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Past events
LSE Alumni Drinks - Christmas edition
Wednesday 7 December 2011, 19.30 |
Christmas Market at Place Sainte Catherine,
Quai aux Briques (Metro Sainte-Catherine)
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OUR
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OCTOBER 2011
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LSE AAB October Drinks
Wednesday 5 October, 19.30, The Staff Bar
LSE Alumni Trip to Antwerp
feat. Mayor Patrick Janssens, LSE Alumnus
Saturday 8 October 2011, more info here
Have a Tea with LSE...
Prof. Christopher Coker: The world 10 years after 9/11
Sunday, 16 October 2011, 5pm
The Brussels Office, Rue du Trone 61, 1050 Brussels
Find out more about these events
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LSE AAB September Drinks & Predeparture
Event for New Students
On 1 September 2011, we organised our September
Alumni Drinks in the fancy Cospaia Bar (website)
close to Metro Louise.
For the drinks we were joined by the new
students going to the LSE this autumn. Many Alumni came to
enjoy some welcome back drinks after the summer break and
to share their LSE experience with the newcomers.
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Click here
for the photos of the event
Kindly hosted by the Saxony Liaison
Office Brussels
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LSE AAB Summer Reception
& Panel Discussion on the Euro-Crisis
On 14 July we invited to a panel discussion
on the state of the Euro followed by a reception in the Sachsen-Office.
A high-level panel of LSE-experts discussed
the challenges and possible scenarios for tackling the Euro-crisis:
Etienne de Callataÿ,
Chief Economist of Bank Degroof, former Chief of Cabinet of
the Belgian Finance Minister and Deputy Chief of Cabinet of
the Deputy Prime Minister, LSE Alumnus and member of the LSE
AAB Advisory Board.
Philippe Legrain, Advisor
to Commission President Barroso, Head of the Analysis Team
of the Bureau of European Policy Advisors (BEPA), European
Commission, Author of Aftershock: Reshaping the World Economy
After the Crisis, LSE Alumnus.
The debate was moderated by Peter
Spiegel, the Brussels Bureau Chief of the Financial
Times, LSE Alumnus. |
Wednesday 30 March 2011,
European Parliament
Members-only event.
We thank Burson-Marsteller for their generous
support and the office of Vice-President McMillan-Scott for
hosting the event at the European Parliament. |
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The European Parliament after Lisbon:
at the height of its powers or work in progress?
A debate between:
Professor Simon Hix
Professor of European and Comparative politics at LSE, Co-founder
of www.votewatch.eu
Edward McMillan-Scott MEP
Vice-President of the European Parliament, ALDE Group
György Schöpflin MEP
Member of the EPP Group, Member of the Advisory Board of
the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism
at LSE
The debate will be moderated by Michiel van Hulten,
LSE Alumnus and Member of our Advisory Board Former MEP
from the Netherlands, Author of the report "A tale
of two cities" on the Brussels-Strasbourg seat debate.
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Event
with US Ambassador Howard Gutman
The American
University Alumni Brussels Chapter, American University Brussels
Center for European Studies, Georgetown University Alumni
Association of Belgium, London School of Economics Alumni
Association Belgium, John Hopkins SAIS Alumni Society in Belgium
and the United States Embassy to Belgium invited to a Reception
and discussion on “The Obama Administration Two Years
On” with U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Howard Gutman. |
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Wed, 9th March 2011,
18h30 to 20h00, at the United States Ambassador’s
Residence
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LSE Alumni
2011 New Year's Reception with
Commissioner Georgieva
For their New
Year’s Reception 2011, we didn’t think twice and
invited the biggest political fish the LSE scene in Brussels
has to offer: for one evening, EU Commissioner for Humanitarian
Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva, a research fellow
at the School between 1987 and 1988, put on her academic hat
again and gave an impressive account of her first year in
office in front of more than a hundred LSE Alumni residing
in Belgium. Commissioner Georgieva filled the beautiful UK
ambassador's residence with pictures and anecdotes of her
full agenda around the world to manage the EU’s crisis
response to mega-disasters like the earthquakes in Haiti,
Chile and China. Hosted by the British Ambassador to Belgium
Jonathan Brenton this event marked a formidable kick-off of
the year 2011. |
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LSE Alumni
Drinks - Christmas Edition
We organised our
Christmas Alumni Drinks celebrating this very successful
year full of interesting events and lots of new Alumni joining
our association.
We had reserved tables in the
new Winery
close to Schuman where the owner, Frédéric,
serves us delicious wines together with cheese & olives,
and also mulled wine. The bar has opened just some weeks
ago after Frédéric’s ‘Winery’
concept proved to be a huge success on Place Brugmann.
Over 40 Alumni came to discover
a new place in Brussels while starting the Christmas period
with a glass of mulled wine among LSE Alumni.
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Winery Schuman
Link
and map.
Wednesday 1 December
from on 7pm
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LSE Cultural
Night is back. Come and join us for the "The
Man Who Committed Thought", by Patrice Naiambana, from
the Royal Shakespeare Company. 17 November 2010, 830pm,
L'Arrière-Scène, Place Jourdan.
Click
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for more information.
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Prof.
Mary Kaldor presented
her new book "The ultimate weapon is no weapon:
human security and the new rules of war and peace",
on 12 October 2010, at the Hanse Office (Place Ambiorix).
The week before,
Prof. Eileen Barker talked to us on "How tolerant should
our society be? Coping with religious minorities in Western
Europe" in the Cercle des Voyageurs. |
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Alumni Reunion Weekends for grads from 2000-2009 took
place this year in July and September in London. Houghton
Street Online. |
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Over 400 LSE Alumni attended the Classes Reunion 2005-2009
and enjoyed a wonderful full-weekend programme with speeches,
workshops, drinks at the George and dancing in Crush, and
the final gala ball.
You can find photos
and podcasts. |
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LSE Alumni Tea Party,
12 September 2010. Over 40 new students, recent graduates
and alumni enjoyed a wonderful afternoon in the KultuurKaffee
with English Tea and Beglian Quiches and Tartes. We wish
the prospective students a great start in London.
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| LSE Alumni Summer Reception
& Expert Talk on "The
Belgian Presidency: The real start of the Lisbon Treaty? Who
will lead the EU in the First Lisbon Treaty-style Presidency?
The challenges of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of
the EU"
The LSE Alumni Association Belgium (LSE AAB)
and the University Foundation invited to a new LSE Expert
Talk and to our annual Summer Reception which replaced our
July Drinks.
The following distinguished speakers debated the challenges
of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU (in English).
Prof. Peter Bursens, Professor at the Department
of Political Science of the University of Antwerp.
Mr. Willem Van de Voorde (LSE, Master of
Laws (LL.M.) 1988), Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head
of Unit, European Policy Coordination Unit.
Mr. Dirk Wouters (LSE, MSc in Economics
1979), Chief of Staff of the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Steven Vanackere.
Moderator: Simon Taylor is the European Voice's
news editor, responsible for editorial content of the newspaper
and website reporting to the editor.
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Monday, 12 July
710pm
in cooperation with the Fondation
Universitaire
11 Rue d'Egmont, 1000 Brussels
(map)
Full
Details here
Pictures here
(Photographer: Alain Dereymaeker)
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| Presentation
by the South African Embassy on "The impact of the Football
World Cup on South Africa" and live-screening of the
football match 'South Africa vs. Uruguay'
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On the occasion of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa,
the LSE AAB was proud to invite to a very special event in
the exquisite "Hall Horta" at Bozar in the heart
of Brussels.
The South African Embassy to Belgium gave a presentation about
"The impact of the Football World Cup on South Africa"
explaining the current atmosphere in South Africa and elaborating
on the role that the World Cup played for the country in political,
economic and cultural terms.
Afterwards we watched the match South Africa – Uruguay.
Finger food was provided and drinks could be purchased at
the Bozar bar.
This event was open also to non-LSE Alumni and over 30 guests
showed up.
You can see pictures of the event here.
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LSE AAB World Cup Drinks Event
Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 7.15pm Bozar |
Exclusive
LSE Alumni Breakfast with the Hon. Peter Sutherland
The LSE Alumni Association Belgium was proud to invite its
members to a very special event in our LSE Expert Series:
An exclusive breakfast-debate with the Hon. Peter Sutherland.
Peter Sutherland, Chair of London School of Economics Council
since 2008, had kindly offered to meet a selected circle of
Members of our Advisory Board together with senior LSE Alumni
in Brussels.
We discussed a range of current topics in an informal setting
with our special guest who has shaped European and global
politics and business like no other.
Of Irish nationality, Peter Sutherland was educated at Gonzaga
College, University College Dublin and the King’s Inns.
He was chairman of BP plc (1997 – early 2010) and is
chairman of Goldman Sachs International (1995 - current).
He is currently UN Special Representative for Migration and
serves on the International Advisory Boards of Eli Lilly and
Allianz.
Furthermore, he is a Consultor for the Administration of the
Patrimony of the Holy See and holds a number of additional
positions including Chairman, Trilateral Commission (Europe);
Foundation Board Member, World Economic Forum; President,
The Federal Trust; President, European Policy Centre Advisory
Council; Vice-Chairman, European Round Table of Industrialists;
and Goodwill Ambassador to the UN Industrial Development Organization.
Prior to his current positions, Mr Sutherland served as Attorney
General of Ireland (1981-1984); EC Commissioner responsible
for Competition Policy (1985-1989); Chairman of Allied Irish
Banks (1989-1993) and Director General of GATT and then of
The World Trade Organisation (1993-1995).
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Friday, 21 May
Hilton Brussels
Members-only Event
LSE Expert Talk series
aim at bringing together high profile LSE Alumni to discuss
current hot topics.
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LSE
Expert Seminar with LSE Professor Iain Begg
'Is Europe 2020 likely to succeed or fail in integrating
the various EU-level mega-strategies or reconciling their
over-lapping and sometimes conflicting goals"
28 April 2010,
7pm at the Representation of the Freistaat Sachsen
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LSE Expert Talk
series aim at bringing together high profile LSE
Alumni to discuss current hot topics.
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An exclusive, members-only seminar with LSE Professor
Iain Begg on the Europe 2020 strategies, followed by a walking
supper.
Professor Begg started by giving a presentation (see here),
followed by an interactive discussion with around 25alumni
in the best LSE tradition. The thrust of the presentation
was that the EU appears to be at one of those tipping points
at which paradigm change could occur. A response to the
crisis and the imperative of dealing with climate change
point to an obvious new narrative for economic governance.
But there are conflicting demands on policy-makers and persistent
ambiguities about how to interpret terms like sustainable
development and social cohesion. The talk discussed these
influences and explored what they imply for Europe 2020.
Afterwards, the discussion continued over drinks and a buffet
provided by the LSE Alumni Association Belgium.
You can download his presentation here.
Professor Iain Begg is a Professorial Research
Fellow at the European Institute, London School of Economics
and Political Science. His main research work is on the
political economy of European integration and EU economic
governance. He has directed and participated in a series
of research projects on different facets of EU policy and
his current projects include studies on the governance of
EU economic and social policy, the EU's Lisbon strategy,
the social impact of globalisation and reform of the EU
budget. Other recent research projects include work on policy
co-ordination under EMU and cohesion policy.
He has published extensively in academic
journals and served as co-editor of the Journal of Common
Market Studies, the leading academic journal focusing on the
study of European integration, from 1998 to 2003. He has undertaken
a number of advisory roles, including being a member of a
groupe de prospective on the future of cohesion policy and
being called as an expert witness on EU issues by the House
of Commons Treasury Committee, the House of Lords European
Communities Committee and the European Parliament. He is a
frequent contributor to international conferences on EU economic
policy issues and is regularly solicited for interviews by
journalists. |
LSE
Expert Talk & Christmas Reception
"How can the
EU's Trade Priorities lead Europe out of Recession?"
8 December
2009, 7pm at the Representation of the Freistaat Sachsen
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LSE Expert Talk series
aim at bringing together high profile LSE Alumni to discuss
current hot topics.
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Dear LSE Alumni,
The LSE Alumni Association Belgium (LSE AAB) invited to a
new LSE Expert Talk and our annual Christmas Reception.
On 8 December 2009, our speakers addressed
EU Trade policy in the context of a global recession and risk
of protectionism, the impact of the Lisbon Treaty as well
as the latest developments in the WTO negotiations. What role
the external commercial policy will play in the new EU2020
Strategy, how Europe will deal with a potential "green
protectionism" and rising competition from emerging economies
were also on the agenda.
The following distinguished speakers and LSE Alumni debated
how the EU's Trade policies can show the way towards sustainable
growth:
Roderick Abbott, former Deputy Director-General
of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) 2002-2005 and former
Deputy Director-General in DG Trade. Abbott has a degree in
classical studies from Merton College, Oxford. He was a visiting
Fellow at LSE’s International Relations Department and
the International Trade Policy Unit.
Edward Bannerman, Member of the Cabinet
of EU Commissioner Baroness Ashton. Before moving to Brussels,
he worked as European Affairs adviser covering economics and
finance at the UK Embassy in Paris. Earlier in his career,
he was head of the Business and Economics Unit of the Centre
for European Reform think tank in London, and he has carried
out economics-based consultancy projects, including for the
Commission's DG Trade. Prior to that, he worked for the Management
Consultancy firm KPMG. He graduated from the LSE in 1994 (MSc
Politics of the World Economy).
Razeen Sally, Professor of International
Political Economy at the LSE with a focus on Trade Policy.
He is also Director of the European Centre for International
Political Economy (ECIPE), an international economic policy
think tank based in Brussels. He lectures and consults for
governments, business and international organisations, and
comments regularly on international economic policy issues
in the media. He received his PhD from the LSE in 1992, and
did post-doctoral research at INSEAD in France.
Peter Witt, former Deputy Permanent Representative
of Germany to the EU from 2001 to 2008. Earlier in his career,
Peter headed Germany's office to the multilateral trade negotiations
(“Uruguay Round”) in Geneva for 9 years and negotiated
the set-up of the World Trade Organisation. He chaired the
Gatt’s/WTO’s Balance of Payments Committee for
five years and was Chairman of the working party for Lithuania’s
accession to the WTO. Peter Witt is a fully trained lawyer,
with a PhD in law from Freiburg/ Br. and an LL.M. from LSE.
Peter Witt joined GPlusEurope in 2008 after retirement from
35 years in the civil service.
The talk started at 7pm, followed by a Q&A
session. Afterwards we invited to a Christmas Reception
with mulled wine, traditional British minced pies, sandwiches
and German Christmas stollen and cookies.
This event replaced our monthly LSE Wednesday drinks.
The event was kindly hosted by the Representation
of the Freistaat Sachsen at Rue d'Auderghem 67, 1040
Etterbeek (map).
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LSE AAB Pre-departure & Welcome
Home Event & LSE AAB Alumni BBQ
Sunday, 13 September 2009
KultuurKaffee
Boulevard du Triomphe/Triomflaan,
1050 Brussels
On a field of grass surrounded by apple trees on the beautiful
green campus of the VUB (Free University Brussels), the venue
has a beautiful terrace but also a large inside area + bar
and is therefore foreseen for "all types of Belgian weather".
Parking space available / easy access by public transport.
Send the registration
form before 9 September to events@lsealumni.be
(just copy the form into your email and fill out the details)
Looking forward to see you there and please pass on the
word to fellow LSE Alumni in Brussels!
Yours,
The LSE AAB Team |
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Members-only Event:
Exclusive Book Launch
Etienne de Callataÿ: Confessions
of an ordinary economist - The lessons from the financial
crisis
Introduction by Baron Paul Buysse CMG, CBE
Dear alumni and friends,
We are pleased to invite you to an exclusive book launch event
of the new book of our Advisory Board member Mr. Etienne De
Callataÿ, Chief Economist at Bank Degroof and LSE alumnus.
Mr. De Callataÿ will present his new book "Confessions
of an ordinary economist - The lessons from the financial
crisis" exclusively to the alumni of the London School
of Economics in Belgium and other selected guests. He will
be introduced by another distinguished member of our Advisory
Board, Baron Paul Buysse.
The event will be hosted by Bank Degroof
at their Headquarters in Brussels, Rue Guimard 18, 1040 Bruxelles
and will take place on Monday 8 June at 18:00,
followed by a reception at 19:30. The dress code will be "Business
casual".
This event is free of charge thanks to the generosity of Bank
Degroof. Alumni are invited to bring along guests. Please
note that places are limited, so we encourage you to book
your place promptly so as to avoid disappointment.
Please register by sending an email headed
"LSE AAB book launch" to florian@lsealumni.be
no later than Thursday 4 June 2009. If you are a member, we
will have all your details already. Your registration will
only be final once we have sent you a confirmation email.
Best regards,
The Board of the LSE AAB
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Mr.
Etienne de CALLATAY
Chief Economist
at Bank Degroof
Paul Baron BUYSSE CMG,
CBE
Chairman Bekaert
More info on
speakers here
Sponsored by
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Executive summary - Confessions
of an ordinary economist - The lessons from the financial crisis.
The purpose of Mr. De Callataÿ’s
new book is neither to sketch out what the future of the capitalism
could be nor to describe in details how financial markets operate
but to offer a broad, non-technical analysis of the financial crisis.
Presenting the origins of the crisis, the first part of the book
details the multiple dimensions of the responsibility of financial
institutions but deals as well with the role of both the man in
the street and the authorities. The second part of the book goes
about the consequences of the financial crisis. It looks in turn
into private wealth, public finance, confidence, indebtedness, the
financial landscape, business investment, consumption, inflation,
and interest rates. The third part is devoted to the strategy to
exit the crisis. It deals in particular with the reform of the financial
system and its institutions and with the budgetary stance. Foreword
by Peter Praet, director National Bank of Belgium. To be published
by Roularta Books in French and Dutch in May 2009.
For more information on the event please contact:
| European
Internships Fair 2009
The LSE AAB is together with
LSE and Science Po organising the European Internships Fair
2009.
Following the huge success of
the previous 5 years, the LSE and Sciences Po Paris are holding
their next annual European Internship Fair in Brussels on
Friday 20 March 2009. This is a unique opportunity
for you, employers in Brussels, to meet students from two
of the most prestigious social science universities in the
world.
LSE is taking bookings
now from international organizations, think tanks, consultancies,
PR/communication firms, law firms, industry associations and
professional service firms who are looking to recruit high
calibre interns in 2009.
The students attending the fair
will be postgraduate students following a variety of relevant
courses including Comparative Politics, European Political
Economy, Corporate and European Law, European Social Policy,
International Political Economy and Politics and Government
in the EU. They are actively looking for work experience in
Brussels.
To find
out more click here. |
| Keynote lecture by Sir Howard Davies + walking dinner
with LSE AAB Advisory Board |
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Alumnus/a
of the LSE, were invited on 16 March 2009
in the presence of the director of the LSE, Sir Howard Davies,
the Ambassador and the new Advisory Board of the LSE AAB.
The evening started
at 6.30pm with a welcome drink, followed
by a keynote lecture by Sir Howard Davies on the financial
and economic crisis.
Since Sir Howard
Davies spoke at the 2008 New Year's reception of the LSE AAB,
the credit crunch that began with the collapse of the subprime
mortgage market in the US has meanwhile developed into a global
financial and economic downturn of which no one can predict
the outcome...time for Sir Howard to enlighten us once more.
After the lecture
all were invited to a walking supper reception.
The event was
held at the official residence of the British Ambassador
located in central Brussels, close to the Royal Palace, at
17, Rue Ducale / Hertogstraat, 1000 Brussels.
Lecture slides
of Sir Howard Davies
Article "Davies:
Government is wrong on recession", TIMES ONLINE 17
March 2009
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03/12/2008: LSE
Alumni Drink X-Mas Edition
More than 40 LSE Alumni come
to our X-Mas Alumni Drinks at Michael Collins. |
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14/09/2008: LSE
AAB Pre-departure & Welcome home Event and LSE
AAB Alumni BBQ at
the KultuurKaffee in Brussels.
More than 40 LSE Alumni and future
LSE students enjoyed a wonderful, sunny Brussels autumn day.
For photos, click
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5/06/2008: LSE Expert Talk
Series "Doing Business with the Dragon", The
Centre, Brussels. Three leading experts discussed the key issues
related to the challenges of the European Union’s economic
relation with China.
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Stefaan DEPYPERE Director
of the Trade Defence directorate, DG Trade of the European Commission.
Dr Razeen SALLY, LSE Professor for International Political Economy
and Director of the European Centre for International Political
Economy (ECIPE).
Stephen Kai-yi WONG, Director of Hong Kong Economic & Trade
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Read the conference report here.
14/03/2008: LSE and Sciences
Po European Internship Fair. The goal of the career fair
was to give LSE students the opportunity to explore career options
in Brussels.
07/03/2008: Charity Event "The
Musket Ball". The LSE Alumni Association invited to
this charity event, organized by our alumna Thane Byng: 'The Musket
Ball', Friday 7th March 2008, Holy Trinity
Pro-Cathedral, in Brussels. For more information see the March
newsletter.
07/02/2008: New Year's Event
with LSE Director Sir Howard Davies. On 7 February 2008,
7pm, we hosted our New Year’s event with the current Director
of the LSE Sir Howard Davies in the Fortis Headquarters in Brussels.
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Sir Howard Davies gave a key-note
speach on "Where will the financial market turmoil lead
us?".
Click here to see the event
photos
and report. |
13/12/2007: Christmas Tapas
at Como Como. Tortilla Española, Argentinian Beef
Brochette, Salmon & Pistachio: these are just a few of the tasty
treats that swirl by you in plastic bubbles on a conveyor belt at
Como Como. These delectable delights awaited together with the excellent
selection of Spanish wines at this Basque tapas bar.
25/10/2007: Welcome (back)
Drinks. For those new in Brussels and those who have been
around for a while, the perfect opportunity to meet up again with
your fellow LSE alumni and friends. We reserved a room at the Fat
Boys Sports Bar & Grill, 7 Place du Luxembourg, in Brussels.
16/03/2007: Alumni-Student
mixer at Grand Casino Brussels. Some 60 current students
were in Brussels for a Career Fair that was organized jointly by
the LSE and Sciences Po Paris - the ideal occasion to have our 2007
Q1 drinks!
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