December – Selling China’s Global Development Footprint – the Case for Oman – FH Technikum Wien (University of Applied Sciences) Vienna, Austria
November – 2019 Port Developments – PPP projects for Ports. UNECE. The People First Approach, (Amman, Jordan)
November – Next Phase BRI Chinese Challenges – Chinese Corporate Lectures, Moller Institute (Cambridge University)
November – The New Amber Road; Three Seas – Intermodal Europe (Hamburg)
October – Gulf/Asian Equity Investments/Pledges into BRI (2018-2019) – China-North Africa Towards a Strategic Partnership: Panelist – Chatham House/Grandview Associates (Beijing)
October – Emerging BRI Tech Hubs: Keynote Schwartzman Scholars – Tsinghua University (Beijing)
October – 2019 BRI Developments: Keynote – Third Annual International Forum on Belt and Road – Fudan University (Shanghai)
October – Polar Silk Road 2019 Developments: Keynote – Shanghai Institute of International Studies (Shanghai)
October – Paving the Polar Silk Road: Keynote Speaker, 7th Annual Arctic Circle Assembly (Reykjavik, Iceland)
October – East Asian Economic Economic Integration – Panel Leader and Presenter, 7th Annual Arctic Circle Assembly (Reykjavik, Iceland)
September – Regional Tech Hubs in Emerging Markets – Cap Connect Emerging & Frontier Markets Forum (London)
September – BRI Developments/BRI Tech Hub Investments – 4th Annual Belt and Road Summit (Hong Kong)
August – BRI 2019 Developments to China Development Bank at ICBC/Standard (London)
July – UNECE materials: City Brain Asian Usage since 2016 Potential SCO Future Use – Belt and Road Forum for Regional Cooperation and Development, Minsk (Belarus)
June – The Future of the BRI; co-presenter with Stephen Perry, Chairman 48 Group Club; Judge Business School (Cambridge)
June – Trade-War; China Inbound, OMFIF (London)
June – UK Parliament, Department of International Trade Committee meeting on BRI – Expert Witness (London)
May – Greater Bay Area Launch and Southeast Asia Tech Growth – Private Client Lecture (Hong Kong)
May – Emerging Tech Hubs – BRI in the Cloud – Fudan University (Shanghai)
May – Polar Silk Road – East Asian Economic integration – Increased European Connectivity. Arctic Circle China Forum (Shanghai)
May – BRI 2018-2019 Developments – Increasing Connectivity – Arctic Circle Forum (Shanghai)
May – Evaluating Selected BRI Projects Using Financial Returns and UNECE SGD Criteria – United Nations 4th Annual PPP Forum (Geneva)
March – Digital Silk Road – Emerging BRI Tech Hubs: BRI 2.0 – LSE Emerging Markets Forum, London – Presenter
March – BRI Panel – LSE Emerging Markets Forum, London – Panelist
March – BRI 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 – in only 5 minutes – PWC international development conference 2019, London – Presenter and Panelist
February – BRI Links to Arctic Railway: Centre for High North Logistics: Sor Varanger Utlikling, Kirkenes, Norway
February – Polar Silk Road – Far Eastern Convergence, The Kirkenes Conference, Kirkenes, Norway
January – World Scientific – The Polar Silk Road China’s New Frontier of International Cooperation. Co-authored with Shanghai Institute of International Studies and the China-Nordic Arctic Research Center