The Belt and Road Dialogue

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1 The Belt and Road Dialogue Presented by Euro-China Knowledge Community of Antwerp Management School At the exclusive campus of the The China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong (CELAP) China has a plan for the future global economics: The Belt and Road (B&R) Do you have a plan as well? The Euro-China Knowledge Community of Antwerp Management School in cooperation with three outstanding partners from Germany, Italy and Kazachstan has put up a highly exclusive 3 days-workshop focussing on the ongoing implementation of B&R with the goal of exploring this initiative in a welcoming forum. It will take place on the campus of the China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong in Shanghai, China (CELAP) from October 29 th through November 1 st, 2017, and will feature a selection of Chinese and European speakers and important B&R stakeholders, as well as esteemed European peers.

2 The Belt & Road Dialogue As the head of an international, forward-looking company, you may have heard about China s One Belt One Road, now called the Belt and Road, or B&R economic initiative. Launched in 2013, B&R seeks to strengthen the strong historical ties between China and Europe that have existed since the days of the Silk Route. Taking the economic and social impact of China s momentous New Silk Route concept into consideration has now become a crucial aspect of the strategic planning carried out by many international companies and organizations, with fundamental concepts such as openness, cooperation and risk management providing a strong basis for mutual Euro-China market success. The challenge for today s global business leaders is how exactly to match China s macro-level economic goals to wise corporate planning at the level of the individual company. The B&R initiative is co-creating global flows, which exceed the geographical boundaries of the old Silk Route. Physical global supply chains, trade routes and infrastructure are only one part of the story as virtual global flows of finance, data, and services offer new opportunities for businesses, but also the challenge of matching different platforms and networks to link China and Asia with Europe and the rest of the world. We invite Chinese government officials, industry experts, leaders of Chinese SOE s involved in B&R projects and leaders of the Chinese new champions of the digital era to share their insights and engage in a dialogue with you on the upcoming B&R business opportunities: - What does China s government have in mind as B&R becomes more influential in the coming years and which concrete projects and investments are there in the pipeline? What sectors does China find the most interesting for future economic cooperation? - What are leaders of large SOE s companies, leading Chinese entrepreneurs and investors involved with B&R projects seeking for, and how to cooperate with them? How is innovation, digitization and the new economy playing a role within the B&R and which new opportunities for China- Europe co-operations are rising? - What do industry experts, knowledgeable in both Europe and China, have to say about the B&R? - How can your company or organization become a node in the B&R network and connect to the most important hubs and stakeholders to create opportunities? Introduce your company and elaborate your interest and plan for co-operation

3 The Program Sunday, October 29, 2017 Arrival and Welcome at the CELAP campus. You are welcome to arrive and check-in at the CELAP campus; enjoy this green oasis in the middle of the World s Metropolis Shanghai. Take a rest, a swim in the Olympic pool or a walk through the park, or even a taiji initiation class and get ready for a unique experience! Introduction to CELAP by Harry Liu and kick-off by Antwerp Management School (AMS) and the ECC expert team of AMS

4 Day 1: Monday, October 30, 2017 WHAT? THE B&R PROJECTS & INVESTMENTS China Leading the Asian Century China s Key Regions: strategic plans under the B&R Initiatives; China s Free Trade Zones; Investments within the upcoming ASEAN countries and other developing regions in the world Visit and Workshop at the Port of Shanghai How does one of the largest ports in the world organize for B&R? An experiential journey into Shanghai Port s B&R story and future vision, followed by keynotes from its stakeholders, partners and associates. Keynotes from main B&R Chinese government agencies such as the AIIB (Asian Infrastructure and Development Bank), Chinese Ports and main SOE s leaders such as COSCO, CCCC, Shanghai Port leaders and Shanghai Maritime University Experts, and other Chinese leading logistics players such as SF Express. Facilitation by Prof. Dr. Paul Matthyssens, Dean of Antwerp Management School (AMS), the ECC expert team of AMS and CELAP Welcome Dinner hosted by CELAP

5 Day 2: Tuesday, October 31 HOW: Doing Business along the B&R Routes Opportunities for European companies B&R & the Global Flows: The Goods Trade & Logistics, The Digital Silk Road & The Financial Flows Keynotes by Chinese Champions and Global players: Chinese main banks (e.g. ICBC, China Merchants Bank, etc.), Alibaba, Ants Finance, DJI, Huawei, BYD, Chinese Real Estate Investment Group (Fosun, Wanda, etc) B&R Opportunities for Europe Upcoming Trade B&R Routes, Transportation & Economic Hubs: Eurasia, CEE, Western Europe Cases presented by European, Eurasian and Chinese Experts such as prof. Theo Notteboom, experts from Beijing Jiaotong, Univ. Nazarbayev Univ., CEE China Expert, EU representatives Europe s Industry 4.0, Made in China 2025 and The Platform Economy Cross-borders Opportunities for industry, Research & Innovation in Manufacturing & Services industry Keynote by Professor Olaf Plötner, Dean European School of Management & Technology, professor CELAP: From plan to realization. Chinese-European cooperation using the example of the strategic partnership between Weichai and KION ; Cases presented by European-Chinese companies & alliances: Finance (Chinese co-invested start-up in Blockchain finance), Services Start-up HR tech in Asia, BGI, WeChat & Platform Economy expert Matthew Brennan, Mr. Gao Feng, founder CEO Little Star, etc. Networking Dinner: European Group Invited Chinese and European entrepreneurs and officials

6 Day 3: Wednesday, November 1 What about your company? From idea to plan! A half day concluding workshop where you are offered the unique chance of pitching your own company and future vision towards a selected public of Chinese and European B&R stakeholders and investors. Participants presentations and group discussions, facilitated by the AMS team; CELAP and other Chinese and European government officials, Investors and leaders from B&R stakeholders will witness the presentations. Closing Ceremony & Networking Lunch Venue: CELAP

7 Speakers* & Facilitators (*To be further completed. Please check our webpage: for the latest updates of the program) PROF. DR. PAUL MATTHYSSENS, Dean of Antwerp Management School, Belgium Paul Matthyssens is the Dean of Antwerp Management School and Professor of Global Strategic Management at the University of Antwerp and at AMS. He received the best FTM teacher award at AMS in He is a guest professor at DTU Business in Lyngby (DK) and Fordham University (US). Dr. Matthyssens published about 100 articles in top academic journals such as Journal of Management Studies, Strategic Organization, Industrial Marketing Management, Long Range Planning, Technovation, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing and Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management. Matthyssens research interest covers business and industrial marketing, value-innovation, international strategy and purchasing strategy. Matthyssens used to be a member of the Industry Council of the Flemish Minister-President ( ). He serves on the editorial boards of many international journals and advises companies and trains managers of companies such as ERIKS EU/USA, SD Worx, Roche, Fabricom-Suez, Asco, Barco, SKF, Proximus, Atlas Copco, Finmeccanica, and Oiltanking. He advises sector federations in Belgium and The Netherlands on industry convergence and transition, and supports the provincial authorities of Antwerp on their industrial policy and on their business incubation centres. PROF DR. OLAF PLOETNER, Dean of Executive Education of ESMT, Germany Olaf Plötner is the dean of Executive Education at ESMT. He joined ESMT as one of the first faculty members and managing director of ESMT Customized Solutions GmbH in Olaf's current research and teaching focus on strategic management, industrial market management, and sales management in global B2B markets. His work is reflected in his most recent book Counter Strategies in Global Markets, published by Palgrave Macmillan, Springer, and SDX Shanghai. His research has been portrayed in journals such as Industrial Marketing Management and Journal of Business and Industrial Marking as well as in leading international media such as CNN, Wall Street Journal, Times of India, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, China Daily Europe, and Financial Times. Olaf is a visiting professor at Darden School of Business, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and CELAP Shanghai. Olaf also worked as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in Frankfurt and as a director at Siemens AG in Boston.

8 The Organizers Antwerp Management School Euro-China Knowledge Community The Euro-China Knowledge Community (ECKC) is a competence center at Antwerp Management School that aims to bridge innovative and sustainable business models between Chinese and European organizations. The ECKC brings together scholars and enterprises from both Europe and China to form a knowledge-driven hub focused on expertise exchange, best practices and case studies related to the internationalization of Chinese companies as well as increased investment and entrepreneurship between China and Europe. The ECKC offers education programs, research projects and expert advice, building on the extensive expertise in management education and state-of-the-art knowledge of Antwerp Management School. Among the contributions of the ECKC are the bi-annual report Euro-China Investment Report (2011, 2013, 2015 ) presented at the Antwerp Forum event, and the European Commission-sponsored Understanding China program (in cooperation with CELAP). The latter initiative trained more than 90 China experts across the EU. The European House Ambrosetti The European House Ambrosetti is a professional Group, operating since 1965, which has grown significantly over the years, thanks also to the contributions of many of its Partners, developing numerous activities in Italy, Europe and the rest of the world. Today the Group has five offices in Italy and many abroad, in addition to other partnerships around the world. What distinguishes it is its ability to provide support to companies in the integrated and synergic management of the four critical aspects of value-creating processes: Seeing, Planning, Achieving and Optimizing. For over 50 years we have been working alongside Italian businesses and each year we provide consulting to about 400 clients, including more than one hundred strategic scenarios and studies aimed at Italian and European institutions and companies, and around seventy governance pacts for family-run businesses. In addition, each year about 2,000 Italian and international experts are involved in the 300 events we organize for over 10,000 managers whom we follow in their personal and professional paths to growth. The Group vaunts an invaluable international network of contacts on the highest level in the sectors in which it operates, including top-level decision-makers within multinational institutions and on an individual country level. For

9 the fourth consecutive year, the European House Ambrosetti has been nomicated in the Best Private Think Tanks category the No. 1 Think Tank in Italy, ranking in the European top ten and ranking in the World top on-hundred independent out of 6,846 thinks tanks globally, in the University of Pennsylvania 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. European School of Management and Technology ESMT Berlin was founded by 25 leading global companies and institutions. The international business school offers a full-time MBA, an executive MBA, a master s in management, as well as open enrollment and customized executive education programs. ESMT focuses on three main topics: leadership and social responsibility, European competitiveness, and the management of technology. ESMT faculty publishes in top academic journals. Additionally, the business school provides an interdisciplinary platform for discourse between politics, business, and academia. The business school is based in Berlin, Germany, with Scholss Gracht as an additional location near Cologne. ESMT is a private business school with the right to grant PhDs and is accredited by the German state, AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS, and FIBAA. The Nazarbayev University Business School Nazarbayev University is a key component of the national innovation system, and thus its goal is to develop outstanding professionals, leaders and citizens who will become drivers of social progress and economic development in Kazakhstan in the 21st century. In its short existence, our university has earned a great reputation. Innovations in teaching and technology, adoption of best practices through partnerships with leading universities from around the world, an outstanding physical infrastructure and students strong academic performance are some of the elements that make our university unique. In line with the University s goal, our mission at the Graduate School of Business is to make a positive impact on society by developing the next generation of business leaders in Kazakhstan and Central Asia through our MBA and Executive Education Programs; and by creating and disseminating impactful knowledge and insights through business research.

10 Venue: CELAP development. The program will be held at The China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong Campus, located in Shanghai, which is China s national institution for leadership training and development, and it is approved and administrated by the Central Committee of CPC and the State Council. CELAP S target participants include senior and mid-level Party and government officials, high-level business executives (mainly from top SOE s), senior professionals, diplomats and military officers. CELAP s topics of interest include economic, political, cultural, social and ecological Website: For additional information and registration, please contact: Dora Munteanu Director Euro-China Center dorinela.munteanu@ams.ac.be Janet Zhou Project Manager, Euro-China Center Tel.: janet.zhou@ams.ac.be