Speakers - 3rd Istanbul Economy Summit

OPENING SPEECHES

* Dr. Nurettin Nebati – Deputy Minister of Treasury and Finance of the Republic of Turkey

* Rıza Tuna Turagay – Deputy Minister of Trade of the Republic of Turkey

* Dr. Şuayip Birinci – Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Turkey

* Kürşad Tüzmen – Former Minister of State of the Republic of Turkey

* İsmail Gülle – President of TİM

* Ali Avcı – Vice President of TÜRKONFED

* Nalan Yeşilyurt – Board Member of TÜRSAB

* Haluk Kalyoncu – Board Member of Kalyon Holding / President of DEİK Energy and Business Council

* Abdullah Değer –Chairman of the Executive Board of the Istanbul Economy Summit

 

THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL TRADE WARS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

* Prof. Dr. Kerem Alkin – Secretary-General of Turkey Exporters Assembly

* Sibel Kulaksız – World Bank Economist

* Av. Bennar Aydoğdu – Member of the International Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Court

* Prof. Dr. Zehra Vildan Serin – Head of the Department of Commerce and Logistics, Hasan Kalyoncu University

* Sezen Sungur Saral – Co-Founder of Reeder

 

HOW DIGITALIZATION IS DESIGNING INDUSTRY?

* Nilüfer Çevikel – Board Chair of DOSABSİAD

* Perihan İnci – Board Member of İnci Holding

* Dr. Hüseyin Halıcı – General Manager of Halıcı Electronics

* Alp Eren Göktürk – Corporate Sales and Innovation Manager at İnventram

* Tal Garih – Strategic Planning Manager at Alarko Holding

 

THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON TOURISM DESTINATIONS

* Levent Demirel – Corporate Relations Group Chairman at TÜRSAB

* Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevil Acar – Boğaziçi University

* Sukhrob Khojimatov – UNDP Resident Representative Assistant

* Aslı Pasinli – WWF General Manager

* Prof. Dr. Mehmet Somuncu – Department of Geography, Ankara University

* Julie May Elligson – CEO of Cape Town Convention Center

 

THE FUTURE OF THE MOBILITY ECOSYSTEM

* Furkan Tanrıverdi – Chairman of Tam Yazılım Bilişim Teknoloji

* Hande Enes – New Generation Venture Investor

* Çınar Kurra – General Manager of BP Subsidiary Catalyst Fund

* Hakan Tiftik – Executive Board Chairman of Borusan Otomotiv

* Onur Karahayıt – General Manager of Yandex Turkey

* Metin Balcı – General Manager of Ulak Haberleşme

 

THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON URBANIZATION

* Makbule Yönel – General Manager of TSKB Real Estate Valuation

* Aslıhan Albostan – UNDP Research Analyst

* Ersoy Pehlivan – ARUP Engineering Smart Cities Coordinator

* Şule Topçu Kılıç – Vice President of EBRD Turkey

* Pervin Kınık – General Coordinator of Urban Transformation Projects, Ege Yapı

 

THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN DESIGNING THE NEW WORLD

* Faruk Erdem – Economy Editor at Takvim Newspaper

* Fatih Aksoy – Founder of MEDYAPIM

* İbrahim Altay – Editor-in-Chief of Daily Sabah

* Melih Altınok – Columnist at Sabah Newspaper

* Prof. Dr. Elif Haykır Hobikoğlu – Department of Economics, Istanbul University

* Celal Toprak – President of the Economy Journalists Association

 

INNOVATIONS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

* Ceylan Pirinçcioğlu – Chairman of VIP Tourism

* Turhan Özen – Assistant General Manager of Turkish Airlines (Cargo)

* Yalçın Kıroğlu – Chairman of Mars Energy

 

BIOTECH: A REVOLUTION IN HEALTHCARE?

* Turgut Toksöz – General Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Industry Employers Union

* Pınar Akalın – General Manager of Sentromer DNA Technologies

* Demet Sabancı Çetindoğan – Chairwoman of Onkim Stem Cell Technologies

* Umut Ağyüz – Co-Founder of Genz Biotechnology

* Oğuz Mülazımoğlu – General Manager of Abdi İbrahim

 

SUSTAINABLE, SAFE, AND COST-EFFECTIVE ENERGY TRANSFORMATION

* Ertan Çakır – General Manager of Bpet

* Aslı Şen – Turkish Stream Project Spokesperson

* Mehmet Kapusuz – Project Director of Kalyon Energy Karapınar Solar Power Plant

* Veysel Baday – Chairman of BDY Group

* Carmine Difiglio – Director of Sabancı University Istanbul International Energy and Climate Center

 

HOW THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ARE TRANSFORMING THE BUSINESS WORLD

* Yıldız Özkök – Department of Economics, Hasan Kalyoncu University

* Gülin Yücel – Founder of Brika Sustainability

* Ömer Niziplioğlu – Chairman of Niziplioğlu Holding

* Sibel Kulaksız – World Bank Economist

 

BEYOND DIGITALIZATION IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD

* Esra Talu – Co-Founder of GoGlobal Advisory

* Bülent Tekmen – Co-Founder of Colendi

* Etkin Özen – Senior Finance Sector Specialist at World Bank

* Ziya Akkurt – Chairman of Nurol Investment Bank

* Pawel Antoni Stefanski – Financial Services Sector Leader, IBM Middle East and Africa