| 14:00-14:15 | Leaders’ remarks |
| 14:15-17:15 | Keynote speeches |
| 14:15-14:35 |
YAO Tandong, chief scientist of the STEP / CAS Member |
| 14:35-14:55 |
Andreas Mulch, Professor of Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Germany |
| 15:15-15:35 |
Mohammad Qasim Jan, Honorary Professor of the University of Peshawar, Pakistan/ CAS Foreign Member/ Member of Pakistan Academy of Sciences |
| 15:55-16:15 |
Tojibaev Komiljon, professor of Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan / Member of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
| 16:35-16:55 |
Deepak Aryal, Professor of Tribhuvan University, Nepal/ Member of the Nepal Academy of Sciences |