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Launching Conference of the EU-China Year of Intercultural Dialogue

• Location: Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR), Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels
  Start: 08:45  |  End: 18:00
  Organisers: DG Education and Culture, European Commission 2 February 2012
  OPEN REGISTRATION: http://yicd.teamwork.fr, password: conference
  
  The Launching Conference of the EU-China Year of Intercultural Dialogue aims at illustrating the promotion of mutual understanding between the EU and China, through cooperation projects supported by the European Commission. The conference will gather stakeholders from Member States and from China, including policy-makers, artists, intellectuals and cultural institutions.

  Programme:

  08.45-09.30	Registration and welcome coffee
  09.30-10.15	Opening session Discussion between artists Mr Luc Tuymans, Belgium and Mr RongRong, China (moderated by Mr Paul Dujardin, CEO and Artistic Director of Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels)
  10.15-11.15	Cross EU-China perceptions Chinese Views of the EU: Mr Richard Pascoe, consultant and former director of China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham EU perspective on China: Mrs Ingrid d'Hooghe, researcher,The Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' EU-China Cultural Compass: Mrs Joanna Burke, British Council, China Director, Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy in Beijing

  11.15-17.45
  EU-China cooperation in the fields of culture, education and youth How culture, youth, multilingualism and other projects can contribute to a better knowledge and understanding between Europeans and Chinese citizens:
  
  

  11.15-12.00	Cooperation in the cultural sector Mrs Susan Whitfield, Director of the International Dunhuang Project, The British Library Mr Bertram Müller, President, European Dancehouse Network Mr Pun Siu-fai, Artistic Director, Guangdong Modern Dance Company Questions and Answers
  12.00-12.30	Short movies
  12.30-14.00	Walking lunch
  14.00-14.50	Intercultural learning Mrs Allison Dunne, consultant, "EU-China Student and Academic Staff Mobility" (GHK study) Mrs Raya Stanachkova, KU TU Ltd, "Mission Possible: Chinese for Europeans" Questions and Answers
  14.50-15.30	Youth and entrepreneurship Mr Adam Purvis, initiator of Power of Youth Mr Rao Jin, CEO of April Media, China Questions and Answers
  15.30-16.00	Coffee break
  16.00-17.45	Cooperation in the field of creative and cultural industries
  16.00-16.30	Keynote speeches: Pr. Chengyu Xiong, National Research Centre for Cultural Industries in Tsinghua University Mr Philippe Kern, consultant, KEA
  16:30-17:00	Film distribution: Mrs Sabrina Baracetti, President, Udine Asian Film Festival Mr Gary Mak, Managing Director, Broadway Cinematheque, China
  17:00-17:45	Publishing: Mrs Marie-Christine Vacher, senior publisher, Actes Sud Mrs Isabelle Rabut, translator and professor of modern Chinese literature at INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales), Paris Mrs Jo Lusby, Managing Director, Penguin China
  17.45-18.00	Closing remarks

  Mr Jan Truszczyński, Director General for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, European Commission