The 10th UK TURKEY BUSINESS FORUM

Wednesday, 4 September 2019

Hilton Bosphorus İstanbul

ABOUT THE FORUM

The TBCCI Istanbul Forum, the 10th this year in the series, is an annual expert information exchange and business networking platform where business opportunities and methods are discussed in the Turkey-UK country-pair context. The focus this year is Post-Brexit perspective, Technology, Finance, energy, Manufacturing, and Construction.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Corporations, professionals, officials, academicians and individuals from both Turkey and the UK, who are engaged in or intending to do business in or between the two countries.

WHY ATTEND?

Hear from the Experts: Learn from key note speakers and panels of thought leaders from leading companies and government organisations both in Turkey and the UK, exploring the investment and trade opportunities in Turkey & the UK in the Post-Brexit era. Hear from experts discussing how future technologies, cyber security, cloud-computing and Fintech will shape the finance and technology markets. Lastly, receive invaluable insights from the leaders of the infrastructure industry on trends in the industry and the UK-Turkey joint project opportunities.

Be Inspired: Be among the select few to have an opportunity to hear from these industry luminaries sharing their knowledge, experiences and tips.

Expand Your Network: With hundreds of attendees, and multiple networking receptions, this forum is a networking jackpot. The Forum will be your exclusive opportunity to meet face to face with these executive corporate decision makers and government leaders.

PROGRAMME

12:00 – 13:00 Registration – Networking

13:00 – 13:20 Welcome Addresses

13:20 – 14:00 Keynote Speeches

14:00 – 14:10 Turan Erdoğan, Ceo Vestel; A Perspective On Bilateral Business

14:10 – 14:20 Remzi Gur, Chairman Turkish British Business Council / DEİK; A Perspective on Bilateral Business

14:20 – 14:40 Coffee Break

14:40 – 14:55 Ruhsar Pekcan, Minister Of Trade Turkey

14:55 – 15:40 Post-Brexit World Perspective Panel

15:40 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 16:45 Technology – Finance Panel

16:45 – 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 – 17:45 Infrastructure Panel

SPEAKERS

13:00 – 13:20 WELCOME ADDRESSES

ALDERMAN EMMA EDHEM
TBCCI Chairman, Deputy Head of International Law, Barrister No 5 Chambers
Board of Directors UK Hungarian Business Council – British Azerbaijan Law Association

NICHOLAS CANNON
Head of Economic & Prosperity, British Consulate-General Istanbul

13:20 – 14:00 KEYNOTE SPEECHES

SIR DOMINICK CHILCOTT
British Ambassador to Turkey

ARDA ERMUT
President, Investment Office of the Presidency of Turkey

14:00 – 14:10 TURAN ERDOĞAN, CEO VESTEL; A PERSPECTIVE ON BILATERAL BUSINESS

14:10 – 14:20 REMZİ GÜR, Chairman Turkish British Business Council / DEİK; A Perspective on Bilateral Business

14:20 – 14:40 COFFEE BREAK

14:40 – 14:55 RUHSAR PEKCAN, MINISTER OF TRADE TURKEY

14:55 – 15:40 POST-BREXIT WORLD PERSPECTIVE PANEL
The Post-Brexit Outlook
Investment-Trade opportunities-methods in Turkey & the UK
Marketing & Branding in Turkey & the UK
Exports-Logistics-Cross-border Access

Moderator

ALDERMAN EMMA EDHEM
TBCCI Chairman | Deputy Head of International Law, Barrister No 5 Chambers
Board of Directors UK Hungarian Business Council & British Azerbaijan Law Association

Panellists

ATİLLA BASTIRMACI
Acting Deputy Director General for International Agreements and EU, Ministry of Trade

ALPER ÖZEL
Chairman of the Executive Board, UND The International Transporters Association of Turkey

RAŞİT ÇİLOĞLAN
Strategic Planning & Coordination Manager, VESTEL

SERCAN BAHADIR
Tax Partner Ernst & Young

MOHAMMED ZAMAN
Queen’s Counsel, No5 Chambers

15:40 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

16:00 – 16:45 TECHNOLOGY – FINANCE PANEL
Future Technologies – Cyber Security, Cloud computing
Fintech – Financial Instruments

Moderator

DOUG CLARK
TBCCI Director | WW Lead Watson & Cloud Platform IBM Telco, Media & Entertainment

Panellists

GÖRKEM KİRİŞ
Country Manager, Rolls-Royce Turkey

GÖKHAN İNDAP
Sales Director, KoçSistem

MEHMET GÜLEZ
Associate Partner, Innovation Leader, Ernst & Young

ÖZGÜR KUTAY
Country Head – Turkey, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, UK Export Finance, British Consulate-Istanbul

16:45 – 17:00 COFFEE BREAK

17:00 – 17:45 INFRASTRUCTURE; ENERGY, MANUFACTURING, CONSTRUCTION PANEL
Trends in Energy, Manufacturing, Construction – Manufacturing Technologies
UK-Turkey joint project opportunities – Supply Chains and transportation

Moderator

NECMETTİN KAYMAZ
TBCCI Director | Chief Project Director, Investment Office of the Presidency of Turkey

Panellists

JOE MURPHY
President, BP Turkey

HALDUN DİNGEÇ
Production Technologies Director, Arçelik

JAMES RITCHIE
Head of Manufacturing Technology, BAE Systems Air

GÜRKAN YILDIRIM
Vice Chairman, Young Businessmen Association of Turkey, TÜGİAD

DR. YAVUZ CABBAR
Secretary General, Ankara Chamber of Industry, ASO

REGISTRATION

Standard Fees
Member                   : 190 GBP (TBCCI, DEİK, İTO, İSO, TİM, ATO, ASO, GTO)
General Admission: 260 GBP

You can register:

Online via the Forum Page on Eventbrite 

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Cancellations/Changes and Refunds:  Fees for missed forum attendance will not be refunded. Fees will be refunded, if cancellation or change resulting in a refund is received in writing no later than  28 August 2019. After that date, fees are non-refundable. All refunds will be processed after the conference. Substitutions are allowed at no charge.

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