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CEMS Magazine | Summer 2012
Network events
LSE and Thomson Reuters co-host CEMS Corporate Benchmarking meeting 8-9 March ____
Wieteke Dupain – CEMS 2009 RSM-ESADE, Manager, Customary Advisory Programs at Thomson Reuters Dina Dommett – CEMS Corporate Relations Manager, Associate Dean, Department of Management at the LSE, London School of Economics and Political Science
____ Designed to foster collaboration among CEMS corporate, social and academic partners, alumni and students, the event attracted over 150 guests, including 40 corporate partners and 40 alumni from 30 companies, representatives of 10 member schools, and over 50 LSE CEMS MIM students. The programme consisted of an evening of panel discussions and a networking reception at LSE, followed by a day-long conference at the Thomson Reuters office in Canary Wharf. Friday evening was capped off with the kick-off of SAMP (the Student Alumni Mentoring Programme) for LSE’s newest intake of 53 CEMS students and a dinner with alumni, arranged by the UK chapter of the CEMS Alumni Association. Dina Dommet said: “LSE is happy to host at least one corporate meeting in London every year but the commitment from Thomson Reuters to partner with us on the theme of Thought Leadership and their marvellous facilities easily attracted a large and diverse audience from around the world”.
Thursday 8 March, LSE LSE Dean, Professor Saul Estrin, welcomed guests by reflecting on the school’s renewed commitment to CEMS by expanding the cohort to 50 students from LSE while accepting 70 students at LSE in both terms, while CEMS Executive Director, François Collin, outlined the history and future of CEMS. This was followed by a panel on “CEMS at LSE” moderated by Dr. Emma Soane (LSE CEMS Academic Director), with Dr Sandy Pepper (in charge of CEMS Business Projects at LSE),
Dr. Ted Piepenbrock (responsible for the LSE CEMS Strategy course) and Ms. Roser Preuss (LSE CEMS Student Board member). A panel of alumni shared their perspectives on CEMS: Francesca Filippini Pinto (CEMS 1995, Head of Development at The Photographers’ Gallery), Gianpaolo Gagliardi, (CEMS 2001, Global Marketing Communications Manager at Shell International), and Sona Rastogi, (CEMS 2011, Global Project Manager, Global Marketing, Novo Nordisk). The evening concluded with a lively networking reception.
The programme consisted of an evening of panel discussions and a networking reception at LSE, followed by a day-long conference at the Thomson Reuters office in Canary Wharf.