Conference Schedule The Third International Forum on the New Silk Road and Sino-European Cooperation Wednesday, November 8 Venue: Netz/ZBT, University of Duisburg-Essen 08:00 09:00 Registration 09:00 09:15 Opening Ceremony: Silk Road Scientific Forum hosted by Prof. Yuan Li (University of Duisburg-Essen) Prof. Peter Anker, Speaker of the Deans of all Faculties, University of Duisburg-Essen Prof. Yinzhang Chen, Secretary General of Fudan Development Institute, Fudan University Prof. Yao Yang, Dean of National School of Development, Peking University 09:15 10:45 Plenary Panel I chaired by Dr. Astrid Skala-Kuhmann (Special Advisor on Belt and Road Initiative at Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH) Prof. Biliang Hu, Dean of Emerging Markets Institute, Beijing Normal University Prof. Yingzhe Shi, Central University of Finance and Economics; Green Bond Lab Prof. Alessia A. Amighini, Instituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale; 10:45 11:15 Coffee break Asia Centre Ms. Oshani Perera, Director, Public Procurement and Infrastructure Finance Programme, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) 11:15 12:45 Sessions Group 1 (2 Parallel Sessions) 12:45 14:00 Lunch 14:00 14:30 Transfer to Public Forum in the InterCity Hotel Duisburg Silk Road Public Forum (Venue: InterCity Hotel Duisburg) 14:15 14:45 Registration 14:45 15:15 Opening Ceremony: Silk Road Public Forum hosted by Prof. Markus Taube (University of Duisburg-Essen) Dr. Herbert Jakoby, Head of Economic Policy at the NRW Ministry of Economic Affairs Haiyang Feng, General Consular of The People s Republic of China in Düsseldorf 15:15 15:15 Policy Forum I chaired by Markus Taube (University of Duisburg-Essen) Prof. Djoomart Otorbaev, Former Prime Minister of Kyrgyz Republic Johannes Pflug, China Representative of the City of Duisburg Prof. Yang Yao, Dean of National School of Development, Peking University Prof. Chun Ding, Director of the Center for European Studies, Fudan University 16:30 17:00 Coffee Break and Group Photo
Conference Schedule 17:00 18:15 Policy Forum II chaired by Prof. Yinzhang Chen (Secretary General of Fudan Development Institute, Fudan University) Guanzhe Cao, Project Manager Asia of Duisport Prof. Xiaolan Fu, Director of Technology & Management Centre for Development, University of Oxford Prof. Fan Zhang, National School of Development, Peking University Prof. Xavier Richet, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 Prof. Huang He, School of International Relations & Public Affairs, Fudan University 18:30 Conference Dinner Thursday, November 9 Venue: Netz/ZBT, University of Duisburg-Essen 09:00 10:30 Sessions Group 2 (3 Parallel Sessions) 10:30 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 12:30 Sessions Group 3 (3 Parallel Sessions) 12:30 13:30 Lunch 13:30 16:00 A guided tour to Duisport and Railway Termina
Plenary Panel November 8, 09:45-10:45 Plenary Panel I Chair: Dr. Astrid Skala-Kuhmann, Special Advisor on Belt and Road Initiative, GIZ MAINSTREAMING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY INTO BRI Astrid Skala-Kuhmann (Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH) Biliang Hu (Emerging Markets Institute, Beijing Normal University) Shi Yingzhe (Central University of Finance and Economics; Green Bond Lab) Alessia A. Amighini (ISPI - Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale; Asia Centre) Oshani Perera (Director, Public Procurement and Infrastructure Finance Programme International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD))
SESSIONS GROUP 1 November 8, 11:15-12:45 Vision and Action of BRI Chair: Prof. Dr. Nele Noesselt, IN-EAST, University of Duisburg-Essen GEO-DEVELOPMENTALISM : THEORISING CHINA'S ONE BELT, ONE ROAD INITIATIVE Gerald Chan (University of Duisburg-Essen) PLANNING FOR A SUSTAINABLE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE - AN APPRAISAL OF AIIB'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL FRAMEWORK Daniele Brombal (Ca' Foscari University Venice) BELT AND ROAD : THE CHINA DREAM? Karen Lee Jackson (University of Westminster) ONE BELT ONE ROAD: STRATEGIC THINKING AND BASIC RESEARCH Liming Wang (University College Dublin) BRI and Europe Chair: Prof. Flemming Christiansen, IN-EAST, University of Duisburg-Essen THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: SHAPING A NEW WAVE OF INTERREGIONALISM Andreas Grimmel (University of Hamburg) Susanne My Giang (University of Hamburg) IS THE '16+1' INITIATIVE AN APPROPRIATE FRAMEWORK FOR CHINA'S OBOR VISION? Günter Heiduk (Warsaw School of Economics) NEW SILK ROADS AND EUROPE Christian Vicenty (La Direction générale des entreprises (DGE), sector of the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Paris) THE 16+1 COOPERATION AND THE FORUM ON CHINA-AFRICA AS A GENERAL INSTITUTIONAL MODEL FOR THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE'S TRANSREGIONAL MECHANISM Viktor Eszterhai (Pallas Athene Geopolitical Foundation, Hungary)
SESSIONS GROUP 2 November 9, 9:00-10:30 Domestic & International Background of BRI Chair: Prof. Chun Ding, Director of the Center for European Studies, Fudan University WHAT ARE CHINA'S BELT AND ROAD? Richard Thomas Griffiths (Leiden University) FROM INAUGURATION TO EURASIAN GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR CHINA S ENDEAVOR IN THE NEW SILK ROAD-BRI: EVALUATION AND NEW ASSESSMENTS Giorgio Dominese (Transition Studies Research Network, Venice) CULTURAL DIFFERENCES, CONFLICTS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS ALONG THE BELT AND ROAD : AN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE PERSPECTIVE Xiaohai Wang (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies) BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF SHARED DESTINY: THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE IN THE POLITICAL SPEECHES OF XI JINPING Beatrice Gallelli (Ca' Foscari University of Venice) BRI and Financial Integration Chair: Prof. Paolo Davide Farah, West Virginia University THE BELT AND ROAD STRATEGY AND THE UPGRADING OF CHINA'S OPENING UP STRATEGY Liping Liu (Nanjing Normal University) CROSSING THE RIVER BY FEELING THE GOLD : THE ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK AND THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE Giuseppe Gabusi (University of Torino) COMMODITY STRUCTURE OF TRADE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE BELT AND ROAD COUNTRIES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE RMB INTERNATIONALIZATION Yibing Ding (Jilin University) Shen Qianwen (Jilin University) GEOSTRATEGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE Irina Gabriela Radulescu (Patroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti) Costin Lianu (Spiru Haret University) Iulia Monica Oehler-Şincai (Institute for World Economy, Romania
SESSIONS GROUP 2 BRI and Trade Chair: Prof. Fan Zhang, National School of Development, Peking University RESEARCH ON THE BELT AND ROAD UNDER NEW COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Fuxin Jiang (Nanjing Normal University) THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE AND THE SINO-EUROPE TRADE Kar-yiu Wong (University of Washington) GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND EXPORTS IN CHINA: A TREATMENT EFFECT ANALYSIS Antonia Reinecke (Fern-Universität Hagen) Hans-Jörg Schmerer (Fern-Universität Hagen) TRADE COST AND ITS IMPACT ON AGRI-FOOD TRADE AMONG CHINA, EU AND ASEAN Shamim Shakur (Massey University) Fang Ling (Massey University)
SESSIONS GROUP 3 November 9, 11:00-12:30 BRI and Central & South-East Asia Chair: Prof. Xiao Li, Dean of School of Economics, Jilin University LESSONS FROM CHINA'S OUTWARD INVESTMENTS IN MYANMAR FOR THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE Luxin Liu (Heidelberg University) OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES: AN EXAMINATION OF CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SRI-LANKAN PORTS UNDER THE FRAMEWORK OF THE 21ST-CENTURY MARITIME SILK ROAD INITIATIVE Shao Biao Wen (Fudan University) THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE IN THE DISCOURSES OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN STATES: POLITICAL RHETORIC OF GROWTH AND ACADEMIC PROGNOSTICATION Maria Danilovich (Belarusian State University) THE IDEA OF BIG EURASIAN PARTNERSHIP AND THE PROSPECTS OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE EU, THE EAEU AND THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE Anatoly Tsvyk (RUDN University) BRI and Infrastructre Chair: Prof. Kar-yiu Wong, University of Washington A STUDY ON THE LONG-TERM RETURN OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON OBOR PROJECT Tianze Zhang (University College London) DIVERSITY VERSUS CONSISTENCY: LEARNING FROM THE SUN AND CLIMATE IN ARCHITECTURE OF SILK ROAD COUNTRIES Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad (Tarbiat Modares University) Saba Jalilzadeh (Tarbiat Modares University) 16+1: CHINA AND CEEC Xavier Richet (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3) CHINA'S ONE-BELT ONE-ROAD AND GEOPOLITICS IN EURASIA: COOPERATION IN ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURES Paolo Davide Farah (West Virginia University)
SESSIONS GROUP 3 BRI and Geopolitics Chair: Dr. Daniele Brombal, Ca' Foscari University Venice WILL THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE RE-SHAPE THE CURRENT GLOBAL ORDER? COMPETING PERSPECTIVES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY THEORIES Xiao Yang (University of Kassel) BRI AND THE MIDDLE EAST: A GEOSTRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE Mohammadbagher Forough (Leiden University) THE CHINESE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE (BRI): WILL GLOBALIZATION BE REPLACED BY GEOPOLITICS? Helmut Schneider (University of Duisburg-Essen) 16+1 AS A LABORATORY FOR THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: WHAT CAN THE EXPERIENCE OF CENTRAL, EAST AND SOUTHEAST EUROPE TELL US ABOUT CHINA'S GLOBAL VISION? Anastas Vangeli (Polish Academy of Sciences)