The Alumni Association Leadership Forum was held at LSE on 25-27 September 2009, and was attended by nearly 60 delegates,  representing 35 alumni groups and contact networks. We enjoyed two days of vigorous discussion and debate about the many ways the Alumni Association can contribute to LSE and to alumni activity such as predeparture and welcome home events, faculty visits, Houghton Street Online, engaging with students, fundraising, membership recruitment and retention in alumni groups, running alumni groups and best practices, regional collaboration and mentoring. LSE’s director, Howard Davies, reviewed the state of the School and his plans for its future, while Robin Hoggard, Cath Baldwin, Fiona Sandford and Aled Dilwyn Fisher updated us on external relations, recruiting, career services and the LSE Students’ Union. Professor Michael Cox reflected on China’s future as a world power and Shami Chakrabarti (LLB 1991), director of human rights organisation, Liberty, was the guest speaker for Saturday’s dinner at the Royal Overseas League, looking back over the sixty years since the Universal Declaration on Human Rights came into force.  The new Executive Committee met on Sunday morning to plan the Alumni Association’s initiatives for the next two years. The committee comprises George Davidson (chair), James Afedo, Rafael Almeida, Chris Bodell, John Casey, Leon Desbrow, Pablo Halpern, Ami Kotecha, Kenneth Lai, Fiona MacDonald, Karina Robinson, Greg Sullivan, Collin Tseng Liu and Michael Williams. The minutes from the Alumni Association Leaders' Forum 2009 are available as a PDF. Minutes from the 2007 Forum are available as a PDF. | 
The LSE Alumni Association was established in September 2005. All LSE graduates are automatically members of the Alumni Association. Its aim is to strengthen the links between the School and its alumni.