Agenda
 
Timing
Description
Friday, 9 May
Opening Ceremony & Networking Dinner
19:00- 20:30
Opening Ceremony
*       Formal Opening ceremony of the 60 th Anniversary celebration in Europe, hosted in the House of Parliament in Budapest- one of the oldest legislative buildings in Europe
*       The chair of the event is Fernando Mendes.
 
Special guest profile:
 
Aleksander Kwasniewski (message)
Former President of Poland
AIESEC alumnus
 
Jean Choplin
Co-founder of AIESEC, PAI 1950-51
 
 
Katalin Bogyay
State Secretary for International Affairs
 
Fernando Mendes
Entrepreneur; Founder of 5 venture businesses in Portugal and Mozambique
AIESEC alumnus
 
20:30-
Networking Dinner
Informal evening in a relaxed style, hosted on a ship cruise on Danube, with Cocktails and dinner


 
Timing
Description
Saturday, 10 May
Panel discussion & interactive dialogue with audience (Present)
09:30- 11:00
The picture of Europe
*       Good morning by chair Fernando Mendes.
*       Interesting panelists representing different sectors draw a picture of Europe today
*       Discussion about the key trends, main challenges and envisioning the role and responsibility of Europe playing in a global context
*       What is the role AIESEC is playing and shall play in the future
*       Setting scene and questions for discussions following the panel
 
Special guest profile:
 
Prof. Anders Aspling (moderator of the panel)
GRLI; Secretary General
EFMD; Board Member
 
Kate Bartlett
UBS; Managing Director and COO of Group Offshoring
 
Gregory C. Dahl 
IMF; economist and senior official
Author of the book; One World, One People: How Globalization is Shaping Our Future 
 
Alexander Crawford
TÄLLBERG FOUNDATION; partner and consultant
 
Miklos Marschall
Transparency International; Europe & Central Asia Regional Director
 
 
11:00- 11:30
Coffee Break
Word Café Discussions (Present)
11:30- 13:00
The picture of Europe
*       Interaction with panelist and elaborating on topics questioned by the panelists
*       Group discussions reflecting inter-generational learning on interest based topics
 
Opportunity to interact with the guests from panel discussion.
 
13:00-14:30
Networking Lunch
Stories from alumni (Past)
 
14:30-15:30
 
I am an AIESEC alumnus and this is the story of our organization
 
 
*       The history of AIESEC in pictures.
*       Sharing individual stories of alumni in the context of the 60th anniversary celebration.
*       The beginnings, role and relevance of AIESEC in the past 60 years
*       Setting context for the afternoon discussions: What is our responsibility for the next 60 years? What is the role of alumni?
 
Special guest profile:
 
Bengt Sjostrand , PAI 1949/50
Jean Choplin, PAI 1950/51
Milos Motoska, co-founder of AIESEC in Czechoslovakia, 1965/66
 
AIESEC Today
15:30- 16:00
*       About AIESEC activities and performance today
 
Gabriela Albescu , PAI 2007/08
 
Large Group Workshop (Future)
16:00-18:00
 
What we dream about the future
*       Finding inspiration for the future after we reconnected with the past and understood the present
*       What is our responsibility for the next 60 years, What is the role of alumni, What can we do
 
Special guest profile:
 
Cseffalvay Gabor , Founder of Creanova, AIESEC alumni Hungary
S-P OMahony , Director Sales and Marketing at Malév Hungarian Airlines; AIESEC alumni UK
Zoltan Szeni, CEE HR Director of Ernst & Young; AIESEC alumni Hungary
 
18:00-19:00
Break
Gala Dinner
20:00- 23:00
Gala Dinner
Formal Gala Dinner, Networking, Celebration of 60 th Anniversary
Happy birthday wishes


  
Optional
Sunday, 11 May
Optional program
10:00-12:00
 
*       Space for Individual networking (Optional)
*       Exploring recommended places in Budapest (optional)
*       Working groups and continuing powerful conversations from Saturday (optional)
 
Some of the suggested topics for Working groups:
- Global Forum of Alumni Associations (and alumni policy)
- International AIESEC alumni Foundation
- general alumni involvement in AIESEC
- continuation of discussions from the day before