Program: 14:00 - Opening ceremony 14:30 - James Benn, McMaster University - Creating an Aesthetics of Tea in Tang Dynasty Poetry 15:15 - Marco Ceresa, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice - Lu Yu and His Tea Classic 16:00 - Tea break 16:30 - Ip Wing-chi, China Tea Science Society - The Art of Yixing Purple Clay Teapots (Video conference) 17:15 - Livio Zanini, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice - Boiled, Whisked, Steeped: Tea in Ming Dynasty