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Annual International

Alumni Event

IMD’s annual alumni event focused on sustainability as IMD proactively drives dialogue on the world’s greatest challenges.

The event, themed “Joining together to shape the post-COVID world: Leadership confronts regular disruption”, featured former Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Yves Daccord, who shared insights on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the future of leadership and the global economy. Members of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers community offered insights on tackling the challenges of education, mental health and community mobilization during the pandemic. Adopting a circular economic model would end centuries of waste and help to address some of humanity’s biggest challenges, according to Robert-Jan van Ogtrop, the Founder and Chairman of not-for-profit organization Circle Economy, who took part in a session with members of IMD’s new TOGETHER alumni initiative.

Amadeus Beaujolin

EMBA alumnus and Founder of TOGETHER

“IMD’s talented, diverse, and influential alumni community offers fertile ground for TOGETHER, which my colleagues and I have created because we believe everyone has an opportunity to make a difference and a responsibility to act now”

TOGETHER for a better future

The steering committee held its first meeting in December and has canvassed alumni opinion to begin work on a strategic action plan. By the end of the year, more than 180 alumni had committed to the TOGETHER initiative.

Launched in 2020 by and for alumni, TOGETHER seeks to unite IMD’s global network of professionals and institutions to promote innovation, responsible and inclusive leadership, and sustainability. Within TOGETHER’s steering committee of 15 volunteers, there are six permanent members focused on two goals – sustainability education at IMD and in the alumni community - in support of UN Sustainable Development Goal 4: Inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all.

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