This Wine & Cheese event is co-organized by the French Stanford Student Association and the French Alumni Association. This is a great opportunity for Stanford students and alumni from the French Grandes Ecoles and Universities to meet informally and talk about life in the Bay Area!

Selection of wines over creamy or sharp cheeses from the new and the old continent... What else can you ask for?
Space is limited, please register! This event is free for Stanford students. If you're not a student, please bring a bottle of wine!

It will take place on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at:

Havana Room, Graduate Community Center
Stanford University
750 Escondido Road
Stanford, CA 94305

Prime and Atelier BNP will host last French Alumni party of the year. It will take place at 7pm in their office:

2325 Third Street (@20th)
#231 2nd floor
San Francisco, CA 94107

Get your ticket for this event TODAY!
Look forward to seeing you soon!

We’re glad to let you know that after successful networking mixers and soirees, the French Alumni Association is expanding its scope of events with its new “Meet’n’Learn” concept.


The goal of those events is two-fold (and hopefully self-describing):
  • Meet and network with other French Alumni folks (the “Meet” part of the event that will usually take place before the “Learn” part around drinks and snacks)
  • Attend a presentation about a focused topic given by industry experts from the French Alumni (that’s the “Learn” part of the event)
The first installment of Meet’n’Learn series will let you explore the world of Online Payments. To help you decipher this hot but complex industry, 3 leading experts in the subject will tell you about the players, the current state, and the next trends of this ever-evolving market:
  • Alain Gendre, Director, Global Alliances at CyberSource/Visa has built a deep e-commerce expertise at the #1 payment management platform and card processing company
  • Guillaume Vives, Sr. VP, Professional Services at Zuora manages the delivery of Subscription Billing solutions and is at the forefront of the subscription economy revolution with Zuora
  • Patrick Gauthier, Head of Product Strategy & Business Operations, Retail Services, PayPal brings a wealth of experience in payment and commerce innovations, having driven, for over 15 years, new initiatives at Visa, PayPal, and various e- & m-commerce startups.

If you can’t wait to learn about payment gateways, third-party payment processors, mobile commerce, and get to know what the future of online payments hold, book your seat NOW!


Another long-term goal of this new series of events is to let everyone participate and share his or her expertise with the community. So if you have a topic in mind and would like to be a speaker at one of their future events, contact them at .

Audren Cloitre, A&M alumni and PhD student at MIT, speaks about his experience. Please, check out his interview !

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Thank you for attending our networking event last week. We truly apppreciated the time with French alumni. Moreover, the food was delicious and the party amazing!

We look forward to next event!

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