One of the newer venues used by the FCGroup is the Conrad Hotel on the East 3^rd Ring Road, not that far from Sanlitun. I like the location, and the hotel. See here one of the usual gatherings, the Tuesday evening networking event of 26 November 13.
They have a couple of cozy corners for events and this event was in the bar on the ground floor.

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Somehow I prefer the smaller events where a personal contact is easier than at those mega events where you feel rather lost and don’t know “where to start”. Especially for me, as I am not the type to go around and bug everyone with my business card.

Oh well, summer time is the right moment to work on my retirement issues (what worse could you have to do?) but also post some of the past events, for the record.
Since at least one year I am skipping most of the networking events, making an exception for the ones done by the FCGroup, managed by Colin Friedman.

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This event, in one of the usual venues being the Zeta Bar in Hilton Hotel, was pretty exciting as you can see with the pictures: “Got Talent” drew a number of enthusiastic participants.
Always good to meet some friends and have a quiet conversation.
More pictures of FCGroup events to come soon.

As a warm up for our American friends, we had our monthly lunch on the first Friday of the month – the 4th of July.
Despite the hot weather, many people also being away on holidays or business trips – or stuck in meetings – we managed to be 24 of us.
As usual the lunch was at Morel’s Restaurant where the boss Renaat being away we had some delays in being served. Next one that will not happen again, so be ready for 1 August, sauna weather or not.

I am expected to stick around over summertime but I might skip away for a short business trip to Xinjiang (at the border with Kazakhstan). Presumably…