CEMS Magazine | May 2011
CEMS Annual Event 2010 at RSM
In spite of millions of snow flakes and temperatures way below 0, the 1500 guests from 26 countries, and a total staff of over 100 together ensured a successful CEMS Annual Events from 2nd to 4th December 2010. Organised by Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and CEMS Head Office, the CEMS Annual Events 2010 were a combination of 45 business and festive meetings, enhanced by a Symposium on Social Business and New Capitalism where the CEMS community came to listen to Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus. The official CEMS Graduation Ceremony on Saturday was followed by a big Celebration Party where the CEMS community also celebrated the homecoming of Erasmus. Dancing and singing on the music of the Hermes Houseband, the CEMS vibes could be felt throughout the entire Rotterdam Cruise Terminal!
11 multinational companies and 2 NGOs come on board The portfolio of CEMS Corporate Partners was significantly boosted by the ratification of 11 new companies. These included four Japanese companies, recruited by Keio: the soya giants Kikkoman Corporation, the optical and pharmaceutical manufacturers Kowa Company Ltd., the convenience store franchise Lawson, Inc. and the financial services and investment bank Nomura Securities Co. Ltd. Also ratified as corporate partners were Arla Foods, Barilla, EF Education First, Google, HSBC, SABMiller plc and Schneider Electric. This brings the total number of CEMS Corporate Partners to a record 69.
RSM was delighted to host these events. The organisation started somewhere mid-2009 already. First with a very small team ensuring adequate venues and the like, the team grew larger and larger pretty soon. During the events the organising team also received great help from a group of enthusiastic RSM CEMS students who worked relentlessly to cater to the needs and requests of speakers and guests. As is always the case with these types of events, things change and evolve until the last minute. What never changed during this whole intricate process (call it a bumpy road!) was the determination of the organising team to make these events successful and in the spirit of CEMS.
CEMS and RSM student Tanmayi Gummaraju hands over a cheque to UNICEF for the Schools of Africa project, for which CEMS students raised 50,020.78 euros
We are happy to share our memories with you. Links to all professional pictures and videos are posted on www.rsm. nl/cemsae2010. So please watch that space and relive your Rotterdam experience. We wish NOVA all the best in their organisational endeavours and look forward to meeting you in Lisbon! Marianne Schouten, Media & Public Relations Manager (RSM)
Awards and prizes Where is Erasmus? travel prize: CEMS Club Lisbon CEMS Club of the Year: CEMS Club Warsaw Block Seminar of the Year: Corvinus University of Budapest “Corporate Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities” Strategy Course of the Year: Professor Eric Cornuel, HEC Paris “Business Strategies and Institutions in Europe”
Two other significant new arrivals into CEMS came in the shape of CARE International and Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International as Social Partners. Both organisations will enjoy the same degree of participation in the alliance as do corporate partners.
Cross-Cultural Management Course of the Year: Professor Elie Matta, HEC Paris “Managing Global Complexity” Exclusive Course of the Year: Professor José Neves Adelino, Nova School of Business & Economics “Advanced Corporate Government” Business Project of the Year: University of Cologne and Henkel “Process Optimisation in the Cooperation with Sheltered Workshops” School of the Year: Nova School of Business & Economics
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CEMS students enjoy the graduation party that brought the 2010 Annual Events to a close
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