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Campus ❙ Brèves
The REGATTA: a European sailing race since 2008
When Flavio Nappi became a student at ESCP in 2007, he wondered how he could best contribute to raising the
school's profile and extending its influence. In 2008, the Neapolitan reconciled his love of water sports with his taste
for management by organising the first ESCP Europe Regatta, with the support of the Turin Campus management.
ideas on managers, B2B aperitifs between partner companies, etc.
The goal is to facilitate the concept of " networking " . Students meet
alumni who advise them, knowledge is transferred, and managers
come to look for trainees or employees. Relationships are all the easier
because people are meeting in a barrier-free environment: it is much
easier to get to know someone on a boat than in a job interview.
The event met with immediate success.
Ongoing success for what has become an escp institution
500 participants for the fourteenth edition on the island of Ischia, in 2022.
Although the Regatta's first edition attracted only 60 participants,
three years later, there were 260 and in 2022, about 500.
Each boat's crew consists of four students, two alumni and two partners.
This diversity of profiles makes for an effective mix.
2008 - First edition on the island of Capri
How to get sea legs while networking.
For its first edition, held on the island of Capri off the Neapolitan coast,
alumni and students from all five campuses and all the courses came
together for four days of competition.
But the programme did not end there, and the companies, who proved
to be more than mere sponsors, joined the competition, making it
possible to add a genuine recruitment forum, even if the setting was
very unusual. Right from the beginning, in addition to the Regatta, the
programme included a whole series of events: board games, " entrepreneur
baptisms " during which participants could test their business
Today, the event has become an institution at ESCP: its faculty and
administrative staff participate actively, although a team of students
from many different countries is still in charge of the organisation.
The structure is flexible but nevertheless extremely professional, and
nothing is left to chance in the management of the " village " used by
all the teams and contributors to the event. The " village " functions
like a small town, facilitating encounters between all concerned, but
requiring serious logistical planning for which sustainability is the
watchword. The ESCP Regatta seeks to be environmentally-friendly,
offering sustainable, low-impact solutions
ESCP and CKGSB partner for dual MBA programme
ESCP Business School and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business launch a dual MBA programme to train global
business leaders. ESCP Business School and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) are proud to
announce the launch of a unique dual MBA programme that will offer students an unparalleled opportunity to study
in a truly global programme with key strategic differentiations.
The Dual MBA, taught in English and delivered
primarily in Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership (RCEP) countries (including China)
and Europe (including France), will combine
the expertise of both institutions to provide
students with a global perspective, introduce
the latest trends in business and digitalization,
and propel them to foster social innovation.
Students of the dual MBA programme will gain
a global perspective by studying in several
locations, leveraging ESCP's six campuses
across Europe-Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris,
Turin and Warsaw-and CKGSB's China campuses
in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, as
well as CKGSB's partner institutions in Dubai,
Singapore, Seoul and Tokyo. The dual MBA
programme is designed to provide participants
with the best of both worlds, combining
CKGSB's deep knowledge of RCEP markets
(and the wider Asia region) and ESCP's
long-standing reputation as the world's oldest
business school and leader for international
course experience (FT MBA ranking, 2022).
Having consolidated its position as one of the
top 3 business schools in Europe, ESCP looks
to the global business arena. RCEP economies
represent one of the world's most dynamic and
fastest-growing regions in today's uncertain
and bifurcated world, and CKGSB is well-positioned
to cover business opportunities in
this region.
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