2025 X-Culture Student Conference

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2025 X-Culture Student Conference

 

   icon-calendar  Date:
24 January 2025 (9:00 AM – 12:00 noon)

Location:
Online

Hosted by:

University of North Carolina at Greensboro and X-Culture

 

Speakers/Presenters:
Students who successfully completed X-Culture in 2024;
industry representatives (CEOs and entrepreneurs)

 

Audience:

Students who will be participating in X-Culture in 2025.

 


X-CULTURE BACKGROUND

  • Since X-Culture was launched in 2010, over 120,000 students from 900 universities in 95 countries on six continents have completed the project. Of those, over 6,000 students were from UNCG.
  • During the project, each UNCG student is on an international team. Each team is comprised of seven students, each from a different country. The team members develop consulting projects for real companies. Typically, there are a dozen client companies, each from a different country and different industry.
  • This way, the students serve as international business consultants for a semester and thus gain international business experience while also working in international teams, dealing with time zones and cultural and language differences, and learning the challenges and best practices of international collaboration.
  • X-Culture has also organized 15 Global Symposia, face-to-face meetings of the best students. Up to 150 students from 40 countries attend each event, which is held in a different country each time and typically lasts one week. Past symposia have been held in Canada, Italy, Poland, Thailand, and the U.S.

 

REGISTRATION / ZOOM ACCESS HERE

 


CONFERENCE DETAILS

2025 X-Culture Student Conference

24 January, 2025 (09:00 – 12:00 EST)

Hosted by the Bryan School of Business and Economics

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  • 9:00 am EST:      The X-Culture Teamwork Experience
        • Students who completed X-Culture last semester share their experiences and tips on working in international teams.
  • 10:00 am EST:     Writing the Winning X-Culture Team Report
        • Members of the best X-Culture teams talk about the challenges and best practices of writing a winning consulting report.
  • 11:00 am EST:     Career Development
        • Industry experts share their professional experiences and offer insights and tips on building a successful career.
  • 12 noon EST:       What’s next after you complete X-Culture?
        • The X-Culture Coaching Program
        • The X-Culture Global Symposium

Industry Expert Panelists:

  • Michael Wallace, CoreLogic, Senior Leader
  • Robert Wilson, Corning Incorporated, Global Engineering, Learning and Development Leader
  • Tina Martin,  Big Commerce, Senior Director, People
  • Kevin Dillon, EKSystems, Lead Manager
  • Cathleen Allred, Amarr, HR Executive
  • Lindsay Hancock, My Better Batch, Founder and CEO

2025 Student Presenters and Alternates:

  • Aiyanna Williams, USA
  • Emilie Mathez , France
  • Isabel Frieze, USA
  • Rawan Barashed, Saudi Arabia
  • Rebecca Roberts, USA
  • Rhainay Williamson, USA
  • Yuanrou Chen, China
  • Briana Easterly, USA
  • Jas Saini, USA
  • Christopher Dickerson, USA
  • D Mukesh, India
  • Chandrakant Padhee, India
  • Divya Rawat, India
  • Angie Selim, Malaysia
  • Guarav Singhai
  • Maria Gonzalez, Ecuador
  • Anastasia Kyriazi, Greece

Special Guests:

  • Karen Lynden, USA (Professor, Coaching Program Director)
  • Sydney Gallegos, USA (Student, Coach, Ambassador)

VIDEO PRESENTATIONS

Rafiiq Abdulwaliyy, Nigeria

Shuaib Aliyu, Nigeria

Rawan Barashed, Saudi Arabia

Christopher Braxton, USA

Hope Bulus, Nigeria

Camille Carlson, USA

Yuanrou Chen, China

D Mukesh, India

Christopher Dickerson, USA

Leah Duncan, USA

Briana Easterly, USA

Thomas Ford, United Kingdom

Isabel Frieze, USA

Aziz Ademola Gbadamasi, Nigeria

Eleni Goga, Greece

Maria Gonzalez Franco, Ecuador

Nicholas Zong Hong Ho, Malaysia

Nana Kusi, USA

Anastasia Kyriazi, Greece

E Ching Lam, France

Yun-Hsuan Lin, Taiwan

Ngina Malenge, Kenya

Emilie Mathez-Andreu-Boussut, France

Yesennia Mendez, USA

Aishat Oduloye, Nigeria

Chandrakant Padhee, India

Shawn Payton, USA

Maria Pazmino Palacios, Ecuador

Tristan Perrault, USA

Anita Rahman, United Kingdom

Divya Rawat, India

Cierra Ray, USA

Arshia Rezaei, Italy

Rebecca Roberts, USA

Santiago Rojas, Ecuador

Jas Saini, USA

Angie Selim, Malaysia

Guarav Singhai, India

Amandeep Singh Thukral, India

Kezia Togatorop, Indonesia

Fatin Ulfat, Malaysia

Aaliyah Umar, Nigeria

Romina Vargas Trujillo, USA

Devanee Williams, USA

Aiyanna Williams, USA

Rhainay Williamson, USA

Mikayla Woss, USA

Iyad Yessoufou, Nigeria

Jennifer Zavala-Guardiola, USA