8:30am – 9:00am
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Registration
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9:00am – 9:15am
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Opening
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9:15am – 10:00am
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1st Keynote speech – Professor Neil Collins, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Title: Middle of the Road: Central Asian Perspectives on B&R
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10:00am – 10:30am
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Group photo and coffee break
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10:30am – 11:15am
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2nd Keynote speech – Dr Venus Lun, Director of the Shipping Research Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Title: Positioning of Gateway Port
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11:15am – 12:00am
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3rd Keynote speech – Professor Qiang Han, Director of the Centre for Chinese Studies Abroad, Beijing Union University, China
Title: 一带一路战略实施的国际政治风险与防控 (BRI implementation: International Political risk and control)
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12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Lunch – (only for guests and invited speakers)
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1:30pm-2:15pm
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4th Keynote speech – Michele Geraci, Head of China Economic Policy Program and Ass’t Prof of Finance, UNNC
Title: Silk Road: the view from Europe
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2:15pm-3:00pm
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5th Keynote speech – Dr Dragan Pavlićević, Xi’an Jiaotong – Liverpool University, China
Title: China's relationship with Central and Eastern Europe and its relationship with BRI
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3:00pm-3:30pm
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Coffee break
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3:30pm-4:15pm
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UNNC RPA BRI seed corn project presentations
- Innovative Talent Development under the Belt and Road Initiative: A case of Higher Education in Ningbo City (Dr Jing Dai and her team)
- Ningbo City Branding Under the Belt and Road Initiative (Dr Ivy Zhang and her team)
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4:15pm-5:00pm
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Panel discussion – future research collaborations and foresights, chaired by Professor (Reader) Xiaojun Wang, University of Bristol, UK
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5:00pm-5:15pm
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Closing Remarks
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Note: Above agenda is subject to change
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