Silk Road Forum 2015

 

DRAFT AGENDA

[28-29 October 2015]

 

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:          China Development Research Foundation

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, former High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, former Secretary General of NATO (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)

·         Joakim Reiter, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Confirmed)

·         VUONG Dinh Hue, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission of Vietnam (TBC)

·         Yerbolat Dossayev, Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan  (TBC)

·         Y.B Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia  (TBC)

·         Lawrence Wong, Minister of the 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 (Confirmed)             

 

Speakers:

·         Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, former President of Indonesia (TBC)

·         Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Program (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

Introducing Silk Road Think Tank Network (SiLKS) by 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 Mira, former Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, Spanish Chairman of China-Spain Forum (TBC)

Speakers: (8min/p)

·         Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (TBC)

·         Wang Yanzhi, President, Board Member of Silk Road Fund (Confirmed)

·         Stuart Gulliver, Group Chief Executive of HSBC Holdings PLC (Confirmed)

·         LI Haiyan, Inspector (DG level) of Department of International Cooperation, National Development and Reform Commission of China  (Confirmed)

·         WANG Xiaochu, Chairman of China Unicom (Confirmed)

·         Senator Mushahid Hussain, Chairman, Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC); former Minister for Information, Culture & Tourism (Confirmed)

·         DENG Zhixiong, Director General of the Bureau of Planning and Development, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of China (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:

·          YU Bin, Director General of General Office of DRC (Confirmed)  

Address:

·          LI  Wei,  President of DRC

·          Vuk Jeremić, President of CIRSD, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, President of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly

 

·           LYU Fan,  Chinese Ambassador to Spain (Confirmed) 

 

·          Jaime Garcia-Legaz, Secretary of State for Trade, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain (Confirmed)

 

·          Manuela Carmena, Mayor of Madrid (Confirmed)

 

 

29 October 2015, Thursday   

 

 

9h – 10h30     Session III: Promotion of Trade and Investment

 

Moderator:

 

·          (TBC)

 

Speakers: (8min/p)

 

·         JU Weimin, Executive Vice President of China Investment Corporation (Confirmed)

·         Jaime Garcia-Legaz, Secretary of State for Trade, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain (Confirmed)

·         YANG Shaolin, Director General of Ministry of Finance of China (Confirmed)

·         William King, General Manager Strategy, Shell International BV (Confirmed)

·         SONG Lihong, Deputy Director General of the Comprehensive Department, Ministry of Commerce of China (Confirmed)

·         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)

 

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)

 

·         XU Haoliang, Assistant Administrator and Director for Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Program (Confirmed)

·         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 

·         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)

·         ZHUANG Juzhong,  Deputy Chief Economist and Deputy Director General, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department of the Asian Development Bank (Confirmed)

 

Free Discussion

 

12h20 – 14h   Luncheon

 

14h – 16h      Parallel Session I: Think Tank Roundtable

 

Moderator:

 

·          CHENG Guoqiang, Director General of Department of International Cooperation of DRC (Confirmed)

 

Leading Discussants: (3-5min/p)

 

·         Sultan Akimbekov, Director of the Institute for World Economy and Politics under the Foundation of the First President of Kazakhstan (Confirmed)

·         Vice Admiral Anup Singh, Visiting Fellow of Vivekananda International Foundation, India (Confirmed)

·         Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Vice President of Toledo International Center for Peace (Confirmed)

·         Victor Shadurski, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, Belarusian State University (Confirmed)

·         Ali Resul Usul, Chairman of Center for Strategic Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey (Confirmed)

·         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)

·                            HOU Yongzhi, Director General of Department of Development Strategy and Regional Economy, DRC (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)

·         LI Qiang, Director of Development Research Center, Fujian Provincial People’s Government (Confirmed)

 

·         ZHAO Deru, Director of Development Research Center, People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Confirmed)

 

·         YANG Chenhua, Director of Development Research Center, Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (Confirmed)

 

·          SUN Yuesong, Director of English Desk, Information Department, Xinhua News Agency (Confirmed)

 

Free Discussion

 

14h – 16h      Parallel Session II: Business Roundtable

 

Moderator:

 

·         JU Weimin, Executive Vice President of China Investment Corporation (Confirmed)

 

Leading Discussants: (3-5min/p)

 

·         Stephen Perry, Chairman of the 48 Group Club, UK (Confirmed)

·         SHI Dongwei, Vice President of Alibaba Group (Confirmed)

·         PAN Qisheng, Chairman of Changjiang Publishing and Media Co. Ltd. (Confirmed)

·             CHENG Yan, Managing Director, Bank of China International (Confirmed)

 

·         ZHAO Jinping, Research Department of Foreign Economic Relations, DRC (Confirmed)

 

·         GAO Shiji, Research Institute of Resources and Environment Policies, DRC (Confirmed)

 

·         LAI Changning, Chairman of Donlinks Group Ltd. (Confirmed)

·         WU Daohong, Chairman of Shenwu Environment and Energy Technology (Confirmed)

·         ZHU Min,  Chairman of Zhejiang China Commodities City Group Co. Ltd. (Confirmed)

·         Senior representative from Red Eléctrica Group, Spain (TBC)

·         Senior representative from Iberdrola Group, Spain (TBC)

·         Senior representative from OPDE Group, Spain (TBC)

 

Free Discussion

 

 

14h – 16h      Parallel Session III: Finance Roundtable

 

Moderator:

 

·          (TBC)

 

Leading Discussants: (3-5min/p)

 

·         CHEN Shuang, CEO of China Everbright Limited (Confirmed)

·         ZHAO Changwen, Director General of Research Department of Industrial Economy, DRC (Confirmed)

 

·         LIU Xiaowei, Managing Director of Business Support and Coordination Department, China International Capital Corporation Limited (Confirmed)

 

·         Spencer Lake, Global Head of Capital Financing, HSBC Holdings PLC (Confirmed)

 

·         Representatives from Spanish enterprises (TBC)

·         Ignacio Corlazzoli, Operation Lead Specialist of Office in Europe Inter-American Development Bank (Confirmed)

·         Kevin Lu, CEO of Partners Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Member of Partners Group’s Global Executive Board (Confirmed)

·         Constantin Vayenas, Managing Director, Head Emerging Markets Research UBS Wealth Management (Confirmed)

·         XIONG Tao, Deputy Mayor of Yiwu, Zhejiang Province of China (Confirmed)

 

Free Discussion

 

 

16h – 16h20   Tea Break

 

16h20 – 16h50      Closing Ceremony

 

Moderator:

 

·         (TBC)

 

Address:

·         José García-Margallo y Marfil, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain (TBC)

 

Concluding Remarks:

 

·         Vuk Jeremić, President of CIRSD, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, President of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly

 

·         LONG Guoqiang, Vice President of DRC (Confirmed)