Registration

Opening Session

Welcoming remarks 
Overview of Think Tank objectives 
Break & Photo Taking 

Prof. Dr. Bojan Lalić, Director of the Belt and Road Institute, Serbia
Deng Li, Vice Minister of Foreign Ministry of China, Secretary-General of the Secretariat for Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries 
Ivica Dačić, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Republic of Serbia

Break

Session I

The World after the 20th National Congress of the CPC
Trends of Global Leadership & Prospects for the World Economy

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Nikola Zivlak, emlyon business school
Wang Fan (ONLINE), President, China Foreign Affairs University
Cui Hongjian (ONLINE), Director, Department for European Studies, China Institute of International Studies
Prof. Dr. Anastas Vangeli (ONLINE), Assistant Professor at University of Ljubljana, North Macedonia/Slovenia
Prof. Dr. Vasilis Trigkas (ONLINE), Postdoctoral teaching fellow at Schwartzman College, Tsinghua University, Elected member of the Council of Foreign Relations, Greece
Dr. Tamás Péter Baranyi (ONLINE), Deputy Director for Strategy, Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
Mr. Aleksandar Pavić, Political analyst, Serbia
Dr. Marko Hočevar, Postdoctoral researcher, Faculty of Social Sciences, Head of EARL Research Unit, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Slawomir Majman, Deputy Director, Institute for Security and International Development, Warsaw, Poland

Lunch break

Keynote addresses by Excellencies

Moderator: Danijel Nikolić, Assistant Secretary General of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for International and Development Cooperation, President of the Assembly of the Belt and Road Institute Belgrade
H.E. Chen Bo, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Serbia
H.E. Maja Stefanović (ONLINE), Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to P.R. China
Pavle Bašić, Member of the National Council for coordination of cooperation with the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China, Republic of Serbia

Session II

Belt and Road Initiative Further Development

Moderator: Slawomir Majman, Deputy Director, Institute for Security and International Development, Warsaw, Poland
Xia Xiaoxi (ONLINE), Counselor, Secretariat for Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries, Foreign Ministry of China
Prof. Dr. Cheng Ming Yu (ONLINE), Chairperson of the Belt and Road Strategic Research Centre (BRSRC), Director of the Institute of Management and Leadership Development (IMLD), University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
Wei Min (ONLINE), Senior Research Fellow, Department for European Studies, China Institute of International Studies
Prof. Dr. Albert Tan (ONLINE), Asian Institute of Management, Philippines
Fan Ying (ONLINE), Professor, International Economy studies College, China Foreign Affairs University
Prof. Dr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Chinese Studies Center of Excellence, NUST; Founding Chair of Think Tank "Global Silk Route Research Alliance", Pakistan
Yu Yang, Fellow, University of Warsaw, School for Law and Economy of China, Law Faculty
Abdelhak Benkerroum, Representative of the Africa-China Cooperation Association for Development (ACCAD) - China/Africa/Europe Commission, Morocco
Mr. Fathan Asaduddin Sembiring, Gentala Institute -Business and Management Consulting, Indonesia

This session will discuss about the way forward for the Belt and Road Initiative as well as cooperation challenges and new drivers of shared development

Break

Session III

Contribution of Academic Cooperation and Future Talents

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Nikola Zivlak, emlyon business school
Prof. Dr. Soun Hong (ONLINE), Vice Director, School of Graduate Studies, National University of Management, Cambodia
Mr. Amkheng Phenglasy (ONLINE), Deputy Director for International Mobility and Exchange, IRO, National University of Laos (NUOL), Laos
Lin Shengli (ONLINE), Associate Professor, Deputy Director, Institution of International Relation Studies, China Foreign Affairs University
Dr. Viktor Eszterhai (ONLINE), Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Budapest, Hungary
Prof. Dr. Dejan Madić, Rector of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Prof. Dr. Siniša Bokan, Dean of Academy of Arts, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Prof. Dr. Charles Lagat, Director of International Programs, Moi University, Kenya

This session will discuss about how academic cooperation can contribute to peaceful and shared development in today’s world as well as explore the potential areas for cooperation among think tanks to promote the development of BRI

Wrap-up & Closing Remarks

Prof. Dr. Bojan Lalić, Director of the Belt and Road Institute, Serbia