“ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES CONFERENCE”

13 November 2012
TEPAV, Ankara

13:00 – Opening Remarks

• M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, President of TOBB

• Francis Ricciardone, U.S. Ambassador to Ankara

• Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Development (to be confirmed)

14:00 – Opening Panel: Does Turkey Have an Entrepreneurship Policy?
Moderator: Güven Sak, Executive Director, TEPAV

• Ahmet Acar, Rector, Middle East Technical University

• Ersan Aslan, Undersecretary, Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology

• İbrahim Çanakçı, Undersecretary of Treasury

• Kemal Madenoğlu, Undersecretary, Ministry of Development

• Ahmet Yakıcı, Undersecretary, Ministry of Economy

• Gülden Yılmaz, Member, TOBB Young Entrepreneurs Board

15:30 – Break

16:00 – Developing Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Competition and Development Policy
Moderator: Mete Çakmakcı, Secretary General, TTGV

• Dilek Çetindamar, Faculty Member, Sabancı University

• İhsan Elgin, Director, Özyeğin University Entrepreneurship Center

• Sibel Ersin, Head of Planning Unit, İzmir Development Agency

• Murat Gürsoy, Program Specialist and Coordinator, UNDP

• Aslı Kurul, Director of Entrepreneur Relations, Endeavor

• Turgut Şenol, Director, Teknopark Istanbul

17:15 – Does the Public Sector Support or Hinder Entrepreneurs?
Moderator: Göktekin Dinçerler, Chair, TOBB Turkey Venture Capital Industry Council

• Yavuz Eroğlu, General Manager, SEM Plastik

• Yücel Altunbaşak, President, TÜBİTAK

• Hayrettin Demircan, Deputy Director General, Treasury Undersecretariat, Financial Sector Relations and Foreign Exchange

• Fırat İşbecer, Co-founder, Pozitron

• Mustafa Kaplan, President, KOSGEB

18:00 – Closing

Note: The names of the panelists are listed in alphabetical order by surname.