09. 00

Registration and Networking

10. 00

Welcoming Speeches

11. 25

Group Photo

(Heads or representatives of BRICA Member Organization Delegations with the introductory session’s participants)

11. 30

Coffee Break

11. 45

Introductory Session: Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

  • Economic implications for China and regional & global economy
  • Financial Institutions as part of BRI, funding possibilities of the projects

Moderator: Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller, Robert Bosch Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

12. 30

Lunch sponsored by TFI Tab Food Investments

13. 30

Turkey: Crossroads of the Continents

  • Business and investment opportunities in Turkey
  • Mega infrastructure projects in the context of Silk Road
  • Exploring multilateral business opportunities

Keynote: 

Moderator: Güven Sak, Managing Director of TEPAV

14. 30

Regions / Continents from BRI perspective

  • Europe, Asia, Caucasus, Middle East, Africa, Latin America
  • Business/Investment environment
  • Global vision of FDI; larger investor countries’ perspective in the light of BRI

Keynote: Lord Robin Janvrin, UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy, GCB, GCVO, QSO, PC

Moderator: Ersoy Erkazancı, Dubai Correspondent, Bloomberg HT

  • Christian Ewert, President, Amfori
  • Zhang Liwen, Member of Mazars Global Governance Committee
  • Michael Löwy, Director, International Relations, Federation of Austrian Industries
  • Li Ge, Deputy Secretary and Chairman of the Supervisor Committee, XCMG Construction Machinery Co. Ltd.
15. 45

Coffee Break

16. 15

Digital BRI

  • Technology & Innovation
  • Start-ups
  • Digitalization of industries

Keynote: Ruhsar Pekcan, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Turkey

Moderator: Filiz Akdede, CEO, HP Turkey; President, TÜSİAD ICT Working Group

 

17: 30

End of the First day

09. 30

Welcome Coffee

10. 00

Regulatory Cooperation & Dispute Settlement

  • Implementation challenges of BRI

Moderator: Dr.İsmail G. Esin, Managing Partner, Esin Attorney Partnership

11. 00

Banking – Finance - Insurance

  • Cooperation possibilities in financial markets
  • RMB Use
  • Infrastructure financing
  • Fintech

Moderator: Barış Oran, CFO, Sabancı Holding; Board Member, TÜSİAD

  • William Chui, Regional Director, Europe, Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)
  • Mehmet Şencan, Deputy Chief Executive, Corporate and Commercial Banking,  İşbank
  • Alexis Garatti, Head of Macroeconomics, Euler Hermes
  • Emre Hatem, Director, Project Finance and Sustainability, Garanti Bank
  • Dr. Rıza Kadılar, Senior Country Manager, Natixis Turkey; Chairman, China Institute Turkey
  • Zhi Peng, Secretary General of Zhongguancun M&A Promotion Association and Executive Vice President of Tsinghua Asset Management Group
12. 15

Lunch

SECTORAL SESSIONS

13. 30

Paralel Sessions 1

Transportation – Logistics

  • Opportunities and challenges arising from BRI for Logistics
  • Smart logistics, new technologies, efficient services
  • Development and current situation of rail, land, maritime and airline transport
  • Custom harmonization among BRI countries

              

Moderator: Cem Gürdeniz, Director, Koç University Maritime Forum

Smart Cities  

  • Opportunities and challenges arising from BRI for the Future Cities
  • Environmental Technologies & Sustainability
  • New and Renewable Energies
  • Urban Development

Keynote:

Moderator: Laszlo Pinter, Ph.D., Professor and Head of Department, Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University (CEU);
Senior Fellow, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

14. 30

Coffee Break

14. 50

Parallel Sessions 2

EPC - “Engineering, Procurement, Construction”

  • Opportunities and challenges arising from BRI for EPCs
  • The role of the largest EPCs and EPC solutions along the BRI
  • EPC financing

Moderator: Şule Topçu Kılıç, Deputy Head, Turkey, Infrastructure, Energy, Natural Resources, EBRD

E-Commerce

  • Opportunities and challenges of BRI for E-commerce
  • Cross-border e-commerce as a new trading channel
  • Internet security

Moderator: Emre Ekmekçi, President of International Hepsiburada.com

  • Zhang Mei, General Manager, Kunming Meilin Science and Technology Co.,Ltd.
  • Yasin Beceni, Managing Partner at BTS&Partners
  • Emre Güzer, CEO PayU Turkey & Global Product Strategy PayU
15. 50

Parallel Sessions 3

Tourism - Culture

  • The main drivers for China’s outbound tourism
  • New tourism trends in BRI countries & in the world
  • People-to-people bonds; cultural / academic programs

Keynote:

Moderator: Ali Güreli, Vice President, Turkish Tourism Investors Association  

  • Erkunt Öner, Board Member, Turkish Tourism Investors Association
  • Sun Ho, Chairman, Chang Cheng Insurance Brokers Ltd.
  • Hakan Öztürk, Ali Bey Hotels & Resorts & JOALI Maldives Coordinator, Gürallar Group
  • Alp Üstüngör, Chairman, Turkey China 86 Platform


Think – Tank and Academic Approach

• Assessment of the opportunities & challenges arising from BRI by international think-tanks from economic, geopolitical, social perspectives

Moderator: Bahadır Kaleağası, CEO, TUSIAD

  • Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller, Robert Bosch Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
  • Dr. Altay Atlı, Lecturer, Koç University, Department of International Relations
  • Wang Wen, Executive Dean, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China
  • Andrew Cainey, Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham House and Co-Founder of Asiability.
16. 50

End of the Summit