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Total Summer School 2007
The second Total Summer School, held near Paris, hosted 101 students from around the world from July 1 to 7, 2007. The class of 2007 included students from 23 countries.  Students were selected in the target countries by the Total subsidiaries associated with the project. In 2007, that included Exploration & Production and/or Refining & Marketing and/or Chemicals subsidiaries in Angola, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Nigeria, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The program’s main educational objectives were to:
- Provide an overview of the strategy and management issues facing a major international energy company.
- Open a window onto the working world (enrolment in the Summer School can be combined with internships at Total).
- Foster awareness of the richness of international and cultural diversity, a core focus of the program.
Five topics representing the key issues for an international oil and chemical company were covered and discussed during the week:
- Economic outlook: trends in world energy supply and demand and scenarios for the future.
- Geopolitics: tensions, uncertainties, and strategies of the major energy players.
- Future of energy: oil and gas, renewable energies, nuclear power and other options.
- Environment and climate change.
- Corporate Social Responsibility: combining a values framework with the diversity of countries, people and situations in our businesses.
The 2007 Class: Target Countries and Participants (click to enlarge the map) |  | |
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