TÜSİAD-KOÇ UNIVERSITY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH FORUM
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MOVEMENTS: WHAT’S NEXT FOR EMERGING MARKETS ?
2 December 2005, Friday
Koç University, Sevgi Gönül Auditorium
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-09:50 Opening Remarks
Attila Aşkar- President, Koç University
Ömer Sabancı- Chairman, TÜSİAD Board of Directors
09:50-11:00 SESSION I
Moderator:
Ömer Aras- Member, TÜSİAD Board of Directors; Chairman of the Economic and Financial Affairs Commission, TÜSİAD
John Williamson- “Managing the Boom in Capital Inflows so as to Avoid a Bust”, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics
11:00-11 :15 Coffee Break
11 :15-11:45 SESSION II
Moderator :
Kamil Yılmaz- Associate Professor of Economics, College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koç University
Cevdet Akçay- Chief Economist of Koç Financial Services; Faculty, College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koç University
Murat Üçer- Global Source Advisor for Türkiye; Faculty, College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koç University
“Will History Repeat Itself? An Assessment of Turkish Current Account Trends and Prospects”
11:45-12:30 SESSION III : DISCUSSION ON THE TURKISH ECONOMY
Moderator :
Faik Öztrak- Director, TÜSİAD-Koç University Economic Research Forum
Discussants (in alphabetical order):
Cevdet Akçay- Chief Economist of Koç Financial Services; Faculty, College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, KoçUniversity
Marco Annunziata- Managing Director, Head of Research and Strategy, UBM
Hugh Bredenkamp- Senior Resident Representative of IMF to Türkiye
Carlo Cottarelli- Deputy Director, Policy Development and Review Department, IMF
Murat Üçer- Global Source Advisor for Türkiye; Faculty, College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koç University
John Williamson- Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics
12:30-13:00 Q & A
13:00 End of the Conference and Lunch