Seminars & Lectures

How Facebook Is Going To Change The World (Again)

Monday, Oct 27, 2014
3:30pm -> 4:30pm
American University of Beirut (AUB)

Interested in Facebook and how it’s connecting the world? Make sure you attend this talk by a former AUB Graduate to hear about the Internet.org Project as well as a potential career at Facebook for you.

Agenda
1- internet.org, Facebook’s ambitious initiative to connect to the Internet the 5 billion people who aren’t connected yet.
2- The process of applying to Facebook and how to ace the interview.
3- Career advice, and Q&A

Ziad Traboulsi is an Internet.org Engineer at Facebook, where he develops software to bring access to the Internet in the developing world. Internet.org is a Facebook-led global partnership dedicated to making affordable internet access available to the two thirds of the world not yet connected. Ziad holds a bachelor’s degree from the American University Beirut and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics.

This event is open to all students and faculty members. If you’re not a member of the AUB community, you can still attend by entering through the OSB Gate on the lower campus at 3:00PM or after.
If you need transportation to or from the event, you can sign up for Uber using the promo code (AUBPLUS) and get a free first ride.

Location: Maamari Auditorium, Olayan School of Business, American University of Beirut