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The AFAM board meets regularly. While these meetings are not open to the full AFAM membership, feel free to contact AFAM board members directly or the AFAM Community Manager Albina Patou-Chebykina if you want to contribute topics for consideration by the board, or if you want to receive minutes of a particular meeting.
AFAM Strategy Offsite
September 7-8, 2018
The event is by invitation only
Goal of the off-site:
Define AFAM strategic directions for the second decade within a focus on entrepreneurship.
Proposed Program:
Friday Program
Il Fornaio restaurant, Palo Alto, CA
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch at Il Fornaio
14:30 – 14:45 Welcome (Eric Benhamou, AFAM)
Introductions
Objectifs
Agenda Review
14:45 – 15:30 School’s strategic vision (Laurent Champaney, Arts et Métiers ParisTech)
15:45 – 16:15 Individual points of view
How French schools differ in the process of student preparation to the journey of entrepreneurship, particularly as they expatriate themselves to the US?
16:15 – 17:30 Points of view
Panel #1
Chair: Eric Benhamou
Panelists: Reza Malekzadeh (French Alumni Association), Philippe Perez (Attaché for science and technology), Anne de Louvigny Stone (AAGEF)
Student preparation to the American journey:
Panel #2
Chair: Xavier Wartelle
Panelists: Sylvia Gallusser (French Tech Hub), Ben Lévy (BootstrapLabs), Laurence Fabre (FACCSF)
Preparation of entrepreneurship journey
17:30 Conclusions of the day
18:30 Dinner
Saturday September 8th, 2018,
French Tech Hub, SF, CA
Saturday Program:
09:00 – 10:00 Breakfast
10:00 – 10:15 Reminder of Friday conclusions (Marc Amblard)
10:15 – 11:15 Testimonials – US journey
Benjamin Carlu (Ch 203)
Erwan Guy (Ch 2011)
Mathieu Gonçalves (Bo 210)
Martin Millischer (Ch 216)
Patrick Cantelli (Cl 185)
Michael Deligant
11:30 – 12:45 SWOT of the preparedness of students to the American journey
Group #1 (Chair: Xavier Wartelle)
Group #2 (Chair: Thomas Ferré)
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 la SOCE strategic vision (Corentin Lallet)
14:30 – 15:30 AFAM priorities for the next decade:
objectifs, strategies et tactics
Groupe #1 (Chair: Xavier Wartelle)
Groupe #2 (Chair: Marc Amblard)
15:30 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 16:00 Discussion review by the school (Laurent Champaney)
16:00 – 16:15 Discussion review by AFAM (Eric Benhamou)
Next steps
Conclusions
18:30 Diner (optional), SF
Please join the Gadzarts based in Detroit region for a drink or two
Where: Bill’s a Bloomfield Hills restaurant
When: Nov. 7th, 6:30 pm
Contact: Xavier Ovize
The AFAM board meets regularly. While these meetings are not open to the full AFAM membership, feel free to contact AFAM board members directly or the AFAM Community Manager Albina Patou-Chebykina if you want to contribute topics for consideration by the board, or if you want to receive minutes of a particular meeting.
The AFAM board meets regularly. While these meetings are not open to the full AFAM membership, feel free to contact AFAM board members directly or the AFAM Community Manager Albina Patou-Chebykina if you want to contribute topics for consideration by the board, or if you want to receive minutes of a particular meeting.
On the occasion of AFAM Community Manager's Atlanta visit, brunch will be organized in Atlanta. It will be a great opportunity to meet alumni and Arts et Métiers students and also ask all your questions about AFAM and its activities.
AFAM Community Manager will be visiting the school, meeting students and faculty members. Please contact AFAM if you have any questions or suggestions or if you want to meet AFAM Community Manager during her Paris visit.
AFAM Community Manager will be visiting the Bordeaux campus, meeting students and faculty members. Please contact AFAM if you have any questions or suggestions or if you want to meet AFAM Community Manager during her visit of Bordeaux.
AFAM Community Manager will be visiting the school, meeting Parcours US students and faculty members. Please contact AFAM if you have any questions or suggestions or if you want to meet AFAM Community Manager during her Paris visit.
AFAM Community Manager will be visiting the school, meeting students and faculty members. Please contact AFAM if you have any questions or suggestions or if you want to meet AFAM Community Manager during her Aix visit.
Le paysage de la mobilité urbaine est en plein bouleversement. Micromobilité, transports en communs, transports de marchandises, véhicules autonomes, electrification..autant d'acteurs qui tendent à redefinir la ville de demain !
Marc Amblard, Managing Director @Orsay Consulting (and CFO de l'AFAM), Christophe Soudier @Nio, Guillaume Perronet @Faurecia North America et Pierre Maillot @Robert Bosch North America nous aideront à comprendre les forces en présence et à mieux appréhender les opportunités du secteur.
Cette rencontre est co-organisée avec French Founders.
Au Programme:
18h30 : Accueil des participants
19h00 : Intervention & Q/A
20h00 : Echanges et networking
20h30 : Fin
Où:
Bank of the West – Wealth Management Center, Palo Alto
AFAM board meeting is held once in three months and is open to all board members.
If you are interested in any particular meeting or topic, do not hesitate to contact AFAM Community manager to get board meeting minutes or suggest a question for further discussion.
In spring 2020 board members will be reelected. If you want to join AFAM board, please contact any board member or AFAM Community manager by March 31st 2020.
Aper’s Gadz Virtuel
Equipé(e) de ta zarouille (H20), binouze (C21H30O5, e.g. une Corona Extra fraîche), ou de ton Quarantini1, rejoins-nous depuis ton salon pour faire résonner l’hymne à Bacchus
(ou sans doute un simple Sal’s suffira) aux quatre coins des USA.
Sur un ton plus sérieux mais toujours dans une bonne ambiance chaleureuse, cela sera également l’occasion de prendre des nouvelles des uns et des autres et de faire
remonter toute situation difficile de camarades ou de leurs proches.
Réserve tout de même ta meilleure anecdote sur le Corona pour la partager en toute simplicité et dérision. ;)
Date : Mardi 31 Mars 2020
Lieu : Sur le Gorgu visuel (Google Meet), merci de RSVP pour recevoir une invitation en
suivant le lien : https://forms.gle/koo29xzy7WPRTa7F8
Heure : 18h PST / 21h EST
Au programme : (durées estimés)
5 – 10 min : Connexions et rapide introduction par Sacha Ghebali
15 – 20 min : Quelques infos de l’AFAM sur les élections à venir
1 min : Petite photo par impression d’écran pour un souvenir #COVID19 (n’hésite pas à
décorer ton background)
15 – 20 min : Rapide tour de table pour que chacun puisse se présenter
Illimité : Discussion interactive
Suivant le nombre de participants, nous ajusterons le mode de communication ; si nécessaire, la discussion sera modérée par Sacha et quelques codes d’animation
seront communiqués en direct.
Venez donc nombreux, y’a moy’s de faire rayonner notre fraternité dans ces moments difficiles ! See you IVL2!
Bien fraternellement,
Zi’Socks 15-18 Bo211 dit Sacha Ghebali
Zident Groupe East Coast
To register and for more information
Date: Friday 13 November 2020
Time: 12pm - 1pm EST (9am West Coast, 12pm East Coast, 5pm London, 6pm France)
Where: Zoom link to be sent by email
Come and hear from GadzArts + guests and connect with them, be it out of general interest, professional aspirations, or to celebrate together the beauty of Engineering.
The event will consist of a fireside chat followed by a more interactive discussion where the audience will be welcome to interact freely with the speakers.
Speakers:
- Dr. Sacha Ghebali (Bo 211)
Sacha studied at Arts et Metiers in Bordeaux, then completed the Research Master in Fluid Mechanics in Paris and went on to pursue a PhD in Aeronautics at Imperial College London with a studentship from Airbus and Innovate UK. His research focused on turbulence and optimizing wall geometries to reduce the turbulent drag.
- Dr. Ryan Alimo
Ryan Alimo is a lead data scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology's deep learning group. His primary research interests span theory and practice of nonconvex optimization for machine learning for autonomous spacecraft systems, and he is advancing the field of human-AI teaming and multi-agent systems.
All parcours US students are welcome to participate in this online event! You will have an opportunity to introduce yourselves, talk to other parcours US students and ask questions to our US-based alumni.
If you are an Arts et Metiers alumnus/alumna willing to participate in this meeting, you are very welcome to join us!
This event will take place online.
If you are interested to participate, please contact Albina Patou-Chebykina
See you soon!
Your AFAM team
To know more about our US-based community and events, do not forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter
AFAM board members will meet on November 30th for a board meeting.
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns about AFAM activities.
If you are an Arts et Metiers student and would like to know more about Shasta program, internship search, CV tips and learn how to create an effective CV for a successful internship search in the US, join this workshop.
This workshop is practical. We will use some exercises to see how to create an engaging and effective CV.
Please join us this Friday!
When: February 12, Friday, 3 pm- 5 pm (Paris time), 6 am - 8 am PST
Participants:
Patrice Brossard, member of AFAM operations committee, DG Ameriques
Albina Patou-Chebykina, AFAM community manager
To register for this workshop you can contact Pierre Guiol, BREI Lille or AFAM
Please join us for a first online spring gadz apero!
All US-based gadz are welcome to participate!
When: Thursday, April 8th, 4 pm PST ( 7 pm EST)
Where: Zoom
For more information and to receive a Zoom link to participate please contact Sacha Ghebali, West Coast group president or Albina Patou-Chebykina, AFAM community manager
AFAM would like to invite you to our second event of the series "Gadz stories".
This event will be dedicated to the aerospace industry.
Our speaker:
Hugo Wagner (Bo 211)
Based in San Francisco, Hugo leads strategic technology partnerships efforts for Airbus in North America, with a strong focus on sustainable aviation and commercial space. His mission is to find and explore early collaboration opportunities with providers of potentially disruptive technologies and to manage Research & Technology programs in coordination with strategic partners such as universities, federal research centers, startups, and multi-national companies.
Prior to Airbus, Hugo led the telecommunications company Orange into the heart of the Silicon Valley aerospace ecosystem to conduct assessments of early technology concepts, generate partnerships and develop strategic pilot projects with a focus on high-performance satellite networks. Hugo advised Orange Digital Ventures and Orange M&A on deals in the space-satellite connectivity sector and adjacent domains.
Before joining Orange, Hugo led technical due diligence efforts on various highly innovative topics for renowned visionary entrepreneur Peter H. Diamandis and consulted for Planetary Resources, a small satellite startup, on hyperspectral imaging technology applied to precision agriculture. Aside from being an Arts & Métiers alum, Hugo holds graduate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley (M.S., Mechanical Engineering) - where he worked on combustion and robotics projects for NASA - and the International Space University - where he worked on the theory and use cases of open innovation in space. He served as volunteer STEAM Director of the San Francisco section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is an active member of the TED community, and member of the Explorers Club of New York City.
To register to the event, please click here
For more information please contact Nicolas Baghdassarian
AFAM will organize Gadz US energy networking which will take online on November 9nd ( Tuesday), at 4 pm PST ( 6 pm CST).
The event is open to all gadzarts based in the US working or interested in energy sector.
Please do not hesitate to join, and to share the information about this events with others.
For more information to get an invitation to the event please contact Patrice Brossard or Albina Patou-Chebykina
AFAM will participate in the International Week organized by Arst et Metiers:
AFAM's online presentation and Shasta student's testimonial will take place on March 11th, from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm (Paris).
To join the meeting - TEAMS: Click here to participate
Program:
Please contact Albina Patou-Chebykina or the school for more information
APÉRO Gadz Energy Network #2 is coming soon!
Please join other gadz based in Houston working in the energy sector for a drink or two.
The address: By Popular Demand, 12420 Memorial Dr, Houston 77024.
To receive the invitation, please send your request to Patrice Brossard
Les entreprises, les etudiants, les anciens se posent parfois beaucoup de questions sur les visas aux Etats-Unis. Quels sont les visas pour venir aux Etats-Unis? Quelles sont les procedures pour les obtenir? Interessé par ces questions? Rejoignez American Friends of Arts et Metiers (AFAM) pour comprendre mieux la question des visas aux USA.
Notre discussion se tiendra le 8 avril à 9 am PST ( 12 pm EST, 18h France) et se basera sur les temoignages de nos etudiants et nos anciens. Vos questions seront les bienvenues.
Au programme de l'événement:
1) Introduction
2) Témoignages de Hugo Wagner, Paul Langlois-Meurinne et Mattia Pelissou
3) Q/R
Si vous souhaitez participer à cet evenement, merci de remplir notre formulaire d'inscription pour recevoir le lien Zoom:
Bonjour à tous,
Réservez votre samedi 7 mai (11:30-16:00)
Où:
Brookside Club of Saratoga
19127 Cox Ave, Saratoga, CA 95070
Format:
Evenement gadz, vous pouvez venir accompagné(e) de votre famille, les enfants sont les bienvenus
Prenez vos maillots de bain!
Potluck : apporter quelque chose à partager
Pour s'inscrire:
On June 6th AFAM June board meeting will take place.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact AFAM community manager or any member of the AFAM team
You can send us your ideas and suggestions about community life if you wish so! Our team is open to new projects and initiatives!
Next Gadz Energy Networking will take place on September 6th at de 7:30 PM (Houston Time) - 5:30 pm PST
2 Guest Speakers - Robert Stelly (Vallourec, Texas) Olivier Clerc (Bloom Energy, California) will share their experience.
For all infornation and to get Zoom link for the meeting, please contact Patrice Brossard or Albina Patou-Chebykina
On September 22 AFAM and its members will be presenting its programs Shasta, Yosemite and Sequoia. We invite all Arts et Metiers students to join our online meeting if you are interested in AFAM activities or willing to find an internship in the US.
To receive Zoom link please contact AFAM community manager or R-inter on your campus.
Conference from 12:15 to 13:30 pm (Paris time) on Lille campus will be taking place on Monday, November 14.
AFAM community manager Albina Patou-Chebykina will be talking to students about AFAM and its programs. Lancelot Danne (Li 219) will share his experience of searching and finding an internship in the United States with the help of the Shasta program.
All Lille students are welcome to join the conference. Please contact Albina or Lille BREI for more information.
If you are an Arts et Metiers student based in Lille and interested in coming to the US for pursuing and internship, working or studying in the US, you can also get an individual or group consultation with Albina on November 14th. Please contact Albina directly to schedule your consultation.
Dear Lille A&M students
Join us for a internship search workshop to learn more about the elements and techniques of the internship search in the United States.
Looking forward to meeting you there!
AFAM community manager Albina Patou-Chebykina will be meeting parcours US students on Tuesday, November 15 (8:00-9:30 am, Paris time) to talk about AFAM and its programs.
Aymeric Wang (Li 219) will share his experience of studying at one of the American Universities.
All parcours US students are welcome to join the conference. Please contact Albina or Pierre-Yves Rohan for more information.
If you are an Arts et Metiers student based in Paris and interested in coming to the US for pursuing an internship, working or studying in the US, you can also
1) assist at AFAM in-person conference on November 15th, from 1 to 2 pm (Paris time) - two alumni will be sharing experience of their American journey during this conference;
2) get an individual/group consultation with Albina on November 15th, 16th or 18th. Please contact Albina to schedule a consultation.
Albina Patou-Chebykina, AFAM community manager together with alumni Claire Dorin (Class 200) and Benoît Binet (An 205) will be presenting AFAM, its programs and sharing experience of American journey with Arts et Metiers students.
The conference will take place in Bezier conference room, from 1 to 2 pm (Paris time)
All Paris-based students are welcome to join the conference. Please contact Albina or Delphine Luchez for more information.
If you are an Arts et Metiers student based in Paris and interested in coming to the US for pursuing an internship, working or studying in the US, you can also get an individual/group consultation with Albina on November 15th, 16th or 18th. Please contact Albina to schedule a consultation.
The schedule for a group "Internship search" workshop is the following ( La Salle Bleue)
Nov. 15 - 5 pm to 6 pm
Nov. 16 - 5pm to 6 pm
Nov. 18 - 1:30-2:30 pm
Please sign up to participate in this workshop
Dear Paris A&M students
Join us for a internship search workshop to learn more about the elements and techniques of the internship/job search in the United States.
Looking forward to meeting you there!
Dear Paris A&M students
Join us for a internship search workshop to learn more about the elements and techniques of the internship/job search in the United States.
Looking forward to meeting you there!
AFAM community manager Albina Patou-Chebykina will be meeting Arts et Metiers students on Thursday, November 17, 13:30-14:30, on Chalôns-en-Champagne, campus to talk about AFAM and its programs.
All Châlons-en-Champagne students are welcome to join the conference. Please contact Albina or Chalôns-en-Champagne BREI for more information.
If you are an Arts et Metiers student based in Chalôns-en-Champagne and interested in coming to the US for pursuing an internship, working or studying in the US, you can also get an individual or group consultation with Albina on November 17th. Please contact Albina to schedule a consultation or/and to participate in an "Internship Search" workshop.
Dear Paris A&M students
Join us for a internship search workshop to learn more about the elements and techniques of the internship/job search in the United States.
Looking forward to meeting you there!
In the framework of Arts et Metiers International Week, AFAM will be presenting the association and its programs ONLINE on Friday, November 18th, 18:00-19:00 (Paris time)
To join the TEAM conference: please click here
If you are a student based in Paris, Lille or Châlons-en-Champagne, you can also meet AFAM community manager in person. Please look at our November calendar. You can also get an individual/group consultation with Albina. Please contact Albina to schedule a consultation.
AFAM winter board meeting will take place on December 5th.
While those meetings are not open to the public, you can always send us your suggestions and comments concerning AFAM's activities.
Please contact AFAM community manager or any member of the AFAM team/board for that matter.
Looking forward to seeing you all at our Traditional Galette des Rois happenning in Saratoga, CA
Please contact Yarith Phay, Aurore Prévot or Albina Patou-Chebykina for more information
Please join the gadz community in the bay area!
Event at Spark Social SF @ Sat Apr 22, 2023 1pm - 5pm (PDT)
For more information you can contact Nicolas Horde, West Coact group zident
Please join our first Zoom Sequoia conference to talk about our new program.
To receive a Zoom link or for any other questions, please contact AFAM community manager Albina.