5X社区Secretariat Welcomes Yannick Saint-Germain as the World Congress and Events Director
Publication date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019
5X社区is pleased to announce that Yannick Saint-Germain has returned to 5X社区as the World Congress and Events Director. Yannick will lead the Organizing Committee for future World Congresses and coordinate the related bidding processes.
Born in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada), Yannick Saint-Germain grew up in Gatineau (Qu茅bec, Canada) before moving to 惭辞苍迟谤茅补濒 to complete a university degree (BA) in history. He now calls 惭辞苍迟谤茅补濒 home. Yannick has long been drawn to politics and event planning. He was an active member of the university student movement, and he went on to play a part in Qu茅bec鈥檚 political and electoral organizations at the municipal, provincial and federal levels.
Over the past twenty years, Yannick has helped organize a variety of sports and cultural events held in Canada. He was a member of the organizing committee for the following events: Francophonie Summit (Moncton, 1999), Francophonie Games (Ottawa-Hull, 2001), FINA World Aquatic Championships (2005), Festival international de jazz de 惭辞苍迟谤茅补濒 (2006), Les FrancoFolies de Montreal (2006), FIFA U20 World Cup (2007), and the Just for Laughs Festival (2009). He has also worked at the international level in B茅nin (2000) and New-Caledonia (2008).
Yannick鈥檚 broad-ranging interests include the humanities and their relationship with sports, particularly soccer (football) and volleyball, as well as political science, history, sociology, economics and literature. In his leisure time, Yannick is an 鈥淥ff FIFA鈥 soccer volunteer (outside FIFA jurisdiction): This allows non-autonomous states, national minorities and cultural representations to stage international matches. As an avid cyclotourist, he travels as much as he can, and is particularly fond of unusual destinations, such as Vanuatu, Kurdistan and the Isle of Man.
