February 2020 - Newsletter from American Friends of Arts et Métiers

Galette des rois in Atlanta with 15 gadz'arts present at the event at Café Vendôme on January 16th

Dear Alumni! Dear Friends!

AFAM kicked off the new year with a fresh interview series "Why Consulting". Our alumni, consulting professionals will help us understand why this sector is so attractive and interesting.

Also in our February edition:

1) news from Chalons-en-Champagne campus;
2) Veme instrument created in Arts et Metiers in Metz has been chosen by a Polish composer for his new concerto: video
3) it is time to register for a Smart Manufacturing and AI for Industry 4.0 Conference (College Station, TX)

Happy reading!

Your AFAM team

AFAM/Gadz groups' news:
East Coast Group has a new Zident - Sasha Ghebali.
We would like to thank Jean-Baptiste Commans for being such a great leader. Jean-Baptiste keeps his board seat and remains our liaison with AAGEF and other partners in NYC.

AFAM's next board meeting will take place on March 2nd.

Alumni Groups events:
Gadz gathering in NYC - February 21st (TBC)

Join Houston Gadz' Linkedin Group
Like and join Gadz'Arts de New York Facebook group!
Like the West Coast Group Facebook page!

The school:
#International: Smart Manufacturing and AI for Industry 4.0 conference organized by Texas A&M and Arts et Metiers will take place on February 13th

Cluny campus is celebrating 14 years of its social program "Cordées de la réussite"
Other news from our school right here!

News from the school's Laboratories and Institutes

LISPEN: conference on VR and AR in partnership with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Institute de Biomechanique Humaine Georges Charpak participates in 7th edition of Conference on Biomechanics of Golf: video

Arts et Métiers in the news:

The School
Veme created in Arts et Metiers in Metz has been chosen by a Polish composer for his new concerto: video
Barometre 2019 - Supply Chain risks - published by Kyu Associés and Arts et Metiers: for more information
Open House on Cluny campus will take place in February
Joël Saingré, Arts et Metiers Acceleration's (AMA) director about incubators' future and longevity

Students
Students of Châlons' ThinkLab help disable people make life easier
Design challenge 2020 on Châlons-en-Champagne campus
Hugo, Jérémi et Mathis and their Hydrogadz project
Aix-en-Provence students participated in the 5th edition of InnovaTech Challenge

Alumni
Pierre Tarissi (Ai 70), Arts et Metiers Business Angels: "Why Oxfam is fighting the wrong battle" - opinion
Jean-Marc Chery (An 81), CEO of STMicroelectronics, about Singapore and its role as a major hub
Christophe Idelon (Ai 85) is a new Vice President at NTN-SNR
Jacques-Olivier Martin (An 95) is on municipal election list for Angers
Frédéric Vandenbussche (Ai 85), founder of IDCO
François Lieutard (Ai 89) is a new Director of Operations at Editis
Clément Genty, PhD (2014-2019) dreams of having a Burgundy emoji
Twin brothers Benjamin et Fréderic Belibi (Class 2015), co-founders of Pneupur, are giving tires a second life

François Frey (Bo 87) is one of the speakers at the conference on Ocean Noise in la Rochelle

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New resolutions for the new year?

1) Read a book a month
2) Go someplace you've never been
3) Give to AFAM

Each year AFAM offers Shasta grants thanks to generous donations of our US-based alumni!

AFAM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

AFAM Community Manager
Albina Patou-Chebykina
Please feel free to contact me by email or Linkedin

Upcoming events:

Gadz apéro in NYC - Feb. 21st (TBC)

French American Innovation Day (College Station, TX)- February 13th

Any interesting events happening near you? Suggest them to share with our community:
AFAM Calendar

Our Community:

NEW!
"Why Consulting?": François Théry (Li 98)

Read our previous "Food for Thought" series

Do not hesitate to share a career or an internship opportunity with Alumni and Students via our Linkedin Group or simply send them to AFAM Community Manager!

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