The Professional Development Institute
Ottawa-Gatineau Campus

Affordable Full-Service
Meeting and Conference-Room Facility

Ideal for Private Seminars, Executive Retreats,
Labor Negotiations and Confidential Board Meetings

Located at the foothills of the scenic Gatineau Federal Park, our main campus is within a 15-minute drive from several upscale hotels in downtown Ottawa and about an hour direct flight from LaGuardia, New York.

Selecting a quiet, comfortable and fully-equipped place for a confidential meeting, a retreat or a conference can be challenging. At our state-of-the-art facility, we take care of the details so that you can focus on your goals and the participants. We want you to escape the noise and distractions, have a pleasant experience and a stress-free event. Our helpful, experienced and long-tenured staff will spare no effort to help you make your function a great success. What is more important, we exclusively rent to only one customer at a time, guaranteeing your privacy and the safety and security of your organizational information.

For labor-negotiation meetings, we provide translators, facilitators and mediation services. An alumnus of Harvard Business School, our president has been trained in negotiation and mediation at the Harvard Law School and is certified, also by Harvard Law School, in "Teaching Negotiation in the Corporation".

Nestled in a 100,000-square-feet wooded property, our 24-hour high-security protected building was originally created to research advanced radar systems for NORAD. Today, it features specially-designed conference rooms, each with a capacity of 25 participants facing the speaker and seated comfortably with round tables (35 participants in a school-room setup). Parking is free.

Depending upon the season, you can invite your guests, staff, clients or prospects to combine serious business with healthy recreational activities such as golfing, hiking, canoeing, swimming or skiing (both alpine and cross country) in the eco-friendly Gatineau Federal Park, within 5-minute drive of our campus. A continental breakfast can be included at a reasonable cost. This consists of a selection of juices, coffee, milk, hot chocolate and herbal and regular teas. Cereals, seasonal fruits and Tim Horton’s fresh muffins, croissants or donuts can also be added.

For lunch and dinner, you can bring your own caterer. Alternatively, we can contract, on your behalf, an experienced caterer to provide a buffet-style hot or cold luncheon in a separate dining room.

Please note that the building is a smoke-free environment.

The rental fees include the main conference room, a separate dining room, two small syndicate rooms for teamwork, a third syndicate room with a bay window can be also used as a translation/interpretation booth. A high-speed broadband Internet connection is available in three rooms. Used as a backup conference room, the dining room has the same equipment as the main room. Each room has two large sliding blackboards, flip charts, a TV/VCR, an audio and DVD player, a projection screen and an overhead projector. A ceiling-mounted SONY digital projector for PPT presentations is available in each room. The walls of each conference room hold several special 8x4’display boards to enable the participants to do teamwork on large laminated case-study templates.

Neither a lap top nor a PC machine are included in the above rates. Clients generally prefer bringing their own lap top. Add $75 for each lap top (main and back-up machines) the first day and $45 each additional day.
Free Parking

Catering Service
Minimum 15 participants
Continental breakfast and 2 breaks: $12 per person
Lunch:  $19 to $30 each
Custom menus and special diets available.