THURSDAY, 18 OCTOBER

Welcoming Speeches

Xiong Meng

Executive Vice Chairman & Secretary General
CFIE & BRICA

Korhan Kurdoğlu

China Network President,
TÜSİAD / President Ata Group

Suma Chakrabarti

President
EBRD

Erol Bilecik

President
TUSIAD

Yu Hongyang

Ambassador
of the People’s Republic of China to Ankara

Berat Albayrak

Minister of Treasury and Finance of
the Republic of Turkey

Introductory Session: Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller

Robert Bosch Senior Fellow
Brookings Institution

Cedric Neike

Member of the Managing Board
Siemens AG

Xiangyang GAO

Chairman of the Board
ICBC Turkey

Mukhtar Hussain

Group General Manager
Head of Belt & Road Initiative, Asia Pacific, HSBC

Shen Andong

Deputy General Manager
Beijing Automotive Group Co LTD

Turkey: Crossroads of the Continents

Güven Sak

Managing Director
TEPAV

Yang Guangyao

Vice President and COO
BOARD Group

Selim Kervancı

Group General Manager Chief Executive Officer
HSBC Turkey

Murat Kolbaşı

Chairman
ARZUM

C. Müjdat Altay

CEO
Netaş Telekomünikasyon A. Ş.

Regions / Continents from BRI perspective

Lord Robin Janvrin

UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy
GCB, GCVO, QSO, PC

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.

Digital BRI

Ruhsar Pekcan

Minister of Trade of the
Republic of Turkey

Filiz Akdede

Managing Director
HP Turkey

K. Erman Karaca

CTO, TFI Tab Food Investments / President,
TÜBİSAD

Fan Hongli

General Manager
China National Electronics Imp.&Exp. Beijing Co.

Hüseyin Gelis

President / CEO
Siemens Turkey

Mikko Lavanti

Vice President Central East Europe /Central Asia
Nokia

FRIDAY, 19 OCTOBER

Regulatory Cooperation & Dispute Settlement

Dr. İsmail G. Esin

Managing Partner
Esin Attorney Partnership

Ziya Akıncı

Founding Partner
Akıncı Law Office / Istanbul Arbitration Centre

Michael W. Bühler

Partner
Jones Day

Zhi Peng

Secretary General of Zhongguancun M&A Promotion Association and Executive Vice
President of Tsinghua Asset Management Group

Banking – Finance - Insurance

Barış Oran

CFO, Sabancı Holding
Board Member, TÜSİAD

William Chui

Regional Director
Europe, Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)

Mehmet Şencan

Deputy Chief Executive
İşbank

Alexis Garatti

Head of Macro and Thematic Research
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

Parallel Sessions 1 - Transportation – Logistics

Henry des Longchamps

Principal
CPCS Transcom Limited

Taner Horoz

CEO
Horoz Lojistik

Zhang Jianwei

Vice Chairman
SINOTRANS & CSC Holdings Co. Ltd

Özgür Soy

CEO
Kumport

Cem Gürdeniz

Director
Istanbul Koç University Maritime Forum

Matej Zakonjsek

Head of Cabinet of Commissioner for Transport
European Commission

Parallel Sessions 1 - Smart Cities

Leonardo Cerciello

Vice President
Telecom Italia Sparkle

Marcus Ross Manning

Commercial and Compliance Team Lead
Future Cities Catapult

László Pintér

Ph.D., Professor and Head of Department, Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Policy
Central European University (CEU)

Fernando Tomas

Manager Smart Cities
IDOM

Berrin Benli

Founder
Novusens Smart City Institute

Parallel Sessions 2 - EPC - “Engineering, Procurement, Construction”

Şule Topçu Kılıç

Deputy Head, Turkey
Infrastructure, Energy, Natural Resources, EBRD

Gürbüz Alp Kireç

Vice President
Tekfen Contracting Group

Tunca Ataoğlu

Regional Director
BTY

Xiong Lixin

Vice General Manager
Powerchina International Group Limited

Erdoğan Fidan

Founder Partner of Fidan
Fidan Law Firm, Istanbul

Parallel Sessions 2 - E-Commerce

Zhang Mei

General Manager
Kunming Meilin Science and Technology Co.,Ltd.

Emre Ekmekçi

President, International
Hepsiburada.com

Yasin Beceni

Managing Partner
BTS&Partners

Yunus Emre Güzer

CEO
PayU Turkey & Global Product Strategy PayU

Parallel Sessions 3 - Tourism - Culture - Art

Ali Güreli

Founder and Chairman
Contemporary Istanbul

Erkunt Öner

Chairman and CEO
Tura Turizm

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

Parallel Sessions 3 - Think – Tank Session

Bahadır Kaleağası

CEO
TÜSİAD

Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller

Robert Bosch Senior Fellow
Brookings Institution

Altay Atlı

Lecturer
Department of International Relations Koç University

Wang Wen

Professor /Executive Dean
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY)

Andrew Cainey

Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme,
Chatham House and Co-Founder of Asiability