Agenda welcomes a new international team of interns to its office in Paris. The five new recruits from France, England, Russia and the Czech Republic will help the existing team with press, marketing and AGENDA's upcoming events, Communicating the Museum 2009, Culture Business 2009 and the International Museum Communication Awards 2010.

SOPHIE MASSIEAU

smassieau@agendacom.com

Sophie is currently in her third year at ICART (Institut Supérieur des Carrières Artistiques de Paris). As an intern at Agenda, she hopes to continue her training in communication and the organisation of international cultural events. She was involved with the first international Culture Business forum and is now helping with preparations for the upcoming conference Communicating the Museum. In her spare time she runs the non-profit organisation Dire le Monde with friends to facilitate cultural exchanges and the promotion of emerging artists.

JENNIFER POIRREZ-OUATTARA

jpoirrez.ouattara@agendacom.com

Jennifer is doing an MA in Anglophone Studies at La Sorbonne and has a degree in Arts. She joins Agenda’s Press and Marketing department and will work as Philippe Fouchard's assistant. She is also helping with the preparation of Communicating the Museum 2009. She loves music (Radiohead, PJ Harvey, Blonde Readhead), reading (Poe, Kundera, Gibbs), painting (Carravaggio, Khalo, Picasso) travelling (Italy, Ivory Coast, Portugal). She spent a year living in Salford, Greater Manchester, where she studied Translating and Interpreting. She speaks French, English and Italian and can also get by in German and Spanish.

ELISHKA FLINT

eflint@agendacom.com

Elishka is in her third year of studying French & Czech at University College London and will be working at Agenda for six months starting at the end of February 2009. She will be mainly concerned with Agenda's forthcoming journey into the blogosphere and with preparations for the International Museum Communication Awards, to be held in Brussels in February 2010. Elishka loves listening to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and speaks English, French and Czech, having lived in Prague for the past four months.

CLAIRE SOLÉRY

csolery@agendacom.com

As an assistant at Agenda Claire will mainly be working on the launch of the Culture Business conference. With Elishka she will also work on developing Agenda's digital network. Soon to graduate from Sciences Po Paris with a degree in Culture Management, Claire also holds a degree in English Literature, Civilisation and Translation. She has a particular interest in the world of museums as well as a wide range of other cultural interests. She has worked and lived in the US as an intern for the French Embassy. Claire speaks French and English.

AGLAIA SADTCHIKOVA

asadtchikova@agendacom.com

Aglaia is a studying French and German at University College London. She joined Agenda in March 2009 to work on the Culture Business conference, specialising in relations with Russian cultural institutions, their press and sponsors. Aglaia has recently spent five months working in advertising in Germany and speaks German and French. Having grown up in both the UK and Russia she is also fluent in English and Russian.