May events

Here were all the events we did in May:

May 2011  

* May 2 - Speaker Series with Antoine Picon at France-Amerique.

* May 5 - Monthly Happy Hour! Coolin Irish Pub Paris. 15, rue Clément (Place du Marché Saint Germain), 75006. Paris, France 

* May 10 - Human Rights Watch presents Mme Sarah Leah Whitson, (Former Harvard Law Fellow) Talk on "Revolutions in the Arab World: Next Steps for Human Rights"

* May 21 - Weekend in Loire Valley for HCF members and friends. FULLY BOOKED!

* May 23 - A Talk on "Europe in a World in Crisis" by Quentin Dickinson, Director of European Affairs at Radio France, Head of Radio France and RFI’s Brussels Bureau. Co-sponsored by The Stanford Club of European Leaders, The Stanford Club of France.

* May 24 -  Money and Medicine: A unique evening panel discussion with three distinguished Harvard speakers on "From innovation to financing in medical research: The latest developments from a Researcher, Banker and Philanthropist."

* May 28 - Polo match between the Harvard and Sciences Po Polo team for a friendly Franco-American match at the Domaine de Polo de Chantilly, followed by a cocktails and appetizers for attendees. Sponsored in conjunction with the AmCham of Paris, the Association Polo des Grandes Ecoles on the occasion of the arrival of the Harvard Polo Team in France.

* May 31 - Joint Breakfast with HBS Club de France featuring Olivier Buquen at Cercle Interallie. RSVP via this document 

A Talk on Europe by Quentin Dickison ~ May 23

WHAT: A Talk on  "Europe in a World in Crisis" by Quentin Dickinson, Director of European Affairs at Radio France, Head of Radio France and RFI’s Brussels Bureau. 

WHEN: Monday May 23, 2011

TIME: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

WHERE:  CAPE (Centre d’Accueil de la Presse Etrangère) – Grand Palais

COST: 25€ members SCF/HCF – 29€ non-members

RSVP: http://fr.amiando.com/quentindickinson.html

MORE INFO: On the eve of the G8 and the G20, can Europe claim an influence on the world scene? Does it have an international strategy? (“Strategy zero” as during the Arab Spring notwithstanding...)  Why do many of us feel in a Pirandellian play:  27 countries in search of a leader?  Co-sponsored by the The Stanford Club of European Leaders and The Stanford Club of France.  A renowned journalist and thorough specialist of International Affairs, passionate about Europe, Quentin Dickinson will give his view on European diplomacy, politics behind the scene, the Euro Crisis and on Europe’s leaders Herman Van Rompuy, Catherine Ashton... He will respond to all your questions. Join us for this timely and enlightening talk by one of the best informed speakers on Europe. You will never shrug your shoulders anymore, muttering “Europe, humph...” or as Henry Kissinger “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” An Italian Cocktail Reception with Champagne will follow the talk.

Speaker Series with Three Harvard speakers on Medical Research ~ May 24

Join us for a unique evening panel discussion 

with three distinguished Harvard speakers 

on 

"From innovation to financing in medical research:
The latest developments from a Researcher, Banker and Philanthropist”

DATE: Tuesday, May 24, 2011

TIME: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 

PLACE: France-Ameriques. 9-11 Ave. Franklin Roosevelt. 75008 Paris.

COST: €15 Members (HCF, HBS, Yale & FA), €25 Non-Members , €30 Late

RSVP HERE 

MORE INFO: The landscape of medical research funding and investment is dramatically changing.  Factors include the financial downturn, US healthcare reform, emerging global markets, and the accelerating pace of technological advances.  A visiting Harvard medical professor, a London-based M&A banker and a research foundation director will discuss the new competitive vs. collaborative models for stimulating innovation in the medical sector in the US and in Europe.
This event will bring a unique insight of the interactions between ideas and money in the highly competitive health sector.
Prof. Roland Baron of Harvard Medical School will discuss the latest R&D strategies of the big pharmaceutical corporations and the limits of the US model of close relationships between academia and industry;
David Tancredi (HMS) of the Fondation Leducq and Broadview Ventures, Inc., will explain the role of venture philanthropy to accelerate the translation of scientific discoveries into medical benefits;
Julien Fouter (HBS) of Deutsche Bank will discuss the latest Merger & Acquisition trends in the health sector.

The event will conclude with a short Q&A session and friendly drinks party giving the audience an unique opportunity to further interact with the panelists.

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- Dr. Baron is internationally known for his groundbreaking advances in bone biology. His research is the basis for the development of novel therapies to prevent bone loss such as that in arthritis and osteoporosis. 

From 1975 to 2008, Dr. Baron began a long career at Yale University where held several positions at Yale and became a tenured full professor. 

In 2002 he founded ProSkelia, a small pharmaceutical company devoted to the discovery and development of new drugs for bone and hormonal dependent diseases. . Between 1994 and 2002, he also held the position of vice president and head of the Bone Diseases Group at Hoechst Marion Roussel and then Aventis.

Since 2008, Prof Baron chairs the Department Head and Professor of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity at Harvard Medical School. He is also the chief editor of Bone, the Official Journal of the International Bone and Mineral Society.



- David Tancredi is a graduate of Harvard Medical School. David is currently the Scientific Director and member of the Board of Directors of the Fondation Leducq (www.flcq.org), France. Grants from the Fondation Leducq provide up to $6,000,000 over five years to European-North American research teams pursuing collaborative work in cardiovascular and neurovascular disease. The Fondation is also associated with Broadview Ventures Inc., a venture philanthropy firm whose mission is to accelerate the development of promising technology through targeted investment in early stage ventures.

  

- Julien Fouter is Head of EMEA Healthcare M&A at Deutsche Bank. He joined Deutsche Bank in 2005 after spending seven years at Merrill Lynch in M&A. Julien graduated from ESCP Europe and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

He was actively involved in recent healthcare transactions, advising Advent International on its acquisition of Priory Group (UK mental healthcare specialist and care homes operator), and Shire on its public-to-private acquisition of Movetis (Belgian biotech focused on the gastrointestinal therapeutic area).

Julien has an extensive track record in M&A advisory, including involvements in landmark transactions such as Pernord Ricard's acquisition of V&S, InBev's acquisition of Anheuser-Busch and Schneider's acquisition of Areva Transmission & Distribution jointly with Alstom.

Speaker Series with Olivier Buquen ~ May 31

WHAT: Joint Breakfast with HBS Club de France featuring Olivier Buquen. Senior French Government official in charge of economic intelligence. The talk will be on "Intelligence Economique : La stratégie de l'Etat."

DATE: May 31, 2011

TIME: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

PLACE: Cercle de l’Union Interalliée

COST: HCF Member: 30 €, Non-member/Guest: 40 € 

RSVP: RSVP via this document

MORE INFO: Olivier Buquen was appointed France's Interministerial Delegate for Economic and Corporate Intelligence by the French Prime Minister in 2009. He heads a special unit of researchers and analysts to help French companies combatting various forms of attacks against their interests. A former local politician, he has had a distingued career in the private sector and attended an executive program at HBS in 2008.

16th Annual Penich Party ~ June 8

WHAT: The Harvard Club of France's 16th Annual Peniche Party for all University Graduates on the Seine

DATE: Wednesday, June 8, 2011

TIME: 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

PLACE: Bateau Concorde Atlantique.  Port Solferino. In front of 23 Quai Anatole France.75007. Paris.

COST: 45 euros; Last day: 60 euros

RSVP: http://fr.amiando.com/16thpenichparty.html

MORE INFO:  Join fellow graduates to  celebrate Spring on the Concorde Atlantique Péniche. The Harvard Club of France invites you to a magical night on the  Concorde Atlantique Péniche at Port Solferino.  Enjoy a wine open bar, full buffet, and the company of 200 dynamic graduates currently living in Paris. Friends and colleagues from other schools are welcome to join us!

Space limited to 200 people

Payment or registration will not be accepted at the event. Credit/Refunds will not be issued.

*Last year there was no soiree but we're resuming the yearly frequency.

Speaker Series with Stanley Hoffmann ~ June 14

WHAT:  "How the US and Europe have been working together since Barak Obama's election?" Presented by Harvard Professor Stanley Hoffmann, followed by a conversation with International Herald Tribune Op-ed Editor Serge Schmemann and finishing with a light cocktail party.

DATE: Tuesday, June 14, 2011

TIME: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

PLACE: Académie Diplomatique Internationale. 4 avenue Hoche. 75008 Paris

COST: HCF/SCF members € 25; Guests € 35

RSVP: http://fr.amiando.com/stanleyhoffmann.html

MORE INFO:

Payment or registration will not be accepted at the event. Refunds will not be issued.   Dress code: business / business casual

Stanley Hoffmann is the Buttenwieser University Professor at Harvard, where he has taught since 1955. He has been the Chairman of Harvard's Center for European Studies from its creation in 1969 to 1995. Professor Hoffmann was born in Vienna in 1928. He lived and studied in France from 1929 to 1955; he has taught at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris, from which he graduated, and at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.   At Harvard, he teaches French intellectual and political history, American foreign policy, post-World War Two European history, the sociology of war, international politics, ethics and world affairs, modern political ideologies, and the development of the modern state. Among his publications, Decline or Renewal? France Since the 30's (1974); Primacy or World Order: American Foreign Policy since the Cold War (1978); Duties Beyond Borders (1981); Janus and Minerva (1986); The European Sisyphus (1995); The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention (1997); World Disorders (1998); and Gulliver Unbound (2004). He is co-author of The Mitterrand Experiment (1987); The New European Community (1991); and After the Cold War (1993). His Tanner lectures of 1993, on the French nation and nationalism, were published in 1994. He is working on a book on ethics and international affairs.

Serge Schmemann is a 1991 Pulitzer Prize winner in international reporting for coverage of the reunification of Germany, became editorial page editor for the International Herald Tribune in May 2003. Since March 2001 Mr. Schmemann had been a senior foreign affairs writer based in New York and writer for the United Nations bureau covering regular news analyses, news articles and takeouts on major international issues.  Previously Mr. Schmemann served as deputy foreign editor at The New York Times since August 1999 after having served as a reporter on the metropolitan desk since September 1998. Before that he served as Jerusalem bureau chief from July 1995 until September 1998 and as the Moscow bureau chief from March 1992 until February 1994, after having returned to Moscow as a correspondent in January 1991. Prior to that, he served as bureau chief in Bonn since May 1987 and as a foreign correspondent in Moscow from April 1981 until May 1987. Mr. Schmemann joined The Times as a metropolitan reporter in December 1980. Mr. Schmemann was educated at The Kent School in Connecticut. He received a B.A. degree in English from Harvard University in 1967 and an M.A. degree in Slavic studies from Columbia University in 1971.

Annual Harvard - Yale Cocktail Party ~ June 30

The Annual Harvard - Yale Cocktail Party

WHAT: The Annual Harvard-Yale Cocktail Party at an Exclusive Venue. Join fellow Harvard and Yale alumni for this special event where we honor the French Scholarship students.

DATE: Thursday, June 30, 2011

TIME: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM * Please arrive promptly as entrance will require passing through security.

PLACE: As usual, this event will take place in a prestigious hotel particulier in the center of Paris, near Place de Concorde, featuring exquisite gardens and a wonderful decor. For confidentiality and security reasons, you will receive the address and full event details in a separate confirmation email once you have registered online for the event.

COST: Early Bird Rate (by MONDAY, JUNE 6TH AT MIDNIGHT): 45 € per person
Regular Registration (by June 15th): 55 € pp
Late Registration (by June 21st): 65 € pp

RSVP: Register online by June 15 (and in any case no later than June 21st) at: http://fr.amiando.com/harvardyalecocktail.html

MORE INFO: Once registered, you will receive (1) an email from the registration website (Amiando) with your event tickets, which you must bring with you and present to security as proof of registration, as well as (2) a confirmation email from the Harvard and Yale Clubs with complete event details. Please specify your full name and the full names of your guests when registering.

Space is limited and we will only accept paid registrations on a first-come, first-served
basis through the above website. For security reasons payment or registration cannot
be accepted at the event. Refunds will not be issued. Invoices are available online upon
completion of the online registration process.

PLEASE BRING A VALID PHOTO ID AND YOUR PRINTED AMIANDO TICKETS FOR THE SECURITY CHECK. Only persons who have registered by the June 21st deadline and who have ID and their Amiando tickets will be admitted.

Dress code: business / business casual.

ABOUT: · The Harvard French Scholarship Fund

· The Yale Book Awards

· The Harvard Club of France

· The Yale Club of France

Distinquished Speaker Series: Antoine Picon ~ May 2

Harvard Graduate School of Design Professor Antoine Picon
speaks on "DigitalCities"

DATE: May 2

TIME: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Talk at 7:15, 40 mins presentation, Q&A, cocktails)

PLACE: France-Ameriques. 9-11 Ave. Franklin Roosevelt. 75008. Paris.

MORE INFO: 

 How are digital technologies transforming our cities?

Digital technologies have already begun to change our cities. The lecture will discuss some key aspects of these ongoing changes, like the rise of a knowledge-based economy, the new importance given to the individual dimension or the hybridization between physical and electronic spaces. The accent will be put on the concrete and often sensory dimensions of some of these changes as well as on their implications for urban design and architecture.

 
Antoine Picon, Professor, Department of Architecture.   Picon is Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology and Co-Director of Doctoral Programs (PhD & DDes) at the GSD. He teaches courses in the history of architecture and technology. Trained as an engineer, architect, and historian of science and art, Picon is best known for his work in the history of architectural technologies from the eighteenth century to the present. His  French Architects and Engineers in the Age of Enlightenment (1988; English translation, 1992) is a study of the disciplinary "deep structures" of architecture, garden design, and engineering in the eighteenth century, and their transformations as new issues of territorial management and infrastructure-systems planning were confronted. In addition to six other books, Claude Perrault (1613-1688) ou la curiosité d'un classique (1988),  L'Invention de L'ingénieur moderne, L'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées 1747-1851 (1992),  La ville territoire des cyborgs (1998), and Les Saint-Simoniens: Raison, Imaginaire, et Utopie (2002),  Tra utopia e ruggine, Paesaggi dell'ingegneria dal Settecento a oggi (2006), Marc Mimram Architect-Engineer: Hybrid (2007). Picon’s last book, Digital Culture in Architecture (2001) is a synthetic overview of the changes brought to architecture and the city by digital technologies. Picon received engineering degrees from the Ecole Polytechnique and from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, an architecture degree from the Ecole d'Architecture de Paris-Villemin, and a doctorate in history from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.