April 9th, Thursday |
| 08.30 - 09.00 |
Welcome and Registration – Breakfast |
| 09.00 - 9.30 |
Welcoming Addresses:
Hakan GULDAG, Dunya Editor in Chief
Nazim EKREN, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, responsible for economic affairs
Christine LAGARDE, Minister, Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry (video message)
His Excellency Bernard EMIE, Ambassador of France to Turkey |
| 9.30 – 10.30 |
Opening Remarks:
Jean-Michel SEVERINO, CEO, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Hüseyin Aydın, CEO, Türkiye Halk Bankası (Halkbank)
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| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Coffee Break |
Session 1: (Click here for session details)
SMEs & Big Business linkages: living in a global competitive environment
Moderator: Osman Arolat, Editor in Chief of Dünya Gazetesi |
| 11.00 – 12.30 |
Round Table:
Vice President of Istanbul Chamber of Commerce and of Union of Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce (to be confirmed)
Tarik Tunalıoğlu, General Manager Renault Turkey
Mohamed Lamine Dhaoui, Chief, Industrial Policy and Private Sector Development UNIDO
Turkish SME CEO, case study |
| 12.30 – 14.00 |
Lunch, organised by thematic tables and chaired by an expert , AFD, Dünya and sponsor |
Session 2: (Click here for session details)
CSR and SMEs: an opportunity or a luxury?
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Kenan Mortan |
| 14.00 - 15.45 |
Chairman of the session:
Pierre JACQUET, AFD Chief Economist
Round Table:
CEO of a Turkish SME : case study (to be determined)
- The International Standards
Paul Begley, Senior Researcher AccountAbility
- The Situation in Turkey:
Melsa Ararat, Director and Faculty Member, Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey, Sabanci University
- CSR in the banking sector
Süleyman Aslan, Deputy General Manager, Halkbank
Devrim Ziya Tavil, SME Banking Director, TEB (Türk Ekonomi Bankasi) |
| 15.45 – 16.15 |
Coffee Break |
Session 3: (Click here for session details)
SMEs as Development Drivers: Best practices to promote SMEs?
Moderator: DÜNYA Gazetesi |
| 16.15 – 18.15 |
Chairman of the session:
Aurelio Martínez ESTEVEZ, Chairman of INSTITUTO DE CRÉDITO OFICIAL (to be confirmed)
Round Table:
- Situation & Experience in Tunisia
Ridha Ben Mosbah, Director General of Groupe Chimique Tunisien and the Compagnie des
Phosphates de Gafsa
-European cluster initiative: case studies
Juan-J. Carmona Schneider, Senior consultant Centre for Innovation and Technology
- Situation and experience in Turkey:
Mustafa Kaplan, President of KOSGEB (Small and Medium Industry Development Organization) |
| 20.30 |
Gala Dinner* at The Marmara Esma Sultan, introduced by J.M. SEVERINO, H. AIDIN and Didem Demirkent
Note: The Gala Dinner is only upon invitation or extra fee. For more details contact the organizers (konferans@dunya.com) (optional) |
April 10th, 2009 Friday |
| 08.30 - 09.00 |
Welcome – Breakfast |
Session 4: (Click here for session details)
Innovative Solutions in SME Development and Finance
Moderator: Laurent Klein, Deputy Director of AFD for Turkey |
| 09.00 - 11:00 |
Keynote speakers:
- Financial innovations and Guarantee, the French Experience:
Michel Ganoote, Europe Delegate at European Programs Direction – OSEO
- The Turkish Experience in SME Finance and Non Financial Services Streamlining
Sahap Kavcioğlu, Deputy General Manager SME Banking, Halkbank
- Downscaling and Microfinance
Dirk Haböck, General Manager IPC, (Germany)
Aude Flogny-Catrisse, Head of the Private Sector Division AFD
- Private Equity Investment firms, the Tunisian Experience
Ahmed Abdelkefi, President Tuninvest Group, Tunisia |
| 11.00 – 11.30 |
Coffee Break |
Session 5: (Click here for session details)
SME’s Regional Economic Integration
Moderator: Servet Yildirim CNBC-E Editor in Chief |
| 11.30 – 13.00 |
Round Table:
Opening remarks:
- Compared competitiveness factors and Turkish SME’s market shares in the Euro-Mediterranean area
Gündüz Findikçioglu, Chief economist TSKB
- The European “Small Business Act”
Maïve Rute, Special SME envoy, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General, European Commission/ Small Business Act
- Future Perspectives for Turkish SMEs
Nail Opak, Member of Board MÜSIAD (Independent Industrialists & Businessmen’s Association), Chairman of Commission of Sector Councils
Elcab Kablo: Turkish SME business case |
| 13.00 –13.15 |
Concluding Remarks:
Dünya Gazetesi
Conference Making-Off |
| 13.15 |
Lunch |
