Time: 15:00-18:15

Venue: Bill Gallagher Room, 2nd Floor, Sandton Convention Centre

Theme: Upholding Multilateralism, Promoting Innovation in Global Governance

Session I (15:00-16:30)

Chair: Wang Gangyi, Vice President, China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration

Speakers (8 min each)

Vladimir Davydov, Senior Research Fellow, Russian Academy of Sciences

Prof. Sydney Mufamadi, Director, School of Leadership, University of Johannesburg

Prof. Han Qingxiang, Party School of the CPC Central Committee

Srikanth Kondapalli，Chairman, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Prof. Paulo Borba Casella, Public International Law at the University of Sao Paulo Law School, Brazil

Boris Guseletov, Senior Research Fellow, The Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

Madhu Bhalla, Editor, India Quarterly, Indian Council of World Affairs

Free Discussion

Tea Break (16:30-16:45)

Sessions II (16:45-18:15)

Chair: Prof. Evandro Menezes de Carvalho, Director, Getulio Vargas Foundation (Fundao Getulio Vargas)

Speakers (8 min each)

Qi Zhenhong, President, China Institute of International Studies

Prof. Simon Roberts, School of Economic, University of Johannesburg

Eduardo Gulart Monteiro, Independent Researcher, Attorney and Consultant, Brazil

Wang Linggui, Executive Vice Chairman, National Institute for Global Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Prof. Irina Yarygina, University of Finance under the Government of the Russian Federation

Pan Jiahua, Director, Institute for Urban & Environmental Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Dmitry N. Baryshnikov, Senior Lecturer, School of International Relations, Saint- Petersburg State University, Russia

Ricardo Ginicolo Bacelette, Researcher, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil

Free Discussion