Registration

Opening by Ali ASLAN, International TV Presenter and Journalist

Welcoming remarks:

• Peter ADRIAN, President DIHK
• Rifat HİSARCIKLIOĞLU, President TOBB
• Pinar ERSOY, President AHK Türkiye
• Rolf A. KÖNIGS, President TD-IHK

Videomessage by Chancellor Olaf SCHOLZ

Videomessage by the President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN (tbc)

Keynote by the Ambassador of Türkiye to Germany Ahmet Başar ŞEN

Economic Perspective and potential cooperation in the region

Moderator: Ali ASLAN

Main Topics:

Technical and mentoring support for the business in the region. (How to bridge the needs for technical and mentoring support with the support and mentoring providers?)

Supplying from the earthquake region – industrial and agricultural products.(Platform for procuring the raw, intermediary goods from the suppliers operating in the region)

• Hasan Cağlayan DÜNDAR, Head of Real Sector and R&D Implementation Department, TOBB
• Mustafa BULUNTU, President, Kahramanmaras Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Dr. Kirsten SCHOLL, Head of Europe Department, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
• Ben BUTTERS, CEO, Eurochambres

The impact of and policies for the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake – Presentation of the Report of The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Türkiye (TEPAV)

• Gülbin ŞAHİNBEYOĞLU, TEPAV

Wrap-up by Ali ASLAN,

Coffee break

Workshop I

Green and Energy Efficient Rebuilding Infrastructure and Housing

Moderator: Thilo CUNZ, Head of Building International, dena (German Energy Agency)

Speakers:

• Çağla DÜZBASAN, RailOne Ilgaz and Ilgaz Construction Board Member
• Yesim UGUTMEN, Company Owner of Servet Market Café
• Tom HENNING, CFO, eMIS Deutschland GmbH
• Mehmet Selçuk YÜCESOY, Business Development Manager, Dorce Prefabricated Building and Construction Industry Trade Inc.
• Abdelrahman HELAL, Lead Consultant, Büro Happold

Workshop II

Education and employment perspectives for the people in the region

Moderator: Dr. Thilo PAHL, CEO, AHK Türkiye and Nalan YETIM, Deputy Secretary General, TD-IHK

Speakers:

• Nihat SORGEÇ, General Manager, Bildungswerk Kreuzberg
• Selçuk ÖZER, Chief Business Development Officer 3D Global GmbH and Member of the General Assembly of IHK Ostwürttemberg
• Ali KOBAN, General Manager, ISS Netzwerk gGmbH
• Düzgün ARSLAN, Head of Fachberufshochschule, Yeditepe University

Lunch and end of conference