Conference program

Day One-18th February

Inauguration Session: 21st Century; Big Powers and the Energy Issues
08:00-10:30

Islamic Republic of Iran’s National Anthem
Recitation of Verses from the Holy Quran

• Welcoming Address by the Conference Chairman
• Hamid Chitchian, Vice Minister of Power, Iran

    • Renewable Energies: Roles of Iran and China

• Liu Zhentang, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Tehran

    • Iran-China Relations and the World's Recent Developments

• Hossein Sadegh Abedin, Secretary of the High Council of Iran's Free Trade & Industrial
  Zones (IFTIZ), Iran

    • Iran & China Experiences in Free Trade Zones

• Gholamreza Manouchehri, Managing Director, PetroPars Co., Iran

    • PetroPars and Iran-China Energy Cooperation


Break
10:30-11:00


Session Two: Iran-China Economic Relations; Focus on Energy Issues
11:00-12:30

Chairman: Mohammad Hossein Adeli, Chairman of ‘Economic Trends’ Institute, Iran

Speakers:
• Mahmoud Vaezi, Member of the Board of Directors of NICO., Iran

    • Iran-China: Energy Security-Persian Gulf Security

• Cai Xiyuan, Vice President, Sinopec, China

    • Expansion of China-Iran Oil & Gas Cooperation for Mutual Benefits & Win-Win Situation

• Narsi Ghorban, Director of Research, International Institute for Caspian Studies, Iran

    • Iran & China; Opportunities in Oil & Gas Business



Lunch
12:30-16:00


Session Three: The 21st Century and New Energies
16:00-17:30

Chairman: Mohammad Homayoun Sadr Lahidjani, Deputy for Planning & Development of PetroPars, Iran

Speakers:
• Wu Lei, Professor of International Relations, Yunnan Province University, China

    • Iran and Its Strategic Role in China's Energy Security

• James Walsh, Principal Research Scientist, Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute
  of Technology (MIT), USA

    • Nuclear Energy: The World Demand & Supply

• Timo Hellenberg, Chairman of the Hellenberg Corp., Finland

    • European Union and Energy: From Passive Receiver towards Proactive Broker

• Ali Asghar Zareie, President of the International Institute for Energy Studies (IIES), Iran

    • Iran & China Cooperation Opportunities

• Mohammad Javad Omidvarnia, Senior Researcher of the International Institute for Caspian Studies, Iran

    • China’s Policy on Diversifying Its Energy Supplies: Implications for Iran
 


Q & A

17:30-18:00
 


Day Two-19th February

Session Four: Iran-China: Means of Energy Transportation
09:00-10:30

Chairman: Ali Madjedi, Former Deputy Foreign Minister, Iran

Speakers:
• Rokneddin Javadi, General Manager of National Iranian Gas Exports Co.(NIGEC), Iran

    • Iran’s Gas Exports and Its Market Opportunities in China

• Mohammad Souri, Chairman and Managing Director, National Iranian Tanker Co., Iran

    • NITC as the Topmost Tanker Operator of the Region

• Pierre Shammas, President of the APS Energy Group, Lebanon

    • The A to Z in LNG Business: The Challenges & Rewards for Iran & China

• Seyed Mahdi Hosseini, Vice Chairman of Sadra Group, Iran

    • Iran and China, the two sides of the coin

• Asadollah Maleknejad, Former Advisor to the Managing Director of NIGEC, Iran

    • Project risks and Mitigation in International Pipelines


 

Break
10:30-11:00
 


Session Five: Recent Global Trends & Impacts on the Oil & Gas Market
11:00-12:30

Chairman: Pierre Shammas, President of the APS Energy Group, Lebanon

Speakers:
• Yves Merer, Chairman, Shell Development Iran BV.

    • Shell Activities & Experiences in China: Opportunities for learning and Cooperation

• Bijan Khajehpour, Managing Director of Azar Energy, Iran

    • Iran’s Strategic Considerations in its East-ward Foreign Policy Orientation

• Farshad Tehrani, Director of Alfa Development and Engineering AS, Norway

    • Bilateral National Energy Agreement Iran/China and Challenges and Opportunities for "Iranian Content"



Lunch
12:30-16:00


Session Six: Iran-China Relationship: Asian Identity
16:00-17:30

Chairman: Sohrab Shahabi, Deputy Secretary General, Economic Cooperation Organization(ECO)

Speakers:
• Fereidun Verdinejad, Member of the Scientific Board of Tehran University & Former Ambassador of Iran to Beijing

    • China’s Growth Pattern

• Ali Khorram, Deputy for International Affairs of the High Council of Iran's Free Trade & Industrial Zones (IFTIZ), Iran

    • Asian Identity: An Incentive for Cooperation between China, Iran and India

• Pari Namazie, Managing Director of Atieh Roshan, Iran

    • Where East meets East: Cross Cultural Opportunities and Challenges between China and Iran


 

Closing Session: The Dawn of Strategic Cooperation between Iran and China
17:30-18:30
 

• Ali Akbar Velayati, Advisor to The Eminent Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran

    • Iran and China: The New Season for Cooperation

• Conclusion Remarks by Abbas Maleki, General Manager, PetroPars Institute for Oil & Gas