Programme

 

Venue: Hotel Russell, Russell Square, London WC1B 5BE

 

8.30 onwards: registration

 

9.30-10.00: Opening remarks: BICC, China and the UK

Frank N. Pieke, Robert Bickers, William Callahan, Directors BICC

 

10.00-11.00: The world’s workshop

Chair: Professor William Callahan, University of Manchester

Confirmed speakers include: Eugene Chang, China-Britain Business Council, Professor Shaun Breslin, University of Warwick, Will Hutton, The Work Foundation

 

11.00-11.30 Coffee

 

11.30-12.30: A new hegemon?

Chair: Professor William Callahan

Confirmed speakers include: Professor Rosemary Foot, University of Oxford, Professor Roderick MacFarquhar, Harvard University, Rod Wye, FCO

 

12.30-1.30: Lunch

 

1.30-3.15: Population, resources and the environment

Chair: Dr Frank Pieke, University of Oxford

Confirmed speakers include: Dr Zhao Baige, Vice-Minister, Population and Family Planning Commission, PRC, Professor Susan Greenhalgh, UC Irvine, Sir Crispin Tickell, University of Oxford, Jennifer Holdaway, Social Science Research Council, US

 

3.15-3.45: Tea

 

3.45-5.30: The new social and political order: socialism, neoliberalism, nationalism?

Chair: Professor Robert Bickers, University of Bristol

Confirmed speakers include: Kerry Brown, Chatham House, Professor Christine Wong, University of Washington, Professor Vivienne Shue, University of Oxford, Professor Joshua Fogel, York University (Canada)

 

6.00-7.00 Reception

 

7.00-9.00 Dinner