Theme: Iran, China and the World under the Pandemic: Prospects and Scenarios

Time: Wednesday April 29 at 14:00-16:00 local time (17:30-19:30 BJT) via Skype.

Sponsor: Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS)

AGENDA:

Moderator: Saeed KHATIBZADEH, Vice-President for Research, Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS)

14:00 - 14:20 : Opening remarks by

Kazem SAJJADPOUR, President of the IPIS;

Reza ZABIB, Director General for Asia and Pacific, Iran’s MFA;

CHANG Hua, Ambassador of People Republic of China to Iran;

Mohammad KESHAVARZZADEH, Ambassador of the I. R. of Iran to China;

14:20 - 15:05 - Inputs by speakers with the following order:

RONG Ying, Vice President of Chinese Institute of International Studies (CIIS);

WANG Wen, Executive Dean of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY);

Nasser HADIAN, Professor, University of Tehran;

Kayhan BARZEGAR, Director, Center for Middle East Strategic Studies;

WU Bingbing, Senior Research fellow at Peking University's Institute for International and Strategic Studies (IISS-PKU);

Ali KHOSHROO, Former Iran’s PR to the UN;

15:05 - 15:45 – Comment and Moderated Q&A

YANG Chenxi, Research fellow of Chinese Institute of International Studies (CIIS);

LI Zixin, Research fellow of Chinese Institute of International Studies (CIIS);

YAO Jinxiang, Research fellow of Chinese Institute of International Studies (CIIS);

15:45 - 16:00 - Closing remarks