DELEGATES’ MAILER #1

AIESEC Alumni International Meeting 2012

INTRODUCTIONIt is my pleasure to be introducing you to AIESEC Alumni International Meeting (AAIM) 2012, hosted in Moscow by AIESEC Russia. The Congress Committee has been working tirelessly, in conjunction with AIESEC Alumni International, to bring you this event. It is hard to believe that in less than 2 months, we will be welcoming you to Moscow!

AIESEC Alumni International Meeting provides a unique platform for alumni to reconnect, network, explore opportunities for business in Russia & get involved with the strategies and operations of AIESEC Alumni International. The four-day agenda is packed with high-level content, network opportunities and fantastic special events.

AAIM 2012 will be running parallel to AIESEC’s International Congress, gathering 600 young leaders from over 110 countries. These two conferences will intersect for key engagement moments: Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony, Rus-sian Night and Gala Dinner.

This year, participants of AAIM will also get to discover Russia! Before the conference, you can get acquainted with Moscow with a city tour through the capital of the Russian Federa-tion.

After the conference, you can either head north to St. Petersburg, Russia’s European city, home to many cultural and historical sites, or to Lake Baikal, which is the deepest lake on earth. Regardless of which option you choose, I guarantee that you will get an exceptional in-sight into Russian culture, language & people.

This delegate mailer includes important in-formation about the conference agenda, site, study tours and more. Please read through it, and do not hesitate to contact the AAIM team with any questions you may have. I look for-ward to welcoming you to Russia soon!

Regards,

Alsu KashapovaCCVP AIESEC Alumni International Meeting AIESEC 64th International Congress 2012Moscow, Russia

AAIM 2012AAIM 2012 is one of 3 parallel platforms uniting active youth, AIESEC leaders and alumni from all over the world. These three platforms together represents the biggest international event for young people that has ever been organized in the Russia Federation. Each platform gives a unique opportunity to its participants to collaborate, learn and share ideas on creating sustainable future.

AIESEC Alumni International Meeting is a 4-day event bringing together AIESEC alumni from around the world to reconnect with AIESEC, continue their professional development, network with business professionals and more!

AAIM is one part of a three platform based event, also including Global Youth Voice Conference and AIESEC’s International Congress.

Global Youth Voice Conference

gathers 300 active young people from all over the world, business and government representatives to create socially meaningful projects to impact the world. It can be visited by AIESECers and non-AIESECers, projects managers and NGO representatives - every-one who is willing to share and create a better future.

International Congress

delivers 10 days of discovery, collaboration and inspiration and brings together 600 young people from over 110 countries and territories around the world.

AAIM AGENDA

Day One: Understanding Russia

Russia: Future PerspectivesThis first session will feature a panel discussion and Q&A with 3-5 speakers about the territorial and economic development of Russia, usage of human capital and more. Speakers will include repre-sentatives from different lev-els of government, academia, corporate and non-corporate business.

Day Two: Making Connections

Partners WorkshopsWorkshops delivered by confer-ence partners, including Al-fabank, Lindab Buildings, PwC, PepsiCo and more

Delegate-led DiscussionsThese delegate-driven discus-sions will feature a wide variety of topics selected by participants. This session aims at tapping the expertise of delegates in order to create interesting discussions and networking opportunities.

Day Three & Four: AIESEC Alumni International Days

AIESEC Alumni ReformWorkshops with EB members on Events, Programs & Servic-es, Communication, Member-ship & Revenue.

Planning for Joint Reform ProjectsSessions on History & Alumni Retrieval, Search & Network-ing System, Projects with AIESEC, Local /National Alumni Associations Development.

SPECIAL EVENTSRussian NightAugust 23rd

Delegates of AAIM will join with the partici-pants of International Congress for a night dedicate to Russian culture, including a Russian dinner, cultural performances and other education on Russian traditions. This event is a key engagement point for AAIM delegates to connect with IC and with Rus-sia.

Networking DinnerAugust 24th

Business event where Russian and inter-national delegates will discuss the future of business in Russia and in the world. This dinner will held in the restaurant at the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo.

Alumni Hall Of Fame23rd August

The biggest international AIESEC Alumni award to members of Alumni Association who make the huge impact to AIESEC devel-oping during the past year.It is beautiful bright event where grown suc-cessful people from all the world are glad being together in the same place and in the same time with the same emotions.

Gala Dinner25th August

It is the last event in the last day of Interna-tional Congress. It is official dinner where the biggest AIESEC globally award- UBS award will be presented to worthy National AIESEC Association in the most hardworking AIESEC country.

RUSSIA

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For centuries the world has wondered what to believe about Russia. The country has been reported variously as a land of unbelievable riches and indescribable poverty, cruel tyrants and great minds, generous hospitality and meddlesome bureaucracy, beautiful ballets and industrial monstrosities, pious faith and un-bridled hedonism. These eternal Russian truths coexist in equally diverse land-scapes of icy tundra and sun-kissed beaches, dense silver birch and fir forests and deep and mysterious lakes, snow-capped mountains and swaying grass-lands – those famous steppes. Factor in ancient fortresses, luxurious palaces, swirly spired churches and lost-in-time wooden villages and you’ll begin to see why Russia is simply amazing

Russia is the country of vast landscapes, vibrant life, beautiful contrasts, and interesting people. Taking an immense space of 9000 kilom-eters from west to east and 5000 from north to south, being home to people of so many dif-ferent nationalities and traditions, Russia is often called a “bridge” between Europe and Asia, both and culturally and geo-graphically.

Since the ancient times Russia has been trans-forming and re-shaping itself, its boundaries, its culture. In the ancient times, the Slavs, Finn tribes, Tatars, had made their way through Russia, and this mix of many dif-ferent nations and their traditions has defined the unique Russian character and culture.

The reality is that culturally Russia has always been oriented towards the West and the recent influx of western lifestyle has created subcultures similar to those found in any other major country. At the same time, there is also something peculiar about the country and the people, even a little bit “Asian”, which you can’t really pinpoint. Perhaps, one could say that consciously the country is European, but subconsciously it’s Asian.

Russia is the largest country in the world. Ural mountains divide the Eurasian continent - and Russia - into Europe and Asia. One fourth of the Russian territory lies in Europe, the other part lies in Asia. Russia’s taking the area of 17.1 million square kilometers - it’s like USA and Europe combined. Even though Russia is considered to be a mix of Europe and Asia, this assumption is only based on geography.

VISA TO RUSSIAOne of the myths about Russia is that it’s hard to get a Russian Visa. One of our goals as CC team is to break this stereotype and show that enter to Russia can be easy. Now we have a partnership with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and all AAIM delegates will be able to use a simplified pro-cess to get their visa. Nevertheless, it is important that you carefully read the information below. For more information about visas, please go to our website: http://ic2012.ru/aaim/visa.

Firstly please check list of countries that do not require a visa. If your citi-zenship is on the list, you don’t need visa. If you are not from these countries, then there are 3 easy steps for you to follow:

1. Fill out the “invitation letter” section of the AAIM registration site. Please ensure that you have given accurate, up-to-date information, including all flight and accommodation reservations.

2. Receive your invitation letter from the CC team & apply for your visa. Talk to the embassy in your country about the exact process you will have to complete, but necessary documents may include: • Invitation letter (Good quality print-out) • Passport & Passport Photocopy (Note: passport must be valid for 3 months after your visa expires & must have one blank page) • Passport-size photograph (Must be recent & good quality) • Visa application form • Insurance • Consular Fee (varies depending on your country).

3. Get your visa and have a nice trip to Russia!

High-Risk Visa CountriesNote: Delegates from these countries must submit their documents to the CC team no

later than July 11th.

Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Hong Kong*, India, Indonesia, Iran, Republic Of Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Philip-pines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Rwanda, Senegal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Republic Of Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

Lucky non-visa countries

Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, Argentina, Armenia, Belarus,

Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Brazil, Chile,

Colombia, Cuba, Israel,

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia,

Moldova, Montenegro, Nicaragua,

Peru, Serbia,

Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey,

Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Uruguay,

Venezuela

* Citizens of Hong Kong only fall into this category if they are in Rus-sia for more than 14 days. If less, then no visa is required.

Conference PackagesPlease ensure that you have selected your pack-ages BEFORE paying to ensure that the CC team knows what services you would like.

Questions? Email anastasia.klysakova@aiesec.net or contact us on Skype (aaim.moscow).

Deadlines for AAIM registrationRegister for AAIM 2012 at www.ic2012.ru/aaim.

The first deadline is July 15thThis deadline is for delegates from high-risk visa countries (see visa section).The second & last deadline is July 31stThe final announcement of delegates will be made the following week.

Room Allocation Room Allocation: If you have any preferences with whom you want to share your room during the confer-ence, please let us know by emailing aaim.moscow@gmail.com (Subject: Roommates). Also, if you have booked a double room, please indicate if you would prefer a twin or double bed. Deadline is July 31st.

WHAT ELSEdo you need to know about AAIM 2012?

AIESEC Alumni International Meeting will be held at two main venues: Holiday Inn Sokolniki and Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO.

Holiday Inn Sokolniki is a striking 25-storey building with extensive conference facilities, the hotel offers free Wi-Fi Internet in all guest rooms. The hotel is located just 10 min-utes by metro from the Moscow city center.

We will spend the second day of the conference at Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, an innovative interna-tional institution that is focused on developing unique lead-ership and communicative skills required for top managers of the future.

AAIM 2012 Venue

STUDY TOURSDear delegates, there is no better way to discover Russia but travelling around and visiting its cities. We have chosen some of the best destinations for you as pre & post study tours.

The descriptions include a brief agenda outline. Detailed information on the agenda, as well as fee information can be found on the website: http://ic2012.ru/aaim/studytour-aaim.

Date: August 21st-22nd

Overview: One of the world’s great cities, Moscow is the capital of Russia. It is the cradle of Russian civilization, the city of one thousand churches & the heart of our country. Moscow’s architecture & performing arts culture are world-renowned. You will have a chance to visit some of the most fa-mous places in Moscow: Tretyakov Gallery, Kremlin, Red Square, Old Arbat.

AgendaAugust 21st 11.00 - 14.00 General city tour14.00-15.30 Free time for lunch15.30 - 17.00 Tretyakov gallery17.00-18.00 Free time for dinner19.30 - 21.30 Kostroma

August 22nd 11.00-12.30 Visit to the Kremlin12.30-14.00 Lunch on the boat15.00-16.30 Underground &Arbat17.00-18.00 Free time for dinner19.00 Ballet

Moscow City

AAIM POST TOURS

Organized by “ExploRussia”, the owned by an AIESEC Rus-sia alumna

Date: 27h of August-28th of August

Overview: During 5 days of the tour you will visit 4 of the brightest spots around Baikal. The adventure will be truly dynamic, showing you Baikal from the land and from the water.

Agenda: Coming soon!

Date: August 26th-28th

Overview: Saint Petersburg is the heart of Russian culture; a city of palaces, channels, draw-bridges, White Nights and beau-ty, impacted by great empires, revolutions and World War II. It is a place that one needs to see at least once in their life. The program will include visiting Peterhof Gardens, the Hermitage, St. Peter & Paul’s Cathedral and more!

NB: Museums at Peterhof will not be open

AgendaAugust 26th Departure by night train from Moscow

August 27th11.00-15.30 City tour15.30-17.00 St. Isaac’s Cathe-dral17.30-19.00 Boat trip19.30-20.30 Dinner at hotel21.00-23.00 Free time23.30-02.00 Boat Trip (optional)

August 28th 11.00-15.00 Peterhof, tour incl. parks and grotto.Return to the city, free time for lunch15.00 - 18.30 Hermitage 17.00 – 18.30 Performance at the Hermitage

Lake Baikal

Saint Petersburg

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