Archive for December/2011

The Communications student at IE University Susana Restrepo Arias has presented an audiovisual work to the contest “International Video Challenge for youth”, which UNESCO organizes from young people around the world in order to promote respect for cultural diversity as key part of human development. The competition offers young people the challenge of expressing the importance of multiculturalism by performing a short creative video inspired by the UNESCO 2001 Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity.  This is the first time that a Communications degree student  from the private university takes part in an international competition with work done on the premises of IE University. The video is available at the following address http://youtu.be/2PQIfyDXC-g or just watch it directly here:

The second-year Communications student had the opportunity to cooperate with technical professionals from Medialab, an installation that is coordinated Professor Juana Abanto. The space is equipped with modern digital audio, video and photography equipment for the practical work and production of audiovisual materials by the Segovia campus students. The participants in the challenge on cultural diversity had to make a video of 90 seconds with a camera, a digital camera, mobile phone or a webcam. The top five videos were selected through a public vote on Youtube , and an international jury, based on this classification, appoints and rewards the best video to be used by UNESCO to promote universal principles of multiculturalism. UNESCO has published a website where Internet users can vote for the best video at the following address: http://www.unesco.org/new/video-challenge

On November 12^th, alumni from IE Business School attended the Gala Dinner of  the Spanish Chamber of Commerce which was held in the prestigious ‘IvyRoom’ in the Central Business District of Sydney.  The IE table consisted of the following IE alumni currently living in Sydney: Fiona Richards EXMBA 2005, Yoshkar Ubieda MBA 2005, David & Julie McLellan, both XMBA 1993, Carlos Vazquez IMBA 2005, Alexandra Langly EXMBA 2006 and Isabelle Delacave, IMBA 2005, IE Representative for Australia and NZ since September 2011. The event was presided by the Spanish Ambassador and his wife Mr and Mrs Enrique Viguera Rubio, which served as a formal introduction of the new diplomatic members to the Spanish community in Sydney.

The central topic and debate of the evening was Renewable Energy and the necessity to develop alternative energy solutions. A formal presentation was held about the enormous growth opportunities that Australia presents in this field, the challenges ahead and the way Australians can learn from Spanish companies, who are world leaders in this field. A special surprise also followed the main course: a fashion show was held in order to present ‘Chula fashion’ a clothing line designed by Spanish designers inspired by the Vietnamese culture and fabrics from Asia.

Overall the dinner was a great success, a perfect networking opportunity and a lovely way to connect with IE alumni. We are looking forward to the coming events organized by La Camara and many more networking opportunities for IE Alumni in Australia and New Zealand. Find out about IE Alumni based on the LinkedIn Group for Australia and NZ.

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