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SUMMARY:Innovators' Forum: Managing cultural diversity in technical and sc
 ientific professions
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DESCRIPTION:Lionel Laroche\nPresident at MultiCultural Business Solutions 
 Inc.\nLionel Laroche\, President at MultiCultural Business Solutions Inc.\
 n\nLionel received his education in France and the United States and start
 ed his career in Canada as an engineer. He worked with technical professio
 nals from all over the world and in Germany and Italy on expatriate assign
 ments. The cultural adaptation process\, after immigrating to Canada and w
 orking on international assignments for multinational companies\, taught h
 im so much that he decided to use the knowledge to help professionals from
  all over the world to achieve career success and organizations benefit fr
 om the opportunities brought by a diverse workforce and the global market.
 \n\nOver the past fifteen years\, Lionel has provided cross-cultural train
 ing\, coaching and consulting services to over 20\,000 people through a wi
 de range of business\, government\, academic\, professional and non-profit
  organizations in fourteen countries (Canada\, the U.S.\, Bermuda\, Mexico
 \, Peru\, Belgium\, Switzerland\, France\, the UK\, Turkey\, UAE\, Hong Ko
 ng\, China and Korea).\n\nLionel is a thought provoking and educational sp
 eaker / facilitator who presented at over 200 conferences and venues acros
 s Canada and the United States. He is the author of two books examining th
 e impact of cultural differences on business at the organizational and ind
 ividual level entitled:\n\n	Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Profe
 ssions\n	Recruiting\, Retaining and Promoting Culturally Diverse Employees
 s\n\nLionel holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the California Inst
 itute of Technology\, USA and a "Diplôme d'ingénieur polytechnicien" fro
 m the École Polytechnique de Paris\, France.\n \n\n\n\nHybrid Event: SV 
 1717 and Zoom  https://epfl.zoom.us/j/67344675563\nStudent Special Series\
 nFollowed by an aperitif\n\nThe C4L Innovators’ Forum is a series of ins
 pirational events where students\, academia and industry meet\, discuss an
 d examine hot translational topics in various life sciences engineering do
 mains and beyond.\n\nA few times per year\, speakers from industry\, start
 -up\, bodies etc will introduce the subject with 30min of presentation fol
 lowed by an interactive QA session and round table discussion.\n\nAs many 
 of our graduates take up a job in industry\, this Forum aims to discuss re
 levant subjects for students\, PhD students\, Postdocs and upcoming start-
 ups and guide toward a successful career in industry or as an entrepreneur
 .\n\nStudents are specially invited to join!\n 
LOCATION:SV 1717 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717 https://epfl.zoom.u
 s/j/67344675563
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