Dick Van Gelder

Dick Van Gelder

Born	1954
Birthplace	Antwerp
Nationality	Belgian
Ocupation	General Secretary of the WcS
Notable work	CreaWiki

Dick Van Gelder (born 4 January 1954) is an entrepreneur, artist and visionary. He is the founder, CEO, shareholder and consultant of various enterprises mentioned on this page.

Dick was born from a Belgian French speaking mother and a Flemish speaking father and raised in Antwerp, Belgium. He briefly attended the University of Leuven before entering his mandatory military conscription. After playing in a Band as teenager, his musical passion combined with his talent as an entertainer and his unique voice animating technique, made him a famous DJ in clubs, festivals, events and as a radio personality in Europe.

In 1982 Dick founded the first Disc Jockey Agency in Belgium ALCO, who changed name a few years later to IDC (International DJ Connection). This agency contracted more than 270 European disc jockeys who performed weekly, and some almost daily, in many popular clubs and events. This agency hold national Disco Queen contests in Belgium, France and Luxemburg, licensed by ZDF Germany. They represented also DMC in Belgium and organized the DMC World DJ Championships in Belgium 1985 and 1986.

In early 2000 Dick hold two important positions as manager and creator of movies and director for various commercials produced by Art2Art in Antwerp, and bought the barter company Monas who he run as CEO for several years. While dining one day at a Chinese restaurant, Dick encouraged the young Chinese restaurant holder Tony Nai to assist him and the movie crew to make a documentary about the difference of Chinese cuisine in Europe and in China. Tony, who is also an Chinese interpreter for the Belgian courts, became Dick's partner in Sunntrade, a company that would organize many successful trade missions for European companies looking to do business in China. His success in China offered him a partner position in a luxurious real estate company CIAH based in Penglai, Shandong, China.

China success story for Western entrepreneurs declined rapidly when President Xi Jinping came into office. Dick's good relationship with the creator of CARTIS water purification system, Hervé Gallion, lead to set up a Chinese division for Cartis. Dick is still a consultant for the company who changed name into OLEO.

Other then business and music, Dick has always had a passion for Internet culture and the evolution in the digital world. In his network he became an independent advisor in Blockchain technologies. One of the important use case for this technology is intellectual property. He reached out to Prof. Alain Souloumiac in 2017 to work out the implementation of the Universal Standard for intellectual properties and published his vision on a white paper.

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