PROGRAMME

Day 1: Monday, 26 November 2007

9.00-10.00 REGISTRATION
10.00-11.30 OPENING SPEECHES C. Tanıl Küçük
Chairman of the Board, İstanbul Chamber of Industry

Hüsamettin Kavi
Speaker of the Chamber Assembly, İstanbul Chamber of Industry

M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu
Chairman of the Board, The Union of Chambers of Turkey

Zafer Çağlayan
Minister of Industry and Trade of Turkey
11.30-13.00

Keynote Speech:
Technology, Innovation and Competition

Ray Hammond
Business Strategist
13.00-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-16.00 Session 1A Global Trends in Competition and Innovation
* Impact of Economic Developments

* Innovation Trends and Policies

* Innovation and Competition

* Industrial Innovation Trends

Chairperson:
Osman Ulagay
Columnist, Milliyet Daily Newspaper

Speakers:

Hasan Ersel
Member of the Advisory Council, TEPAV

John Dryden
Deputy Director Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD

Suzan Sabancı Dinçer
Executive Board Member, Akbank

Prof. Dr. Arie Nagel
Professor of Technology Management, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
14.00-16.00 Session 1B From Innovative Technology to Product
* R&D and Technology Development

* Value Chain Analysis in Innovation

* From Idea to Product

* From Academic Innovation to Product

* Commercial Success Through Innovation

Chairperson:
Assoc. Prof. Talat Çiftçi
Founding Partner, Biosfer Consulting

Speakers:

Dr. Erbil Payzın
President, Payzin Consulting

İffet İyigün Meydanlı
R&D System Development Manager, Arçelik

Dr. Ian McKay
Director, EurExcel

Doç. Dr. Atilla Dikbaş
Director of Project Management Center, İstanbul Technical University

Ufuk Güçlü
Chief Deputy General Manager, Ford Otosan

16.00-16.30 COFFEE BREAK
16.30-18.30 Session 2A Dynamics of Regional Competition
* Socio-Economic Trends

* Industrial Trends, Business Opportunities

* Science and Technology

Chairperson:
Prof. Dr. İlter Turan
Professor of International Relations, İstanbul Bilgi University

Speakers:

Klaus Rohland
Country Director and Resident Representative of the World Bank in the Russian Federation

Tuğrul Erkin
Chairman of the Turkish-Eurasian Business Councils, Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey

Prof. Dr. Gündüz Ulusoy
Professsor of Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabancı University

16.30-18.30 Session 2B Regional Best Practices on Innovation
* Best Practices from Turkey

* From Technopark to Industry

Chairperson:
Prof. Dr. Fazilet Vardar Sukan
Coordinator, IRC-Ege

Speakers:

Metin İsmail Taşkın
Chief Technology Officer, AirTies Wireless Networks

Hakan Altınay
General Manager, Kale Altinay Robotics

Dr. İbrahim Nazmi Ekber Onuk
Vice Chairman, Yonca-Onuk JV

Day 2: Tuesday, 27 November 2007