Keynote Speakers:

· Professor Nanak Kakwani, University of New South Wales

· Dr. Emmanuel Y. Jimenez, Director General of Independent Evaluation, Asian Development Bank

· Professor Peter Lanjouw, Director of LIS and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

· Professor Paul S.F. Yip (tentative), University of Hong Kong

· Professor Shaohua Chen, Xiamen University

Special Guests:

· Professor Philippe Van Kerm, University of Luxembourg

· Teresa Munzi, Executive Director, LIS

· Professor Qinghua Zhao, Xiamen University