Dr Simone Corsi, Lecturer in International Business, Strategy and Innovation at Loughborough University, gave an informative speech on “Lessons learned from England-leading programs on R&D partnership with China”. He emphasized on the topic of the UI collaboration as a lever to face Covid-19 Crisis and brought some case examples about the partnering British SMEs with Chinese Companies lead by Lancaster University and financed by British Government. This online speech was followed by a Q&A session in the end.