At the National Conference of AIESEC in the Netherlands - 6th October 2006
I got to be invited to be the chair of the HIV/AIDS track on the National Conference of AIESEC in the Netherlands, in Utrecht and it was a lot of fun, and a real success.
When I arrived at the Central Station of Utrecht, a very nice guy was waiting for me from the National Support Team of the Dutch AIESEC. When we arrived at the venue, a special atmosphere was waiting for us. All people in business suits, networking in the hall, video recording in the plenary room – everything was extremely professional.
Before we started the session, we were dancing on some AIESEC dances though :) (of course) and then people were allocated to different rooms.
In our room there were around 40 delegates plus the 4 guests and Eliene (the main organiser) and me.
We started with an introduction about the state of HIV/AIDS now and what the global AIESEC network currently does about it, followed by workshops run by the four guests. The topics (statements) were extremely fascinating and all the delegates enjoyed the discussions as well: Development and poverty reduction programs are essential to combating HIV/AIDS in the long run; The industrial world has failed to deliver leadership and moreover has failed to save the lives of millions of people; Save lives of today, or save lives of tomorrow?
After the workshops we had a very interesting panel discussion as well. As a moderator I was leading the discussion of the 4 guests and I think they challenged each other tremendously.
What I enjoyed very much as well was the lunch that I spent among the delegates. Suddenly I got to see Vija, trainee of ABN Amro who was MC in AIESEC in Belgium and whom I wanted to motivate to become my successor in AIESEC in South Africa. :) I also met up with Ali, Egyptian trainee and Jennifer from Canada who was a CEEDer in South Africa and whom I lived with for 3 weeks, in the AIESEC House in Johannesburg. Also, I finally met the Hungarian trainee of Rotterdam (Szilvasi Orsi – Solyi) who was an EB member in AIESEC in Hungary when I was on the MC and we used to work together very closely. :) We were so happy to see each other again. And also, I got the chance to talk to some of the Ebs of the Dutch AIESEC and it was really cool! They said they didn’t know how an AI person looked like because they hadn’t seen any before, but they were happy to find out through interactions with me that AI members are very nice and friendly people, not weird ones somewhere up in the clouds. :)
When I arrived at the Central Station of Utrecht, a very nice guy was waiting for me from the National Support Team of the Dutch AIESEC. When we arrived at the venue, a special atmosphere was waiting for us. All people in business suits, networking in the hall, video recording in the plenary room – everything was extremely professional.
Before we started the session, we were dancing on some AIESEC dances though :) (of course) and then people were allocated to different rooms.
In our room there were around 40 delegates plus the 4 guests and Eliene (the main organiser) and me.
We started with an introduction about the state of HIV/AIDS now and what the global AIESEC network currently does about it, followed by workshops run by the four guests. The topics (statements) were extremely fascinating and all the delegates enjoyed the discussions as well: Development and poverty reduction programs are essential to combating HIV/AIDS in the long run; The industrial world has failed to deliver leadership and moreover has failed to save the lives of millions of people; Save lives of today, or save lives of tomorrow?
After the workshops we had a very interesting panel discussion as well. As a moderator I was leading the discussion of the 4 guests and I think they challenged each other tremendously.
What I enjoyed very much as well was the lunch that I spent among the delegates. Suddenly I got to see Vija, trainee of ABN Amro who was MC in AIESEC in Belgium and whom I wanted to motivate to become my successor in AIESEC in South Africa. :) I also met up with Ali, Egyptian trainee and Jennifer from Canada who was a CEEDer in South Africa and whom I lived with for 3 weeks, in the AIESEC House in Johannesburg. Also, I finally met the Hungarian trainee of Rotterdam (Szilvasi Orsi – Solyi) who was an EB member in AIESEC in Hungary when I was on the MC and we used to work together very closely. :) We were so happy to see each other again. And also, I got the chance to talk to some of the Ebs of the Dutch AIESEC and it was really cool! They said they didn’t know how an AI person looked like because they hadn’t seen any before, but they were happy to find out through interactions with me that AI members are very nice and friendly people, not weird ones somewhere up in the clouds. :)
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