SUMMER UPDATE 2020

Summer is just around the corner and we want to share with you some few diverse highlights of a very eventful and successful EUROPE GOES SILK ROAD expedition.

68.000 kilometres – 8 months – 24 countries – 50 meetings

Outlook – Autumn 2020/Spring 2021

Launch of the ISIROS network

In the last two and a half years we were constantly creating an intercontinental network, which we expanded during our 8 month on ground expedition all over Eurasia. The next goal is to further develop this network and establish a platform of exchange, the so-called International Silk Road Society. If you are interested to become part of this community sign up for our newsletter to stay informed for its official launch.

Start of the lecture tour

“Seidenstrasse – Next Generation Marco Polo” The schedule will be announced soon.

Tickets will be available soon on our website and our resellers.

Find out more about our activities

https://www.europegoessilkroad.eu/book-us/

Expedition Retrospect

After a busy preparation phase with appearances among others in the Forbes Magazine, at the 4Gamechangers Festival and the Sinofon Conference on China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and the appointment of the great explorer Jacek Pałkiewicz as our honorary president, we started the expedition phase of EUROPE GOES SILK ROAD about one year ago.

JUNE 2019

Vienna, Austria
Panel discussion with Bruno Maçães on the “History and Future of the Silk Road” and press conference.
Melk, Austria
Expedition departure.
Halbturn Castle, Austria
Discussing the cultural perception of the Silk Road at the exhibition “Seidenstrasse”.
Košice, Slovakia
Visit to the break of gauge connecting the railway routes of Asia and Europe.
Budapest, Hungary
Discussing the role of Eastern Europe for China’s Belt & Road Initiative with Tamás Matura, Tamás Kozma and Ambassador Sándor Kusai.
Belgrade, Serbia
Discussing the role of the Balkans for China’s Belt & Road Initiative with Dragana Mitrović.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Meeting with the Austrian Ambassador H.E. Andrea Wicke.
Athens, Greece
Discussing the future of Piraeus and China in Europe with Jens Bastian and Angelos Bentis.
Istanbul, Turkey
Visit to Kumport and the Marmaray Project.
Samsun, Turkey
Visit to the Samsun Logistics Centre.

JULY 2019

Lanchkhuti, Georgia
Visit to the TRACECA construction site of Sinohydro.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Meeting with the Austrian Ambassador H.E. Arad Benkö, with the EU Delegation to Georgia and ILF Georgia.
Yerevan, Armenia
Academic Seminary “EUROPE GOES SILK ROAD through Armenia”.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Meeting with Khazar University’s Eurasia Extractive Industries Knowledge Hub and with the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan.
Grozny, Russia
Visit to the capital of Chechnya.
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Visit to the largest spaceport in the world.

AUGUST 2019

Almaty, Kazakhstan
Discussing Eurasian energy infrastructure with ILF Kazakhstan, the Almaty-Khorgas Road Project with SweRoad and meeting with the Austrian Commercial Counsellor & Trade Commissioner (WKO) for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Semey, Kazakhstan
Visit to the contaminated Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site.
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Meeting with the EU Delegation to Kazakhstan and the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route Association.
Khorgas, China
Visit to the Khorgas Special Economic Zone.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Meeting with the EU Delegation to Kyrgyzstan.

SEPTEMBER 2019

Wakhan, Tajikistan
Following Marco Polo’s route in the border area between Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and Tajikistan.
Khorug, Tajikistan
Discussing with the Pamirs Eco-Cultural Tourism Association (PECTA) sustainable tourism development in the border area to Afghanistan.
Nurek, Tajikistan
Visit to the Nurek Dam (2^nd highest dam in the world).
Samarqand, Uzbekistan
Meeting with the Silk Road University.
Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
Discussing the possibilities for peace through touristic development with “Let’s be friends Afghanistan”.

OCTOBER 2019

Aral Sea, Uzbekistan
Assessing the ecological disaster at the retreating waterfront of the Aral Sea.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Visit to the capital and the old Silk Road hubs of Konye-Urgench and Merv.
Chabahar, Iran
Visit to the Chabahar Free Zone (International North-South Transport Corridor).

NOVEMBER 2019

Gwadar, Pakistan
Visit to the future Gwadar Special Economic Zone (Belt & Road Initiative).
Karachi, Pakistan
Meeting with Pakistani journalism legend Mahmood Sham and visit to Bahria Town Karachi (one of Asia’s largest urban development projects).
Lahore, Pakistan
Visit to Akhuwat (world’s largest Islamic micro-finance organization).
Baluchistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan (Kashmir), Pakistan
Visit to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Vienna, Austria
Keynote speech at the 2050 Thinkers Club.
New Delhi, India
Discussing the development opportunities of European high-tech with Tejinder Singh from MED-EL India.

DECEMBER 2019

Gwadar, Pakistan
Visit to the future Gwadar Special Economic Zone (Belt & Road Initiative).
Karachi, Pakistan
Meeting with Pakistani journalism legend Mahmood Sham and visit to Bahria Town Karachi (one of Asia’s largest urban development projects).
Lahore, Pakistan
Visit to Akhuwat (world’s largest Islamic micro-finance organization).
Baluchistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan (Kashmir), Pakistan
Visit to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Vienna, Austria
Keynote speech at the 2050 Thinkers Club.
New Delhi, India
Discussing the development opportunities of European high-tech with Tejinder Singh from MED-EL India.

January 2020

Shanghai, China
Meeting with the Austrian Commercial Consul (WKO) in Shanghai.
Wuhan, China
Visit of the COVID-19 outbreak site.
Chongqing, China
Visit to the industrial hub of Central China.
Chengdu, China
Meeting with Chinatrans International.
Xian, China
Meeting with the Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce.
Lhasa, China
Visit to the pilgrimages of the Tibetans.
Jiayuguan, China
Puls 24 news report about the COVID-19 measures in the public.
Urumqi, China
Visit to the capital of Xinjiang.
Vienna, Austria
Homecoming.

April 2020

Part of Wade Shepard‘s expert panel on the "Future of China’s BRI After COVID-19"

May 2020

Baku, Azerbaijan
Speaker at the Euro Imagine Tolerance Festival 2020.

JULY 2020

Vienna, Austria
Meeting with the Vice President of the European Parliament Othmar Karas.

SUMMER UPDATE 2020

68.000 kilometres – 8 months – 24 countries – 50 meetings

Outlook – Autumn 2020/Spring 2021

Launch of the ISIROS network

Start of the lecture tour

Find out more about our activities

Expedition Retrospect

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SUMMER UPDATE 2020

68.000 kilometres – 8 months – 24 countries – 50 meetings

Outlook – Autumn 2020/Spring 2021

Launch of the ISIROS network

Start of the lecture tour

Find out more about our activities

Expedition Retrospect

JUNE 2019

JULY 2019

AUGUST 2019

SEPTEMBER 2019

OCTOBER 2019

NOVEMBER 2019

DECEMBER 2019

January 2020

April 2020

May 2020

JULY 2020

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