Presidents' Forum, Monday 23 November

Hosted online by Politecnico di Milano and Xi’an Jiaotong University

Time 

9:00 am-12:00 pm CET Time/4:00-7:00 pm Beijing Time

Program

• 9:00-9:20 am, Opening

• Ferruccio Resta

Rector of Politecnico di Milano

• Shuguo Wang

President of Xi'an Jiaotong University

• 9:20-11:00 am, presidents' speeches

• University's missions  and roles in "security for society"

• How will the pandemic change or influence the future of universities? (The influence of the pandemic may be short or long term, and it is worthy of discussion...) 

• 11:00-12:00 am, keynote sessions on topic "Security for Society"

Speakers

Presidents

• Antonella Forlino, Pro-Rector Internationalization, University of Pavia

• Rongyu Li, Vice President (External Engagement), The University of Queensland

• Jiongtian Liu, President, Zhengzhou University

• Ehsan Mesbahi, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University of Wellington

• Akymbek Abdykalykov, Rector, Kyrgyz State University of construction, transportation and architecture named after N.Isanov

• Olga Yaroshenko, Vice-Rector for International Relations, South Ural State University

• Gensheng Li, Vice-President, China University of Petroleum 

• Ben Young, Vice President (Student and International Affairs), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• Hua Wang, Associate Dean, Emlyon business school, Dean Emlyon business school Asia 

• Nikolay D. Rogalev, Rector, National Research University “Moscow Power Engineering Institute” Chunhua Yan, President, Lanzhou University

• Edward Roekaert, President, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas

• Kurt Dirks, Executive Vice Chancellor of International Affairs, Washington University in St.Luis

Keynote speakers

• Neno Kukuric, Director of International Groundwater Resources Assessment Center (UNESCO)

       Groundwaters across the borders

• Youfa Wang, Distinguished Professor, Dean of Global Health Institute of Xi’an Jiaotong University

       Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and global health: challenges and opportunities

• Laura Pyrak-Nolte, President of InterPore (International Society for Porous Media)

       The role of porous media in security for society

How to Join

WebEx link:

https://politecnicomilano.webex.com/politecnicomilano/j.php?MTID=m8465b7ac234071a6169b8703e4ee2eed

Meeting number: 121 601 6876

Password: Forum2020

Attachment

UASR Presidents' Forum Agenda