BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:FBSA Annual Summit - Speaker to be confirmed DTSTART:20081212T141500Z DTEND:20081212T000000Z UID:TALK15645@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Paul Masset DESCRIPTION:Dear All\,\n\nThe Alliance's Annual Summit is coming to Cambri dge and Westminster on Dec 12-14th !\n\nWant to meet hundreds of French an d British students? Sip Champagne in prestigious venues?\nDebate on fascin ating topics with high-profile speakers?\nContribute to a report that ends up on the Queen and Sarkozy's\ndesk? Yes? Then come to our Annual Summit! \n\n----------------------------------------------------\nDate: 12-14 Dece mber 2008\nPlace: London (House of Commons and Lancaster House) and Cambri dge\nTheme: "The Idea of France and Britain in the 21rst Century: What is our Role in Globalised World?"\nPrice: £79.\n\nI agree this may be quite expensive- but it's definitely good value for money : you get a champagne reception in Lancaster House (which in\nitself already costs half of that) \, a finger buffet in the House of Commons\, a Black Tie Dinner\, transpor t from and to London\, and\, especially\, the chance to meet hundreds of F rench and British Students\,\nengage in fascinating debates with high prof ile speakers\, and contribute to a report sent to the Queen and the Presid ent of France ! All that in two days\, for half the price of a May Ball !\ n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------\n\nInterested? Then *sign up* using this form:\nhttp://www.mon-f ormulaire.com/cgi-bin/form2mail.cgi?formid=13170\n\n---------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------\n\n(and\, unfor tunately\, due to too many abuses in the past\, you're not registerd until you've paid)\nSince this is usually a very popular event\, places will be allocated on a first come\, first served basis so sign up now !\n\n------ ----------------------------\nSpeakers include:\n\n° Sarah Squire\, Presi dent of Hughes Hall College and former UK Ambassador to Estonia\n° Matthe w Rycroft\, EU Director in the FCO.\n° David Rennie\, EU journalist for T he Economist\,\n° IanCarnegie-Brown\, Credit Suisse\, Managing Director i n Investement Banking Department\n° Prof. Andrew Gamble\, Head of the Cam bridge Politics Departement\,\n° Michel de Fabiani\, VP of the Franco-Bri tish Chamber of Commerce\n° Nick Butler\, Chairman of the Center for Euro pean Reform\n° Prof. Jaideep Prabhu\, Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of India n Business\nand Enterprise\, Director of the Cambridge Centre for Indian B usiness\n° Dr Bruno Carré\, Independant Consultant and Researcher in Geo politics and\nPolitical Economy\, associated with the IRIS think-tank.\n° Dr. Terry Barker\, Director of the Cambridge Center for Climate Change\nMi tigation Research (4CMR)\n° Prof. John Bell\, Professor of Law at Cambrid ge involved in the\nDouble-Maitrise Programme.\n° Tom Brake\, MP\n° Nico le Ameline\, MP (to be finalised)\n° Lord Salisbury\n° and several other s !\n\n\nOk\, but what really happens in this Summit?\n\nThe Summit will b egin\, on Friday the 12th at 12.00\, by a debate held in the Westminster w ith French and British MPs about the French Presidency\nof the EU\, follow ed by a finger buffet.Later that evening\, you are all invited to Lancaste r House where\, with\nthe kind hospitality of the FCO\, we will be hosting a prestigious Opening Gala ! Imagine yourself sipping champagne and eatin g delicious\ncanapés in a gilded hall while chatting with dozens of brigh t French and British students or listening to speeches by senior officials Doesn't it sound great?\n\nThe following day\, on the 13th\, the 'serious ' work starts. After a Welcoming Speech from the University and the Allian ce\, you will\nparticipate in a plenary session where a panel of experts w ill debate about the topic as a whole and interact with the floor. It is a unique\nchance to discuss with such an articulate group of speakers!The p lenary session will then be split up into three main simultaneous\npanel d ebates on "Globalisation at Home"\, "Globalisation in Europe" and "Globali sation in the Wider World" which will begin to look into more specific iss ues.\n\nIn the afternoon\, you will all be divided into debating workshops \, each lead by one or two of our speakers\, which will deal with very spe cific\ntopics such as "Is EU red tape strangling Britain and France's econ omies at a time of increasing global competition"\, "The Financial and Cli mate\nCatastrophes: the same causes and the same solution" or " Londonista n or Clichy-sous-Bois? -- Multiculturalism or assimilation?".\n\nYet the b est part is that the conclusions of these workshops will be collected\, sy nthetised and incorporated into our Annual Report which is\nsent to our in stitutional supports: Her Majesty the Queen\, the President of France\, th e FCO\, and the Ministère des Affaires Etrangères!\n\nAnd after a day of stimulating debates\, you will head to a fancy Black Tie Dinner\, followe d by a massive club nights with all the students !\n\n\nInterested? Fascin ated? Enthralled?\nThen Sign Up !\n\nhttp://www.mon-formulaire.com/cgi-bin /form2mail.cgi?formid=13170\n\nNot signed up yet? what are you waiting for ? why are you still reading\nthis email instead?\n\nSee you all there\,\n\ nOlivier-Remy Bel\nAlliance Co-President & Summit President LOCATION:Cambridge END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR