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International networks and groups
Imperial has an active alumni network of over 80,000 in more than 180 countries worldwide
and alumni groups in many countries around the world. Many of these groups have a strong
membership base, and organise a range of academic, professional and social events.
To find out if there is a group near you visit www.imperial.ac.uk/alumni/international.
If a local group has not already been established, we can help you get together with other
Imperial College alumni in the area by becoming an individual contact for your region,
or we can help you to set up a new group. Please contact the Alumni Relations team at
alumni@imperial.ac.uk or on +44 (0)20 7594 6131.
AUSTRALIA
RSMA Sydney Reunion
We are planning another reunion in Sydney for Friday 28 March 2008,
the week after Easter. It will be a casual midday bistro function at the
Phillips Foote in the Sydney Rocks area, similar to those held in the
past two years. So please reserve the date in your diary. We look
forward to catching up with old friends. For details or bookings, contact
Ron Butler at rbutler@acenet.com.au or on +61 (0)2 4862 2352.
RON BUTLER (Materials 1952)
REPRESENTATIVE
CANADA
Ontario Alumni Association
We have an informal lunchtime get-together at 12.00 on the last Friday
of every month, held at the Jason George Pub, 100 Front Street East,
Toronto. It is a gathering principally of people related to the mining
industry. However, it also serves as a general, informal alumni pub
lunch and is usually well attended.
In the autumn, Imperial College Exiles North America East is
holding its annual weekend gathering, which is typically attended by
those from eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States.
This is normally exclusive to Imperial College alumni i.e. no riff-raff
from the mining industry as we have on the monthly last Fridays.
From Imperial, Christina Rowlandson
(MSc Health Management 2001)
arranged the dinner, attended by Sammy
Adams (Mathematics 1996), who has
recently become Sammy Murphy;
Stephen Price (MBA 1999); Juliette Rea
(MBA 2004), who has recently become
Mrs Stephen Price thus combining two of our small group into one unit;
Stephen Sewell (Physics 1977) and myself. Our small, but vocal, group
more than held our own with a jovial King’s crowd.
PETER CUNNINGHAM (Physics 1964)
REPRESENTATIVE
CHINA
Imperial College Alumni
Association of China – Shenzen
HARRY BURGESS (Earth Science and Engineering 1968)
REPRESENTATIVE
CAYMAN ISLANDS
Cayman Islands Alumni
Association
The Cayman Islands Alumni group continues to meet with King’s
College alumni as they have so many lawyers and accountants here
to manage all the hedge fund money; a few trillion dollars or so!
This time we had a delightful evening at Papagallo’s Restaurant
surrounded by parrots (no, not the lawyers!).
The first Imperial College Alumni Association of China – Shenzen
event was a founding cocktail party held on the 25 September 2007
in the Shenzhen InterContinental Hotel. It brought in alumni from
south China and Hong Kong, as well as friends from other UK
universities, event sponsors and like-minded people.
Our honorary guest Professor Dot Griffiths, Deputy Principal of Tanaka
Business School, gave a speech reviewing 100 years of Imperial’s history
and the College’s prospects for the future. At the event, we announced
our commitment to connect alumni to Imperial and each other, to help
alumni advance their careers and
delivered a blueprint for the
Association’s future activities.
Photos taken at the event can be
viewed on the Association’s website
at www.imperialalumni.cn.
We received great feedback
from Professor Griffiths, as well
as alumni and their friends who
expressed their interest in
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