“Turkey, Where the Opportunities Abound On the Way to Success” International Conference organized by YASED on February 21-22 Has Received Extensive Interest

The conference took place on February 21-22, 2007 at Istanbul Swissotel, with the participation of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, State Minister and Chief Negotiator for EU Affairs Ali Babacan, Minister of Industry and Trade Ali Coşkun and Presidents and CEOs of well-known multinationals. The conference has received great attention from public representatives, private sector, international organizations and the media. During the conference, around 90 speakers among which were top executives of multinational companies, bureaucrats and representatives of international organizations addressed nearly 700 participants.

Citibank President Steve Bideshi’s showing Turkey among top five countries to invest, Lead Economist of World Bank Rodrigo Chaves’ identifing unrecorded economy as a cancer, Nomura Investment Bank Executive Director Anais Faraj’s advice that Turkey should promote itself in the east as well, Statoil Turkey General Manager Per Myvang’s underlining Turkey’s position as an energy corridor, MEDEF Chairman Laurence Parisot’s comment on Turkey as a country with a magnificient past and future and investment plans declared by Aareal Bank CEO Wolf Schumacher, Cenor Group – Aerium CEO Anthony Khoi, Euro Hypo CEO Bernd Knobloch and ECE CEO Alexander Otto were among notes recevied attention widely also in the press.
   
21.2.2007 
   
OPENNING 
ŞABAN ERDİKLER 
RİFAT HİSARCIKLIOĞLU 
ALİ COŞKUN 

I. SESSION 
YAVUZ CANEVİ                               MODERATOR
ANAIS FARAJ 
KALMAN KALOTAY 
ALPARSLAN KORKMAZ 
JAKUB MIKULASEK 

II. SESSION 
GÜNGÖR URAS                               MODERATOR
ORHAN CEM 
RODRIGO CHAVES 
KUBİLAY CİNEMRE 
UZAY KOZAK 
MELİH MEMECAN 
CÜNEYT TÜRKTAN 

III. SESSION (PARALEL A) 
MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ                           MODERATOR
PHILIP HEMMENS 
PER MYRVANG 
NECDET PAMİR 
GÜLDEN TÜRKTAN 
III. SESSION (PARALEL B) 
ERCAN KUMCU                               MODERATOR
TEVFİK BİLGİN 
TAYFUN BAYAZIT 
STEVE BIDESHI 
VAROL CİVİL 

IV. SESSION (PARALEL A) 
REHA DENEMEÇ                              MODERATOR
MÜJDAT ALTAY 
CENK BAYRAKDAR 
PROF. DR. CANAN ÇİLİNGİR 
ALİ RIZA ERSOY 
ALİ GÜVEN 
GÜRHAN KALELİOĞLU 

IV. SESSION (PARALEL B) 
ALİ SAYDAM                                    MODERATOR
DOÇ. DR. ADEM ŞAHİN 
PROF. DR. VEDAT AKGİRAY 
SÜHA ÇOLAKOĞLU 
NUŞİN ORAL 
NURDAN TÜMBEK TEKEOĞLU 

V. SESSION (PARALEL A) 
PROF. DR. ERCAN TEZER 
GÜRCAN KARAKAŞ 
KAZUHIRO KOBAYASHI 
ALİ PANDIR 
JÜRGEN ZIEGLER 

V. SESSION (PARALEL B) 
ZEKERİYA YILDIRIM                          MODERATOR
NİZAMETTİN DERBİL 
HAZIM ELLİALTI 
DENİZ KİRAZCI 
MUAMMER YAŞAR ÖZGÜL 
DR. FERHAT ŞELLİ 
GALİP YORGANCIOĞLU 
   
22.2.2007 
   
OPENNING 
ŞABAN ERDİKLER 
RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN 

I. SESSION 
MEHMET BARLAS                                MODERATOR
LAURENCE PARISOT 
İBRAHİM ÇANAKÇI 
ALİ AĞAOĞLU 
MUSTAFA BOYDAK 
BÜLENT ECZACIBAŞI 
FEYHAN KALPAKLIOĞLU 
TEMEL KOTİL 
TUNCAY ÖZİLHAN 
OĞUZ SATICI 
ARZUHAN DOĞAN YALÇINDAĞ 

II. SESSION 
ETHEM SANCAK                                   MODERATOR
ÇAĞLAYAN ARKAN 
AHMET BOZER 
İZZET KARACA 
SAFFET KARPAT 
AHJAZ KHAN 
GERHARD SCHWARZ 
SERPİL TİMURAY 

III. SESSION 
HALUK SUR                                          MODERATOR
IŞIK GÖKKAYA 
CHARLIE HUGHES 
HAKAN KODAL 
ALİ PAMİR 
TEVFİK TÜREL 

IV. SESSION 
NURİ M. ÇOLAKOĞLU                           MODERATOR
RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN 
ADNAN AL BAHAR 
PAUL DOANY 
BRAM KLAEIJSEN 
BERND KNOBLOCH 
HELGE LUND 
ALİ FARAMAWY 
FREDERIC GLENAT 
ANTHONY KHOI 
ALEXANDER OTTO 
DR. WOLF SCHUMACHER 
JACQUES VINCENT