Harvard / Columbia Bowling, May 28, 2009

 
Harvard / Columbia Bowling
Come for a fun and relaxing evening of bowling.
Help the Harvard Club win against the Columbia University Club in this yearly event!
Venue : Bowling Montparnasse, 25 rue du Commandant Mouchotte, 75014 Paris, métro Gaîté
Time : Thursday May 28, 7:30 pm (play begins at 8:00 pm)

Annual Meeting of the Harvard Law School Association of Europe, May 22-24

The Harvard Law School Association of Europe (HLSAE) organizes each year a meeting during Ascension weekend with the participation of a Harvard Law School Professor as guest of honor.
This year, the HLSAE meeting will take place in Marseilles on May 22-24. The guest of honor from Harvard Law School will be Professor Morton Horwitz, Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Law who will talk about a very interesting subject: the “Future of Regulation”.This informal conference, plus the vibrant atmosphere of Marseilles, the lovely creeks to visit, the delicious local cuisine and pleasant wines to sample, in the company of former Harvard Alumni, young and less young, should make this reunion another hit!
For those of you who qualify as former alumni of the Law School, you will find the last circular letter inviting for this event.There are still a few hotel rooms available at the rates negotiated by the Association, so don’t hesitate but please register! You will find all details about hotel booking and registering with the Association in the attached 2^nd circular letter. Please note that the deadline has been postponed to April 10.
For more information, please contact:
Anne-Marijke Morgan de Rivery LL.M ‘80President of the Harvard Law School Association of Europewww.hlsae.eu

15th Annual Cocktail Mixer on the Seine, May 13, 2009

 

The Harvard Club of France

cordially invites graduates of the University Clubs of

Harvard Business School  -  the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird)  -  the American University of Paris  -  Boston University  -  Brown University  -  Bryn Mawr  -  the University of California at Berkeley  -  Cambridge University  -  Carnegie Mellon University  -  the University of Chicago  -  Columbia University  -  Columbia Business School  -  Cornell University  -  Dartmouth College  -  Duke University  -  France Amériques Jeunes  -  Georgetown University  -  Haverford College  -  Johns Hopkins University  -  the Kellogg School of Management  - IESE Business School  -  Middlebury Alumni Group  -  MIT  -  Mount Holyoke College  -  NYU  -  Oxford University  -  Princeton University  -  Sarah Lawrence College  -  Smith College  -  Stanford University  -  Stanford Business School  -  Stern Business School  -  Wesleyan  -  the University of San Diego  -  University of Michigan Alumni in France - University of Pennsylvania  -  University of Texas  - University of Virginia  -  Wellesley College  -  Wesleyan University and Yale University

to attend our

                                                                                            

15^th

Annual Cocktail Mixer

on the Seine

on board the péniche La Balle au Bond

3 Quai Malaquais Paris 75006      

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

from 7:30 to 10:30 pm

Price:  39 Euros

Event Details:

·         All alumni are welcome to participate in this unique mingling opportunity.

·         Guests are also welcome.  Feel free to invite other alumni or friends who might be interested in the event.

·         The price includes wine, soda & other non-alcoholic beverages as well as light snacks.

·         Expected turnout:  100 to 200, with representation from participating schools.

Directions:

·         The péniche is located on the Left Bank between the Pont des Arts and the Pont du Carousel.  The closest metro stops are Pont Neuf, St. Germain des Prés, Mabillon, Palais-Royal-Musée-du-Louvre, and Louvre-Rivoli.

HCF Event with Amory Lovins, May 11, 2009

"Profitable solutions to climate change, oil dependence and nuclear proliferation"
How to address some of society’s most pressing problems without breaking the bank? Out-of-the-box thinking by Amory Lovins and the Rocky Mountain Institute generates intriguing, feasible solutions that deliver both profit and sustainability. Come learn about how each of us may be living in just a decade or two—the picture is brighter than you may think!
Amory Lovins, a physicist, is among the world’s most innovative thinkers about energy and its links with resources, security, development, and environment. A Harvard and Oxford dropout and former Oxford don, he advises major firms and governments worldwide, and has briefed 19 heads of state. He is Founder, Chairman and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute (www.rmi.org). Lovins’ work in 50+ countries has been recognized by (among others) the “Alternative Nobel,” Blue Planet, Volvo, Onassis, Nissan Prizes and the Benjamin Franklin Medal. He was a “Genius Grant” (Rockefeller Fellowship) winner and a Time Magazine “Hero for the Planet”.Natural Capitalism (1999, with Paul Hawken and L.H. Lovins, www.natcap.org), one of Amory Lovins’ 29 books, is newly published this year in France (Editions Scali). It synthesizes much of Rocky Mountain Institute’s trailblazing work on advanced resource productivity and innovative business strategies. For more information about Amory Lovins' work, please consult the following links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amory_Lovins    and www.rmi.org  
More about the Rocky Mountain Institute at : http://rmi.org/

Venue : France Amériques, May 13, 7-9pm

Dinner Talk with Marie Mendras, May 6, 2009

Join us for a Journey to Georgia ! 


Thanks to the help of Ambassador Mamuka Kudava, Georgia's representative in France, we are delighted to invite you to attend a dinner talk given by Professor Marie Mendras, Professor at the London School of Economics and at Sciences Po in Paris on : Russia's Foreign Policy in 2009 A Harvard graduate, Marie Mendras is also the author of "Russie. L'envers du pouvoir" (Odile Jacob, 2008).The event will take place at "La Maison Georgienne", a fabulous restaurant near Odéon.