October 2020 - American Friends of Arts et Métiers news and updates

First NYC-based gadz'arts' gathering after the lockdown

Dear Alumni! Dear Friends!

Read in our October newsletter today:

1) new interview in our "Financial Engineering" series: Jean-Baptiste Commans (Li 203), Strategist and Data Scientist at JPMorgan Chase and Co. - in our blog;

2) do not miss the opportunity to register for Reveille Ton Etoile co-organized by East Coast Group. This online event will take place on October 31st. The time is very convenient for our East Coast group;

3) Madeleine Crespel (Ai 217) talks about Shasta: video

and more news about our alumni and students.

Happy Fall!
Your AFAM team

AFAM news:

AFAM Operational Committee continues its work and holds virtual meetings once every two weeks to discuss current projects and how to move forward.
We would like to remind you about AFAM mission and values. Please Iet us know if you want to join any of the existing working groups (Shasta, events, entrepreneurship) or are willing to help in any other way.

Shasta news:
Thank you to all the alumni who signed up to participate in Shasta informational sessions with our Lille students in October and November! All spots have been taken!

As you all know, the Trump Administration has issued a proclamation suspending the entry of J-1 Exchange Visitors to the United States from June 24, 2020 to December 31, 2020. We all hope that physical J1 internships in the US will be back in 2021. Meanwhile, we are looking for companies willing to offer remote internships for our students! Please contact us if you want to discuss it!

Alumni Groups:
Join Gadz'arts au US Facebook group!
Join Houston Gadz' Linkedin Group
Like and join Gadz'Arts de New York Facebook group!
Like the West Coast Group Facebook page!
Contact Sacha Ghebali if you want to join Boston or NYC whatsapp group

Arts et Metiers School
L'Usine Nouvelle: interview with Laurent Champaney (video)

Arts et Métiers in the news:
Aivancity school for technology, business & society will be open in 2021 in partnership with Arts et Metiers. For more information
e-SPINDLE developed in France in collaboration with the Aix-en-Provence campus and with the Technical Center for Mechanical Industry
Châlons-en-Champagne campus is closed for 1 week because of COVID-19
Châlons-en-Champagne participates in 1G 4.0. program
Back to School on Cluny campus

News from the school's Laboratories and Institutes
Laval Virtuel: campus virtuel
More new from Laval Institute: Virtual Human Project
LIFSE: Michael Pereira explains the sound barrier
Institute of Chambery: video presentation

Students
Thibaut Louvet (Li 219), co-founder of Cups Me
GaSole organized a project for 150 first-year students in Angers
Students in Metz : Solidarity in Action
Arts et Metiers students and Climate Change: video from the workshop
Defilé in Châlons
Arts et Metiers students is a part of Technion France Board (Engineering school in Israel)
41st Edition of Arts et Metiers Forum will take place in November
Union des Eleves Gadzarts has a new website : video

Alumni
Simon Richir (Li 84): conducting virtual experiments in virtual lab at Laval Virtuel (video)
Dimitri Grasswill (Ch 96), VP Innovation at Nemera
Mathieu Bernasconi (Ch 201), Shared Mobility Expert and Senior Manager at Toyota
Jean-Philippe Bédos (Bo 83) is a new President of Space Aero
Patrice Bersac (Bo 171), President of the Union of Winegrowers of the Paris region
Sébastien Jaulerry (Bo 189) is a new Executive Vice-President, Support and Services Director at Safran Helicopter Engines
Valentin Melchior (Me 215), Digitization Project Manager at ArcelorMittal France, met Arts et Metiers students on Metz campus to share his experience
Ahmad Daouk (Ai 1914) in history of Modern Lebanon

Support Maurice Lubetzki (Ch 216) and his project with EpiLab on developing a TB test. Vote before Oct.14th!

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Madeleine Crespel (Ai 217) talks about Shasta: video

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Our Community:

NEW interview in
"Financial Engineering" series

Interview #4:
Jean-Baptiste Commans (Li 203), Strategist and Data Scientist at JPMorgan Chase and Co.

You can also enjoy other interviews in our "People and Robots", "Why Consulting? and "Food for Thought" series:
here

When? October 31

Do not miss the opportunity to register for Réveille ton Etoile organized by USA East Coast group and gadzarts' Canadian group

AFAM Calendar

Any interesting events? Suggest them to share with our community!

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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