Jessica Roussel is 25 years old. She has an undergraduate degree  and is a trilingual administrative assistant at IMHI. Prior to IMHI, she worked 3 years at the housing department at Essec (Alegessec). She joined IMHI on the 4th of January and she is now working in collaboration with Charles Luthi. She has replaced Muriel Delhoume and handles AAIMHI membership and updates the alumni database. She can be contacted at 01 34 43 31 74, at  roussel@essec.fr

                          
As of September 2010 Julie Sullivan H11 will become the coordinator of the Industry Leaders Conferences 2010-2011 working in close collaboration

We have been fortunate to enjoy the warm, friendly atmosphere of the Purple Bar, Hilton Arc de Triomphe, since 2005, thanks to the generosity of the General Manager, Geraldine Dobey.

Alumni of IMHI, ESSEC and Cornell are welcome to meet with other alumni, current students, staff and professors. Please feel free to bring along a friend - or two!
These get-togethers are great opportunities for alumni, students and other professionals to meet in a relaxed ambiance. Our alumni association holds similar events throughout the world: in London, Berlin, New York City, Brussels, Madrid, Geneva, Lausanne, Dubai, Cannes and Marseille.
As always, these meetings are informal. So, come and sip a Long Purple cocktail beneath the gilded and tasseled chandeliers of this popular Paris landmark. Come and meet with old friends and enjoy making new ones. No booking or prepayment is required. All food and beverages are payable on the premises at a special discounted rate.

When discussing approaches to managing increasingly diverse workforces the focus has mostly been on the U.S. and to some extent on other parts of the Anglo Saxon world (e.g. Canada, UK).  While there have been 'growing and expansive investments'  in the US to successfully manage the challenges and opportunities of increasingly diverse workforces, in Europe 'the business case for investing in workforce diversity remains embryonic' .  
One could argue that businesses operating in Continental Europe just do not face increasingly diverse labor markets and workforces.  Yet a look at the demographic developments and long-term forecasts provide a different and in some cases (e.g aging populations) even more perturbing picture than which we know from the U.S.  Considering the European Union's continuous appeals and promotions for more workforce diversity initiatives - what are companies in Continental Europe doing about managing this rapidly increasing workforce diversity?  Much of the action can be summarized in signing diversity charters, promoting goodwill intentions in company mission statements, developing zero tolerance policies, aligning company policies with anti-discriminatory laws and directives, investing in the recruitment of scattered disadvantaged / minority groups and offering employee awareness training.  
And in France?  What are companies doing about managing their increasingly diverse workforces?  And more importantly why?  Is it about looking good or is it about performing well?  This HR round table will ask some critical and uncomfortable questions to explore in greater depth where companies in France are heading towards when it comes to successfully dealing with diversity and its manifold aspects.