Morning Session
8:45 – 9:00       Welcome Address (Chairman: Guan Tao, Yantai University)
    Sun  Xiangbin, Vice President of Yantai University
9:00 – 9:30       Introductory Remarks (Chairman: Guan Tao, Yantai University)
    Zhang Pinghua, Yantai University
    Ernst Karner, Institute for European Tort Law, European Centre for Tort and Insurance Law and University of Vienna
9:30 – 11:00     Differences between contractual and tortious liability and their reasons (Chairman: Guan Tao, Yantai University)
    Geng Lin, Tsinghua University
    Simon Deakin, University of Cambridge
    Martin Spitzer, Vienna University of Economics and Business
    Bernhard Burtscher, Vienna University of Economics and Business
11:00 – 11:20   Discussion
11:20 – 11:50   Coffee Break and Photo
11:50 – 12:10   Case 1 (Chairman: Li Shigang, Fudan University)
    Wang Cheng, Peking University
    Elena Bargelli, University of Pisa
12:10- 12:30     Discussion
12:30 – 14:00   Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
14:00 – 15:30   Field of application of contractual and tortious liability (Chairman: Cao Xianfeng, Jilin University)
    Cui Jianyuan, Jinan University and Tsinghua University
    Martin Hogg, University of Edinburgh
    Willem van Boom, University of Leiden
15:30 – 15:50   Discussion
15:50 – 16:20   Coffee Break
16:20 – 16:40   Case 2  (Chairman: Li Hao, Beihang University)
    Zhang Jiayong, Zhongnan University of Economics and law
    Andrew Bell, Institute for European Tort Law, Vienna
16:40– 17:00     Discussion
17:00 – 17:10   Closing Remarks/Conclusion (Chairman: Guan Tao, Yantai University)
    Ernst Karner, Institute for European Tort Law, European Centre for Tort and Insurance Law and University of Vienna