Student Board Meeting Elected members of the Student Board will hold their annual meeting and will discuss their plans for the forthcoming year.

8.15am - 6pm
Woudestein campus, M-building, 1-16 (Heidelberg)

Student Board Dinner & Presentation Sponsored by Procter & Gamble

5pm – 10pm
Procter & Gamble premises

Student Board Meeting (continued)

8am - 6pm
Woudestein campus, M-building 1-16 (Heidelberg)

Student Board Lunch & Workshop Sponsored by Shell

approximately 12.30am – 3.30pm
Woudestein campus, M-building, 1-16 (Heidelberg)

ING Recruitment dinner for selected students only

7pm – 10pm
Hotel New York

Student Board Dinner

7pm - 10pm
Venue to be confirmed

Welcome and Registration for all Thursday participants

Woudestein campus, main entrance M-building,
Manhattan hotel lobby

Student Board Meeting (continued)

8am - 5pm
Woudestein campus, M-building, 1-16 (Heidelberg)

Corporate Partner Committee Meeting This meeting is for corporate partner representatives who are also Executive Board members.

11am - 2pm
Manhattan Hotel, Noordam Boardroom

Executive Board Meeting The CEMS Executive Board is the governing body of the CEMS alliance and members include both senior academic, corporate representatives as well as the Student Board and Alumni Association. During their annual meeting Executive board members will discuss their plans for the forthcoming year.

1pm - 5:30pm
Manhattan Hotel, Rotterdam Room

CEMS Club Conference The president of each CEMS club (local club at each school) will meet to discuss yearly activities and benchmarking opportunities.

3pm - 7pm
Woudestein campus, T-building, 3-21

Communications Directors Meeting Annual meeting for Communication and PR specialists from CEMS schools to discuss communication plans for the coming year.

3pm-6pm
Woudestein Campus, M-building, 1-18 (Lund)

Language Subcommittee Dinner

7pm - 10pm
Restaurant Zenne

Student Board and CEMS Club Conference Dinner with a contribution by Henkel

7pm - 10pm
Olympia Greek Restaurant

Executive Board Dinner

7:30pm - 10pm
Manhattan Hotel, Rotterdam Foyer

Academic & Corporate Relations Coordinators Dinner Sponsored by Wolseley

7pm - 10pm
De Wijnbar

Communications Directors Dinner

7pm - 10pm
Restaurant Mooii

Welcome and Registration (for Friday participants)

Woudestein campus, main entrance M-building (8am – 10.30am)
Woudestein campus, Aula (11am – 6pm)
Manhattan Hotel, lobby

Academic Coordinators Meeting Annual meeting for Academic Coordinators.

8am - 2pm
Woudestein campus, M-building, 1-19 (Athene)

CEMS Club Conference (continued)

8am - 2pm
Woudestein campus, T-building 3-20

Executive Board Meeting (continued)

9am - 2pm
Woudestein campus, M-building, 3-15 (Forum)

Communications Directors Meeting (continued)

9am - 12:30pm
Woudestein campus, T-building, 3-14

CEMS Alumni Association Annual Meeting Attended by Alumni Executive committee and Local committee members.

12am - 2pm, continued 4.30pm - 6pm
Woudestein campus, T-building, 3-39

Muhammad Yunus meets students & graduates This interactive session will have been prepared by the CEMS student community before the Annual Events via an internet platform on cems.org, with the support of Danone Grameen Communities. Selected students and graduates will prepare a number of questions and concrete proposals to be discussed with Muhammad Yunus. The objective is to stimulate student awareness for alternative business models to fight against poverty. Concrete initiatives and actions to be implemented after the Annual Events will be proposed. 

11.30am-12.30pm
Woudestein campus, Aula

Symposium on Social Business and New Capitalism CEMS and RSM are very pleased to be able to announce Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006, as keynote speaker to our symposium. The symposium will take the form of a panel discussion and will be open to all those involved in the CEMS community. This is your opportunity to help discuss a better world!

2.30pm - 4.30pm
Woudestein campus, Aula

Exclusive Round Table (on invitation only) Muhammad Yunus meets with Strategic Board members, to discuss Business School's curricula

4.45pm - 6pm
Woudestein campus, Faculty Club

Exclusive Networking Event sponsored by Henkel (on invitation only) Senior account holders from Corporate Partners mingle to compare experiences with social business in their respective sectors

4.45pm - 6pm
Woudestein campus, Siena Restaurant (H-building)

Networking Reception Participants to the Annual Meeting are invited to a drinks reception prior to the start of the Annual Meeting

4.45pm - 6pm
Reception Hall in front of the Aula, ‘Cum Laude’

RSM Alumni Homecoming Event RSM welcomes the CEMS alumni who had RSM as their home school. Please note that RSM alumni will be contacted directly in due course and that registration for this event is separate.

With a contribution from L’Oréal.

5pm - 7pm
Woudestein campus, L-building: ‘Etage’

Annual Meeting Plenary Session Voting representatives of the schools and companies, members of the Student Board and the Alumni Local Committees meet for the official annual meeting.

6pm - 7.30pm
Woudestein campus, Aula

Annual Meeting Cocktail and Dinner RSM is proud to welcome the participants of the Annual Meeting and special guests to Rotterdam’s recently renovated Wereldmuseum (World museum). The museum is famous for its outstanding ethnographic collection. The Annual Dinner will take place in Prince Hendrik’s former Ballroom on the first floor. The ballroom has been fully restored to its original style and offers wonderful views over the Maas River.

8pm - 11pm
Wereldmuseum

Alumni & Student Dinner Students and Alumni can meet, eat and network at this Friday night dinner. This event is organized by your peers, which guarantees a great evening! Doors open at 7pm, buffet dinner is served at 8pm.

7pm - 10.30pm
Thalia Lounge

Student Board 10th Anniversary Dinner Former members of the Student Board are invited to mingle and have dinner with their peers before joining the Community Get-Together Party. Doors open at 7pm, buffet dinner is served at 8pm.

7pm - 10.30pm
Thalia Lounge

Community Get-Together Party Open to students, alumni and meeting participants. This event is organized by your peers, which guarantees a great evening! DJ's: Illfort Grantz, Dyna, Nick Base and J&S.

10.30pm - 03:00am
Thalia Lounge

Welcome and Registration (for Saturday participants)

Woudestein campus, main entrance M-building
Luxor Theatre
Cruise Terminal

Corporate Relations Coordinators Meeting Annual meeting for Corporate Relations Coordinators.

9am - 12.30am
Woudestein campus, T-building, 3-20

Academic Coordinators Meeting (continued)

9am - 11am
Woudestein campus, T-building, 3-51

Strategic Board Meeting Annual meeting of the CEMS Strategic Board. Members include senior academic and corporate representatives.

9am - 2pm
Manhattan Hotel

Academic Directors Meeting Annual meeting of academic programme directors from all CEMS schools.

9am - 2.30pm
Woudestein campus, T-building, 3-14

Language Subcommittee Meeting Annual meeting for language department leaders from all CEMS schools.

9am - 2.30pm
Woudestein campus, T-building, 3-29

Alumni Networking Brunch An opportunity to mingle and exchange experiences with other CEMS Alumni

11am - 12.30pm
Woudestein campus, M-building, 3-11

Alumni Panel Discussion: “How Organisations can benefit from Reputation Management” Reputations matter! Positive impressions about an organisation can decrease transaction costs substantially and increase the emotional appeal of the firm to customers, employees, investors, etc., while negative impressions can do exactly the opposite. The most admired companies in the world appear to be able to distinguish themselves from the crowd by excellent performance and expressive messaging, creating appreciation for the achievements of the organisation. The real top performers in reputation however, take it one step further than the old 'be good and tell it' paradigm from public relations. Highly reputed firms appear to be able to anticipate on crucial developments in the social context in such a way that they develop actions increasing their legitimacy and distinctiveness among crucial external stakeholders they depend upon. An excellent example comes from a US pharmaceutical company which has solved the lack of nurses in the USA in two years time by a range of investments in education as well as by promoting an advertising campaign in which nurses are shown 'heroes that 'Dare to Care’'.

At CEMS Alumni Panel discussion during the Annual CEMS event on Saturday 4 December in Rotterdam, Cees van Riel, Professor of Corporate Communication at RSM, will present his research and consultancy experience about this topic together with representatives of leading business firms. His findings are contrasted with views from the corporate world. The two panelists, Klaske de Jonge, (Director Corporate Affairs at Vodafone NL, former Director of the Consumer Association of The Netherlands) and Willy van Oorschot (Director Corporate Communication at Cosun) are uniquely placed to provide fresh insights.
Join us in learning more about the key principles of reputation management at the Alumni Panel Discussion on Woudestein Campus. Special attention will be paid to current events in e.g. the financial sector and the role of (social) media.

12.30pm - 2.30pm
Woudestein campus, M-building, 3-15 (Forum)

Briefing Session Graduands In view of the complexity of graduating more than 500 students it is imperative for graduands to be present at this briefing session

1pm - 4pm
New Luxor theatre

Briefing Session Strategic Board Members

3pm - 4pm
New Luxor theatre

CEMS MIM Graduation Ceremony 2010 The highlight of the CEMS Annual Events - the moment the CEMS graduands receive their official diploma. This year we are expecting over 500 graduands! The New Luxor Theatre offers a splendid setting to put the students in the limelight for their moment of glory!
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4pm - 6.30 pm
New Luxor theatre

Graduands-turn-Alumni cocktail Time to celebrate!

7pm - 8pm
Cruise Terminal Rotterdam

CEMS Celebration Dinner The CEMS Celebration Dinner will take place in the Cruise Terminal Rotterdam, just 5 minutes walk from the New Luxor Theatre. Opposite the Wereldmuseum, on the other side of the River Maas, it is part of Rotterdam’s heritage as the arrival- and departure lounge of the Holland - America Line. Occasionally it still serves cruise ships, but is mostly in use now as a unique event location. At the Cruise Terminal we will serve you a buffet dinner with the stunning skyline of Rotterdam in the background.

For those who have decided not to come to the dinner at the Cruise Terminal, the organisation has compiled a list of 6 restaurants in the surroundings of the Cruise Terminal and other prime locations in Rotterdam where participants can go for dinner before joining us at the party in the evening. Click here

8pm - 10pm
Cruise Terminal Rotterdam

Erasmus Travel Award Ceremony The winner(s) of the Erasmus Travel Award will be congratulated by Erasmus himself. Check out the entries on www.erasmuschallenge2010.com

9:45pm
Cruise Terminal Rotterdam

CEMS Celebration Party After having wined and dined, the CEMS Celebration Party will see us well into the night. We have in store for you Holland’s most popular student cover band, the Hermes House Band, which originated at the Erasmus University. DJ’s, upstairs and downstairs, will take care of the rest. Come and dance the night away on the music of DJ Roog, MC I/Fan, DJ Salva, DJ Jelle V. and DJ Charlie da Farma

10pm - 4am
Cruise Terminal Rotterdam