Friendship, hope and surprise : the keys for the new era

Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University
Jinhua DAI, Peking University
Gustavo ESTEVA, Earth University

10:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Philosophy of Chinese medicine I

Tungyi KHO, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ephraim FERREIRA MEDEIROS
Kee Kok LEE, University of Manchester
Nicoletta DENTICO, Development Journal

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Philosophy of Chinese medicine II

Tungyi KHO, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ephraim FERREIRA MEDEIROS
Kee Kok LEE, University of Manchester

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Tentative lessons from the pandemic about the world we live in

Maria Lucia TEIXEIRA GARCIA, Federal University of Espírito Santo
Kwame Sundaram JOMO, Khazanah Research Institute

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

The loss of biodiversity : an insect’s perspective

Denise TANG, Lingnan University
Chensheng, Alex LÜ, Southwest University

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Garbage : the dark side of industrial civilization

Rolien HOYNG, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Song TIAN, Southern University of Science and Technology

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Ecology, socialism and the future of history

Paulo NAKATANI, Federal University of Espírito Santo
John Bellamy FOSTER, Monthly Review

10:00 PM - 12:00 AM

The demise of the Soviet system : lessons for today in a time of economic, environmental, and public health crises

Beatriz BISSIO, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
David KOTZ, University of Massachusetts Amherst

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Africans uprising against resurgent ‘Africa rising’ authoritarian neoliberalism

Ebrima SALL, Trust Africa
Patrick BOND, University of the Western Cape
Aziz Salmone FALL, The Université du Québec à Montréal

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Africa and the politics of hope, love and rebellion

Gustave MASSIAH, Intercollege
Firoze MANJI, Daraja Press

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

The Kurdish freedom movement and hope in times of global Capitalism

John RESTAKIS, Synergia Institute
Havin GÜNEŞER, Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan
Fouâd OVEISY, University of California

10:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Tax reform : a bloodless revolution

Xiaohui YAN, Lingnan University
Linzhou JIA, Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre
Qiyuan LU, World International Consulting Limited

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Resurgence/Re-existence : the power and beauty of the sovereign people

Ran WEI, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Tungyi KHO, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Walter MIGNOLO, Duke University

10:00 PM - 12:00 AM

What is it to hope?

Ackbar ABBAS, University of California
Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University
Gayatri Chakravorty SPIVAK, Columbia University

10:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Cultural granaries for a liveable kampung : negotiation and resilience in Indonesia

Ariel SALLEH, Nelson Mandela University
Tsui SIT, Southwest University
Melani BUDIANTA, University of Indonesia

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

The politics of hope and love

Hui WANG, Tsinghua University
Ackbar ABBAS, University of California
Paul BOVE, University of Pittsburgh

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Seeds of hope : people’s resilience, resistance, regeneration in times of public health and climate disasters

Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University
Ana FELICIEN, Venezuela Institute for Scientific Research
Vandana SHIVA, NAVDANYA

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM