Conference Portugal-China Conference: Economy, Education and Higher Education

14:45 - Opening Session

• Rector Professor José Bragança de Miranda
• Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Portugal, His Excellency Zhao Bentang

15:00 - Panel 1 - Portugal–China Economic Relations

• 15:00 - Ambassador António Martins da Cruz
• 15:15 - Professor Fernanda Ilhéu, President of the Friends of the New Silk Road Association
• 15:30 - Dr Y Ping Chow, President of the Portugal–China SMEs Chamber of Commerce
• 15:45 - Debate

Moderator: Professor Paulo Afonso B. Duarte (Deputy Director of the Master’s in International Relations at Lusófona University, Porto University Centre)

16:00 - Panel 2 - Education and Higher Education in Portugal and China

• 16:00 - Professor Isabel Babo, Vice-Rector for Internationalisation and Cooperation, Lusófona University
• 16:15 - Professor António Queirós, President of the Portugal–China Cooperation and Development Chamber
• 16:30 - Professor Bruno Nunes, Lawyer and Board Member of Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Macau
• 16:45 - Jorge Rangel, President of the International Institute of Macau

17:00 - Debate

• Moderator: Professor António Tavares, Director of the Master’s in International Relations, Lusófona University (Porto University Centre)

17:15 - Closing Session

• Professor José de Faria Costa, Director of the Faculty of Law and Political Science
• Professor Rui Albuquerque, Deputy Director of the Faculty of Law and Political Science