Date: 20th November 2007

   Venue: The Octagon, Queens’ Building, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End, London E1 4NS
   *Please kindly note due to limited parking spaces, guests are strongly recommended to use public transport. Click here for directions to the venue.

   1:30pm               Registration starts

   2pm                   Launch Opening                                                 Caroline Quest, ICUK Chairman;Managing Director, Innovation and
                                                                                                         Enterprise, Queen Mary, University of London

                             Welcome Speech                                               Prof. Adrian Smith, Principal, Queen Mary, University of London

   2:10pm               About ICUK                                                         Caroline Quest, ICUK Chairman/Manyi Cristofoli, ICUK Executive Director
                             a. Introduction of ICUK and Partners
                             b. How ICUK facilitates UK-China knowledge transfer collaborations
                             c. First Call for the ICUK Collaboration Development Fund
 
   2:25pm               Keynote Speech                                                  Ian Pearson MP, Minister of Science and Technology, Department for
                                                                                                         Innovation, Universities and Skills, UK (DIUS)

   2: 35pm              Keynote Speech                                                  Her Excellency Madam FU Ying, Ambassador of the People’s Republic
                                                                                                         of China, UK (tbc)

   2: 45pm                                                                                        Plan and policy of Chinese Science Management Jin Xiaoming, Director General, International Cooperation, Ministy of Science and Technology, P.R. China

   2:55pm              Case Studies on Collaborative Projects in:                   
                             a. Traditional Chinese Medicine                               Prof. Peter Hyland, King's College London        
                             b. Infectious Disease                                              Prof. Colin Howard, Royal Veterinary College, University of London
                             c. Nano-materials                                                   Prof. Paul Hogg, Queen Mary, University of London
                                                                                                         (tbc)

   3:25pm              Closing Remarks:                                                  David Concar, Counsellor, British Embassy, Beijing, P.R.China
                            Challenges and Opportunities of UK-China S&T Collaborations                                                  
                        

   6pm                   Close