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 : Romano Prodi
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, European Commission, (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 China) 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 Italy
Niu Xinchun Head of CiCiR Delegation
Gao Jian ex vice president CDB
Alistar Crooke Security Specialist Middle East
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