1. Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson -Rector of Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana

Topic: Financing Public Universities in Africa Through Strategic Agility: Lessons from Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

2. Li Anshan - President of Chinese Society of African Historical Studies, P.R. China

Topic: African Students in China: History, Status Quo and Reflections

3. John McPeak - Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA

Topic: Self-assessed resilience and its correlation to specific indicators：Senegal and Mali

4. Zhang Yongpeng - Senior Research Fellow of Institute of West-Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, P.R. China

Topic: Potential Cooperation between China and West Africa in the Framework of “Belt and Road” Initiative (BRI)

5. N'Dri T. Assié-Lumumba - Professor, Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, USA

Topic: ECOWAS within African Regional Economic Communities- RECs: Development Agenda from Regional, Continental and Global Perspectives

6. Li Dan - Director of Center for African Studies of China Foreign Affairs University, P.R. China

Topic: France Economic Influence in West Africa

7. Guillaume Moumouni - Assistant Professor of University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin

Topic: Reflections on the Development from Ecowas Towards Political Community 

8. Wang Nan - Editorial Director of People, P.R. China

Topic: Chinese Saline Alkali Tolerant Rice and China-West Africa Agricultural Cooperation

9. Li Hongliang - School of International Education of UESTC, P.R. China

Topic: Thoughts on China's Chinese Language Strategy for West African Regions in the New Era