The 2026 conference is hosted and organized by the College of Business and Economics, Jeonbuk National University.
General Chair
Assoc. Prof. Choi, Kyoung-Suk, Dean, College of Business and Economics, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea
Conference Co-Chair
Prof. Lee, Paul Tae-Woo, Director, Maritime Logistics and Free Trade Islands Research Center; Director, Institute of Maritime Logistics, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, China
Program Chair
Assist. Prof. Jo, Ah-Hyun, Department of International Trade, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea
Local Organizing Committee
Assist. Prof. Lee, Yoon, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea
Assist. Prof. Choi, Hanbyul, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea
Conference Secretariat
Wu, Xia, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea
Yang, Chunteng, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea
Xie, Xiaoxuan, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea
Bakhtyari, Mohammad Tamim, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea
Pan, Menglan, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea
Organizers
College of Business and Economics, Jeonbuk National University
Co-Hosts / Sponsors
Research Institute of Industry and Economy, Jeonbuk National University
BK21 FOUR Education and Research Program, Department of International Trade, Jeonbuk National University
JBNU SSK Center for Inclusive Economic Policy
The Global Research Network Belt - Road Initiative (GRN-BRI) is led by the following executive members:
Chairperson
Prof. Prem Chhetri, RMIT University, Australia
Secretary General
Prof. Lee, Paul Tae-Woo, Zhejiang University, China
Academic Affairs Leader
Prof. Yang, Zhong Zhen , Ningbo University, China
Bagheri, Morteza, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
Chen, Jihong, Shenzhen University, China
Chhetri, Prem, RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
Dong, Gang, Shanghai Maritime University, China
Dragovic, Branislav, University of Montenegro, Montenegro
Feng, Xuehao, Zhejiang University, China
Gammelgaard, Britta, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Ge, Yingen, Chang’an University, China
Ishii, Masahiro, Sophia University, Japan
Jiang, Chaozhe, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Lam, Jasmine Siu Lee, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Lee, Jun Yeop, Inha University, Republic of Korea
Lee, Paul Tae-Woo, Zhejiang University, China
Lim, K. Ming, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Liu, Weihua, Tianjin University, China
Mishra, Animesh, ICFAI Business School (IFHE), Hyderabad, India
Mishra, Pooja, Indian Institute of Information Technology Vadodara, India
Mokkhamakkul, Tartat, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Ng, Adolf K.Y., Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, China
Notteboom, Theo, University of Ghent, Belgium
Oloruntoba, Richard, Curtin University, Australia
Sheu, Jiuh-Biing, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Shu, Yaqing, Ningbo University, China
Srivastava, V. C., Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Suthiwartnarueput, Kamonchanok, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Tezuka, Koichiro, Nihon University, Japan
Wang, Xin, Dalian Maritime University, China
Wilmsmeier, Gordon, University of Colombia, Colombia
Wu, Gang, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Yan, Ran, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Yang, Zaili, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
Yang, Zhong Zhen, Ningbo University, China
Zhang, Di, Wuhan University of Technology, China
Zheng, Shiyuan, Shanghai Maritime University, China
Zhong, Ming, Wuhan University of Technology, China
Zhou, Yanjie, Zhengzhou University, China