CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

• Conference Programme in English
• Conference Programme in Chinese

Day 1 (Friday, October 4^th 2013):

Time	Description	Place
18:00–19:00	Gathering of participants and registration	Ljubljana City Museum
19:00–19:30	Welcome greetings by CI LJ director (Voljč), CI LJ Chinese director (Chen Jian), CI Vienna director (Trappl), CI Zagreb (Jurak)	Ljubljana City Museum
19:30–20:00	Short cultural programme (music)	Ljubljana City Museum
20:00–22:00	Short tour of the exhibition about the oldest wheel in the world (5200 years old from Slovenia) – participants organized in 3 groups Wine, finger food and networking	Ljubljana City Museum

Day 2 (Saturday, October 5^th 2013):

8:00	Pick-up with BUS at City Hotel and transfer to SEB LU	City Hotel (Ljubljana centre)
8:00–9:00	Conference registration (whole day from 8am to 5pm)	School of Economics and Business (SEB LU), room P-108
9:00–9:05	Introduction (Moderators: Matevž Rašković, Saša Istenič)	SEB LU, Mobitel hall
9:05–9:15	Opening speech by Minister for education, science and sport (Jernej Pikalo, PhD)	SEB LU, Mobitel hall
9:15–9:25	Greeting by H.E. the Ambassador of PRC (Mr. Zhang)	SEB LU, Mobitel hall
9:25–9:35	Greeting by president of Ljubljana University (prof. Svetlik)	SEB LU, Mobitel hall
9:35–9:40	Greeting by SUIBE assistant to president (prof. Qing)	SEB LU, Mobitel hall
9:40-9:45	Greeting by BFSU dean (dr. Zhao Gang)	SEB LU, Mobitel hall
9:45–9:50	Greeting by outgoing president of the CI Ljubljana board and outgoing SEB LU dean (prof. Mramor)	SEB LU, Mobitel hall
9:50–9:55	Greeting by CI Ljubljana director (Mrs. Voljč)	SEB LU, Mobitel hall
10:00–10:45	Keynote lecture by prof. Kerry Brown (Sydney University & ECRAN director): "China and EU: partners for growth in the next decade" (30min lecture + 15 min Q&As)	SEB LU, Mobitel hall
10:45–11:15	Coffee/tea break	SEB LU, mail lobby (ground floor)
11:15–13:00	Parallel sessions #1 (see detailed session program)	SEB LU, rooms on ground floor
13:00–14:00	Lunch (buffet style)	SEB LU, mail lobby (ground floor)
14:00–16:00	Parallel sessions #2 (see detailed session program)	SEB LU, rooms on ground floor
16:00–16:30	Coffee/tea break	SEB LU, mail lobby (ground floor)
16:30–18:30	Back to hotel to refresh	BUS: SEB LU – City hotel
18:30–19:30	Pick-up at City Hotel and short walk to Ljubljana city hall	Ljubljana City Hall
19:30–20:00	Funicular railway to Ljubljana castle	Ljubljana castle
20:00-22:00	Official conference dinner with cultural program	Ljubljana castle

Day 3 (Sunday, October 6^th 2013):

11:00–11:30	Information about publication opportunities for conference papers	SEB LU Senate room
11:30–12:30	Special speed networking coffee/tea break	SEB LU, mail lobby (ground floor)
12:30–13:30	Lunch (buffet style)	SEB LU, mail lobby (ground floor)
13:30–14:30	Transfer to lake Bled by BUS	In front of SEB LU
14:30–15:00	Arrival at lake Bled and bus tour around the lake	Lake Bled
15:00–16:00	Closing ceremony at Bled castle: Short speech by Danijela Voljč Short speech by Matevž Rašković Official photo Champagne	Bled castle
16:00–19:00	Participants can be transferred directly to Ljubljana by BUS, or have free time at lake Bled for sightseeing/dinner and depart for Ljubljana by another BUS at 19:30

Day 4 (Monday, October 7^th 2013):

10:00-12:00

Special ECRAN round table on China-CEE economic ties (panelists: Kerry Brown, Adrian Hern, Sylvia Hui, Marjan Svetlicic, Matevz Raskovic etc.) – sponsored by ECRAN and EU

SEB LU Senate room