The Georgetown University Alumni Association announced that they will hold the second annual International Leaders Weekend Nov. 4th and 5th at Hotel Regina in Paris, France.
The conference, organized by the Georgetown University Alumni Association, allows alumni club leaders from around the world to network with Georgetown alumni internationally.
Founder and former President of the Alumni Club of France Sheherazade Semsar de Boisseson (SFS ’90, GRD ’90), offered to help organize the event.
According to Director of Alumni Relations Gail Griffith, the conference will be larger than last year’s weekend in London.
“This year we have a more robust network of international alumni, and we’ve been working with clubs to build up and provide resources,” Griffith said. “Alumni are traveling from places as far away as India and Hong Kong to participate.”
The conference will include both undergraduate and graduate school alumni from the classes of 1962 to 2010.
Throughout the year, alumni club leaders communicate through conference calls to discuss club practices, guidelines and setting up new clubs. However, this event provides the largest opportunity for alumni to interact in person.
The weekend will include panels about effective club leadership, current plans of the alumni association, roundtable discussions and receptions held by Semsar de Boisseson (F ’90, MSFS ’90) and the Mona Bismarck Foundation, which sponsors Franco-American art, science and education.
Planned speakers for the conference include R. Bartley Moore (SFS ’87) vice president for advancement, and Laura Wayland, senior director of alumni relations.
This year’s conference follows the launch of the Campaign for Georgetown, and events planned for the weekend include discussions of the initiative. Although alumni donations to the campaign will not be solicited at the conference, many attendees are already donors. Additionally, the international clubs have the ability to raise scholarship money.
Feedback from past conferences has been extremely enthusiastic according to Griffith..
“Alumni are amazed and delighted that Georgetown is finally coming to them,” she said. “It gives them a sense that they mean something to us, and that we consider their engagement significant.”
