| Opening Ceremony Host: Dr. Yu Cheng |
| 9:00-9:30 | Welcome Address：Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association |
| Welcome Address：Shanghai Institute for European Studies |
| Welcome Address：International School of Tongji University |
| Session 1: Comprehension and Communication on the "Belt and Road" Initiative Moderator: Dr. Lilei Song |
| 9:30-9:45 | Yu Cheng, Associate Professor at International School of Tongji University, Director of International Curriculum Program of International School, Deputy Director of Liaison Office of Confucius Institutes at Tongji University. “Public Opinions on the Belt and Road Initiative: A Cross-cultural Study” |
| 9:45-10:00 | PietroRosso& Kai Hu, College of Architecture and Urban Planning Tongji University; College of Design and Innovation Tongji University “Public Opinions on the Belt and Road Initiative: A Comparison of Italy and South Korea”. |
| 10:00-10:15 | Yichen Dai, Assistant Research Professor at Institute of International Relations, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. “The mixed feelings of European think tanks on OBOR and Chinese response” |
| 10:15-10:30 | BalázsSárvári, Teaching Assistant at Corvinus University of Budapest.Hungary. “The global relevance of the New Silk Road” |
| 10:30-10:45 | Lihe Huang, Lecturer at School of Foreign Languages of Tongji University. “Development of Foreign Language Education in China under the Belt and Road Initiative” |
| 10:45-11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:00-11:15 | TeaBreak & Group Photo |
| Session 2: Regional Cooperation in the "Belt and Road"Initiative Moderator：Dr. Xiao Fang |
| 11:15-11:30 | ÁgnesSzunomár, Head of Research Group on Development Economics，Institute of World Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. “One Belt, One Road - Connecting China with Central and Eastern Europe” |
| 11:30-11:45 | Ji Zhang, Associate Professor at School of International Relations and Public Affairs & the Deputy Director of Center for French Studies, Fudan University. “China and EU: Two-level Cooperation under the One Belt One Road Initiative” |
| 11:45-12:00 | PiotrBajor, Assistant Professor, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. “One Belt - One Road: conditions and prospects for cooperation of Central and Eastern Europe with People's Republic of China” |
| 12:00-12:15 | Jing Long, Deputy Director of the Center for European Studies of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies. “China's cooperation with European sub-region under the B&RI” |
| 12:15-12:30 | IkboljonQoraboyev, Assistant Professor at School of Law, TurgutOzal University, Turkey. “One Belt One Road : Insights from comparative regionalism”. |
| 12:30-12:45 | Discussion |
| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch |
| Session 3：Economic Cooperation in the "Belt and Road"Initiative Moderator：Dr. ÁgnesSzunomár |
| 14:00-14:15 | Ida Musia?kowska, Associate professor in Poznan? University of Economics and Business, Poland. “Sub-national development policy as the area of common interest under the “One Belt One Road” Initiative? The case of regional policy-making in Poland”. |
| 14:15-14:30 | Dunrui Li, Associate Professor at Shanghai Administration Institute. “The Financial Support on OBOR Project” |
| 14:30-14:45 | Dmitry Doronin, Ph. D Candidate at Donghua University, Shanghai. “A Comparative Study of Labor Market for Distant High Profile Specialists between China and Russia” |
| 14:45-15:00 | Mireia Paulo，Ph. D Candidate at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. “China’s Silk Road: EFSI and EU-China Investment Cooperation” |
| 15:00-15:15 | Maximilian Mayer, Dr. Maximilian Mayer,ResearchProfessor,German Studies Center,Tongji University ,“Knowledge production, the politics of expertise, and the prospects of Road and Belt Initiative" |
| 15:15-15:30 | Discussion |
| 15:30-15:45 | Tea Break |
| Session 4: Geopolitical Challenge in the "Belt and Road"Initiative Moderator: Dr. PiotrBajor |
| 15:45-16:00 | Filippo Costa Buranelli, Teaching Fellow and Research Associate at the Department of War Studies of King’s College London and at the Department of political science of University College London, UK. “One Belt One Road and Central Asia: challenges and opportunities” |
| 16:00-16:15 | Lilei Song, Associate Professor at Institute of Central and Eastern Europe Studies, Tongji University. “Chinese Perceptions of the Ukraine Crisis and its Geopolitical Ramifications to the “Belt and Road” Initiative” |
| 16:15-16:30 | PéterMarton, Assistant Professor, Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary. “The Gordian Knot: Is Afghanistan in the way or on the way of the New Silk Road?” |
| 16:30-16:45 | Junbo Jan, Associate Professor at Institute of International Studies, Fudan University. “The Impact of Geo-political ideas on OBOR Project” |
| 16:45-17:00 | Xiao Fang, Director of Department for General Affairs, research fellow of Institute for International Strategic Studies and Centre for European Studies at Shanghai Institutes for International Studies. “China's foreign policy and the Belt & Road Initiative”. |
| 17:00-17:15 | Discussion |
| Session 5: Free Discussion Dr. Lihe Huang Concluding Remarks Moderator: Dr. Lilei Song |
| 17:15-18:15 | Free Discussion and Concluding Remarks |
