CONFERENZA INTERNAZIONALE “ALONG THE SILK ROADS”
10-11 luglio 2016
Venezia. Fondazione Giorgio Cini. Isola S.Giorgio Maggiore
Si è tenuta a Venezia, il 10 e 11 luglio 2016, la Conferenza internazionale “Along The Silk Roads”, “Lungo la Via della Seta”.
Organizzata da Fondazione per la Collaborazione tra i Popoli, Autorità Portuale di Venezia e Nankai University (Center for the SILK ROAD STUDIES), con il supporto di Binhai New Area (Special Economic Zone in Tianjin), in cooperazione con TWAI, Center For Mediterranean Area Studies e Università Ca’ Foscari, la conferenza ha riunito a Venezia, presso la Fondazione Giorgio Cini nell’Isola di S.Giorgio Maggiore, esperti e rappresentanti delle istituzioni e della politica di tutta l’area euro-asiatica.
Introdotta dal Presidente Romano Prodi e dal Presidente dell’Autorità Portuale di Venezia Paolo Costa vi hanno partecipato il Ministro degli Esteri, Paolo Gentiloni, e delle Infrastrutture Graziano Delrio, il Ministro dei Trasporti austriaco Jörg Leichtfried, il Ministro russo per l’Integrazione euroasiatica Tatiana Valovaya oltre ad esponenti di diverse istituzioni e think thank di Cina, Asia ed Europa.
Le diverse tavole rotonde, organizzate con brevi interventi degli speaker e dibattiti tra gli ospiti in stile “Aspen”, hanno affrontato il tema del la realizzazione della nuova Via della Seta di cui il porto di Venezia è indicato come terminale occidentale europeo.
La politica della “One Belt One Road” (OBOR), annunciata dal Presidente Xi Jinping a settembre 2013, muterà gli equilibri economici e strategici tra Asia e Europa e porterà i suoi riflessi fino all’Africa.
“One Belt, One Road” riunisce in un’unica iniziativa ingenti investimenti nelle ferrovie, nelle infrastrutture marittime ma prevede anche investimenti non necessariamente infrastrutturali. La nuova Via della Seta pone, infatti, importanti sfide e offre grandi opportunità sia per la Cina che per l’Europa ma per essere davvero efficace si rendono necessarie comprensione reciproca e piena cooperazione tra le due Parti. Gli esperti hanno affrontato sia la “visione cinese” sia quella “europea” con l’obiettivo di individuare soluzioni per tutelare gli investimenti nelle infrastrutture ma anche per valutare il complesso impatto economico della nuova Via della Seta in termini commerciali e di competitività dei Paesi che ne saranno toccati.
Sunday, July 10th 2016
16. 00 Registration and Welcome
16. 30 Welcome Addresses
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Chair: Romano Prodi – President, Foundation for World Wide Cooperation
Zhao Jianguo – President, Standing Committee of Tianjin Binhai People’s Congress (Minister)
Xue Jinwen – Chancellor, Nankai University (V. Minister)
Michele Bugliesi – Chancellor, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Paola Mar – Council Member for Tourism, City of Venice
17.10 Institutional Presentations
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Shan Zefeng – Vice Governor, Tianjin Binhai
Elisa De Berti – Regional Minister for Transport and Infrastructure
Lu Wei – President, Tianjin Port (Minister)
Paolo Costa – President, Venice Port Authority
18.00 Opening Remarks
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Chair: Romano Prodi – President, Foundation for World Wide Cooperation
Alain Baron – Head of the International Transport Sector (DG MOVE), European Commission
Hossein Malaek – Deputy Head for Foreign Policy Research Center (CSR) and Former Ambassador to China
Tatiana Valovaya – Minister of Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission
Paolo Gentiloni – Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Signature of a cooperation Memorandum of understanding Binhai (Tianjin) and City of Venice
Signature of a cooperation Memorandum of understanding Tianjin Port and Venice Port Authority
Monday, July 11th 2016
09.00 Registration, Welcome Coffee and Photo Opportunities
09.30 Opening Session – Panel 1: General Geopolitical Scenario
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Chair: Jia Qingguo – Director, School of International Studies Peking University
Giovanni Andornino – Vice President, Torino World Affairs Institute
Giorgio Cuscito – Limes
Enrico Fardella – Professor, Peking University / CMAS
Ashraf Jehangir Qazi – Pakistan Ambassador
11.00 Panel 2: European Opportunities and Challenges
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Chair: Renzo Cavalieri – Professor, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Danielle Elisseeff – Académie des sciences d’outre-mer, Paris
Luigi Gambardella – President of ChinaEU, Board Member Executive Board ETNO, European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association
Andrea Goldstein – CEO, Nomisma Bologna
Alexander Van de Putte – Board Member, National Investment Corporation of the National Bank of Kazakhstan and Professor of Strategic Foresight, IE Business School, Madrid
12.15 Panel 3: Asian Opportunities and Challenges
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Chair: Fu Jing – China Daily Brussels
Huang Baifu – Representative, People’s Liberation Army
Alistar Crooke – Security Specialist Middle East
Gao Jian – Vice Chairman of China One Road One Belt(OBOR) Research Center and Former Vice Governor of China Development Bank, Former Chairman of China Africa Fund
Mohsen Shariatinia – Senior Research Fellow, Center for Strategic Research, Teheran
Niu Xinchun – Head of CICIR Delegation
13.30 Lunch Break
14.30 Panel 4: OBOR Networks
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Chair: Paolo Costa – President, Venice Port Authority
Mikhail Goncharov – Adviser to the President of Russian Federation – JSC Russian Railways
Hercules Haralambides – Professor, Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam
Robert Kredig – Advisor to the Executive Board, OBB Holding AG
Olaf Merk – Administrator Ports and Shipping, International Transport Forum (ITF) at OECD
Marco Pluijm – Innovator and Specialist Port and Coastal Infrastructure
Lu Wei – President, Tianjin Port (Minister)
16.00 Concluding Round Table
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Chair: David Gosset – Founder, Euro-China Forum, CEIBS
Shaukat Aziz – Former PM Pakistan
Pat Cox – Former President, European Parliament – European Coordinator for the TEN-T Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor, European Commission
Piero Fassino – President, CeSPI
Kairat Kelimbetov – Governor, Astana International Financial Centre
Enrico Letta – Former PM Italy
17.30 Conclusion and Final Remarks
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Jörg Leichtfried – Austrian Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology
Graziano Delrio – Italian Minister of Transport and Infrastructure
Romano Prodi – President, Foundation for World Wide Cooperation
18.30 End of the Conference
