AIESEC, the world's largest student organization, is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential so as to have a positive impact on society.
In addition to providing over 6,500 leadership positions and delivering over 350 conferences to our membership of over 28,000 students , AIESEC also runs an exchange program that enables over 4,400 students and recent graduates the opportunity to live and work in another country.
Singapore (April 7, 2008)—The AIESEC Symposium, sponsored by Unilever and PricewaterhouseCoopers, was held at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore on April 4, 2008. The one-day event centered on the theme of Youth Talent: Leadership and Innovation in Asia Pacific.
Business and AIESEC youth leaders from Asia Pacific were brought together through this Symposium. Corporations such as the Royal Bank of Scotland, Merrill Lynch, Singapore Exchange were amongst the 92 attendees at the occasion.
Ms. Gathoni Wang’ombe, SEAA Leadership Development Director of Unilever, said: “The Symposium was engaging. It was a door that opened up exchange of opinions between corporates and youth. Students want to be heard and their views need to be taken seriously. They have provided insight that there is a reason behind job-hopping: nowadays, people want to move to other companies to seek personal development.”
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TOKYO (March 22, 2008)—This week top executives from the Asian region, including GM’s from Toyota and Sony and Senior Advisor of the UN will take part in a discussion panel on the role of companies in sustainability.
The discussion, entitled "Environment Initiatives by Companies", marks AIESEC’s 60 years of activitating leadership across the region and will be attended by 150 AIESEC alumni, 200 youths from across Asia-Pacific and the current President of AIESEC International, Gabriela Albescu.
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Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia – (20th February, 2008) – Juan Cajiao has been newly elected as the President for AIESEC International for the term 2008-09.
Originally from Costa Rica, Juan is the current Director of Ibero America on AIESEC International. He has been working for five years with AIESEC and has held various leadership roles on the national and international level.
With a background in Industrial Engineering, Juan’s vision for the future is to have his own consultancy firm, which will also lend support to NGOs and SMEs and provide opportunities for young talents. He see’s his term as President of AIESEC International, providing him with the skills required to achieve his future goals. His term officially starts August 1, 2008.
For more information please click here.LONDON, January 15, 2008--This week AIESEC launched a year-long celebration of activating youth leadership, in honour of its 60th birthday.
The festivities were kicked off in London at AIESEC International’s annual partner’s dinner, hosted this year by career and education network, QS Ltd. and it is just one of a string of events AIESEC plans on running throughout the year. The launch in London featured keynote speeches from Paul Bachelor, former Managing Partner of PwC and Nunzio Quacquarelli, Managing Director of QS Ltd and an AIESEC alumnus.
“Our organization has a rich history—from seven people in seven European countries 60 years ago to now 800,000 alumni, presence in 100 countries and with 28,000 members. AIESEC has grown a long way over these 60 years and we look forward to celebrating these memories and impacts AIESEC has had on the world throughout 2008,” said Gabriela Albescu, President of AIESEC International.
Founded in 1948 after the Second World War by seven European countries, AIESEC strived towards peace and cultural understanding amongst war-torn Europe by running an international work exchange program. Today AIESEC has grown into a leading platform for young people to truly discover their leadership potential—and a real training ground for the world’s next influential leaders.
The 60th anniversary will be celebrated throughout the globe this year in four regional events (Tokyo – March, Budapest – May, Brussels – June and Brazil – August) as well as more than 60 national events throughout AIESEC’s 100-country network. For more information on the 60th anniversary please visit www.aiesec.org/60.