Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing IC + Alumni congress

what to say, where to start, how to express....
- the largest hotel in Brazil, situated in sao Paulo
- over 1000 people at the venue, among which 140 alumni from 45 different countries, who were part of the organization in the past
- oldest alumnus was the 3d president of aiesec international, in 1951
- youngest alumni... they are attending their last conference right now
- integrated session agenda for members, alumni, partners...

Today is open Space day: people offered topics to discuss in groups this morning and afternoon.
I offered the topic "what jobs will exist in 5-10 years, that dont exist now?
for guidance, I offered sub-topics:
-how can we prepare for these jobs, for us to remain competitive individuals on the job market?
- how can aiesec prepare its members to be ready for those jobs?
- can we as individuals, or aiesec as an organization, influence what those new jobs will be?

but for now, I joined the morning topic "energy and sustainability", a topic offered by a Costa-rican delegate, Julio.
we had two japanese, a new-zealender, a russian, a mexican, a puerto rican, a brazilian, and me. 3 continents represented, ages from 21 to 38, giviing their insights onte current state of the energy issue in their countries/continents, and learning from each other and offering solution for the global issue.

i should be surprised that such a thing is possible, that such discussions can happen. and actually I am. we started the day with a quote from eistein: "there are two ways to live your life: you can chose to live like nothing is a miracle. or like everything is a miracle."
at the moment, it is pretty easy to feel like everything is a miracle.

Besides, I was expecting to meet people whom I didnt know were attending the conference. I happened!!
a lot of ppl that I met in China last year are here: Mino, Nina, Jolin, echo, Andrew (!!!!!! from the US!), Florent, Vincent, Juan...
but also "old" brazilian, like Vedana, Guga, jow, Elisa and Virginia. Vini and rafita, you are the missing ones!!
and former AI members like Cornelia and maria who were inspiring facis at EuroLDS back in 2004, in Malaga.
Im here with Fred and Ngoc, they are a bit lost coz they dont know so many people, but it's still pretty goog to have three people coming all the way from France to Brazil for the congress!

it's a lot of emotions, to sum it up. im going back to sessions, maybe wirting more later next week, from Florianopolis.

Aiesecly yours,

Jean