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Published: 22 November 2021

AFAM community manager Albina Patou-Chebykina visited the school in November 2021. Every year AFAM community manager visits the school to meet the school teams and inform students about our programs. The exception was made in 2020 because of the Covid-19 spread.

During the one-week November visit Albina met students and faculty members on Paris, Angers and Cluny campuses.

The first day of her visit Albina met with la SOCE representative Cyril Poinsot (Cl 193), former International Projects VP at la SOCE and current international coordinator at ParisTech Alumni.

Cyril mentioned the importance of AFAM's role in students' lives: "For more than 10 years, AFAM has been a helpful support for our Arts & Métiers students attracted by the US. Whatever their target (studies, internships...), AFAM can help while preparing their project, and during their stay."

Cyril Poinsot and Albina Patou-Chebykina during the meeting

Albina met parcours US and other 2nd and 3rd year Paris-based students to talk about Shasta internship program as well as a new entrepreneurship program Yosemite.

Parcours US students could listen to Ariel Cohen-Codar's (Ai 216) testimonial. Ariel could find a moment to come to the school's campus to talk about his experience at Columbia university while he was a parcours US student.

Parcours US students at the meeting with Albina and Ariel

Ariel Cohen-Codar talks about his American experience during the meeting with parcours US students

Reading a message from a 2020 parcours US student who is currently studying at UC Berkeley addressed to 2021 parcours US students

On Thursday on November 18th Albina came to Angers campus where she could meet students interested in the US. The day started with a conversation with Angers director Jean Quessada.

The beautiful City of Angers

Angers students during the Shasta meeting

Hervé Vimond ( An 183) at the meeting with students

On Friday Albina took to the road to Cluny where she could meet the director Michel Jauzein, faculty members and the students.

Thanks to Professor Gérard Poulachon, director of LaBoMaP laboratory, Albina could visit the lab and learn about the research activities on Cluny campus and students projects.

Gérard Poulachon, Professor and LaBoMaP director, in front of students' project (astronomical clock)

Cluny campus

Remains of the original building of the Cluny church, the biggest European church, completely destroyed during the French revolution of 1790

Scarabée d'or is a big project accomplished by Cluny Arts et Metiers students

Cluny students during the Shasta presentation made by Albina Patou-Chebykina and Merwan Benhabib (Ch 203)

Merwan Benhabib (Ch 203) from California talks to Cluny students during the Shasta presentation

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Published: 22 November 2021

US Gadz energy first networking meeting took place on November 9th.

This first-of-its-kind meeting was organized by Patrice Brossard (Bo 195), DG Ameriques, and draw 13 participants, all gadz'arts working in the energy sector in the United States.

Energy sector with centers in Texas and California, is traditionally a very popular working area for gadz'arts based in the US. Our alumni work in such companies as Schlumberger, TOTAL, Subsea7, TechnipFMC, NOV as well as different renewable energy technologies groups and startups.

Patrice Brossard told us about the meeting:

"It was the 1st time that several Gadzarts from the Energy sector met to frame up our "Energy Gadzarts" networking group. My objective is to enhance networking activities among the Gadzarts in USA to help for business relationships in the Energy sector and also help out young Gadzarts to find internships. Next event will be held in person in January to kick-off this initiative."

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Published: 25 October 2021

In October AFAM participated in an A&M Entrepreneurship Ecosystem coordination October meeting. It was for the first time that AFAM joined this meeting to share its vision on how AFAM can become a part of A&M entrepreneurship ecosystem.

The meeting was organized by Jean-Guy Quéromès ( An 172) and took place both off-line in Iéna and online.

15 people including Jean-Guy Quéromès ( An 172), Bertrand Coulon (Cl 195), Amvalor Director, Patrice Dubois (Am 195), in charge of CREDA program, Joël Saingré, Arts et Metiers Acceleration (AMA) General Manager, Patrick Cantelli (Cl 185), Artset Metiers Business Angels, Sandra Cologne, in charge of Innovation at Arts et Metiers school, Charles Lannegrace (Ch 219), Paris AMJE President and others participated in this fall meeting.

During the meeting AFAM community manager Albina Patou-Chebykina shared a new project - Yosemite Mentorship Program for gadz'arts entrepreneurs - ready to be launched this fall by the association.

We hope that this coordination meeting will be one of many meetings hold by la SOCE, the school and other A&M entrepreneurship structures. We are looking forward to finding a the new place for AFAM in the complexe A&M entrepreneurship setting.

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Published: 04 October 2021

Arts et Métiers Business Angels’ (AMBA) conference took place on September 27^th, 2021.

The conference was led by Gérard Levêque (Bo 170), AMBA president, and was held at La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt conference room.

Founders of startups Enogia, Xenothera and KaZoArt participated in this conference. Arthur Laroux (Enogia) is Li 204 gadz'arts. Odile Duvaux and Mathilde Le Roy are both granddaughters of the gadz'arts. Arthur, Mathilde and Odile shared their experience of working with AMBA.

During the conference a round table of "Investment strategies" was held.

Besides, so-called "Ad hoc vehicle" project was presented by AMBA.

The audience could hear Eric Benhamou's (Ai 72) testimonial directly from Silicon Valley (starting at 1:30 in the video below). In his short 15 minutes presentation Eric highlighted some events of his 40 years of Silicon Valley experience including 16 years in venture capital. Today Eric is the CEO of Benhamou Global Ventures. He founded Bridge Communications and is the former CEO of 3Com and Palm.

Eric Benhamou is the co-founder and the first CEO of AFAM and the AFAM President Emeritus today.

You can watch the full video of the conference here

Photo: Eric Benhamou during the conference (screenshot)