Le Wagon joined forces with AQIII also known as The Quebec Association of IT Freelancers to organize a series of events to explore all you need to know about freelancing! 🤝 In this first webinar, **Magali Lasnes**, Advisor at AQIII, will provide a short introduction to their services and how they help their members to launch and manage their very own independent IT consulting venture. She will be joined by **Jean-Marc Lagacé**, a distinguished member of the association with a remarkable 28-year career as a consultant. He will share his journey and personalized advice as well as answer any questions you might have on the subject. *Les présentations seront en anglais mais la période de questions sera bilingue !* **About Jean-Marc Lagacé 🙋‍♂️** Jean-Marc Lagacé is an independent consultant in Quebec with a 28-year career in software development. His passion for computers began, at the age of 8, when he decided to teach himself programming to recreate an Artificial Intelligence program. He currently runs [M2i3](https://www.linkedin.com/company/m2i3/), a company that helps entrepreneurs turn their ideas into concrete solutions. He is convinced that IT has the ability to change lives and that the most interesting challenges are often found where we least expect them. **About AQIII 🚀** [The Quebec Association of IT Freelancers (AQIII)](https://www.aqiii.org/en/) is a professional association founded in 1993 as a non-profit organization. AQIII represents the voice of more than 25,100 self-employed, freelance and micro-entrepreneurs in information technology (IT) across Quebec, and brings together the largest pool of IT talent in Canada, across all areas of expertise (project managers, programmers, developers, analysts…). As Quebec’s only business community dedicated exclusively to independent IT consultants, it has been supporting the success of its 1300 members for 30 years.