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Words: Lucy Jolin
51³Ô¹ÏÍø is proud to be a truly global university: last year, we welcomed more than 140 nationalities to campus. But along with bringing the world to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, the university is also bringing 51³Ô¹ÏÍø to the world, with three new 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Global hubs launching in Singapore, the US and Ghana by the end of this year.
It’s the perfect example of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø connecting alumni around the world – strengthening local networks, engaging alumni with key emerging themes and helping 51³Ô¹ÏÍø to address the big challenges.
For instance, as part of a Venture Trek series run by the Enterprise Lab, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø founders have been pitching their innovative ideas to a global audience of alumni, industry experts and investors, delivering content-driven, location-focused events that offer an amazing networking opportunity and the chance to be inspired by what’s currently happening at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.
In Singapore, the focus was on startups working at the cutting edge of AI innovation as they joined a showcase event hosted by 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Global Singapore in the CREATE Tower. Singapore has one of the world’s leading AI ecosystems, with plans to invest more than US$743 million into AI over the next five years, and our hub’s inaugural research programme aims to undertake world-leading research and establish Singapore as a leader in health cybersecurity and AI for healthcare.
Another five alumni founders headed to New York for Climate Week, where they presented their innovative LIFEsolutions for a more sustainable future to climate leaders from around the world. They were joined by representatives from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Grantham Institute for Climate Change and Environment, and Undaunted, the climate accelerator based at the White City Deep Tech Campus.
Also, this autumn, alumni and founders joined industry experts and technology innovator, entrepreneur and investor, Wendy Tan White (MEng Computing 1992) at Intrinsic to celebrate the launch of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Global USA. The event featured a panel discussion on new frontiers in AI and robotics, highlighting how breakthroughs in deep science and technology are driving innovation and impact across key sectors including health, climate and advanced manufacturing.
And in Accra, ahead of the opening of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Global hub there, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Majid Ezzati, Professor of Global Environmental Health, launched CLARITY (Climate Change Resilient Equitable Healthy Cities in Africa), a new partnership with policy and societal partners that will explore how climate change affects environmental risk exposures, and who are vulnerable to these risks.
So, wherever you are in the world, it’s an exciting time to be part of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø – and everyone’s invited.
Stay in touch: visit imperial.ac.uk/alumni/contact-us/update to keep your details up to date so we can send a personal invitation to the next event near you straight to your inbox.