Tentative Program Schedule, (Version 2, 20 February 2017)

Monday, 8 May 2017

Time

Agenda item

Comments

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:15

Welcome Address

Prof. Yang Yao, Dean, National School of Development, PKU

09:15 – 09:30

Opening and introduction to the workshop
Dr. Barbara Becker
Director Global Transformation Affairs, ETH Global, ETH Zürich

09:30 – 10:00

IARU member updates, Part 1
New developments concerning Global Transformation (5 min each)

-        The University of Tokyo

-        University of California, Berkeley

-        University of Copenhagen

-        University of Cape Town

-        ETH Zurich

Updates by core members

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:00

IARU member presentations, Part 2

-        National University of Singapore

-        University of Cambridge

-        University of Oxford (tentative)

-        Australian National University

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Contributions tbc

11:00 – 12:00

New-structural economics and China’s development with its implications to developing countries
Prof. Justin Lin, Honorary Dean, National School of Development, PKU

Monday, 8 May 2017, contd.

Time

Agenda item

Comments

14:00 – 15:30

Global Transformation in IARU activities, Part 1

Discussion of workplan for PM 2018

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00

Global Transformation in IARU activities, Part 2

Joint activities
Conclusions and topics for Day 2

Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Time

Agenda item

Comments

09:00 – 09:10

Re-cap of Day 1

09:10 – 09:30

Presentation on Chinese economy
Prof. Yang Yao, Dean, National School of Development, PKU

09:30 – 10:00

China and Africa’s economic cooperation and poverty reduction
Prof. Miaojie Yu, Deputy Dean, National School of Development

Contribution from the African perspective still tbc

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00

Joint activities and workplan

12:00 – 12:15

Synthesis of the workshop: Recommendations for SOM 2017

12:15 – 12:30

Next steps and fare-well

12:30

End of meeting