High Level Conference “ Along the Silk Roads “

Venice, at Fondazione Cini – Isola di S. Giorgio July 10th /11th, 2016

Sunday, July 10th- INSTITUTIONAL OPENING AND GALA DINNER

16. 30 Registration and welcoming

17. 00 welcome addresses

Chair :

Cini Foundation

Presentation Binhai Tianjin District

Xue Jinwen - Chancellor of Nankai University

Representative of Cà Foscari University

Capo delegazione Tianjin Binhai

Luigi Brugnaro - Venice Mayor

Luca Zaia - Veneto Governor

Signature of a cooperation Memorandum of understanding Binhai (Tianjin) and Venetian Partners

18. 00 Opening Remarks

Chair: Romano Prodi

Paolo Costa - Chairman of VPA Presentation of Venice Port Authority

Rashid Alimov - general secretary SCO

Alain Baron - Transeuropean Transport Network, , (DG MOVE)

Valovaya Tatyana Dmitriyevna - Russian Minister of Development of Integration with Eurasian Economic .

Paolo Gentiloni - Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

20.00 Gala Dinner

Monday July 11th – DISCUSSION SESSIONS

9.00 Registration, welcome coffee, and photo opportunities

9.30 Opening Session – Panel 1 General geopolitical scenario

Jia Qingguo - Director School of International Studies Peking University

Enrico Fardella - Professor Peking University

Giovanni Andornino - Professor Turin University

Lucio Caracciolo - Chief Editor “ Limes”

Paolo Magri direttore ISPI

Ashraf Jehangir Qazi – Pakistain Ambassador

11.15 Panel 2: OBOR networks

Mikhail Goncharov - Adviser to the President of Russian Federation - JSC Russian Railways

Hercules Haralambides - Professor, Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam

Theo Notteboom - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Belgian Institute of Transport Organizers (BIT) Professor at Dalian Maritime University in ) o altro invitato VPA .

Wu Zhicheng - Dean of the Zhou Enlai's School of Government at Nankai University. or President of Binhai – Tianjin District

12. 15 Panel 3 - Asian opportunities and challenges

Li Ruiyu Chinese Ambassador to

Niu Xinchun Head of CiCiR Delegation

Gao Jian ex vice president CDB

Alistar Crooke Security Specialist

Andreev Kourtunov - Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council

Iranian Representative

13.30 – Lunch break

14.30 – Panel 4- European opportunities and challenges

Ettore Francesco Sequi - Italian Ambassador to PRC

Fabio Gallia - CEO Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

Marco Pluijm - Bechtel’s ports and marine sector

Renzo Cavalieri – Professor Cà Foscari University – Venezia

Alexander Van de Putte - Board Member, National Investment Corporation of the National Bank of Kazakhstan and Professor of Strategic Foresight, IE Business School, Madrid

Olaf Merck - OECD

4.30 pm – Concluding round table

Enrico Letta - Former Italian PM

Dominique De Villepin - Former PM France

Zhu Shanlu – Chairman of University Council and Secretary of C PC, PKU

Kairat Kelimbetov - Astana International Financial Centre

Angel Gurria - Secretary-General of the OECD

Shaukat Aziz - Former PM Pakistan

Philippe Le Houerou – CEO/EXVP IFC

5.30 pm – Conclusion and Final remarks

Graziano Del Rio – Italian Minister of Transport and Infrastructure

Romano Prodi – Former President EC and Former Italian PM

6.30 pm End of the Conference