We hope this email finds you well ! 🎊
Mark your calendar! We are thrilled to announce the 2024 Alumni Days that will take place in New York City from October Thursday 17th to Saturday 19th, 2024. 📅 ✨
Here’s what you can look forward to:
1. Startup Showdown: 3 teams composed of students of the Ecoles Centrale and Centrale-Supélec who won the Startup Challenge in France will take the stage in New York to pitch their groundbreaking business ideas to US investors and you. Get ready to be inspired by their creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit! Make a virtual investment decision and may the best pitch win ! 🚀🌟
2. Networking Extravaganza: Connect with fellow alumni, industry leaders, and experts. This event is the perfect opportunity to maintain or expand your alumni network. 🌐✋
3. Interactive Workshops, panels and other exciting events: Sharpen your skills, gain insights, and explore the latest trends in technology, business, and beyond. Our events are designed to offer perspective and stimulate your ideas whatever your environment. 📖💡
We are now opening ticket sales that will fund part of the event. We are taking this opportunity to also launch the event website and give a short update on progress. Stay tuned as we finalize the program!
1. Secure your electronic ticket:
- Ticket sales are open: Buy it here and the earlier the better to support the organization of the event. A single price irrespective of whether you attend one or all of the events!
- Registration to each event will be only open for active ticket holders as we finalize the program. We have capacity limitations and specific restrictions for some of the venues.
2. What's new?
- 🌐 Event Website: Bookmark it for updates as we finalize the program, speakers and panels and practical information - https://centralealumni.com/
- 🎤In-Person Attendance from France: Heads of School for Lille and Lyon confirmed their attendance in person!
- 🎙Speakers Line-up: Among others, the Deputy Head of Innovation and Change of the International Monetary Fund is coming to talk to us about how the IMF must supplement its traditional mission through the build-out of an ecosystem.
3. Sponsor and Partners Shoutout:
- 🚀 Arrayo, Microsoft and La French Tech are providing support to the event (more info here)
- 🏨 The Kimberly Hotel (our preferred hotel) offers special rates for the event. Book your room here as we have limited capacity!
4. What's in the pipeline?
- Our keynote speaker, who will kick us off for the Friday afternoon plenary sessions, should be announced soon!
- Thursday: we are focusing on interdisciplinary and interindustry collaboration to deliver more value. Stay tuned as we announce exciting places to visit!
- Saturday: a couple of more relaxed events will take advantage of New York City's unique offering.
We look forward to seeing all of you at the event!
URL Site Web: https://centralealumni.com/
URL Ticket Sales: https://www.centraliens-lyon.net/agenda/alumni-days-2024-3045
URL Groupe LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13007549/
Warm regards,
Olivier Lachaud on behalf of the Alumni team organizing the event
olivier.lachaud@gmail.com
+1.212.729.1590 / 07.83.80.33.97
P.S. Keep an eye on your inbox for further updates!
