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Silk Road Forum 2015 DRAFT AGENDA [28-29 October 2015] The Westin Palace, Madrid, Plaza de las Cortes 7, 28014, Madrid, Spain Organizers: Development Research Center of the State Council of China (DRC) Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Spain Co-organizers: United Nations Development Programme South-South Asia Pacific Finance Center Toledo International Center for Peace 28 October 2015, Wednesday 15h – 16h Registration 16h – 16h40 Opening Ceremony Moderator: · Javier Solana, President of ESADEgeo , former Minister of FFAA of Spain, Secretary General of NATO, EU High Representative for CFSP (TBC) · Opening Remarks · Vuk Jeremić, President of CIRSD, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, President of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly(representing the organizers) (Confirmed) · Luis de Guindos, Minister of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain (TBC) · Stijepan Mesić, former President of Croatia (Confirmed) · VUONG Dinh Hue, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission of Vietnam (TBC) 1 · Yerbolat Dossayev, Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan (TBC) · Y.B Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia (TBC) · LEE Yi Shyan, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of National Development of Singapore (TBC) 16h40 – 16h55 Keynote Address (representing the organizers) · LI Wei, President of DRC (Confirmed) 16h55 – 17h25 Session I: Keynote Speeches (10min/p) Moderator: Miguel Ángel Moratinos, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain (TBC) Speakers: · Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, former President of Indonesia (TBC) · Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Program (TBC) · Christine Lagarde, Managing director of International Monetary Fund (TBC) 17h25 – 17h40 Launching Ceremony of Silk Road Think Tank Network Moderators: · Vuk Jeremić, President of CIRSD, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, President of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly · LI Wei, President of DRC Announcement of Declaration of Silk Road Think Tank Network Announcement of the list of founding members of Silk Road Think Tank Network 17h40 – 18h Tea Break 18h – 19h30 Session II: Facilities Connectivity · Moderator: Pedro Solbes, President of Foundation for International Relations and Foreign Dialogue (FRIDE); Chairman of Spain-China Forum; former Minister of Economy and Treasury of Spain,. (TBC) · Speakers: (8min/p) · JIN Liqun, President–designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (Confirmed) · ZHANG Wencai, Vice President of Asian Development Bank (TBC) · Vice President of European Investment Bank (TBC) 2 · Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (TBC) · Wang Yanzhi, President, Board Member of Silk Road Fund (Confirmed) · WANG Xiaochu, Chairman of China Unicom (Confirmed) · Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Senator, Chairman of Pakistan China Institute, fomer Minister of Information and Media Broadcasting(Confirmed) · LIU Meisheng, Chairman of Board of Supervisors, China Development Bank (Confirmed) · Bert Hofman, World Bank’s Country Director for China, Korea and Mongolia(Confirmed) · CHEN Feihu, President, Board Member of China Guodian Corporation(Confirmed) · Damba Ganbat, Director of Institute for Strategic Studies of Mongolia (Confirmed) Free Discussion 20h – 22h Welcome Dinner Moderator: · LONG Guoqiang, Vice President of DRC (Confirmed) Address: · Lyu Fan, Chinese Ambassador to Spain (Confirmed) · Spanish leader (TBC) · Jaime García-Legaz, Secretary of State for Trade of Spain (Confirmed) Speech: · Roberto Azevêdo, Director General of World Trade Organization (TBC) Or LI Yong, Director General of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (TBC) 29 October 2015, Thursday 9h – 10h30 Session III: Promotion of Trade and Investment Moderator: · YU Bin, Director General of General Office of DRC (Confirmed) Speakers: (8min/p) · Ju Weimin, Executive Vice President of China Investment Cooperation (Confirmed) · Jaime García-Legaz, Secretary of State for Trade of Spain (Confirmed) · Stuart Gulliver, Group Chief Executive of HSBC Holdings PLC (TBC) · Chad Holiday, Chairman of Board of Directors of Royal Dutch Shell plc (TBC) 3 · Mario Pezzini, Director of OECD Development Center (Confirmed) · LEE Il Houng, President of Korean Institute for International Economic Policy (Confirmed) · LIN Zuoming, Chairman of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (Confirmed) · Slawomir Majman, President of the Board, Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (Confirmed) · Markus Kerber, CEO and Director General, Federation of German Industries (Confirmed) Free Discussion 10h30 – 10h50 Tea Break 10h50 – 12h20 Session VI: Silk Road and Post-2015 Development Agenda Moderator: · John Ashe, Chairman of United Nations South-South Steering Committee for sustainable Development (Confirmed) Speakers: (8min/p) · Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Program (TBC) · Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (TBC) · CAI Esheng, Chairman of South-South Steering Committee for Sustainable Development Asia Pacific Committee and South-South Asia Pacific Finance Center (Confirmed) · Representative of Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China (Confirmed) · Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Co‐founding Chief Executive, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (Confirmed) · Medelina Hendytio, Deputy Executive Director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies of Indonesia (Confirmed) · Sergey Lukonin, Director, Center for Economic and Political Studies of China, Russian Academy of Sciences, Primakov Institute of World Economy & International Relations (IMEMO) (Confirmed) · Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General of Research and Information System for Developing Countries, India (Confirmed) Free Discussion 4 12h20 – 14h Luncheon 14h – 16h Parallel Session I: Think Tank Roundtable Moderator: · CHENG Guoqiang, Director General of Department of International Cooperation of DRC Leading Discussants: · Carlos Westendorp, Vice-President of the Toledo International Center for Peace and Secretary General of Club de Madrid; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain. (TBC) · Sultan Akimbekov, Director of the Institute for World Economy and Politics under the Foundation of the First President of Kazakhstan (Confirmed) · Victor Shadurski, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, Belarusian State University (Confirmed) · Patrick C.P. Ho, Deputy Chairman and Secretary General of China Energy Fund Committee (TBC) · LI Mingjiang, Coordinator of China Program at Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Confirmed) · Representative of Elcano Royal Institute, Spain (TBC) · Mustafa Hyder Sayed, Executive Director of Pakistan China Institute (Confirmed) · GU Jing, director of the Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development, Institute of Development Studies (Confirmed) · Sven Grimm, Senior Researcher at the German Development Institute (Confirmed) · Daw Chaw Chaw Sein, Member of Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Head of the International Relations Department, University of Yangon (Confirmed) · John WONG, Professorial Fellow and Academic Advisor, East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore (Confirmed) · Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa, Chairman and Chief Executive, Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia (Confirmed) · Medelina Hendytio, Deputy Executive Director of Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia (Confirmed) · XIONG Tao, Deputy Mayor of Yiwu (Confirmed) · Ingo Imhoff, Senior Country Manager, Division of East Asia, Department of Asia/Pacific, Latin American/Caribbean, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (Confirmed) · LI Qiang, President of Development Research Center of Fujian Provincial People’s Government (Confirmed) 5 · Alice Ekman, Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies, French Institute of International Relations (Confirmed) Free Discussants from: CIRSD, UNDP, OECD Development Center, National Institute for Strategic Studies of the Kyrgyz Republic, Center for Strategic Research of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Mongolian Institute for Strategic Studies, Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency, France Strategie, Chatham House, Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis, Bruegel, Szazadveg Foundation of Hungary, Research and Information System for Development Countries of India, Vivekananda International Foundation, National University of Singapore, Cambodia Development Resource Institute, Asian Peace and reconciliation Council 14h – 16h Parallel Session II: Business Roundtable Moderator: · Ju Weimin, Executive Vice President of China Investment Cooperation (Confirmed) Leading Discussants: · SONG Lihong, Deputy Director General of the Comprehensive Department, Ministry of Commerce of China (Confirmed) · Stephen Perry, Chairman of the 48 Group Club, UK (Confirmed) · SHI Dongwei, Vice President of Alibaba Group (Confirmed) · DENG Zhixiong, Director General of the Bureau of Planning and Development, State- owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of China (Confirmed) · PAN Qisheng, Chairman of Changjiang