here in Quebec and globally.
SPIRITUALITY
The Inner Anchor of Your Journey.
How can you cultivate inner strength and find deeper meaning in your quest for success? Explore spirituality as an essential pillar of well-being, clarity, and perseverance. Learn how traditions and different approaches can anchor your leadership, inspire your innovation, and inform your entrepreneurial decisions for a more aligned and fulfilling life.
INNOVATION
The Engine of Your Creative Potential.
Your boldest ideas... how can you transform them into concrete projects that impact your field and your community in the age of AI? Innovation is within everyone's reach. Explore disruptive approaches, ingenious business models, and cutting-edge technologies. Learn how to create unique value and position the Afro-descendant diaspora in Quebec as a key player in creativity and solutions for the 21st century.
LEADERSHIP
Shape Your Influence, Leave Your Mark.
What leader lies within you, ready to transform their influence into a lasting legacy? Leadership is a skill to be cultivated. Discover the principles of authentic, resilient, and inspiring leadership, drawing on role models from the Afro-descendant diaspora. Learn how to unite, motivate, and leave a meaningful legacy that honors your past and propels your future.
Meet the Inspiring Voices
Leaders, Artists & Visionaries Prepare to be inspired by individuals whose exceptional journeys—whether in business, on stage, or behind the scenes—resonate with boldness, vision, and perseverance.
Magatte WADE
Magatte Wade est une entrepreneuse sénégalaise qui a grandi en France. Elle s'est d'abord fait connaître grâce à une conférence TED en 2017 sur ce qu'elle considère comme un environnement réglementaire excessif en Afrique, qui contraint les jeunes Africains à émigrer pour des raisons économiques.
Georges Laraque
Georges Laraque est un ancien joueur de hockey sur glace canadien reconnu comme l'un des meilleurs meneurs de son époque. Il a pris sa retraite du hockey en 2010 après que les Canadiens de Montréal ont racheté son contrat. Repêché par les Oilers d'Edmonton en 1995, Georges continue de chérir l'équipe qui lui tient le plus à cœur.
Jean Fils-Aimé
Jean Fils-Aimé est titulaire d'un doctorat en théologie de l'Université de Montréal (2003). Il se spécialise dans les questions de religion et de culture dans la modernité.
N.Y.S.Y.M.B LASCONY
N.Y.S.Y.M.B. Lascony is a historian, writer, documentary filmmaker, and cultural activist of Congolese descent. He has spent decades traveling throughout Africa and the diaspora, documenting heritage, traditions, and history through films, books, and lectures. Founder of CIMAROONS LTD and the PanAfrican Jazz Orchestra, Lascony is dedicated to preserving African knowledge and promoting cultural identity globally.
Serge
Serge Wacka is a business strategist, serial entrepreneur, and author. He is the organizer and one of the initiators of the 'Business, Cultures & Innovation' conferences. His mission is to unite leaders, entrepreneurs, and creators from across Quebec, Canada, and internationally to transform, highlight excellence, and build a lasting legacy for future generations.
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Your Participation
An Investment in Your Future and Your Impact "Business, Culture & Innovation" is a priceless opportunity for personal and professional growth. Here’s what you will ACHIEVE by joining us.
Grow Your Network
Connect with 400 professionals, entrepreneurs, and leaders who share your vision and aspirations.
Create powerful alliances. Be inspired by authentic success stories and innovative ideas that resonate with your own journey.
Practical tools: Leave with actionable strategies and practical tools for your projects and your development, starting the day after the conference.
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Our Partners
Agents of Change - We are proud to collaborate with organizations that share our commitment to excellence and innovation.
Our Commitment
Take Concrete Action for the Community. Each registration for "Business, Culture & Innovation" is also an act of contribution. 1% of all revenue generated will be directly donated to a local community cause that works for youth empowerment and the development of entrepreneurship in Quebec.