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Alumni Reunion Weekend - October 2018

05 - 06 Oct '18

Alumni Reunion Weekend - October 2018

Europe campus
05 - 06 Oct '18

Alumni Reunion Weekend - October 2018

Europe campus
Welcome

Welcome

Dear Alumni,

As you have experienced for yourself, INSEAD is a truly unique institution. We graduate inspired individuals equipped with sound business knowledge and valuable international perspectives. By staying true to our founders’ vision, we have become a top-ranked business school known for its diversity, entrepreneurial spirit and unmatched global reach.

This reunion weekend is a special one. As you may have heard, the school will launch The Campaign for INSEAD, a capital campaign which will enable us to accelerate the funding of key priorities based on our Values, Vision and Ventures as we advance Business as a Force for Good. I hope you will join us for the launch celebrations on 5th October, more details can be found here.

I am both excited to share my plans with you and eager to hear your views. Our Alumni Reunions team has put together an incredible programme. Besides the plenary session, that focuses on the MBA programme and our alumni network, our faculty forums also will cover important issues that drive today’s business world.

Throughout the weekend’s social and networking events, your reunion will provide you with the ideal opportunity to enrich your INSEAD experiences. I encourage you to not only reconnect with your former classmates, but also to interact with alumni of other classes who exemplify the same INSEAD spirit.

I look forward to spending time with you this special weekend. Please join me in working to realise the incredible potential of INSEAD. We have a powerful network of close to 56,000 alumni in 174 countries. United, we can forge an ambitious future for our school.

Ilian Mihov
Dean

Programme

Programme*

*The programme is subject to changes - please check this webpage regularly for updates.

Friday 5 October

14:00

Force for Good Conference

An intense half-day of faculty lectures and panel discussions around how businesses can be a force for good. The Conference will also inaugurate the INSEAD Global Institute for Business and Society.

 As a reunion attendee, you are welcome to join.

Amphi A
20:00

Campaign Launch Celebration

This gala event has been organised to celebrate the launch of the new campaign for INSEAD. As a reunion attendee, you are welcome to join us for an evening of celebration - INSEAD style.
Dress: Black tie or national dress, suit, evening or cocktail dress

Château de Fontainebleau

Saturday 6 October

8:00Registration and welcome coffeeUpper Gallery
9:00

Europe's Revolution

Jonathan Story, Emeritus Professor of International Political Economy; The Shell Fellow in Economic Transformation, Emeritus

The EU is embarked on a revolutionary experiment or more exactly on a series of revolutionary experiments. The reasons for this are rooted in the history of the twentieth century; but they are being implemented in the conditions of the 21st. What is crucial in the twenty first century is legitimacy. The EU does not have the legitimacy commensurate with its ambitions. So it either has to cut back on ambitions or to cut back on legitimacy.

Amphi A
10:15Coffee Break 
10:30

INSEAD Present and Future

Nida JanuskisAssociate Dean, Advancement
Urs Peyer, Dean of Degree Programmes, Associate Professor of Finance
Peter Zemsky, Deputy Dean / Dean of Innovation
The Eli Lilly Chaired Professor of Strategy and Innovation, Professor of Strategy
Ilian Mihov, Dean of INSEAD, The Rausing Chaired Professor of Economic and Business Transformation, Professor of Economics

Amphi A
12:00Lunch and group photosINSEAD
14:00

Fireside chat with the Deans

Ilian Mihov, Dean of INSEAD, The Rausing Chaired Professor of Economic and Business Transformation, Professor of Economics
Peter Zemsky, Deputy Dean / Dean of Innovation
The Eli Lilly Chaired Professor of Strategy and Innovation, Professor of Strategy

Amphi B
14:45

Business and business schools as "a force for good": wishful thinking or categorical imperative?

Media reports – quasi daily and in many countries - situations where corporations, their leaders and managers, seem to have a broken moral compass inducing negative consequences for people and for the planet. Governments hope to regulate, international organisations put pressure, society reacts negatively while trust in business and in its leaders has vanished, with serious consequences for corporations and for society. Could business schools become a "force for good", having a significant positive impact on business leaders and on their practices? Taking an example from China (with the use of a short case) we will question where change could come from and whether business schools can really do something about it and become "a force for good".

Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Emeritus Professor of Asian Business; The Aviva Chair in Leadership and Responsibility, Emeritus 

Amphi A
14.45

What's at Play? Fair Process Leadership challenges in Sports

Sports organisations are often plagued by serious governance deficits and dysfunctionalaties. Frans Cornelis experienced them first hand. He used the principles taught at the International Directors Program to identify and fix them. This is a short version of the story of his journey, which is now being transformed into a new INSEAD Governance case study.

Jose-Luis Alvarez, Senior Affiliate Professor of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
Academic Director, INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre
Frans Cornelis, MBA'83J

 
16:00Coffee break 
16:15Class meetings organised by volunteers or free time 
18:15Dean's Leadership reception (by invitation only)Cercle 
19:30MBA'62 reunion class dinner kindly hosted by Annie and Claude Rameau 
20:00MBA'73, MBA'78, MBA'83J&D, MBA'88J&D Reunion class dinners followed by dancing
Dress code: black tie/evening dress or cocktail attire/cocktail dress
Château de Fontainebleau
 

Sunday 7 October

10:00MBA'78 class 2 hours walk in forest guided by Luigi Mencarelli
Meeting point: INSEAD bar
 
11:00Session on mindfulness with Rani Bhatia-Durand, MBA'91D
Mindfulness practice has been shown to be beneficial in reducing stress and well being in a number of studies. The objective of the session will be on how mindfulness can be useful to your daily lives be at work or at home to create the lives you yearn for. 

 
Amphi B
12:00Interested in a farewell lunch on campus? Meet your friends at the INSEAD restaurant. It will be specially open for you and your family until 14:45 (pay as you go)INSEAD Restaurant
Speakers and Presentations

Speakers


Business and business schools as "a force for good": wishful thinking or categorical imperative?
Speaker: Henri-Claude de Bettignies

Media reports – quasi daily and in many countries - situations where corporations, their leaders and managers, seem to have a broken moral compass inducing negative consequences for people and for the planet. Governments hope to regulate, international organisations put pressure, society reacts negatively while trust in business and in its leaders has vanished, with serious consequences for corporations and for society. Could business schools become a "force for good", having a significant positive impact on business leaders and on their practices? Taking an example from China (with the use of a short case) we will question where change could come from and whether business schools can really do something about it and become "a force for good".

What's at Play? Fair Process Leadership challenges in Sports
Speakers: Jose-Luis Alvarez and Frans Cornelis, MBA'83J

Sports organisations are often plagued by serious governance deficits and dysfunctionalaties. Frans Cornelis experienced them first hand. He used the principles taught at the International Directors Program to identify and fix them. This is a short version of the story of his journey, which is now being transformed into a new INSEAD Governance case study.


Europe's Revolution
Speaker: Jonathan Story

The EU is embarked on a revolutionary experiment or more exactly on a series of revolutionary experiments. The reasons for this are rooted in the history of the twentieth century; but they are being implemented in the conditions of the 21st. What is crucial in the twenty first century is legitimacy. The EU does not have the legitimacy commensurate with its ambitions. So it either has to cut back on ambitions or to cut back on legitimacy.

Making it happen

Making it happen

Get involved in the reunion organisation – Make the difference for this alumni reunion weekend.

INSEAD would like to thank our Reunion ambassadors:

CLASS OF 1962

Reunion Class Ambassadors - Philippe Guérin and Lee Remmers

CLASS OF 1978

Reunion Class Ambassador - John Singer
Reunion Committee - Alexandre Paternotte, Michel Blumenthal, Carlos Dexeus, Hermann zu Dohna, Peer Kølendorf, Barry Massey, Sue McInerney, Luigi Mencarelli, Nati Metuki, Ted Sankey, Jean-François Schock, Michael Ullmann

CLASS OF 1983J

Reunion Class Ambassador - Yves Bernheim
Reunion Committee - Frans Cornelis, Anthony Hall, Anthony Palmer, Hélène Ratte
Fund Committee - Yves Bernheim, Frans Cornelis, Andreas Lehmann, Priscilla de Moustier, Anthony Palmer

CLASS OF 1983D

Reunion Class Ambassador - Emmanuel Michau

Class of 1988J

Reunion Class Ambassador - Eric François
Reunion Committee - Domenico Cavaliere, Richard Denzler, Andreas Haindl, Richard Parsonson, Caroline van Scheltinga
Reunion Fund Class Ambassador - Domenico Cavaliere

CLASS OF 1988D

Reunion Class Ambassador - Christian Dreyer
Reunion Committee - Sarah Beseler, James Butler, Sylvie Denoble-Mayer, Morten Eldrup Jorgensen, Karen Fawcett, Peter Lakin, Andrea Majoli, Christopher Mathias, John Redfern, Albert Reiss, Jane Stevensen, Jos van der Hyden, Manuel von Moeller
Reunion Fund Class Ambassadors - Jos van der Hyden and Manuel von Moeller

If you would like to learn more about becoming an alumni volunteer, please contact:

Marie Ferreira
Manager, Alumni and Institutional Events
Tel: +33 1 60 72 42 74

Giving back

Giving back

Alumni gifts provide valuable support for the INSEAD Alumni Fund.

Your contribution is an investment in enhancing the value of your school.  Every gift is important and we are deeply grateful to our alumni who support the school to mark the anniversary of their graduation.

INSEAD is special and the support of our alumni across the globe enables us to truly be ‘the Business School for the World’.

Make your gift now 

Welcome back classes of MBA'62, MBA'73, MBA'78, MBA'83J&D and MBA'88J&D!

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