“Will China take the lead? … and what’s in it for Europe?” How striving for an innovative and sustainable economy will reinforce China’s global position.
Programme 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