09:00-10:00

Registration of the participants

10:00-11:00

Opening ceremony 
Chair: Stavros Katsios

Welcome addresses:
· Prof. Stavros Katsios, Director of the Hellenic Sinology Center
· Prof. Xu Baofeng, Director of the World Sinology Center at Beijing Language and Culture University

Addresses:
· Mr. FANG Qiu, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Hellenic Republic
· Mr. Ioannis Trepeklis, Governor of the Ionian Islands Region
· Mr. Stefanos Poulimenos, Mayor of Central Corfu and Diapontian Islands
· Prof. Andreas Floros, Rector of the Ionian University (via Zoom)
· Mr. Kostas Mouzakitis, President of the Corfu Chamber of Commerce
· Prof. Maria Tsigou, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting, Ionian University

Keynote speech:
· Elena Avramidou, Executive Director of Hellenic Sinology Center, Ionian University
Exploring Knowledge in Ancient Greece and China: A Comparative Perspective

11:00-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-13:35

First Session
China and Global Initiatives
Chair: Prof. Stefanos Vlachopoulos, Prof. Elena Avramidou

11:15-11:35

Anastasios Chardas
Assistant Professor Athens University
The Political Economy of Chinese Investment Strategies in the Balkans

11:35-11:55

Andrei Rădulescu
Senior Researcher, Institute for World Economy, Romanian Academy
China – an increasing role in the world economy

11:55-12:15

Alex Papadopoulos
Professor DePaul University
Negotiating the Port City: COSCO and the Remaking of Piraeus

12:15-12:35

Vasiliki Papatheologou 
Lecturer, China Foreign Affairs University
Belt and Road Initiative: Multilateral Platform for strengthening EU-China-Africa Trilateral Cooperation

12:35-12:55

Antonis Polentas
Hellenic Sinology Center
The Global Civilizational Initiative (GCI) and Eurasian Middle Powers

12:55-13:15

Dimitra Karydi
Attorney at law, LL.M., Hellenic Sinology Center
EU, China and the Quest to Regulate AI Input in Copyright Law

13:15-13:30

Panel discussions

13:30-15:00

Lunch

15:00-17:00

Second Session:
China and Cross-Cultural Exchanges 
Chair: Prof. Elena Avramidou, Prof. Alex Papadopoulos

15:00-15:20

Katerina Yue Wu
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Parallel Conflicts: Greek Perceptions of the Chinese Civil War, 1946–1949

15:20-15:40

Ivica Bakota
Capital Normal University
New Globalist Perspectives on the WWII History from the Chinese Perspective

15:40-16:00

Nikolaos Mamalos
Researcher Ionian University
The presence of Panagiotis Potagos in China (1870–1872)

16:00-16:20

Xiuhua Wang
Associate Professor Shandong University of Technology
Comparative Research on the Marine Culture — A Case Study of the Tianheng Sea Festival in Qingdao, China and the Isthmian Games in Greece

16:20-16:40

Fiori -Anastasia Metallinou
Astrophysicist National Observatory of Athens, Scientific Council, Hellenic Sinology Center
Greek and Chinese myths about astronomical phenomena

16:40-17:00

Dr. Christos Kafteranis
Writer
Legalists, the Technicians of the State

17:00-17:15

Panel discussions

17:15-17:30

Coffee break

17:30-19:30

Third Session:

Language and Culture in Cultural Diplomacy

Chair: Prof. Alex Papadopoulos, Prof. Stefanos Vlachopoulos

17:30-17:50

Jelena Nikolic

Head Department of Sinology, Director Centre for Chinese Studies, University of East Sarajevo

Reframing Sino-Balkan Engagement through Language, Education, and Cultural Diplomacy: A Case Study from Bosnia and Herzegovina

17:50-18:10

Roula Tsokalidou & Wang Shaodi

Confucius Institute at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
CI at AUTH: challenges and innovations involving the Sino-Greek dialogue and building mutual understanding: the “Be-You” project

18:10-18:30

Antonia Tsankova

Associate professor Sofia University

Pragmatic Aspects of Word Order in Chinese and its Implications to Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

18:30-18:50

Georgia Milpani

Teacher of Chinese Language, Expert in Mandarin Instruction

Facilitating Chinese language acquisition – Pedagogical insights from a Greek case study

18:50-19:10

Sara Cvetanovska

Independent Researcher
Digitizing Translated Chinese Literature and Sinological Resources in Southeast Europe: A Research-in-Progress

19:10-19:30

Maria Kostopoulou

Doctoral researcher

A historical overview of the presence and development of Western languages, with an emphasis on the role of French, in China from 1850 to 1950

19:30-19:45

Discussions

20:00

Dinner

10:00-12:00

Open Roundtable

10:00-11:00

China and the Balkans: Trends, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

11:00-12:00

Education and Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges

12:00-12:15

Coffee break 

12:15-13:00

Closing Ceremony

Chair: Prof. Elena Avramidou

Concluding Remarks by Prof. Stavros Katsios, Director of the Hellenic Sinology Center, Ionian University

Concluding Remarks by Prof. Xu Baofeng, Director of the World Sinology Center at Beijing Language and Culture University

13:00-14:00

Lunch