Monday 1st May | 09:00 to 17:00 | Registration at Shanghai Normal University Registration Deadline - Registration ends |
| 18:00 | Welcome Dinner |
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Tuesday 2nd May | 10:00 | Opening Ceremony and Concert |
| 14:00 | Competition |
| 18:00 | Competition |
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Wednesday 3rd May | 08:30 | Competition |
| 14:00 | Competition |
| 14:30 | Open-Air Concert (Jean-Louis Noton) |
| 19:15 | Concert (Peter Soave) |
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Thursday 4th May | 09:00 | International Accordion Forum: Kevin Friedrich, Viatcheslav Semionov, Harley Jones, Li Cong |
| 14:00 | Concert (Ensembles from Germany and Russia) |
| 19:15 | Concert (Antonio Mancini) |
| | Shanghai One-day-tour Arranged for foreign jury members and competitors |
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Friday 5th May | 08:30 | Competition |
| 14:00 | Competition |
| 19:15 | Concert (Pavel Feniuk) |
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Saturday 6th May | 08:30 | Competition |
| 19:15 | Closing Ceremony and Concert (Viktor Romanko, Jerome Richard) |
| 21:30 | Celebration |