Past events
General Assembly - June 3, 2010
Dear Alumni, Next to the General Assembly of our Association, we got the privilege of being invited for an exclusive guided tour of the magnificent buildings of the Centre for Fine Arts Brussels/BOZAR and of the current temporary exhibition: Laurent Ney – Shaping Forces, a beautiful exposition on architecture and structures. We are also kindly invited by Mr. Paul Dujardin, Manager Director of BOZAR and personal advisor to European Commission President Barroso on cultural affairs, for an exclusive visit of the art deco Royal Salon, where he will share with us his views on European cultural union and how BOZAR is increasingly playing a pivotal role in this respect. Partners are welcome. We encourage you to register today and join us for a promising evening! Venue: Date: Agenda: Contribution: Please transfer the appropriate amount to the account 210-0555573-09 of the University of Chicago Alumni in Belgium, Fortis Bank, IBAN BE 52 2100 5555 7309. Registration: We particularly thank Werner Van Lembergen (LLM 95) for having helped us with the organization of this event! We look forward to welcoming you at the BOZAR on June 3! Kind regards,
We are pleased to invite you to our General Assembly which will take place on Thursday, June 3, 2010 as of 18:15 onwards at the Center for Fine Arts or BOZAR, Rue Ravensteinstraat 23 at 1000 Brussels.
Your presence will be highly appreciated, as this year’s agenda features the election of a new President. Indeed, after 3 years of service to the Club, time has come to pass the presidency to my successor. It has been 3 years of excitement and fun, and I am graceful and feel privileged having been able to serve such an outstanding group of people. I would highly appreciate if you would join us in selecting the new committee and President and to celebrate the transition together. Alumni interested in joining the committee can submit their candidacy to me or Evelyne.
In short:
Center for Fine Arts Brussels/BOZAR
Rue Ravensteinstraat 23
1000 Brussels
Parking Albertine is the nearest one.
Thursday June 3 as of 18.00 onwards
18:15 Arrivals
18:30 General Assembly
- Overview of activities of last year and accomplishments during current Presidency
- Financial overview
- Presentation of the new President and the new committee, and elections
- Kick off Chicago Society Initiative
19:15 Welcome speech by Mr. Paul Dujardin, General Manager of the Centre for Fine Arts Brussels, in the Royal Salon
19:40 Guided tour of the Center for Fine Arts and Exhibition Laurent Ney – Shaping Forces
20:30 Cocktails & sandwiches
• € 30 for paying members
• € 40 for non-members and partners
Please register via the following link before May 26, 2010: Register for General Assembly at BOZAR or visit our website at www.chicagoalumni.be.
Kris Vansanten, MBA' 95
President,
The University of Chicago Alumni Club of Belgium
Evelyne van Wassenhove, MBA' 01
Treasurer,
The University of Chicago Alumni Club of Belgium
Luncheon 20 May
Dear, We are pleased to invite you for the last edition of the Chicago Booth Luncheon Series before the summer break, which will take place on May 20 in Château Sainte-Anne, Brussels. This time we have secured the participation of Bart Becks, previous CEO of Skynet and Senior Vice President New Media and Innovation at ProSiebenSat1, and currently founding partner at Eburones holding and co-founder at SonicAngel, the recently launched innovative music platform. Today, Bart is undoubtedly one of the most inspiring and influencing professionals in the area of multimedia. He lived through the early rise and fall of the e-commerce era, and subsequently stayed tuned with the multimedia community and ultimately became one of the icons of this industry. Splitting his time 50/50 over Belgium and Silicon Valley, he is as no one else aware of the upcoming trends that will influence the daily lives of all of us. Bart will entertain us on "Innovation and Trends in Multimedia", during what promises to become a very exciting and insightful session. Please register today, and invite your friends and business relations for thislast session before the summer break! Topic: Innovation and Trends in Multimedia Speaker: Bart Becks, Founding Partner at Eburones and SonicAngel Venue: Château Sainte-Anne, Rue du Vieux Moulin, 103, B-1030 Brussels Date& Time: May 20, 2010, 12 –2 p.m. Contribution: Registration: Please use thislink, mentioning your name and number of people attending.Click here to visit the event website. Lookingforward to meeting you there, KrisVansanten, MBA' 95 XavierBourgois, MBA' 05
€ 50 for members
€ 65 for non-paying members
Please transfer the appropriate amount to account 210-0555573-09 of the University of Chicago Alumni in Belgium, BNP Paribas Fortis Bank, IBANBE 52 2100 5555 7309
President
The University of Chicago Alumni Club of Belgium
Committee member & Event organizer
The University of Chicago Alumni Club of Belgium
Belgian Chicago Luncheon series
BelgianChicago Luncheon series
Dear Alumni,
After an insightful Luncheon with Bart De Smet, CEOof ageas (the former Fortis Holding) and well deserved Easter Holidays, we arepleased to invite you for our next Chicago Luncheon. This time we have secured the participation of JoeriVananroye (LL.M. 1997), an attorney at the Brussels’ bar and theauthor of several seminal articles on directors’ liability, who will share hisexpertise on understanding and coping with the risks of director’s liability. “Directors’ liability in times of financialdistress” will discuss some recent developments in the duties andliabilities of directors and officers in the current turbulent climate. This topic not only targets our LL.M.audience but also all alumni with board level responsibilities or aspirations.
Joeri Vananroye studied law at the KatholiekeUniversiteit Leuven and the University of Chicago. He was a researcher at the Jan Ronse Institute for CorporateLaw (K.U.Leuven) and has published over 50 articles on corporate litigation andliability, insolvency, and many other subjects. He joined the Brussels’ office of Baker & McKenzie in2005 where his main focus are private equity transactions and acquisitions, mainlyin the financial sector. He alsoregularly represents clients in corporate litigation and arbitrationproceedings, often in liability suits against directors and parent companies orin post-acquisition disputes.
With this luncheon we confirm our intention tooffer our alumni a series of topical debates in an exclusive setting, allowinginformal interaction with reputed business leaders and interesting networkingopportunities with a selected number of alumni and guests with likemindedinterests. Please join us for what promises to become an interesting event.
In brief:
- Topic: “Directors’liability in times of financial distress”
- Speaker:Joeri Vananroye, lawyer at Baker & McKenzie
- Venue: DeWarande vzw, Zinnerstraat 1, B-1000 Brussels
- Date & Time: April 22, 2010, 12.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
- Contribution:
o € 50 (€ 65 for non-paying members)
o Pleasetransfer the appropriate amount to account 210-0555573-09 of the University ofChicago Alumni in Belgium, BNP Paribas Fortis Bank, IBAN BE 52 2100 5555 7309
o Registration: Please send email to ovo@vanobberghen.be mentioning your nameand number of people attending.
Lookingforward to meeting you,
Kris Vansanten (MBA ’95)
President Belgian alumni club – The University of Chicago
Mob.: +32 473 92 92 10
kris.vansanten@quanteus.eu
Belgian Chicago Luncheon Series: "Risk management at financial institutions: where did it fail, and what’s next?"
Dear Alumni, Where did risk management across the financial industry fall short? Can we identify some root causes of the failure of the systems in place? More important, what are possible systemic solutions to avoid a similar meltdown in the future while safeguarding economic growth and financial innovation? The subject has been widely discussed in the press and is still a hot topic in international politics and within regulatory bodies worldwide. As part of our Chicago Luncheon series we are pleased to offer our alumni a unique opportunity to have an insightful debate on risk management presided by a seasoned industry insider and academic, Prof. Dr. Stefan Duchateau, who witnessed the shortfalls of the existing risk management systems from the inside as previous CEO of KBC Asset Management. In combination with his academic expertise as a professor in Advanced Risk Management and Advanced Portfolio Management at EHSAL, and professor Risk Management at the VUB-Solvay Master Program and of Portfolio Management at the KU Leuven, Prof. Dr. Stefan Duchateau is uniquely positioned to discuss the topic with us on January 19 at De Warande. Mr. Duchateau is a reference in the Belgian financial industry. Under his leadership, KBC was the first to introduce the capital guaranteed fund (the “Click” Fund) in Belgium. He transformed KBC Asset Management into the European leader in the segment of structured retail products. Overall, over the last 10 years assets under management increased by a factor 15 to € 160 billion! Currently, Mr. Duchateau holds positions as president of the board in several investment management companies in Belgium, Luxemburg, Ireland, and Central Europe. He also works as an independent management consultant for a selection of industry players, amongst which Argenta Bank and Insurance Group, the world’s leading diamant trader Rosy Blue NV, Mensura Insurance Co, several government bodies and major pension funds. - Topic: Risk management at financial institutions: where did it fail, and what’s next? Looking forward to meeting you there, Kris Vansanten
Please join us in what promises to be a unique round table debate with an inspiring leader and speaker.
- Speaker: Professor Stefan Duchateau
- Venue: De Warande vzw, Zinnerstraat 1, B-1000 Brussels
- Date & Time: 19 January 2010, 12.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
- Contribution:
o € 50 (€ 40 for paying members)
o Please transfer the appropriate amount to account 210-0555573-09 of the University of Chicago Alumni in Belgium, BNP Paribas Fortis Bank, IBAN BE 52 2100 5555 7309
o Registration: Please send an e-mail to arend.vanitterbeek@gmail.com mentioning your name and number of people attending
President
Arend Van Itterbeek
Committee member
Chicago Luncheon with Professor Paul De Grauwe on December 9, 12 p.m.-2 p.m., Château Sainte-Anne
Broaden your horizon and join TEDx - a truly exceptional not-for-profit event - November 23, 2009 at the European Parliament
Welcomes you at the European Parliament, Brussels
BURN THE BOX
Monday, November 23, 2009
TEDx is an event where some of the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about. ‘TED” stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design – three broad subject areas that are, collectively, shaping our future. The diverse
Audience consisting of CEOs, politicians, inventors, scientists, creatives, marketers, philanthropists and more is almost as extraordinary as the speakers, who have included Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Frank Gehry, Paul Simon, Sir Richard Branson, Philippe Starck and Bono.
TEDx is an offshoot of TED and is a programme of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share ideas worth spreading. TEDx Brussels will feature video streams and live speakers including Nicholas Negroponte, Nirj Deva, Dambisa Moyo, Paddy Ashdown, Pedro Brugada, Marc Van Montagu, Conrad Wolfram, Catherine Verfaillie and Peter Schaefer, all looking to spark off new networks and discussions in the European capital.
The theme of the event is “Burn the Box”: The EU is the world’s largest donor of official development assistance. Its objective is the eradication of poverty and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs). But the problem only gets bigger. Africa is at the same time the most promising and the least fortunate continent. A billion people deadlocked in time. TEDx Brussels salutes free spirits who do not watch from the sidelines or just think out of the box, but are ready to “BURN THE BOX”.
We would like to invite you to register for the first TEDx Brussels on http://www.tedxbrussels.eu and be part of an event which the attendees have called “the ultimate brain spa”.
See http://www.tedxbrussels.eu for more details.
If you are not yet familiar with TED, please do also have a look at the www.TED.com and watch one of the 18minute (no longer) worldwide talks; ranging from world’s best scientist, artist and business leaders to ‘ordinary people’ with remarkable achievements. At the TEDx event you will also experience that the audience is as important as the speakers on stage, hence a lot of interaction will be happening: selected audience members will have a chance to present on stage for 6 minutes (no longer) their ideas and initiatives.
Practical details and registration
Timing: Monday, November 23, 2009, from 08.30 to 19.00
Place: European Parliament. Batiment Altiero Spinelli – 11G209. 60, rue Wiertz. B – 1047, Bruxelles, Belgium
Audience: 500 guests including CEO’s, MEP’s, artists, scientists, Belgians, Europeans.
Registration: This is a not-for-profit event; thus we are only seeking to cover the costs of organizing the event.
We estimate to break even with our costs between 50-100euros; however attendees can choose their own entry prize in categories from 20 to 200euros.
Please register at the website: http://www.tedxbrussels.eu
Curator:
• One Laptop Per Child Europe Foundation
• Co-organized by OLPC Europe and the European Commission
Organizing committee:
• Walter de Brouwer
• Jose Zurstrassen
• Patrick Coulier
• Dr. Thomas Senderovitz
• Thomas Carruthers
• Philip Weiss
• Erik Meijer
• Samia Lounis
Project coordinators:
• Samia Lounis
• Richa Datta
Save the Date!! University of Chicago in Paris
Dear University of Chicago Alumni and Friends: I am excited to pass along an invitation fromDean of the College John W. Boyer to join him, members of the Board ofTrustees, and University President Robert J. Zimmer for a gathering of alumni,friends, and students in Paris sponsored by the University of Chicago Center inParis on October 2, 2009. Located in the newly revitalized 13tharrondissement of Paris, France, the Center in Paris attracts over 200undergraduate students annually, along with graduate students, Universityfaculty, and visiting scholars who use the Center as a home base forresearch, conferences, and teaching. In 2008, they launched a new annuallecture, sponsored by the Friends of the Center, designed to engage ourfaculty and scholars from European institutions in lively conversations abouttoday’s most pressing issues. This year’s lecture will feature David Nirenberg,the Deborah R. and Edgar D. Jannotta Professor of Medieval History andSocial Thought. David will explore the survivability of liberal arts educationin light of today’s global economic problems. Mark your calendars now! More details to come.
Save the Date! Chicago Booth Full-time Admissions is visiting soon!
Hello from Chicago Booth Full-time Admissions! The purpose of this message is to let you know the details of our recruiting reception in your city this fall. We hope you will join us and also let others know that we will be in town.I am Andrea Schmoyer, Associate Director of Admissions here at Booth. I have the pleasure of hosting our reception in Brussels, and I hope to see you there. The event will be held as follows:September 22nd 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmBelgacomBoulevard du Roi Albert II 27 B – 1030 BrusselsOur annual worldwide receptions are critical to our recruiting efforts, and your help as alumni is extremely important to our success. Alumni will receive an invitation email from us in July. That email will include a link to event registration.Thank you in advance for your kind and helpful assistance. I am grateful and look forward to visiting!Andrea SchmoyerAssociate Director of Admissions Chicago Booth 5807 South Woodlawn AvenueChicagoIL 60637 USAVoice 773.702.6470 | Fax 773.702.9085
Admissions event in Brussels
Take an in‐depth look at Chicago Booth at an Admissions Reception for the Full‐Time MBA Program. Join Chicago Booth Admissions staff and alumni to learn more about our program and gain insight into the admissions process September 22, 2009 7:00 pm ‐ 9:00 pm BelgacomBoulevard du Roi Albert II27 B – 1030 Brussels Learn more and register by visiting: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/fulltime/admissions/eventsQuestions? Contact the Office of Admissions at admissions@ChicagoBooth.edu or 773.702.7369
Luncheon Series June 4 - Hydrogen, sustainable energy of the future?
Hydrogen, sustainable energy
of the future?
Renewable energy is at the forefront of the economic
and political debate. It is seen by many as the primary sector to boost the
revival of the economy, the solution to climate heating, the answer to the
depletion of fossile fuel reserves and the way towards less political
dependency.
We have the privilege
to receive Dr. Vandenborre as our next Chicago luncheon speaker. He will address
the potential of Hydrogen as the sustainable energy of the future. Dr.
Vandenborre is one of the world authorities in this field. He is founder and CEO
of V-Energy and Board member of several international companies in the field of
Hydrogen. He was Vice Chairman of NASDAQ-listed Hydrogenics (HYGS), Chairman of
TSX-listed Stuart Energy (HHO) and founder of Vandenborre Technologies. He
advised EU Presidents Prodi and Barosso on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, was member
of several advisory committees on Hydrogen, and is frequently asked as speaker
at international conferences. He has over 50 patents on his name.
Thursday June
4th, 12.00-14.00 PM CET
The Boston Consulting Group
Boulevard de l’Impératrice 13, B-1000
Brussels
Agenda
Welcome 12.00 CET
Kris Vansanten, President, The University of Chicago
Alumni Club Belgium
Luncheon 12.40 CET
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Hugo Vandenborre
Founder and CEO of
V-Energy
Closing remarks 14.00 CET
RSVP before June 1st
Please Register online at Register for Chicago Luncheon
with Dr. Vandenborre or through our website
www.chicagoalumni.be
Registration Fee*:
€15 contribution for paying UofC
alumni club members, €25 for non-members
Your participation will be confirmed upon online
registration and receipt of your
payment.
For payment, wire the correct amount to account nr
210-0555573-09 in favour of ‘The University of Chicago Alumni in Belgium’
referencing “Hydrogen Luncheon-Name of
participant(s)”. If you
need a payment receipt please send an email to evelyne.vanwassenhove@quanteus.eu
*This event is hosted and supported by The Boston
Consulting Group.
Your registration fee will be donated to the Lambert
Vanthienen Fund
