Guests from all over the world have been invited to this forum to discuss around "collaboration".

Over 100 heavy-hitters from upwards of 30 countries will engage into seven high-end dialogues and four parallel forums on such topics as strategies for women and children’s health, anti-poverty and social governance, youth development, social influence investment, green cooperation, foundation industry governance and cooperation, charity and social services by Chinese people at home and abroad and “Belt and Road”, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and international social organizations.

Five Closed Door Round Tables:

Strategic Cooperation of Chinese Social Work

Building of Academic Mechanism and Committee

Community of Shared Future for Mankind: Philanthropy and Social Services Collaborative Groups Mechanism

Community of Shared Future for Mankind: Philanthropy and Social Services Collaborative Groups Mechanism

Social Organization Collaborations of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Countries

Speeches by hosts

Speech by state leader

Issue certificates for consultants and partnership by hosts

High-level Dialogue 1: Education, Health and Philanthropy

Moderator: 

Qiu Yong (TBC), President, Tsinghua University

Round Table Discussion: 

Julia Eileen Gillard, Chairman, Global Partnership for Education, Former PM of Australia 

Helle Thorning-Schmidt, President, Save the Children, Former PM of Denmark

Li Wei, Director, China State Council Development Research Center; Director, China International Development Knowledge Center

High-level Dialogue 2: Sustainable Development Goal and Philanthropy

Moderator: 

David Arnold, President, Asia Foundation

Round Table Discussion:

Minister of Republic of Malawi

Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

Leon Guo, Senior Vice President, Tencent Holdings Limited; Chairman, Tencent Foundation

High-level Dialogue 3: Philanthropy and Social Service Collaboration along the Belt and Road

Moderator:

Hu Sishe, Vice President, CPAFFC

Panel Discussion:

Wang Ming (TBC), Dean, Institute for Philanthropy, Tsinghua University

Allen Choate, Former Executive Vice President, Asia Foundation

Norbert Hsu,  Regional Leader/ Vice President, East Asia Region, World Vision International

Shazia Maqsood Amjad, Executive Director, Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy , Pakistan

High-level Dialogue 4: Diaspora Philanthropy - The Case of Chinese Americans

Moderator:

He Jining, Vice Council President and Secretary General, Overseas Chinese Charity Foundation of China

Keynote Speech:

Shirley Young, Prominent Chinese American Entrepreneur and Cultural Ambassador; President, U.S.-China Cultural Institute; Co-founder & Governor, Committee of 100

Panel Discussion:

Howard Li, Chairman and CEO, Waitex International Co. Ltd. Former Director, United Way of New York City Regional Co-Chair of Greater China, Committee of 100

Roger Wang, Chairman & CEO, Golden Eagle International Group Philanthropist Board Director, Committee of 100

Walter Wang, President & CEO, JM Eagle Inc. Board Director, Formosa Plastics Group Founder, Walter and Shirley Wang Foundation Longtime Member, Committee of 100

Carter Tseng, Founder & CEO, Little Dragon Foundation Chinese American Scientist and Entrepreneur Longtime Member, Committee of 100

High-level Dialogue 5: Education and Prospect of Chinese Social Work

Guest Speech:

Gu Zhaoxi (TBC), Vice Minister, Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China

Session 1 Professional Training and Research, Talent Cultivation and Future Development of Chinese Social Work

1. What is the uniqueness of social work training and research in promoting public welfare and charity?

2. What contributions can social work training and research make? What role can it play?

3. How to find the entry point of social work training and research so that social work theory could develop to a higher level?

4. How to cultivate training and research talents in the field of social work to meet the challenges?

5. What resources can be provided in research to facilitate further cooperation with each other?

Moderator:

TBD

Round Table Discussion:

Lin Yixing, Chairperson and Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, the University of Hong Kong

Liu Qinglong, Vice Chairperson and Professor, Social Work Education Center, Tsinghua University

Chao Hsien Leu,  Chairperson and Professor, Department of Social Work, Tunghai University

Zhuang Minglian, Vice Chairperson and Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong; Founding President, Association for Social Work Education, Hong Kong

Session 2 Service Practice and Future Development of Chinese Social Work

1. How can social organizations effectively promote: 1.1 government communication and cooperation, especially the cooperation among the lower levels of governments including that with Health Bureau, Education Bureau etc. besides Civil Affairs Bureau; 1.2 service agencies cooperation geographically and regionally; 1.3 cross-cultural and interethnic social work service cooperation and communication

2. How to explore and develop service programs and methods which could both accommodate to host countries and Chinese people?

3. How to cultivate professional social workers to the challenges?

4. What resources can be provided to facilitate further cooperation with each other?

Moderator:

Stephen H B Yau, Chief Executive, International Social Service, Hong Kong Branch

Panel Discussion:

Yeun Wen Ku, Social Work Department Head, National Taiwan University; Chairman, Social Work Education Association, Taiwan

Steven Ngai, Professor, Department of Social Work, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ng Yat-nam, Petrus, Head and Professor, Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University

Julian Chow, Professor, Social Welfare School, University of California, Berkeley

High Level Dialogue 6: Management and Cooperation of Foundations

Moderator:

Deng Guosheng, Deputy Dean and Professor, Institute for Philanthropy, Tsinghua University

Keynote Speech:

Bradford K. Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation Center

Moderator:

Bradford K. Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation Center

Panel Discussion:

Benjamin Bellegy, Executive Director, Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support（WINGS）

Heather Grady, Vice President，Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Natalie Ross, Senior Director, Global Philanthropy and Partnerships, Council on Foundations

High-level Dialogue 7: International Non-Government Organizations in China

Moderator:

Deng Lan, Director, NGO Division, Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

Panel Discussion:

Elizabeth Knup, Chief Representative, Ford Foundation Beijing

Liao Hongtao, Chief Representative, Beijing Office, Oxfam International

Ji Hongbo, Country Representative, Beijing Office, Asia Foundation

Kevin Frey, CEO, Right to Play International

Guest Speeches:

Leung Oi Sie, Elsie, Deputy Director of the Basic Law Committee of the HKSAR of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the PRC,The First Secretary for Justice of the HKSAR, G.B.M. (Grand Bauhinia Medalist), Oxfam Hong Kong Council Member

Parallel Forum 1: Anti-poverty and Global and Regional Governance

Guest Speech:

Li Lu, Council President, China Foundation for Guangcai Program

Lan Yi, Secretary General and Director of General Office, China Resources Group; Council President, CR Charitable Fund

Session 1 Summerizing Experience and Building Consensus

Topic 1: Summary of Chinese and foreign anti-poverty experience

Topic 2: How to replicate the successful anti-poverty experience and play a role in realizing global anti-poverty goal?

Moderator:

Trini Leung, Director General, Oxfam Hong Kong

Round Table Discussion:

Asif Saleh, Senior Director, BRAC, Bangladesh

Apollos Nwafor, Pan Africa Programme Director, Oxfam International

Erna Witoelar, Co-chair ,The Association of Philanthropy Indonesia

Elena Topoleva-Soldunova, Director, Agency for Social Information, Russia

Chinara Aitbaeva, Director, Public Foundation of “NASH VEK”, Kyrgyzstan

Discussion

Session 2 Domestic and International Cooperation for Eradication of Poverty

Topic 1：The importance of partnership in anti-poverty

Topic 2: How to build an effective partnership for addressing extreme poverty of China and the world?

Moderator:

Wang Xingzui, Executive Vice President, China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation

Round Table Discussion:

Simon O'Connell, Director of Advocacy and Campaign, Oxfam International

Stephen Price-Thomas, Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships, Executive Director of Mercy Corps

Victor Kan, National Director, World Vision China Foundation

Asim Khan, Chairman, Umeedenoo Citizen Community Board, Pakistan

Tek Vannara, Executive Director，NGO Forum on Cambodia

Discussion

Wrap-up and Recognition

Parallel Forum 2: Youth Development and Social Impact

Welcome Remarks

Session 1: Youth Development and Economic Growth

Moderator:

Paul Chou, Chairman and President, Junior Achievement China

Keynote Speech:

Asheesh Advani, President and Chief Executive Officer, Junior Achievement Worldwide

Yang Bin (TBC), Vice President of Tsinghua University

Steven Ngai, Social Work Department Head and Professor,

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Panel Discussion:

Moderator:

Vivian Lau, President, Junior Achievement Asia Pacific

Panelists:

Gowri Ishwaran, CEO, The Global Education & Leadership Foundation, India

Yoke Loon Lim, President, Dow Chemical Greater China

Arif Patrick Rachmat, Co-founder and CEO,  Triputra Agro Persada (One of the largest palm oil producers in Indonesia)

Q&A

Session 2 Future Possibilities: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Moderator:

Alice Chou, Executive Director, L2 Foundation

Panelists:

Cui Shufeng, Vice President, Mobike Technology

Huang Hongchuan, Founder and CEO, Guangzhou Shuxin Education; Youth Entrepreneur, Forbes 30 Under 30

Manoj Kumar, Head of Innovations and Entrepreneurship, Tata Trusts

Chris Watkins, Managing Partner, Cornerstone Global Partners

Sam Waldo, Co-founder of Mantra (An e-commerce sunglasses social enterprise)

Jelte Ansgar Wingender, Senior Manager, Innoway - Global Incubation Services Department; Director, Startup Grind China

Panel Discussion

Wrap-up and Recognition

Parallel Forum 3: Social Impact Investment

Welcome Remarks

Why Impact Investing and Why Now? Overview of Impact Investing from both Chinese and Western Perspectives.

Moderator:

Yu Wenchi, Amcham Co-Chair, the Sustainability Committee

Speakers:

Fang Xinghai (TBC), Vice President, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)

Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

Q&A

In-depth discussion: Investing for Impact Investment: What are the Sources of Finance?

Moderator:

Lu Mai, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General, China Development Research Foundation

Discussants:

Ma Jun, Chairman, Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking

Xavier Briggs, Vice President, Ford Foundation

Sundaa Bridgett-Jones, Senior Associate Director, Rockfeller Foundation

Shao Changyi, Senior Economist, Green Finance, Work Bank Beijing Office

Franciscus Welirang, President Director and CEO, PT Indofood Sukses Makmur

Q&A

In-depth discussion: Investing for Impact: Where are the funds invested?

Moderator:

Ruth Shapiro, Chief Executive, Center for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS)

Discussants:

Sun Zhixiang, Vice President, JD.com

Jaff Shen, CEO, Leping Foundation

Ramachandran Venkataramanan, Executive Trustee of Tata Trusts

Birger Stamperdahl, President, Give 2 Asia

Q&A

Parallel Forum 4: Green Cooperation

Moderator:

TBD

Speakers:

Jennifer Morgan, Director-general, Greenpeace

Panel Discussion Ⅰ：The importance of social support on achieving 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Moderator:

Jacob Kritzer, Director, China Ocean Program，Environmental Defense Fund

Round Table Discussion:

Lei Hongpeng, Director, Climate Change at the British Children's Investment Foundation

Xie Yuhong, Deputy Secretary General, All China Environment Federation

Manish Bapna, Global Executive Vice President, World Resource Institute (WRI)

Namal Rajapaksha, Board Chair, Sri Lanka Nature Group

Panel Discussion Ⅱ: An Open China contributes to the global green development

Moderator:

Zhang Jianyu, Chief Representative of the Environmental Protection Association Beijing Office

Round Table Discussion:

Guo Jing, Deputy Secretary General, China Council for International Cooperation on Envrionment and Development; Executive Council Member, China Ecological Civilization Research and Promotion Association; Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China

Fang Li, Assistant Secretary General,China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development

Bob Moseley, Director of Asia Pacific Cities Program, The Nature Conservancy

Bai Yunwen, Greenovation Hub

Srinivas Krishnaswamy, Chief executive officer, Vasudha Foundation

Wrap up