Beijing International Volunteer Communication Week was celebrated from December 5th to December 13th, 2007. Both national experts and foreign experts were invited to present during the nine-day seminar, which focused on aspects of volunteering relating to the upcoming games (and beyond) including legislation, mass sports events management and Olympic volunteers legacy transfer. Out of the twenty-four presenting experts, there were four international experts: Ms Mae Chao, Mr David Brettell, Ms Lam Moy Yin, and Ms Susan Quay, who had brought with them international management and practice experience on big sports events. The Beijing Olympic volunteer managers who received these trainings also shared with the experts their own practice experiences and learned a lot from the foreign experts. All the experts who presented have been formally invited back to Beijing by the Beijing Youth League to be consultants during the lead up to the Games.