During the
past month we were engaged in a lot of
activities of which you find a short
description below and in more detail on our
blog.
On September 24th, Pascal Marmier, Pierre
Dorsaz and Caroline Freigang held a lecture
on Nation
Branding: The case of Switzerland
as guest speakers during the International
Marketing class of Prof. Bernard L. Simonin
at the Fletcher School, Tufts University.
Students of Basel's high school the
Wirtschaftsgymnasium
Basel visited swissnex
Boston to learn about the economic and
scientific cooperation between Switzerland
and the Boston area.
swissnex Boston invited the Science
Attachés of the local Consulates to
an informal breakfast on September 22, 2009.
On September 18, 2009, swissnex Boston
represented Swiss Universities at the QS
World Grad School Tour.
On September 1, swissnex Boston organized a
networking
lunch with former students of the University
of Geneva in the Boston area. The goal of
the event was to kick off a real alumni
community spirit in Boston and to present the
Boston Chapter of the new UNIGE Alumni Online
platform, launched in June 2009.
Strengthened by our SwissBäker's breakfast,
our early morning participants dove into a
conversation
with John Sadowsky,
distinguished professor at Grenoble Graduate
School of Management and entrepreneurial
expert, on "The Changing Face of
Leadership."
On September 11, 2009 swissnex Boston hosted
the MIT
Engineering Coffee Hour of the
Graduate Association of Mechanical Engineers
(GAME). In parallel on the
same day the Residence of
the Consulate of Switzerland in Lexington
hosted the semi-monthly New
England Business Breakfast.
Going forward we are hosting Beat Mugglin,
Vice Dean School of Engineering &
Architecture, Lucerne University of
Applied Science,
for 3 days as well as Ms and Prof. Dr.
Baltensberger, Head of the Science section,
senior staff of the ETH Board. As part
of the
executive EMBA program with Babson
College,
the University of Applied Sciences, Bern &
St. Gallen are participating in a two day
program at swissnex on October 8-9, 2009. The
School of Business Administration of the
University of Applied Sciences Fribourg
will be
taking part in a three day program organized
by swissnex from October 22-24, 2009. We will
be hosting a roundtable discussion led by
Juan Gonzalez-Valero, Head of Corporate
Responsibility at Syngenta on October
23, 2009. At the beginning of November,
swissnex will be supporting the National
French Week (special theme Switzerland) at
the University of New Hampshire and
the Boston Jewish Film
Festival. A one day conference will take
place on November 14, 2009 at the Harvard
GSD. In collaboration with swissnex San
Francisco we are working on a speaker's
series on Finance: "Global Financial
Crisis one year after the crash: Science to
the Rescue?"
Additionally we are entering the planning
phase of our 10 year anniversary in
2010.
Our first community event in 2010 will be the
celebration of "New Beginnings" on January
20, 2010. You may already save the date
in your calendar.
