TÜSİAD-KOÇ UNIVERSITY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH FORUM CONFERENCE
GLOBAL TRENDS, PROSPECTS, AND TURKEY’S GROWTH RECORD
Ceylan InterContinental Hotel, Istanbul
June 13, 2006
09:00-09:30 Coffee
09:30-10:30 Opening Remarks
Attila Aşkar- President, Koç University
Ömer Sabancı- Chairman, TÜSİAD Board of Directors
Abdüllatif Şener- Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister
10:30-11:30 SESSION 1
Guy Longueville- “Global Trends and Growth Prospects for Emerging Markets”, Head of Country Risk, BNP Paribas Bank
Matthew Vogel- “Developments in Emerging Europe and Türkiye”, Head of Emerging Markets Strategy, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Barclays Capital
11:30-12:00 Coffee Break
12:00-13:00 SESSION 2: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS, DOMESTIC DYNAMICS, AND TURKISH ECONOMY
Moderator:
Faik Öztrak- Director, TÜSİAD-Koç University Economic Research Forum
Discussants:
Cevdet Akçay- Chief Economist of Koç Financial Services; Faculty, College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koç University
Seyfettin Gürsel- Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Galatasaray University
Ercan Kumcu- Faculty, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Bilgi University; Board Chairman, Tekfenbank; Columnist, Hürriyet
Fatih Özatay- Former Vice President of Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye; Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, TOBB Economics and Technology University
13:00-13:15 Q&A
13:15 End of the Conference