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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:24:24 -0800
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2nd Swiss Alumni Convention - April 5-6, 2003
The St. Francis Yacht Club, Marina, San Francisco, CA
Building nET(H)works & bridges - NEW PRICING - Discount for only
reservation!
* Meet friends and fellow alumni from ETH Zurich, EPF Lausanne and other
Swiss & European Universities at this year’s North American alumni
convention
* Meet members and brains of the team that build Alinghi and are part of the
America’s Cup winning Alinghi-EPFL team
* Discuss the mission of alumni organizations, brain drain, talent mobility,
job resources and knowledge transfer
* Profit from power-networking opportunities, great views on the San
Francisco Bay, a Cruise-Brunch on the Bay
The leadership of both Institutes (Stefan Catsicas & Konrad Osterwalder) and
the vice-chancellor of UC Berkeley (Donald McQuade) will take positions. The
Swiss Institutes will present their alumni visions and new service concepts.
The large Canton next door (Germany) will share its experience.
The event is organized by the Association of American Alumni of the Swiss
Federal Institutes of Technology (A3SFIT) and is open to all interested
parties. Special efforts are made to include the Alumni of IMD and HSG as
well as the Swiss National Fund researchers.
NEW PRICING: $80 for A3SFIT/Alumni members in good standing, and $90 for
non-members and $100 on-site. This includes the convention on Saturday and
lunch. The Dinner on Saturday is for $70 with the VIPs (open also for
spouses and guests attending only the dinner). The Cruise-Brunch on Sunday
is at $59.
Sign up at the Acteva website http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=42512
now!
Information on A3SFIT: http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/a3sfit
2nd A3SFIT Convention: “Building nET(H)works & Bridges”
Saturday April 5 & Sunday April 6, 2003 – St. Francis Yacht Club, Marina,
San Francisco, California
PROGRAM
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Friday, April 4, 2003 Reception at the Swiss Consul’s residence (by
invitation only as space permits)
Saturday, April 5, 2003 St. Francis Yacht Club, Marina, San Francisco, CA
08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast & Registration
08:45 – 09:15 Opening Lecture: New strategies at the EPFL Stefan Catsicas,
Vice President, EPF Lausanne
09:15 – 10:00 Roundtable Discussion: The Ins and Outs of Alumni
Organizations
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee & nET(H)working break
10:30 – 11:10 Roundtable Discussion: Moving Talent – Moving Knowledge
Brain-Drain vs. Knowledge Mobility: How do we manage knowledge and people
11:10 – 11:30 Coffee & nET(H)working break
11:30 – 12:00 Closing Lecture: TBA – Konrad Osterwalder (ETH Zürich)
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch – Keynote Speech: UC Berkeley and its Alumni Heritage
(working title)
Donald McQuade, Vice Chancellor – University Relations, University of
California, Berkeley
13:30 – 15:00 A successful partnership between competition in sport and
science: Alinghi and the EPFL
15:00 – 16:45 Working Session on the Future of the Swiss Alumni
Organizations (ETH Alumni/A3-EPF/A3SFIT)
concurrent Reception to honor the Swiss America’s Cup Challenger & Winner
of the Louis Vuitton Cup
19:30 – 22:00 Dinner in the evening at A.Sabella’s at Fisherman’s Wharf,
2766 Taylor St., SF, CA 94133
Sunday, April 6, 2003 on board of a cruise ship
11:00 – 13:00 Cruise on the Bay (Hornblower, Embarcadero, Pier 33) with
Brunch; please arrive 30 min early
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Received on Thu Mar 13 2003 - 15:03:45 PST
