FACING GLOBAL CHALLENGES

10.30 – Registraion

11.00 – Opening Speeches

Presenter: Hans Gang, CEO, Local Global GmbH

Tugrul Tekbulut, President, TUBISAD
Gulara Tirpanceker, President, YASAD
Murat Yalcintas, President, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce
Kursat Tuzmen, Minister of State, Turkey
Key Note:
Walter Hirche, Minister of Economics, Niedersachsen, Germany
(The initiative of European Regions: Boosting infrastructure, competitiveness and collaboration for a globalized world)

12.30 –Innovation Policies and ICT Infrastructure linking societies and business of the region

Moderator: Hans Gang, CEO, Local Global GmbH
The Future of Service Economy: The role and requirements of a globalzed service industry in the region
Ralph Schuler, Country Leader Turkey, IBM Global Business Services
Infrastructure: Linking an economy to the world industries. The Tunisian Example
Youssef Neji, CEO, Centre de Promotion des Exportations Cepex Tunisia

13.00 – Lunch Break

14.00 – Offshoring, Nearshoring, Brain Drain? Business Going to Brains or brains shifting towards business?

Of Tigers and Talents: A European View on Global Competitiveness of European companies in ICT Service Industries
Seesion Chairman: Ulrich Dietz, GFT Technologies AG, Member of the BITKOM Goverming Board
Bulgaria - Location for Nearshoring
Georgi Alipiev, Senior Expert, Bulgaria Invest Agency
Turkey as a Center of Software and IT Services of Eurasia
Tugrul Tekbulut, President, TUBISAD
Evaluation of Gartner Offshore Services
Arzu Gencoglu, General Manager, Gartner Turkey
Finance Capibilities for Software and IT Companies in Eurasia
Raymond J. Ellis, Vice Precident & Manager, US Eximbank

15.30 – Coffee Break

15.45 – Panel: The Turkish ICT industry on the move to new markets, Opportunities and Experiences

Moderator: Eyup Can Saglik, Chief Editor, Referans Newspapar
Panelist: Ali Guven, CEO, Logo Software - Ozkan Erener, General Manager, Veripark - Ferda Kertmelioğlu, CEO, Mobilera - Mehmet Nalbantoğlu, General Manager, Koç Bilgi Grubu - Salih Güreş, General Manager, Tepe Teknoloji - Gülara Tırpançeker, President, YASAD - Aydın Kendir, Global Sales Director, Telenity
Quality and User Friendliness - Key issues for Software Export and Localisation
Michael Fritz, TEKOM / TC World

17.00 – Speed Presentations

Entrust Inc., Canada - Qos Design, France - Sisteer, France - Isitec, France - Redknee, Canada

18.00 - Closing Coctail

Eurasian Business Forum