This panel, titled "The Euro-Mediterranean Region and China: the role of Chinese trade in the centrality of the EuroMed," is the fifth of the workshop "A Strategic Nexus: the Euro-Mediterranean Region and China" organized by the ChinaMed Project and Formiche - in partnership with the Center for the Mediterranean Area Studies (CMAS) of Peking University, the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding (IGCU) of Peking University, the TOChina Hub of the University of Turin, the Georgetown Representative Office in Rome, the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies (MDC) and the Department of East Asian Studies of Tel Aviv University. This workshops aims to address trends and challenges of the growing interconnection between the Euro-Mediterranean Region and China, and its potential impact on regional and global dynamics.

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Keynote Speaker:

Prof. Gadi Ariav, Retired Associate Professor of Technology and Information Systems Management at the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University

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Discussants:

Hon. Lucio Demichele, Head of Policy Planning at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Hu Kun, President of ZTE Western Europe and CEO of ZTE Italy

Mr. Luigi De Vecchis, President of Huawei Italia

Mr. Ilan Maor, Managing Partner at SHENG Enterprises, Shanghai; President of the Israel-China Chamber of Commerce

Prof. Franco Lapenta, Director of the Institute of Future and Innovation Studies of the John Cabot University

Prof. Luigi Martino, Professor of Cyber Security and International Relations, University of Florence

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Chair:

Prof. Ori Sela, Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at Tel Aviv University

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The summary of the event can be found here (in Italian).