The Pan-Atlantic College Alumni Affiliation (PAUAA) has introduced its 2026 Global Alumni Convention, scheduled for Thursday, October 22, on the Ecobank Pan African Centre (EPAC), Victoria Island, Lagos, bringing in combination greater than 400 trade leaders, marketers, teachers and alumni to discover how skilled networks can turn into engines of endeavor, innovation and financial expansion.
Themed ‘The Merit: Connecting Other people, Concepts and Alternatives,’ the convention is anchored at the conviction that an alumni neighborhood will have to be greater than a community for reunions; it will have to be a productive pressure that builds companies, scales enterprises and creates lasting financial worth.
The convention will characteristic prominent visitors, together with Managing Director/Leader Government Officer of Coleman Cables, George Olutope Onafowokan; Managing Director/Leader Government Officer of West African Exploration and Manufacturing Corporate (WEPC), a part of the Dangote Crew, and President of the Nigerian Affiliation of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), Mrs Olajumoke Cecilia Ajaye; and Vice-Chancellor of Pan-Atlantic College, Professor Enase Okonedo.
Talking forward of the convention, President of the Pan-Atlantic College Alumni Affiliation, Dr Onyebuchi Odianjo, mentioned the development would harness the collective power of the college’s alumni neighborhood to create significant alternatives for people, companies and the broader economic system.
“The real benefit of an alumni neighborhood lies in its skill to attach other people, concepts and alternatives that create lasting worth. Via this convention, we purpose to transport past networking to significant engagement, partnerships and sensible collaboration that toughen particular person luck and give a contribution to the expansion of Nigerian companies and the broader economic system,” she mentioned.
The whole-day convention will characteristic two plenary panel discussions designed to discover each the sensible realities of establishing a success enterprises and the various paths by which alumni reach skilled and private fulfilment.
The primary consultation, ‘Constructed to Scale,’ will read about the methods, demanding situations and selections concerned about reworking trade concepts and entrepreneurial ventures into sustainable, scalable enterprises. Discussions will focal point on trade expansion, innovation, management and the capability to construct organisations that bear.
The second one consultation, ‘Past the Study room: Alumni Who Redefined Luck,’ will discover how alumni have challenged standard definitions of feat, navigated profession transitions and pursued choice paths to skilled fulfilment and have an effect on.
The primary panel will characteristic Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Pan-Atlantic College, Dr Peter Bamkole; Co-Founder and Leader Generation Officer, Seamless Applied sciences, Mr Deji Lana; broadcaster and media and communications skilled, Mrs Titilayo Oyinsan; Mrs Temi Salami, popularly referred to as World Temi; and Managing Director/Leader Government Officer, Midwestern Oil and Gasoline, Mrs. Elozino Olaniyan. The consultation will probably be moderated by means of Mr Eyo O. Eyo.
The second one panel will characteristic Director, Business and Communications, Information Central TV, Mrs Rosemary Egabor-Afolahan; Public Members of the family Supervisor, MTN Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Lakinbofa; content material author, virtual educator and Co-Founding father of Crea8torium, Mr Salem King; and award-winning match host, tv presenter, actress, fashion and strategic communications marketing consultant, Mojibade Display. The consultation will probably be moderated by means of Mrs Onyinyechi Aderibigbe.
Ms Jemimah Ugiagbe will function the compere and grasp of ceremonies, guiding complaints during the convention.
Past the panel periods, the programme will come with a keynote cope with, interactive question-and-answer periods, an alumni popularity section and networking alternatives.
The development will supply a platform for alumni, business leaders and different stakeholders to replace concepts, support skilled relationships and discover collaborations that may translate shared wisdom and connections into tangible trade alternatives.
The convention will begin at 8:00 a.m. and conclude with a networking cocktail.
The Pan-Atlantic College Alumni Affiliation is the authentic alumni frame of Pan-Atlantic College, dedicated to fostering lifelong engagement amongst graduates and growing alternatives for management, innovation and endeavor.