On 13 February Gilbert made a presentation to a delegation of visiting VOLVO executives on “Beijing – the Olympics, seen from a different angle”. Gilbert was rewarded with a nice scale model of Volvo trucks (how did they know he loves this stuff?). One more presentation in a never-ending series of talks on Beijing and the Olympics.

Another recent talk was organized for BENCHAM, the Benelux Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, on 28 November 2006; Gilbert requested the participation of John Pauline (PTW Australia), one of the very few who can say they have a real insight in the preparation of the Beijing Olympics. PTW is the architect of the famous Watercube and the Olympic Village.

Being from Belgium, Gilbert is of course member of BENCHAM and joins many of their activities, like the New Year’s drink on 10 January.

For more information on BENCHAM, see their website: http://www.bencham.org/