‘Third Lancaster University Interdisciplinary Conference on Belt and Road Initiative: Belt and Road at 10.’ David Stringer-Lamarre, MD of FortisCL was pleased to deliver a presentation.

Within the topic of ‘Diplomacy and Policy’ David’s presentation was ‘Business, culture, education; inputs to diplomacy and international policy.’ David’s fellow speakers were Professor Xiaoling Zhang, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; Dr Li Zhang Tsinghua University and Dr Mingyi Liu, Independent Researcher. The session was skilfully moderated by Professor David Galligan, University of Oxford

The principal organiser was Lancaster University Belt and Road Initiative Research Consortium (LUBRIC) which aims to forge strong partnerships in establishing a global interdisciplinary hub for world-leading research that focuses on the most pressing challenges emerging from regions that are across China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

Co-organisers: Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University, College of State Governance at Southwestern University (China), Belt and Road Communication Research Centre at Xidian University. Supporters and Academic Partners: Oxford Global Society BRI Dialogues, Centre for China-EU Relations at Tsinghua University and European Studies Centre at Sichuan University. Sponsor: Lancaster University Confucius Institute.