April 9th , 2007
Preliminary Schedule for K. U. Leuven –Tsinghua Week （DRAFT）
April 10-April 13, 2007
Welcome Session:
Flight LH 720, Arrive at Beijing International Airport
Pick-up from the airport to the Jade Palace Hotel
Hotel information:
08:30
Jade Palace Hotel
76 ZHICHUN ROAD,
HAIDIAN DISTRICT,
BEIJING,100086. P.R. CHINA
Tel：＋86-10-62628888
Fax：＋86-10-62561447
Web Site： www.jadepalace.com.cn
11:00
Arrive at the Hotel
14:45
Flight 900, Vietnam Air, HANOI - BEIJING
Professor Marc Vervenne, Rector of K. U. Leuven
Pick-up from the airport to the Jade Palace Hotel
15:30
Pick-up the delegation from the Hotel to Tsinghua University
16:00-16:50
Campus tour of Tsinghua University
16:40
Pick up Professor Marc Vervenne, Rector of K. U. Leuven to Tsinghua University
Openning Ceremony of the K. U. Leuven-Tsinghua Week
Venue: Room 327, Main Building
1. Opening remarks by the Chairperson Professor XIE Weihe, Vice President of Tsinghua
University for international affairs.
April 10th
Tuesday
17:00-17:45
(5 minutes
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17:50
2. Welcome speech by Professor CHEN Xi, Chairman of the University Council, Tsinghua
University
3. Speech by Mr. Dominique Neerinck, the Chief Technology Officer of Bekaert
4. Speech by Belgian Ambassador Mr. Bernard Pierre (introduction for the speech of the
Rector)
5. Speech by Professor Vervenne, Rector President of K. U. Leuven
6．Exchange of Souvenir
7. Group photoes in the lobby of the Main Building
Friendship Tree Planting Ceremony (by Prof. Vervenne and Prof. CHEN Xi)
Welcome dinner hosted by Prof. CHEN Xi, Chairman of the University Council
18:00
Venue: 11th Floor, Main Building (主楼 11 层)
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Plenary Session:
8:45
Gather in the hotel lobby and go to Tsinghua University by bus
Registration
9:15-9:30
April 11th
Venue: Lecture Hall, Main Building 主楼 接待厅 (313 备用）
Opening Ceremony (Welcome speech, general introduction of the two universities)
Chairperson: Prof. ZHANG Yi, Director of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange
Wednesday
9:30 –10:30
Joint Session
9:30-9:35
Opening Remarks by the Chairperson
General introduction of Tsinghua University by Professor XIE Weihe, Vice
9:40-10:00
President of Tsinghua University (PPT)
General introduction and Internationalization Policy of K. U. Leuven, by
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
Professor Martinus Buekers, Vice President of International Affairs
Tea/Coffee Break （313 前 小厅）
Introduction of Natural Sciences and Engineering and the Arenberg Doctoral School
11:00-11:20
11:00-11:50
by Prof. Karen Maex, Vice President of Natural Sciences and Engineering
Introduction to the Group of Biomedical Sciences and the Doctoral School of the
11:20-11:30
Group of Biomedical Sciences, by Prof. Mark Waer, Vice President of Biomedical
Sciences
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Introducation of Humanities, and doctoral school, by Prof. Filip Abraham, Vice
11:35-11:50
President of Humanities
Prof. ZHANG Yi announces the end of the plenary session.
11：50
Afternoon parallel session, ask the departments to send the scholars to the main
building at 18:00
Working Lunch
12:00-13:30
Venue: 甲所
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Parallel Session 1
K. U. Leuven Beijing Alumni gathering
Time: 11:30-15:00, April 11th
Venue: 11th Floor, Main Building
Contact person:
Professor WANG Zhihua, Deputy Head of the Institute of Microelectronics
Mobil phone: 86-13501021703
Email:zhihua@tsinghua.edu.cn
Parallel Session 2
16:00-18:00
CCTV 9 Dialogue Program for Rector
Marc Vervenne
Parallel Session 3
18:00 All the K. U. Leuven delegation members will be gathered in front of the Main Building, and go to the Embassy by bus
Belgian Embassy in Beijing Banquet for K. U. Leuven Beijing Alumni
Time: Before 20:00 PM
Venue: Belgian Embassy in Beijing
6, Sanlitun Lu, 100600 Beijing
tel: + (86) (10) 65.32.17.36
fax: + (86) (10) 65.32.50.97
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Parallel Group Activity
Afternoon April 11th, Wednesday and Morning of April 12th, Thursday,
Group 1. Nano-science
Contact: Assoc. Prof. DENG Ning, 13693646468, ningdeng@tsinghua.edu.cn
1.Prof. Karen Maex, Vice President of Natural Sciences and Engineering
(no speech)
2. Prof. Martens (nanochemistry), A future built with nano bricks
3. Prof. Gielen (nanotechnology), Nanotechnology, smaller and better
4. Prof. Herman E. Maes(IMEC); (nanotechnology)
Event
Time
14:00 PM
14:15-16:30 PM
Remark
Afternoon, April 11 (Wednesday)
Arrival at IMETU
Technique Presentations
Venue: R302, IMETU
1．A future built with nano bricks，by Prof.
Martens;
2. Nanotechnology, smaller and better, by
Prof. Gielen
Coffee Break
3. TBD, by Prof. Herman E. Maes(IMEC) will
talk about "New Developments in
Nano-electronics
4. TBD, by Prof. Karen Maex
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18:00
Meet with other delegation members in front
of the Main Building and go to the Belgian
Embassy together
Morning, April 12 (Thuesday)
9:00--11:40Am
Discussion about possible collaborations
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Hosted by Prof. Zhihua Wang or Ning
DENG
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Group 2. Biomedical Sciences
Contact: Mr. Sun, program officer of the Office for International Collaboration, PUMC; email: international @pumc.edu.cn; Tel.:
010-65105938， 13439818633
Prof. De Strooper,
Prof. Peter Marynen,
Prof. Peter Carmeliet,
Prof. Mark Waer,
Prof. Prof. Jozef Goebels
Prof. Piet Herdewijin
Date: 14:00--19:30 pm, April 11;
Location: PUMC head office, Dongdansantiao, Beijing
Timetable:
Time
Event
13:00 AM
Afternoon, April 11 (Wednesday)
Leave Tsinghua University to PUMC
14:00 AM
KLU guests arrive at PUMC
14:10 AM
President Liu, Vice President He meet with
the guests in No.3 meeting room in PUMC;
mutual introductions;
Prof. Zhang Xue, assistant to the President
introduces overview of PUMC;
KLU experts brief PUMC of KLU and the
visiting guests
14:50 AM
End of the first session
Persons involved
Greeted by Mr. Sun,
International Office
officer of PUMC officer
at the main gate
Attended by
counterparts from the
abovementioned
institutes.
14:50-15:00 Break
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15:00 AM
Headed to Basic Institute for seminar, at
Room 805
Basic Institute
15:10 AM
A brief introduction to the institute, and PUMC
hospital
Introduction to each of their research
interests of the KLU experts in the following
sequence (Bart Strooper, Peter Marynen,
Peter Carmeliet, Mark Waer, + Prof. Jozef
Goebels and Piet Herdewijin). 15-20 min per
person, including questions and answers.
PPT
15:40 AM
17:40 AM
18:00 AM
During the
introductions, it is
advisable for the
guests to meet with
their Chinese
counterparts and
discuss individually
either in Rm.805 or
other offices in the
building. KLU experts
may choose to send
their presentations
either to their
counterparts or to Mr.
Sun in advance.
End of session 2, followed by a 10-minute
free talk.
Go to the Belgian Embassy by bus
Morning, April 12 (Thuesday)
9：15
Arrive at the Department of Biological
Sciences and Biotechnology
Round table discussion
Attendee:
Department of Biological Sciences and
Biotechnology
Prof. Meng Anming
Prof. Chen Yeguang
Prof. Sun Zhirong
Prof. Wu Wei
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11:40
Prof. Luo Yongzhang
Prof. Zhou Bing
Prof. Xie Zuoping
Prof. Li Peng
School of Medicine
Prof. Sun Fanglin
Prof. Liu Guosong
Lab Tour
Go to the lunch place
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Group 3. Architecture and Urban Planning
Contact: Ms. LIU JIan, 13511011215, liujian@tsinghua.edu.cn
Prof. André Loeckx, K.U.Leuven, Department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning, Full Professor, Chairman of the Department
Event
Time
14:30 PM
Remark
Afternoon, April 11 (Wednesday)
Arrival at School of Architecture
14:30-15:00 PM
Tour at School of Architecture
15:00-16:00 PM
Meeting with the Dean and other professors,
discussing the potentiality of collaboration
between the two institutes
16:00-17:30 PM
16:00-17:30 Lecture to the students and
faculties
Short speech on:
18:00 PM
Urban and Strategic Planning: a worldwide
challenge
Meet with other delegation members in front
of the Main Building and go to the Belgian
Embassy together
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Group 4. Economics and Applied Economics
Contact: Ms. YOU Hong, 13121596719, youh@tsinghua.edu.cn
Prof. Konings, The Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Applied Economics
Prof. Filip Abraham, Vice-Rector
of the humanities and social sciences at KU Leuven
Event
Time
14:00-14:20 PM
14:30-16:00 PM
18:00PM
Remark
Afternoon, April 11 (Wednesday)
Meeting with Associate Dean of Tsinghua
SEM
Seminar with faculties and students of
Economics Dept. and Human Resources
and Organizational Behavior Dept., Tsinghua
SEM
Prof. Konings's lecture for the seminar is
"Do multinational Enterprises Relocate
Employment to Low-Wage Regions?
Evidence from European Firms".
Meet with other delegation members in front
of the Main Building and go to the Belgian
Embassy together
Morning, April 12 (Thuesday)
9:50-12:15 AM
Lecture
Presentation on LICOS centre of excellence
– Centre for Institutions and Economic
Performance
Presentation on the Leuven School of
Business and Economics
Presentation on proposed cooperation with
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Group 5. Material Engineering
Contact: Prof. LIU Wei, 13910677301, liuw@tsinghua.edu.cn
Prof. Ludo Froyen , Dean Faculty of Engineering
Prof. Victor V. Moshchalkov, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Time
14:30-15:00
15:05-15:10
15:10-16:30
Event
Remark
Afternoon, April 11 (Wednesday)
Welcome Prof. L. Froyen (Dean of Faculty of the
reception
room
Eng.) and Prof. V. V. Moshchalkov
(No.2322)
Tentative Attendee:
Prof. Cewen Nan, Head of the Department of
Material Science
Prof. Zhengjun Zhang, Deputy Head of the
Department
Prof. Qingling Feng, Deputy Head of the
Department
Prof. Jing-Feng Li, Deputy Head of the
Department
Prof. Wei Liu,
Prof. Andy
Welcome speech by the head of the academic reporting hall
department (Prof. Zhengjun Zhang)
Prof. Froyen "The K.U.Leuven educational
system
for
Science,
Engineering
and
Technology"
Guest lectures
by Prof. Froyen "Nanostructured Materials"
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by Prof. Moshchalkov "A bird's eye view on the
Nano-world in Physics"
16:30-17:30
18:00
Department and lab tour
Meet with other delegation members in front
of the Main Building and go to the Belgian
Embassy together
Morning, April 12 (Thursday)
9:00-11:00
11:00-11:30
Prof. L. Froyen and Prof. V. V. Moshchalkov academic reporting hall
are kindly invited to give one lecture/person (No.2322)
one professor about their research. (Please
let me know the title as soon as possible)
We will ask two professors from our
department to give one lecture/person one
professor to introduce their work.
Free talk with tea and coffee
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Group 6. Chemistry, Afternoon, April
11th
Contact Person: Ms. Guoli Dong (hxxkyk@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)，13521379463
Prof. SHI Gaoquan, 13641360077, gshi@tsinghua.edu.cn
Prof. Arnout Ceulemans, Chemistry
Event
Time
14:00-14:30
14:30-15:30
15:30-17:00
18:00
Remark
Afternoon, April 11 (Wednesday)
General intorduction of the Chemistry
Department by Prof. SHI Gaoquan, Deputy
Head of the Department
Seminar
1. Short presentation of the Chemistry
Department of K. U. Leuven
2. Research seminar: molecular dynamics
simulation of chromophore Molecules in
proteins
Lab tour
Meet with other delegation members in front
of the Main Building and go to the Belgian
Embassy together
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Group 7，Global Governance (Afternoon, April 11th and morning, April 12th )
Contact:
Ms. MENG Bo, School of Public Policy and Management, 13601307901, bomeng@tsinghua.edu.cn
Ms. YANG Rujun, School of Law, 13601302724, lawwb@tsinghua.edu.cn
1/ Prof. Wouters, Director of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Professor International Law
2/ Prof. Bruyninkx , professor of International Relations; research director, Institute for International and European Policy
Time
14:30 PM
15:00-17:00 PM
17:00-17:30 PM
18:00 PM
Event
Remark
April 11 (Wednesday)
Arrival at SPPM
A tour of SPPM building
General Introduction of the Leuven Centre Venue: R302, SPPM
Hosted by Prof. YANG Yansui
of Global Governance Studies by Prof.
Wouters
Introduction Law School and LLM program
by Prof. Wouters
Introduction Political Science at
K.U.Leuven by Prof. Bruyninckx
Discussion and Q&A
Meet with other delegation members in front
of the Main Building and go to the Belgian
Embassy together
April 12 (Thursday)
9:00-11:00
For Prof. Bruyninckx
Venue: R321, SPPM
Joint class with Prof. QI Ye
Audience: 40 Executive MPA students
Course Title: Strategic Thinking and
Decision-making
Session Topic: Environmental Politics and
Sustainable Development
Guest lecture by Prof. Bruyninckx: "The role
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of the EU in global climate change politics"
9:30-11:15
For Professor Wouters: "EU-UN relations
Professors Seminar
 Open floor discussions and free
communications with international law
professors of law school
 Law students voluntary to attend
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School of Law
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Group 8, Phylosophy (Afternoon, April
11th
)
Prof. Gerd Van Riel, Lecturer on ancient philosophy and on "Fundaments of Philosophy" at the Leuven Faculties of Law and of Arts
Time
15:30 -17:00PM
Event
Remark
April 11 (Wednesday)
3:30-5:00 Lecture to the students
Prof. Van Riel will also give a short
introduction on
the Philosophy department in K.U.Leuven
His lecture will be on " Plato on the origin of
religion"
18:00 PM
Meet with other delegation members in front
of the Main Building and go to the Belgian
Embassy together
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Group 9, Strategic Discussion (Afternoon, April
11th
)
Vice-president International Affairs Prof. Buekers
Mr. Bart Hendrickx, Director International Office
Ms. An Huts, Head International Policy Unit
Anouk De Weerdt, International Policy Unit
Time: 14:00 -16:00 PM
Venue: Meeting Room, Office of International Cooperation and Exchange
Attendee:
Vice-President XIE Weihe for International Affairs
Prof. ZHANG Yi, Director of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange
Ms. ZONG Jing, Desk Officer, Office of International Cooperation and Exchangee
Topic Discussed:
1．Time and content of Tsinghua University-K. U. Leuven Week in Belgium
2.
Agreement (or Working Program) between two universities
3.
Students Exchange Program;
The educational exchanges at the university-level will be discussed between the two international offices:
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the international offices and student services of the two universities will discuss organizational and financial elements and search for possibilities to facilitate
the exchanges.
4. Scholarship Program
In order to stimulate these exchanges a mix of possible instruments and channels can be used:
- Chinese Student Council Scholarships
- SBA Scholarships
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- KULeuven Humanities Scholarships
- Closed Pocket Agreements
- Possibilities for self-supporting students
5.In order to support the research and educational objectives of the cooperation, faculty exchanges are an important
instrument:
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research exchanges:
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teaching exchanges: KUL professor can teach an intensive course in English (period of 1 to 3 weeks) in the area of China-EU relations
Instruments:
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expenses paid agreements
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KUL faculty mobility grants
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Other grants
下午 17：00 来宾必须到留学基金为（CSC）16：00 离开国际处会议室
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Parallel Group Activity
8:20
Gather in the lobby of the hotel and to go Tsinghua University by bus
8:50
Arrive at the East Gate of Tsinghua Univerity and go to departments separately
Parallel Group Activity
April 12th
9:00-11:30
Workshop and lab tour （See the above schedule）
Working Lunch
Venue: Room 7, 3rd Floor, Taoli Yuan (桃李园 3 层 7 号厅)
Thursday
Morning
12:00
Go to the lunch place accompanied by the professors from
each school or department
Sight-seeing Tour
April 12th
13:30
Leave Tsinghua University to the Great Wall
Thursday
16:30
Leave the Great Wall to the Jade Palace Hotel
Afternoon
17:30
Arrive at the hotel
Farewell Session:
April 12th
Thursday
Evening
19:00
Closing Ceremony
Venue: Ninghui Hall, Jade Palace Hotel (翠宫饭店，凝辉厅)
Chairperson: Prof. XIE Weihe, Vice President of Tsinghua University
1. speech by Professor CHEN Xi, Chairman of the University Council, Tsinghua University
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2. Speech by Professor Vervenne, Rector President of K. U. Leuven
Departure
April 13th. Friday
7:30 AM
April 13th
10:30 AM
Friday
Gather in the lobby of the hotel and go to the Beijing airport by bus
Flight LH 721
Departure from Beijing on Friday, Beijing Airport to Beigium
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