Belt and Road Advanced Professional Development Programme in Power and Energy

Medium of Instruction

English

Speakers

Veteran academics and professionals of the co-organisers

Target Participants

• Senior executives, government officials, specialists, professors, researchers and scholars in the electricity industry/ research disciplines from the Belt and Road countries and regions.
• Participants are expected to have sufficient English proficiency for communication in the workshop.

Contents

The workshop comprises lectures, seminars, exchange activities and field studies in Mainland China and Hong Kong, please see tentative schedule below for details.

Fees and Expenses

No workshop participation fee will be charged except that participants should be responsible for the following –

• Transportation
  While the co-organisers will arrange inter-city transportation and ground transportation for the participants within Mainland China and Hong Kong, participants are responsible for international flights at their own cost (i.e. from home country to Jinan and from Hong Kong to home country).
• Local Accommodation
  • Participants are responsible for their accommodation expenses in Jinan, Xi’an and Hong Kong during the whole period of the workshop. Estimated total cost would be around USD 1,300.
  • Participants will be arranged to be resided at the same hotel in the above-mentioned cities for easy coordination. The co-organisers will help make reservation at the hotel for the participants who will settle the payment with the hotel directly.
• Insurance
  Participants must arrange insurance at their own cost with sufficient coverage for the entire workshop period both in Mainland China and Hong Kong. He/she need to present the insurance contract to the organiser.
• Visa Application
  • Participants have to obtain a visa before entry into Mainland China and Hong Kong respectively, with the exception of visa-free entry based on relevant agreements or regulations.
    About Visa to Mainland China
    http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/wgrlh/lhqz/lhqzjjs/
    About Visa to Hong Kong
    http://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/visit_transit.html
  • Participants are required to apply for the visa at their own cost. The co-organisers will provide necessary assistance such as the issuing of supporting documents.

Attendance Requirements

• Participants are required to attend ALL sessions of the entire workshop. A certificate of attendance will be awarded upon completion of the workshop.
• To promote interaction and to enhance mutual learning, participants are encouraged to present and share the situation and development relating to electric power industry of their home country in the workshop.

Enrolment by Invitation

Enrolment will normally be considered via nomination by the invited organisation/institution only.

Co-organisers / Enquiries

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  https://www.polyu.edu.hk
  deconf@polyu.edu.hk
• Xi’an Jiaotong University
  http://en.xjtu.edu.cn
  seanwei@mail.xjtu.edu.cn / duqinghe@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
• State Grid of China Technology College
  http://www.sgcc.com.cn
  intl@sgtc.sgcc.com.cn
• The Hongkong Electric Company, Limited
  https://www.hkelectric.com/en
  whchoong@hkelectric.com

General Notes

• The co-organisers reserve the rights to cancel the workshop and to make any necessary changes to the schedules, contents and mode of delivery of the workshop offered.
• The co-organisers reserve the rights to make an enrolment offer taking into consideration the composition of the workshop participants.
• All the sessions will be recorded by the organisers. By joining the workshop, participants agree that the video, audio and photos recorded and retained will be used for related academic and promotion purposes.