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This year, on the initiative of the member firm Banque Jean-Philippe Hottinguer & Cie., the Henokiens' Annual General Meeting was held from the 22nd to the 24th of September in Paris.
Several noteworthy events marked this meeting which coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Association:
- The arrival of the family firm «Etablissements Peugeot Frères», which celebrated its bicentennial in 2010 and is the bridgehead of a major industrial group employing nearly 200,000 persons and with a turnover reaching 56 billion euros.
- The creation, in collaboration with the Château Clos Lucé, last residence of Leonardo da Vinci, of the first «Leonardo da Vinci Prize». The purpose of the prize: distinguish a family firm of a minimum of two generations, for its capacity to transmit a set of cultural values, traditions, know-how and special techniques which constitute the intangible living heritage, indispensable guarantor of its sustainability.
- The awarding, in the presence of Mrs. Claude Greff, French Secretary of State for the Family, of the "Leonardo da Vinci Prize" to the firm Salvatore Ferragamo, represented by Mrs. Wanda Ferragamo, accompanied by several members of her family.
The General Meeting was an opportunity for Henokiens' President, Christophe Viellard, to focus again on the different themes on which the Association is working: -
Collaborating with the universities and business schools with which the Henokiens have close ties and which are concretized each year by work and brainstorming sessions between association members and students.
- Developing the partnership with European Family Businesses-GEEF, the federation of family enterprise associations of European Union countries and which has become today the principle contact party for the European Commission for everything concerning the evolution of the situation of family firms in the countries of the European Union.
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Continuing the Association's Information Days which allow members to discover remarkable family firms. Such was the case in May 2011 in Germany with meetings with the Metzler bank, the pharmaceutical firm Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.Kg and the Würth Group, leader on the assembly and fastening material market.
- Developing the Association's «Next Generation» group which has been progressively taking shape thanks to the greater and greater participation of young Henokiens at the Association's meetings and to information on the Face Book site dedicated to this group.
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Continuing the partnership with Europa Nostra with a view to progressively broadening the actions of this organization in favor of the preservation of the intangible and living heritage of very old firms.
The 2011 General Meeting was also marked by: -
The decision to organize the next Association's General Meeting in Berlin in October 2012 and to award on this occasion, the second «Leonardo da Vinci Prize.»
- The presentation given by Mr. Martin Schoeller of the history of his family which, over the centuries, has developed in Germany and then across the world, activities in numerous industrial sectors.
- The visit by Association members to the ICM, the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, (The Brain and Spine Institute) a state-approved, private non-profit foundation financed by numerous institutional and industrial partners. Its ambition: pierce the mysteries of the brain and put research in the service of patients to treat central nervous system disorders.
- The discovery of the Chateau of Anet, French renaissance monument and property of the de Yturbe family since the mid 19th century. The history of the Château as well as that of Diane of Poitiers, who had it built, was recounted with fervor by Mr. Jean de Yturbe to all the Henokiens.
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