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 08:30 - 09:30 | Registration and Coffee | ||||
| 09:30 - 09:35 | Chair's Opening Remarks David Gardner, Associate Editor and International Affairs Editor, Financial Times | ||||
| 09:35 - 09:45 | Welcome Suzan Sabancı Dinçer, Chair, Turkish-British Business Council of Foreign Economic Relations (DEIK) | ||||
| 09:45 - 10:15 | Ministerial Address and Interview Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs, Republic of Turkey Interviewed by David Gardner, Associate Editor and International Affairs Editor, Financial Times | ||||
| 10:15 - 11:40 | Keynote Panel Discussion: Turkey's Economic Outlook and Key Investment Opportunities Dr Tevfik Aksoy, Managing Director and Head of Central Europe, Middle East and Africa Economics, Morgan Stanley Dr Vusal Gasimli, Acting Chief of the Department of Economic Analysis and Global Affairs, Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Hakam Kanafani, CEO, Türk Telekom Group Soli Özel, Commentator, Habertürk Newspaper Hasan Pehlivan, Principal Consultant, ISPAT (Investment Support & Promotion Agency) Mustafa Sani Şener, President and CEO, TAV Airports Dr Murat Ulgen, Managing Director and Chief Economist, Central and Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, HSBC Moderated by David Gardner, Associate Editor and International Affairs Editor, Financial Times With a dynamic period of economic activity on the cards, what is driving Turkey's key growth trajectories? What is the outlook for the country’s economic and finance sectors - particularly against the backdrop of the Eurozone's deepening woes? Speakers will give a strategic overview of the latest business and investment opportunities for international and national commercial interests within the national and international economic and political context.
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| 11:40 - 12:00 | Networking Coffee | ||||
| 12:00 - 12:45 | Keynote Address and Interview Mehmet Şimşek, Finance Minister, Republic of Turkey Interviewed by Daniel Dombey, Turkey Correspondent, Financial Times | ||||
| 12:45 - 13:05 | Keynote Address Hakan Binbaşgil, CEO, Akbank Moderated by Daniel Dombey, Turkey Correspondent, Financial Times | ||||
| 13:05 - 14:15 | Networking Lunch | ||||
| 14:15 - 14:35 | Corporate Case Study: Investing in Turkey - An International Perspective Han Ilhan, Vice President and Country Director - Turkey, Alamos Gold Moderated by Daniel Dombey, Turkey Correspondent, Financial Times | ||||
| 14:35 - 15:40 | Panel Discussion: Turkey's bid for EU Accession Special address Followed by panel discussion with Moderated by
Discussions over Turkey's entry to the EU ran aground almost five years ago, not only because of the impasse over Cyprus, but because of core EU members' concerns that the country is too big, too poor and too Muslim. Can Turkey continue to go it alone? Or, as the Turkish economy keeps on its upwards trajectory, will we see the EU finding it harder to resist Turkey's overtures?
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| 15:40 - 16:00 | Networking Tea and Coffee | ||||
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Panel Discussion: Turkey as a Logistics and Production Hub İzzet Karaca, Executive Vice President for Turkey, Russia, Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and Caucasia and CEO, Unilever Ruhi Engin Özmen, President, UND Mehmet Şahintürk, General Industries Sector Manager, Ekol Logistics Moderated by Turkey lies between Asia and Europe serving as a bridge geographically, culturally and economically. Its location on two continents plays a central part in Turkish history and gives the country's logistics and production sector a major advantage in serving the markets of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. But is underinvestment undermining the country's position as a production and operations hub and an east-west transit route? | ||||
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Address: Moving Turkey Ahead: Financing Infrastructure Investments Alper Hakan Yüksel, EVP, Corporate Banking, Akbank Moderated by David Gardner, Associate Editor and International Affairs Editor, Financial Times | ||||
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Corporate Case Study: The International Perspective: Investing in Turkey’s Energy Sector Farid Jafarov, Deputy CFO, State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Moderated by David Gardner, Associate Editor and International Affairs Editor, Financial Times | ||||
| 17:40 - 17:45 | Chair's Closing Remarks and Close of Summit David Gardner, Associate Editor and International Affairs Editor, Financial Times | ||||
| 17:45 - 18:45 | Networking Drinks Reception | ||||
