2025 X-Culture Student Conference
2025 X-Culture Student Conference
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
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- Students who completed X-Culture last semester share their experiences and tips on working in international teams.
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- 10:00 am EST: Writing the Winning X-Culture Team Report
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- Members of the best X-Culture teams talk about the challenges and best practices of writing a winning consulting report.
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- 11:00 am EST: Career Development
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- Industry experts share their professional experiences and offer insights and tips on building a successful career.
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- 12 noon EST: What’s next after you complete X-Culture?
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- The X-Culture Coaching Program
- The X-Culture Global Symposium
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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
Aziz Ademola Gbadamasi, Nigeria
Maria Gonzalez Franco, Ecuador
Nicholas Zong Hong Ho, Malaysia
Emilie Mathez-Andreu-Boussut, France