AC-ESI - 2026 Agenda (as planned, can be updated, China time) 

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26 February 2026 (Thursday)

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      12.00 - Registration opens in main venue (Sheraton Kunming Hotel, Kunming, China)   

      13.00 - Pre-opening session (ball room), workshop & networking 

      14.00 - Panel discussion "Beyond the classroom: reimagining vocational and higher education

                   for the AI-driven Asian Century" (moderators Dr. Denis Ushakov, Dr. Anna Davtyan, Dr. Wilson Cordova)

      18.00 - Dinner (main lobby restaurant)

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27 February 2026 (Friday)

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      08.00 - Registration open in main venue (Sheraton Kunming Hotel, Kunming, China)

      09.00 - Welcome speeches (members of AC-ESI Presidium) 

      10.00 - Key-note speech by Dr. Shi Chich-Jen  (Assoc. professor, Huaiqiao University, China)

      10.20 - Key-note speech by 

                   Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani (dean of Business HIgh School, ILMA University,  Karachi, Pakistan)

      10.40 - Group photo

      10.45 - Coffee break (opposite the ballroom)     

      11.00 - Key-note speech by

                   Dr. Tatiana Podolskaya (Ast. prof., South Russia Institute of Management, Russia Presidential Academy

                   of National economics and Public Administration, Rostov-on-Don, Russia) 

      11.20 - Key-note speech by 

                   Dr. Saulesh Kalenova (Prof., Turan University, Almaty, Kazakhstan)

      11.40 -  Key-note speech by

                    Dr. Fatih Ayhan  (Full professor,  Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, Balıkesir, Turkey)​

      12.00 -  Key-note speech by 

                    Dr. Anna Davtyan (Lecturer, Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand)

      12.30 -  Lunch (main lobby restaurant)

      13.30 -  Parallel sessions 1.1, 1.2 (ball room + meeting room)  

      15.00 -  Coffee-break (foyer)

      15.20 -  Parallel sessions 1.1, 1.2 (ball room + meeting room)  

      18.00 -  Dinner (main lobby restaurant)

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28 February 2026 (Saturday)

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        09.00 -  Parallel sessions 2.1, 2.2 (ball room + meeting room) 

       10.30 -  Coffee-break (foyer)

       10.45 -  Parallel sessions 2.1, 2.2 (ball room + meeting room) 

       12.00 -  Lunch (main lobby, first floor) 

       13.00 -  Parallel sessions 3.1, 3.2 (ball room + meeting room) 

       14.30 -  Coffee-break (foyer)

       14.45 -  Parallel sessions 3.1, 3.2 (ball room + meeting room) 

       16.30 -  Networking time (ball room)

       18.00 -  Dinner  

       

01 March 2026 (Sunday) 

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       09.00 - Parallel sessions 4.1, 4.2 (ball room + meeting room)  // Online sessions

       10.30 -  Coffee-break (foyer, second floor)

       10.45 -  Parallel sessions 4.1, 4.2 (ball room + meeting room)  // Online sessions

       12.00 -  Lunch (main lobby, first floor)

       13.00 -  Closing and awarding ceremony                     

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