09:00-09:45 

Registration and Welcome Coffee  

09:00 

Exhibit Area Opens  

Morning Plenaries  

09:45 

Welcome Greetings  

Moderator: Prof. Dafna Schwartz 

Department of Business Administration 

Chair, Bengis Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management at BGU 

· Prof. Rivka Carmi, President, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev  

· Prof. Li Yuanyun, President, Jilin University, China 

· Ambassador Zhan Yongxin, Chinese Ambassador to Israel (TBC) 

· Mr. Arnold Bengis, Founder, Bengis Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management at BGU   

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)  

· Prof. ZviHacohen, Rector, BGU  

· Prof. Zheng Li, Vice Dean, School of Economics, Jilin University 

10:35 

Keynote Speeches  

Moderator: Prof. Tsvi Vinig, University of Amsterdam Business School 

Demographics, Technological Entrepreneurship and the Future of China 

Prof. Dan Shechtman 

2011 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry  

Mr. Changzhi Chen 

National Chairman of the China Democratic National Construction Association (TBC) 

Mr. Avi Hasson 

Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy, Israel 

12:10 

Lunch and Visiting the Exhibit Hall – Research Poster Presentations 

Afternoon Parallel Sessions  

14:00 

Welcome:  

Prof. OdedLowengart (TBC) 

Dean, Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, BGU  

14:15 

(15:45 – Coffee Break) 

Academic Sessions 

Business Sessions  

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Experience and Challenges   

(Two rooms) 

Innovation in Health  services 

China-Israel Collaboration, Past Experience and Future Potential, in collaboration  

Cleantech and Agrotech  

(Agriculture and Agro-technology, Environment and Energy, Water and Waste Water Treatment, environmental pollution etc.) 

18:00 

Conference End  

Depart  University for Dinner  

18:30 

Dinner  (by invitation only)   

Keynote Speaker – TBD