Edition 2018

Hosts of THE ANTWERP FORUM:

Bernard Dewit,Chairman Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Luc Broos,CEO POM Antwerp

9h00

Welcome – coffee and tea

9h30

Official opening of THE ANTWERP FORUM – Linking business between China and Europe

Ludwig Caluwé, Vice-Governor Province of Antwerp
ZHANG Chi, Minister-Counsellor – Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Kingdom of Belgium
LU Kehua, Vice-Mayor of Chongqing

10h15

Academic analysis of the current EU-China business cooperation – Euro China Center of Antwerp Management School

Prof. Dr. Paul Matthyssens, Dean Antwerp Management School, Professor of Global Strategic Management

11h00

Networking break, with coffee and tea

11h30

Parallel break-out sessions – 1st round

Cleantech landscapes: Antwerp & Shaanxi
- Carine Van Hove, Managing Director, Flanders Cleantech Association
- HUI Zhe, Deputy General Manager, Shaanxi Environmental Protection Group
“2018 EU-China Tourism Year”: Opportunities & challenges for SME’s
- Eric Phillipart, Special counsellor responsible for the 2018 EU-China Tourism Year from the European Commission
- Bart Horsten, managing director of Horsten International & China entrepreneur

12h15

Parallel break-out sessions – 2nd round

China’s Belt & Road Initiative: Improving economic and cultural co-operation via land & sea
- LI Hang, Project Manager Europe, YuXinOu Logistics Co. Ltd
- CAO Jianjun, Director Vice President of Tianjin Binhai New Area Investment Promotion Bureau
- Hanno Reeser, Business unit manager, Essers Transport Company
Global business in an era of (digital) innovation & new technologies
- Kurt Wang, Director Sinnolabs
- Claudia Vernotti, Director ChinaEU

13h00

Lunch break

14h00

Panel discussion on the impact of sustainable innovation on international business cooperation

Introduction by
- ZHANG Yansheng, secretary general of the Academic Committee of China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
Panel members including:
- ZHANG Yansheng, secretary general of the Academic Committee of China’s NDRC
- Sven Agten, president Asia Pacific for Rheinzink & mentor at Chinaaccelerator
- XU Shaoyu, Vice Chairman of Board of Jilin Changchun Haoyue Group Co., Ltd.
Moderated by:
- Stefan Blommaert, former China correspondent at VRT

15h30

Coffee break and official picture moment

16h00

Business case testimonial : DJI – a Chinese company leading its field with best-in-class technology

Dr Barbara Stelzner, Corporate Communication Director, DJI Europe

16h40

Official closing speech

WANG Junke, Deputy Director General, Environment and Resources Protection Committee, The Standing Committee of Shaanxi Provincial People’s Congress
Cathy Berx, Governor of the province of Antwerp

17h00

Cocktail reception

TAF 2018 LU Kehua – Welcome speech

Official opening of THE ANTWERP FORUM – Linking business between China and Europe by LU Kehua, Vice-Mayor of Chongqing

TAF 2018 Antwerp Management School – Academic analysis

Academic analysis of the current EU-China business cooperation – Euro China Center of Antwerp Management School by Prof. Dr. Paul Matthyssens, Dean Antwerp Management School, Professor of Global Strategic Management

TAF 2018 Carine Van Hove – Flanders Cleantech Association

Parallel break-out sessions – 1st round
Cleantech landscapes: Antwerp: Carine Van Hove, Managing Director, Flanders Cleantech Association

TAF 2018 Hui Zhe – Cleantech opportunities Shaanxi

Parallel break-out sessions – 1st round
Cleantech landscapes: Shaanxi by HUI Zhe, Deputy General Manager, Shaanxi Environmental Protection Group

TAF 2018 Bart Horsten – Tourism Industry

“2018 EU-China Tourism Year”: Opportunities & challenges for SME’s by Bart Horsten, managing director of Horsten International & China entrepreneur

TAF 2018 Li Hang – Yuxinou International Railway Channel

Parallel break-out sessions – 2nd round
China’s Belt & Road Initiative: Improving economic and cultural co-operation via land & sea by LI Hang, Project Manager Europe, YuXinOu Logistics Co. Ltd

TAF 2018 Cao Jianjun – Tianjin & OBOR

Parallel break-out sessions – 2nd round
China’s Belt & Road Initiative: Improving economic and cultural co-operation via land & sea by CAO Jianjun, Director Vice President of Tianjin Binhai New Area Investment Promotion Bureau

TAF 2018 Hanno Reeser – Essers – NSWL Green Coldchain Solution

Parallel break-out sessions – 2nd round
China’s Belt & Road Initiative: Improving economic and cultural co-operation via land & sea by Hanno Reeser, Business unit manager, Essers Transport Company

TAF 2018 Kurt Wang – Sinnolabs – China beyond the ‘new normal’

Parallel break-out sessions – 2nd round
Global business in an era of (digital) innovation & new technologies by Kurt Wang , Director Sinnolabs

TAF 2018 Claudia Vernotti – What’s in in for Europe

Parallel break-out sessions – 2nd round
Global business in an era of (digital) innovation & new technologies by Claudia Vernotti, director ChinaEU

TAF 2018 Zhang Yansheng – NDRC

Panel discussion on the impact of sustainable innovation on international business cooperation:
Introduction by ZHANG Yansheng, secretary general of the Academic Committee of China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)

TAF 2018 Barbara Stelzner – DJI

Business case testimonial : DJI – a Chinese company leading its field with best-in-class technology
Dr Barbara Stelzner, Corporate Communication Director, DJI Europe