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title: 'About us: conference software built by researchers - Fourwaves'
description: 'Learn about Fourwaves: our mission to support research communities, our story since 2012, and the team behind our academic event platform.'
url: https://fourwaves.com/about-us/
lang: 'en-US'
---

Company

# About Fourwaves

Learn about our mission and vision, and meet the team

![Researchers discussing scientific posters during a poster session at an academic conference](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/academic-conference-poster-session.HOY70_4-_Zzd7k5.webp)

## Our mission

Scientific research helps us better understand our world. It unlocks new ways to preserve our ecosystems, develop novel therapeutics, and find evidence-based solutions to social and economic challenges.

Academic and scientific conferences are at the core of this progress. They allow members of research communities to meet, present early-stage research, exchange ideas, and network.

Our mission is to give these communities the best event technology, so conferences are easier to organize, ideas travel faster, and research networks thrive.

![The Fourwaves team gathered together at a company retreat](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/fourwaves-team.D9h-Dvlg_1MWIom.webp)

## Our story

In 2012, in Canada, four PhD students in bioinformatics created a website to simplify the logistics of a symposium and give attendees easier access to its content. Other researchers heard about the platform and asked if they could use it for their own events.

After organizing, attending, and presenting at dozens of conferences themselves, the founders realized the important role these events play in breaking down silos in science, connecting researchers, and sparking collaborations. This is how the idea of making the software available to as many research groups as possible came to be.

Fourwaves continues to support academic and research communities across the world. It has always been more than software to us: it’s a mission to help these communities thrive.

## With the right people, anything is possible.

Our team of professionals is distributed throughout the world from Canada to Belgium.

![Matthieu Chartier, PhD.](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/matthieu-chartier.DdroaXK5_IU7Nr.webp)

### Matthieu Chartier, PhD.

Founder and CEO

![Frédéric Coget](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/fre-de-ric-coget.BuFIApEQ_Z1LlpV7.webp)

### Frédéric Coget

Chief Operating Officer

![Gabriel Robert](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/gabriel-robert.Czn_afr3_1EBIWw.webp)

### Gabriel Robert

Chief Technology Officer

![Vincent Paquette](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/vincent-paquette.DZY42Fim_Z1fdDnl.webp)

### Vincent Paquette

Software Developer

![Marie-Eve Potvin](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/marie-eve-potvin.Bf9IS5Fn_Z2wvN8n.webp)

### Marie-Eve Potvin

Software Developer

![Yacine Seffal](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/yacine-seffal.Bh9KTF3f_1Q1suQ.webp)

### Yacine Seffal

Software Developer

![Léa Marchand](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/le-a-marchand.BtJGtx_x_ZI8mRF.webp)

### Léa Marchand

Software Developer

![Guillaume Fugère](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/guillaume-fuge-re.4PHQsS3a_Z26Rib.webp)

### Guillaume Fugère

Software Developer

![Hugues Soares](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/hugues-soarez.D-CUNVgD_ZCizQD.webp)

### Hugues Soares

Software Developer

![Jules Coupal-Lafleur](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/jules-coupal-lafleur.DRyEopfx_ZXoIXn.webp)

### Jules Coupal-Lafleur

Product Designer

![Marjolaine Bilodeau](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/marjolaine-bilodeau.XFIM2QKN_Z1Rjv5N.webp)

### Marjolaine Bilodeau

Product Designer

![Jonathan Langlois](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/jonathan-langlois.Crxv7zNo_1nOu7H.webp)

### Jonathan Langlois

Customer Success Manager

![Ruxi Ungureanu](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/ruxi-ungureanu.4yTnBGGE_Z1dsEwx.webp)

### Ruxi Ungureanu

Customer Success Manager

![Gabrielle Laforest](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/gabrielle-laforest.rOLtngh9_1PGxco.webp)

### Gabrielle Laforest

Client Growth Manager

![Daniel Charbonneau](https://fourwaves.com/_astro/daniel-charbonneau.DGojm2nL_Z1XN4Dx.webp)

### Daniel Charbonneau

Client Growth Manager