Organisations

Academic organisations

Since 1983: Bi-annual ‘College on Soil Physics’ at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy

Since 1986: ELAFIS (Latin American School of Soil Physics’: Peru (1986), Brasil (1988), Argentina (1992), Colombia (199), Venezuela (2000), Cuba (2002), Chile (2003), Mexico (2005), Ecuador (2007), Brazil (2009), Colombia (2012), Peru (2014)

Since 2006: COSWAND (Conservation of Soil and Water in Andean countries) two-days workshop with local farmers, schools and family members. Namza, Ecuador (2006), Merida, Venezuela (2008), Villa Patarani, Altiplano, La Paz, Bolivia (2012), Ayacucho, Peru (2014)

2008: 1st Conference on Desertification, Ghent, Belgium

2009: 2nd Conference on Desertification, Ghent, Belgium

2010: 3rd Conference on Desertification, Ghent, Belgium

2012: 4th Conference on Desertification, Ghent, Belgium

2013: DESERTLAND I, International Conference on Desertification and Land degradation, Ghent, Belgium

2015: DESERTLAND II, International Conference on Desertification and Land degradation, Ghent, Belgium

For information on the organisation and on the proceedings of the conferences, contact donaldgabriels@gmail.com

Sports 

Donald Gabriels (director Ganda Publi Productions)

Member of KAAGent athletics club

Belgian champion and record holder athletics

International athlete and member of Belgian team

Regional coach of athletics (track and field)

National coach of ‘high jumping’

Member of handball club Elita Lebbeke and member of Belgian team.

Member of the Belgian university handball team and participant of the World Championships Handball (Berlin)

Physical trainer of BobCat Gent basketball team and winner of Belgian Cup basketball

Player and co-coach of the football team Sporting Gent

President of Sporting Gent tennis club

1980-1999: organiser of MASSALOOP van GENT: mass-jogging around Watersportbaan, Gent (5-10-15-20 km)

1987-1988: organiser of Marathon of Ghent

Member of Commission on Topsport and study of Ghent University

Member of Council of Sports of De Pinte

Seminars on Construction of toplayers of football and golf fields in Oostend, Ghent, Breda, Sint-Martens-Latem, Den Bosch, Genk, Lokeren

Art and Music

Since 1975: Exhibitions of paintings by Donald Gabriels and Jessie Myttenaere (Ganda Publi Productions) in Gent, Ames (USA), Baaigem, Deurle, Bruges,

1991: Organiser with Sportservice Club International Gent, the exhibition Sports in Art, Bank of Brussels, Gent

1996: Organiser with Sportservice Club International Gent, the exhibition Sports in Art, Garage Mahy, Gent

2007: Organiser with Panathlon International Ghent of ‘Stadion Architecture’, Electrabel, Gent

March 2015: ART&CURIOSA Market, Astene, Deinze

June 2015: ART&CURIOSA Market, Astene, Deinze

25-26-27 September 2015: ART&CURIOSA Market, Astene (Deinze)

Paintings (modern, old and new), grafics, litho’s, statues, bronze, wood, masks, brocante… Bring your own material and collector items for sale!

Contact: donaldgabriels@gmail.com  tel. 0476898772

26 November 2015: JAZZ-evening (19-21 hrs) narrator: J.P. De Smet

Topic: New Orleans, Louisiana , 300 years (1718-2018)

Ask the JAZZ flyer! Limited seats!!

Reservation and pre-registration necessary! Entry fee: 8 Euro

Address: Astene (Deinze)Kapellestraat (Kortrijkse baan, rechtover Gamma)

Contact: donaldgabriels@gmail.com  tel  0476898772

1 December 2015: JAZZ-evening (19-21 hrs) narrator: J.P. De Smet

Topic: Louis Armstrong, Satchmo-the King

Ask the JAZZ flyer! Limited seats!!

Address: Astene (Deinze)Kapellestraat (Kortrijkse baan, rechtover Gamma)

Reservation and pre-registration necessary ! Entry fee: 8 Euro

Contact: donaldgabriels@gmail.com  tel  0476898772

8 December 2015: JAZZ-evening (19-21 hrs) narrator: J.P. De Smet

Topic: Swing: from Morton to Goodman

Ask the JAZZ flyer! Limited seats!!

Address: Astene (Deinze)Kapellestraat (Kortrijkse baan, rechtover Gamma)

Reservation and pre-registration necessary! Entry fee: 8 Euro

Contact: donaldgabriels@gmail.com  tel  0476898772

Activities