Incredible!!! The last days were some of the most intense and crazy times I ever had, and I hope for some of you it has been the same. Thanks to everyone who came to Connect 2007 to discuss, meet and of course connect with old and new friends. I hope you all learned lots around Corporate Responsibility and other topics and enjoyed your time in Biel. In the name of the whole OC I would like to thank all the delegates for participating so actively in all the sessions and especially for helping us cleaning up whenever we needed you!
In the album below you can find some pictures from the last two days, watch this space for more output from the conference such as the ideas from Saturday. We'll let you know (probably by email) as soon as we have the online access to all the inspirations.
APPLY NOW!!! The deadline to fill in the application form is 25th of March. (Email address where to send it to can be found in the form)
As these links only work if you have access to www.aiesec.net, please write to info@connect2007.ch if you don't have access but would like to know more about Connect 2007 and apply for it.
Some facts about Connect 2007:
Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility When: 13-14 April 2007 Where: Biel-Bienne Participation fee: 90 CHF for both days, this includes a train ticket (round-trip) from any location in Switzerland to Biel Accomodation: can be arranged
To check out the location, discuss room allocations and fix some content and logistical details with BrainStore the team went to Biel last Tuesday.
If you too want to get a taste of what the environments of Connect will look like, as well as have a first flavour of what Saturday might look like you can check it out here. This is the movie that was shot by 3sat, documenting the idea finding process, very cool insights into the BrainStore methodology (if that word exists :-))
Hello visitors of this little space on the web!! (there are at least some of you, I've checked :-)) updates of today:
Don't forget to apply for extended OC (more information below), deadline is 7th of March and we'll be making sure this is not a normal @deadline :-)
Application for delegates will soon be promoted, first over @.net (pray for us that it's working)
One more workshop on Friday to choose from: Matthew Sutter from Novartis will be joining us to talk about their "Living Wages" project. Details of the workshop are still being worked out but you can have a look here, where the Corporate Citizenship activities of Novartis are presented
Concerning the workshop of the Ethos Foundation, it will be led by Mr. Jean Laville, Deputy Director of Ethos, talking about "Responsible Shareholdership", the responsibility of investors and how they can react to "irresponsible" companies.
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If you have any feedback, tips etc. to give to us, we're always happy to get comments :-)
Thanks for all of you who commented so far, compliments make our day!
Since @.net doesn't want to send emails on a Sunday afternoon, here comes the latest opportunity to help in organising the coolest event of the year ;-) read on:
Hey everyone!
Certainly you've heard already of Connect 2007. If not here a short description: Connect 2007 is a two days event bringing together students and experts to discuss different aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility. It will take place in Biel in the office of BrainStore, the IdeaFactory. The delegates will attend speeches from keynote speakers and participate in workshops led by experts in various fields of CSR, like environmental issues, community involvement and human rights. Confirmed speakers are, among others, Dr. Markus R. Neuhaus, CEO PricewaterhouseCoopers, Stefanie Koch, CSR Coordination, Holcim Group, François Mercier, Brot für Alle and representatives of WWF International and Amnesty International.
You have now the great opportunity to be part of the organizing committee of this event! We are looking for 7 highly motivated people who will join our team as extended OC members. Are you ready to work hard, to meet outstanding externals and to have fun in a great team? Then apply for extended OC for Connect2007. You can find the Application Form HERE. Fill it in and send it to joan.vozeh(at)aiesec.ch until the 7th March 2007.
Soon, application for delegates will be out, so keep on checking our blog for more news.
Well, exams are over and so we go beyond the random office video stuff and back to work, well actually most of the work in the last weeks has been done beside having exams, big applause for my great team who managed to work 200% for both uni and Connect!!!
Some results can be seen further down, where you get the newest speakers list as well as the topics (this is still subject to change however, so don't be disappointed if we change the topics still slightly), other results such as the sponsors we secured or the ad we'll be having in CASH or the flyers we created to promote Connect are more in the background and will only reveal themselves in the coming weeks or on the 13th/14th of April.
Soon we'll be coming to an LCM near you to tell you more about what's happening at Connect and why YOU should be there ;-)
Welcome & Key Note Speech
Dr. Markus Neuhaus CEO PWC “How is PricewaterhouseCoopers fostering CSR?”
