On the first day of the summit, the opening speech is expected by the Minister of Treasury and Finance, Lutfi Elvan. And the Minister of Industry and Technology, Mustafa Varank, and the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bekir Pakdemirli are expected to be speakers.
Uludag Economy Summit, one of the important business and economic events of Turkey and Eurasia Region, will be held on 24-25 March as a hybrid (physical and online).
According to the statement made on the subject, Vodafone Business was the main sponsor of the Uludag Economy Summit, which has been organized by Capital, Economist, and Start Up magazines since 2012 and celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The main theme of the Summit for 2021 is “Are We Ready for the New World?”
Esteemed speakers, expert economists and opinion leaders will take part in the economy meeting, which will be held for the first time on 24-25 March 2021 and can be watched live at ‘http://www.uludagekonomizirvesi.org’. New world paradigms will be discussed at the summit that will bring together leaders, executives, and business people from all over the world.
At the Uludag Economic Summit, while the issues related to the new rise and recovery period will be discussed at the global and local level, the new world order, new normals and how the rise will be after the epidemic will be discussed, and strategies to be followed for a better world will be discussed.
At the summit, this year, panels will take place on the topics such as “Public’s Change Agenda”, “New Balances in Energy”, “From Startup to Big Company”, “The Future of Fintechs”, “The Future of Water”, “New Vision in Agriculture”, “The Future of Banking”, “Sustainability”, “Digital Business and Growth”, “Global Economy & New Trends”, “Smart Strategic Business Transformation, “Power of Goodness: With Hope to Tomorrow”, “Time for Transformation in Corporate Governance”.
The names leading the Turkish economy will be at the summit
The names leading the economy and business world of Turkey will also take place as speakers at the Uludag Economic Summit this year. On the first day of the summit, the opening speech is expected to be made by the Minister of Treasury and Finance, Lutfi Elvan, and the Minister of Industry and Technology, Mustafa Varank, and the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bekir Pakdemirli are expected to be speakers.
Speakers taking place at the summit are; Deputy Minister of Trade Gonca Yilmaz Batur, Head of Presidency Finance Office Prof. Dr. Goksel Asan, President of the Presidential Investment Office, Ahmet Burak Daglioglu, President of the Presidency Digital Transformation Office Dr. Ali Taha Koc, President of the Presidency Human Resources Office Prof. Dr. Salim Atay, Turkey National Olympic Committee President Prof. Dr. Ugur Erdener, TSKB General Manager Ece Boru, Ziraat Bank General Director and Chairman of the Banks Association of Turkey Huseyin Aydin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Akfen Holding Hamdi Akin, CEO of Akkok Holding Ahmet Dorduncu, Chief Executive Officer of Anadolu Group Hursit Zorlu, Arcelik’s CEO Hakan Bulgurlu, Chairman of the Board of Bank of America Yatırım Bank Inc. Banu Basar.
Names expected to participate in the summit are: Boyner Group Board Member Umit Boyner, Bunge Gida Turkey Country Leader Turgut Yegenaga, BSH Turkey Senior Manager (CEO) Gokhan Sig, Citibank Turkey General Manager Emre Karter, Deloitte Consulting Leader Hakan Gol, CEO of Dogan Holding Caglar Gogus, General Manager of Dogan Holding Automotive Group Kagan Dagtekin, Doganlar Investment Holding Chairman of the Board of Directors Davut Dogan, Chairman of the Board of the Energy Trade Association (ETD) and CEO of Dogan Energy Burak Kuyan, the Vice President of Esas Holding Emine Sabanci Kamisli, FİBA Group Chairman of the Board Murat Ozyegin, CEO of Ford Otosan Haydar Yenigun, Garanti BBVA General Manager Recep Bastug, Entrepreneur Sina Afra, Google Turkey Director Mehmet Keteloglu, Hummingbird Ventures Managing Partner Firat Ileri.
Erol Bilecik, Chairman of Index Group Board of Directors and Chairman of TUSIAD Board of Directors for the 2017-2018 Period, Chairman and CEO of Kale Group Zeynep Bodur Okyay, Koc Holding Energy Group President Yagiz Eyuboglu, Mox Bank CEO Deniz Guven, Multinet CEO Demirhan Sener, Odeabank CEO Mert Oncu, ODTU Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Erol Taymaz, Papara CEO Ahmed Faruk Karsli, P&G Turkey Caucasus and Central Asia Chairman Tankut Turnaoglu, Head of the Refinery and Petrochemical Business Unit of SOCAR Turkey Anar Mammadov, Sabanci Energy Group President Kivanc Zaimler, Sutas Chairman of the Board, Muharrem Yilmaz, CEO of Vodafone Turkey Engin Aksoy, CEO of Yemek Sepeti Nevzat Aydin, Yildiz Holding CEO Mehmet Tutuncu, Yilport Holding Chairman and CEO Yuksel Yildirim are also among the speakers.
Among the foreign speakers who will attend the summit this year, there are names such as President of EVPA European Venture Philanthropy Association Steven Serneels, UNDP Turkey Property Representative Claudio Tomasi, Family Business Consultant and Author of Century-old Family Business Evolution Dennis Jaffe, Movii CEO and Co-Founder Hernando Rubio, Economist Lord Jim O’Neill, Mark Esposito, author of Al Republic Book and Economist, Founder and CEO of Kyash Shinichi Takatori, Prof. Steve Hanke, Professor of Applied Economics at The Johns Hopkins University.
Opportunity to get investment for entrepreneurs
Uludag Economy Summit will host the winners of the Stars of Region start up competition this year again. Winners of the contest, sponsored by Google, in collaboration with Galata Business Angels (GBA), will be announced at the summit.
In 2021, nearly 700 entrepreneurs from Europe, the USA, Africa, the Middle East and the region applied to the competition besides Turkey. Applications were received through the website ‘www.uludagekonomizirvesi.org.
The top 10 entrepreneurs made a live presentation online in front of the jury consisting of GBA investors and successful leaders of the business world, including Varol Civil, Mehmet Buldurgan, Hande Cilingir, Hande Enes, Ihsan Elgin, Munteha Adali, Kaan Boyner, Ugur Seker, Arif Akdag, and Sina Afra. Successful startup startups that won the competition will be announced at the Uludag Economy Summit.
Vodafone Business is the main sponsor of the Uludag Economy Summit. Gold sponsors include Bank of America, Biotrend, Dogan Trend, Galata Wind, Google, and Papara. Session sponsors of the summit were BSH, Citibank, Deloitte, Fairy, Orkid, Finish, Komili, Italian Consulate, Odeabank, and support sponsors were Dogan Foreign Trade and Sistem9.
Source: AA / Translated by Irem Yildiz