French Alumni gathered in East Palo Alto, CA on April 23rd at Four Seasons Silicon Valley hotel. It was the first networking 2025 event taken place on the San Francisco Peninsula ( and not in the city). The San Francisco Peninsula includes cities like Palo Alto, Redwood City, Menlo Park, San Carlos and others where a lot of French and French speaking alumni from Grandes Ecoles ( ESSEC, EDHEC, HEC, X, Science Po, Arts et Metiers) work and live.

AFAM would like to thank ESSEC for organizing this warm networking gathering in a beautiful place. Arts et Metiers alumni present at this event loved its relaxed atmosphere aiming at fostering connections and building relationships.

Networking on April 23rd

From left to right: Jean Pommier (An 183), AFAM CFO, Patricia Vinant (EDHEC America Director) and Nicolas Horde (Ai 214), president of the West Coast Gadz group