Time: 15:00-18:15

Venue: Boardroom 5, 2nd Floor, Sandton Convention Centre

Theme: Consolidating Exchange and Mutual Learning Mechanisms, Sharing Experiences in Global Governance

Session I (15:00-16:30)

Chair: Prof. Zhang Weiwei, Dean, China Institute, Fudan University

Speakers (8 min each)

Aparajita Biswas, President, African Studies Association of India

Ms. Febe Potgieter-Gqubule, Advisor to the Former Chairperson of the African Union Commission

Dong Qing, Director General, Department of International Affairs, Chinese Academy of Governance

Prof. Sreemati Chakrabarti, University of Delhi and Institute of Chinese Studies

Prof. Marcos Ferreira da Costa Lima, Federal University of Pernambuco –UFPE/ Institute of Asian Studies, Brazil

Aravind Yelery, Deputy Director, India Institute for Chinese Studies

Prof. Dai Yonghong, Institute of South Asia Studies, Sichuan University, China

Free Discussion

Tea Break (16:30-16:45)

Sessions II (16:45-18:15)

Chair: Prof. Sreemati Chakrabarti, University of Delhi and Institute of Chinese Studies

Speakers (8 min each)

Prof. Zhang Weiwei, Dean, China Institute, Fudan University

Ms. Thandeka Gqubule, Chief Economist, South African Broadcasting Corporation 

José Romero Pereira Júnior, Researcher, Institute for Applied Economic Research 

Yu Yunquan, Deputy Director, Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies 

Prof. Sergio Veleso, Brasil BRICS Policy Center

Wang Lei, Director, BRICS Cooperation Center, Beijing Normal University

Prof. Mahendra Prasad Lama, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 

Free Discussion