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Elif
Dağdeviren
Producer, Communication Consultant
Biography
“It is important to maintain inner courage and excitement. I gained something new with every different thing I tried. You will get what you want if you try the right thing at the right time.”
Who is Elif Dağdeviren?
Dağdeviren received a degree in business administration from Hacettepe University’s Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. As part of her university education, she completed a course on “American Sociology and Languages” at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA. After receiving her degree in Turkey, she took a course on the “Business of Music” at Baruch College, New York. She began her career translating movie scripts for TRT during her university years.
Elif Dagdeviren has started her career as a film translator for national Turkish television, TRT and continued her career in media in various roles; reporter, editor in chief, television producer and moderator. She founded netbul.com; the first major online content company in Turkey. Which was followed by a film production company, hundred percent owned by Dagdeviren, specialising in television programmes and cinema films that has been a candidate for Oscars. She also co-founded a 4,000 person capacity concert venue and hosted 40 different international concerts.
While her company Edge All In One acts as an umbrella agency for film producing, communication and brand consultancy; she continues to take roles in different projects. She has been acting as the Director of International Antalya Film Festival which one was 51.-52. Ve 53., one the oldest and most prestigious film festivals in Europe. Her deep commitment to cinema inspired her to establish Cinema of Turkey with the mission to promote Turkey and Turkish Cinema globally.
She works in international projects as a “cultural ambassador volunteer” to further promote Turkish cinema. She is a guest writer and lecturer on new media. She gives consultancy on communication and brand management, and also on production stage of TV and cinema projects, lastly for developing ideas for internet.
Speech Topics
Communication
• Communication management
• Corporate Communications
• New Trends In Communication
– Innovation and Creativity
– Marketing
• Personal Branding
• Brand
• Brand Management
– About Life
– Work and life balance
– Culture – Travel
– Art
– Cinema and everything about cinema
– Technology
– Digital life
– Internet
– Personal Development
– Creativity
– Management
– Business Development
– Talent Management
– Conventional and Digital Brand Journey
– Motivation, Courage and Entrepreneurship
– Women and Entrepreneurship
Kadir
Çöpdemir
TV producer, TV and Radio Programmer, Actor
Biography
“I have a natural bioenergy. I can communicate with people and express myself easily. That’s why people feel comfortable around me.”
He is a natural. He is genuine. He has a unique style which lets him communicate with people easily. Kadir Çöpdemir’s name is now well-known thanks to the numerous engaging projects he has successfully brought into being since he first entered the public consciousness broadcasting on private radio. From TV and radio programming to reporting, acting and writing, every project he touches turns to gold: every single one is an absolute success.
The projects that he has prepared for companies, in particular, have drawn a lot of attention lately. These offbeat projects have been shaped by Çöpdemir according to the companies’ needs, demands and expectations. He joins ad campaigns, cheers up meetings and grabs attention with product launches. He also interviews the employees and the customers of the companies. As you can imagine, all these events become incredibly colourful thanks to his brilliant style. Now he is joining Indeks’ Speakers Agency as a solution’s partner to offer business this unique and entertaining opportunity to get involved in something out of the ordinary. Kadir Çöpdemir has done some extraordinary projects for companies such as Teknosa, Garanti Bankası, Ford, Reckitt-Benckiser, Daimler-Chrysler, Fortis Bank, Renault, Permatik, Siemens and Pepsi.
Who is Kadir Çöpdemir?
Kadir Çöpdemir was born in Zile, Tokat in 1967. He graduated from Istanbul University, starting his career at Süper FM, Turkey’s first private radio station.
Çöpdemir worked as an actor in various television and cinema movies including “Ekmek Teknesi,” “Amerikalılar Karadeniz’de 2,” “Sınav,” “Deli Duran,” “Kızma Birader” and “Ask Yakar”. His television programs, “Gerçeğin Ta Kendisi,” “Biri Bana Anlatsın,” and “Hiç Bunları Kendine Dert Etmeye Değer Mi” were broadcast on NTV. His talk show “Maksat Muhabbet” was broadcast on ATV. Currently he is the producer of the TV programme “Kadir Çöpdemir Koptu Geliyor” shown on TRT 1.
Speech Topics
• Moderation on a defined topic
Leyla
Alaton
Alarko Holding A.Ş. Board Member
Biography
“Brave businesswoman, bright speaker… Brings you fascinating topics.”
Leyla Alaton is one of the brightest figures of Turkish business life. She comes from a strong tradition of family business. Alaton draws attention with her unique style and brave ideas. She works tirelessly to help women achieve success in their business careers and improve their social status in a self sufficient manner. Alaton specifically speaks on and helps larger audiences understand the issues of entrepreneurship, innovation and women employment with her vast experience.
Leyla Aaton was actively in business life since 1986 and climbed the steps up her career fast thanks to a sophisticated analytic skill. Following her education in USA, she started her career in 1986 at Alarko Holding, founded by her father Ishak Alaton and his partner Dr. Üzeyir Garih and managed promotion and marketing of Alkent – Etiler Uyduşehir and Alsit Villakent projects.
She was named as the “Businesswoman of the Year” by the National Center for Productivity in 1992.
She was listed among the “Leaders of the Future” at the Davos World Economic Forum in 1993. In the same year, she founded Megatrend Public Relations and Consulting Company. She provided consultancy service for global giants including Aérospatiale and Alcatel.
Alaton is an active member of many non-governmental organizations including GYİAD (Young Businessmen Association) Founding Membership, GIF (Global Relations Forum) Membership, New Museum, New York Leadership Council Membership, Make A Wish Association Board Membership, Darüşşafaka Education Institutions Consulting Committee Membership, Contemporary Art Istanbul Consulting Committee Membership, WPO (World Presidents’ Organization) Membership and “Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards” jury membership.
She was also a jury member of the TV show “Do You Have An Idea” where she helped young entrepreneurs with their fresh ideas using her years of experience.
Supporting women employment
Alaton is a known advocate for women in business and social life. She encourages entrepreneur women on many platforms she is involved in, whether as a speaker or an invitee, and takes active action through a number of organizations to achieve this goal. One of these organizations is KAGİDER (Women Entrepreneurs Association), where she is a founding member. Leyla Alaton is an active speaker in demand on issues of women’s rights, improvement of their social status and entrepreneurship on TV shows, college meetings and various other organizations.
Art-lover
Alaton is well-known for her enthusiasm in arts, in addition to her business career, as well as her collections and a sophisticated interest in painting and modern arts since her college days. Alaton has a unique approach to art: “Arts should tranquilize those who are confused and confuse those who are tranquilized”. Alaton is a member of Contemporary Art Istanbul Consultative Committee and has a huge collection of paintings.
Who is Leyla Alaton?
Leyla Alaton, born n Istanbul attended Şişli Terakki, Lycée Sainte-Pulcherie and Notre Dame de Sion schools. She has a Business Management degree from Fairleigh Dickinson College in USA.
She also holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences from New York University. Alaton is a board member of Alarko Holding A.Ş., Alvimedica and Tıbbi Ürünler San. ve Dış Tic. A.Ş. Leyla Alaton was granted with Légion d’Honneur, the highest decoration in France, for her positive contributions to Turkish-French relations.
Speech Topics
-Women Employment- Women’s Rights
-Business World from a Woman’s Perspective
-Women’s Entrepreneurship
Atilla
Yeşilada
Journalist, Economist, TV Programmer
Biography
Who is Atilla Yesilada?
Atilla Yesilada is Turkey’s leading political analyst and commentator. He is known throughout the finance and political science world for his thorough and outspoken coverage of Turkey’s political and financial developments. In addition to his extensive writing schedule, he is often called upon to provide his political expertise on major radio and television networks such as CNBC-E and Turkey’s CEM-TV.
Atilla Yesilada
Atilla Yesilada is currently senior partner of a small and independent think tank called IstanbulAnalytics, with a multinational client portfolio of over 100 fund managers, FDIs and major Turkish corporates. He also advises GlobalSource Partners as Turkey country consultant on economic and political affairs. Yesilada is a regular contributor to international TV broadcasts on finance and economics, as well as Turkish politics, while writing regular columns for Turkey’s leading financial websites VATAN and www.paraanaliz.com. He has formerly contributed to financial daily Referans and liberal daily Radikal. He manages English language website www.istanbulanalytics.comand used to presents cable channel Cem TV’s popular morning show Wake Up daily, which is recently rated number one among FM listeners. He previously worked as morning show host at Habertürk and CNBC-E.
Mr. Yesilada is also active in the conference circuit, having addressed large audiences in Dubai, New York City, Copenhagen London, İstanbul and several other Turkish cities.
Atilla Yesilada previously served as Research Director for several leading Turkish brokerage firms, including, Global Securities, Eczacibası Securities and Egebank. His specialties are macroeconomics, finance and the banking sector, as well as energy and media. While serving in this capacity, Atilla and his teams received over 20 awards for excellence in research and he was selected to the 1997 All-Europe Research Team of the Institutional Investor Magazine.
Mr. Atilla Yesilada received his BA in Business Administration from Eastern Illinois University. He also holds MA and PhD degrees in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Rennselear Polytechnic University, Troy-New York, respectively. During his studies in the United States, Mr. Yesilada taught economics and finance in various universities. He also held a research fellowship at the New York-based liberal think-tank Jerome Levy Institute, where he specialized on banking crisis.
Mr. Yesilada and his research partner Dr. Murat Ucer currently serve hedge funds, international investment banks, domestic banks and non-financial companies on yearly retainer basis.
Embassies, supra-national institutions and state agencies are also among our regular clients.
In addition to offering economic, market, strategy and political consulting services on a retainer basis, over the last three years, Mr. Atilla Yesilada has either conducted with his team, or co-operated with Dr. Murat Ucer and other experts on the following custom made research projects, among others:
- A study on the real estate market and the possibility of bubbles in MENA
- Nabucco Pipeline: Economic and Political Feasibility Assessment
- Turkish Electricity Production and Distribution: Privatization Prospects and Strategy for Entrants
- Turkish Agro-Industry: Prospects for Financial Investment Vehicles
Speech Topics
- Economy
- Current Affairs
- Analysis of Daily Affairs
Nasuh
Mahruki
Professional Mountain Climber, Writer, Photographer
Biography
He started mountaineering when he was 20 and high altitude climbing at 24. When he was 26, after completing the ascents of five 7000 meter peaks in Pamir and Tien Shan mountains, he became one of the few western climbers who are given the prestigious Snow Leopard title by the Russian Mountaineering Federation which is still not yet repeated by another Turkish climber. At the age of 27, he became the first Turkish and the first muslim climber in the world who has climbed Mount Everest. When he was 28, he completed the Seven Summits project which is climbing the highest peaks of each continent and among 45 climbers, he became the youngest climber in the world. He made the highest solo ascent of Turkey on 8201 m. high Mount Cho Oyu, the 6th highest mountain in the world. He climbed 8516 m. high Mount Lhotse, the 4th highest mountain in the world. He climbed 8611 m. Mount K2, the second highest and according to many, the most difficult and dangerous mountain in the world. All these 8000 m. climbs were first Turkish ascents and last three were without supplementary Oxygen. In 2010, he climbed Mount Everest again after 15 years.
He has made long overland motorcycling tours in Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet, Bhutan, Mongolia and some of Europe.
He is doing motivational speeches on subjects like self improvement, leadership, team building, target orientation, persevarence, risk management and self actualization. He has also taught on these subjects at a university. He has written articles on various magazines and newspapers and also made documentaries on various TV channels.
He is the founder member and the president of AKUT (Search and Rescue Association). AKUT is a volunteer based search and rescue team. Nasuh Mahruki has founded AKUT in 1996 with a group of his mountain climber friends. It became the one and only team that has organized on search and rescue, before the devastating Marmara Earthquake that hit Gölcük and killed approximately 18.000 people on August 17, 1999. AKUT volunteers rescued 220 people under the collapsed structures. They were so effective and helpful for the victims during those very difficult days and Turkish people has chosen AKUT as the most trusted entity of Turkey. Today there are 36 AKUT units and about 1600 volunteers all over Turkey and more then 2220 people have either rescued or moved to safe environments by AKUT. AKUT has also rescued more then 1000 wild and domestic animals as well.
Nasuh Mahruki is also the founder member of Ortak İdealler Derneği (Common Purpose Association of Turkey), board member of ASHOKA Foundation in Turkey and he is a member of UGSAD (National Security and Strategic Research Association), TMOK (National Olympic Commity of Turkey), SAD (Underwater Research Association) and Travellers Club of Turkey.
He is a social entrepreneur and elected as an ASHOKA Fellow in 2004. He received the INTERNATIONAL GUSI PEACE PRIZE from Phillipinnes in 2009. He has been granted the degree of the HONORARY DOCTORATE in Social Sciences from Bilkent University in 2012. He received the JUUKH BICHIG Testimonial from Mongolia Culture, Sport and Tourism Ministry in 2014.
Who is Nasuh Mahruki
He was born on May 21, 1968 in Istanbul. He has completed his primary school and high school education at Şişli Terakki Lisesi. He has graduated from Bilkent University, Management Faculty in 1992. In 2004 he has graduated from National Security Academy. He is a National Sportsman, professional mountain climber, writer, photographer, motivational speaker and a social entrepereneur. He has excelled in various outdoor sports such as mountaineering, climbing, caving, paragliding, scuba diving, motorcycling and sailing.
In 2009, during a motorcycling trip in the Himalayan Kingdoms, Mine and Nasuh Mahruki got married in Bhutan Kingdom with a Bhutanese wedding seremony. In 2013 their son Barlas and 2015 their daughter Bilge are born and joined the family
Speech Topics
– Leadership, Team Building
– Target Orientation
– Persevarence
– Risk Management
– Self Actualization
Sevil
Atasoy
UN International Narcotics Control Board member, Owner of Kanıt Informatics Publishing and Consultancy Company, TV producer
Biography
Sevil Atasoy, immediate past president of the UN International Narcotics Control Board and elected as a member of the board for the 2017 – 2022 term, is also the vice-rector of Uskudar University. She also has a TV show titled Kanıt (Evidence) and owns a publishing and consultancy company named Bilişim.
“If your profession requires that you walk with the angels and the demons, what you live through is nothing like the scripts of crime movies. There are no cases which are researched by a handful of people or murders solved in a matter of days. If you work in a country without a DNA database on a national level, many crimes remain unsolved.” she says.
Prof. Dr. Sevil Atasoy was named as the science person of the year in Turkey for her contributions to crime scene investigation processes, forensic laboratories and DNA evidence processes. She shares her thirty-year experience with crime and introduces the audience to the challenging, thrilling and mysterious world of evidence hunters who are focused on facts and only the facts. Atasoy says, “There is no perfect murder. If the attempt were perfect, you would not even see the murder and assume death by natural causes or suicide. The trick is a good autopsy and proper evidence collection.” She served as the Ministry of Justice Chemicals Department Director for twelve years and Istanbul University Forensic Institute Manager for eight years.
Watch out! She has a mobile phone
Sevil Atasoy, represented by Indeks Speaker Agency, says that we as human beings, who have been careful about someone with a stone, stick, blade or pistol in hand, will be looking to hide when we see a mobile phone in the not-so-far future. New generation mobile phones have already been used as deadly weapons for perfect murders, it is just so few people are aware yet. It will be possible to remotely trigger a heart attack, induce a diabetic coma, trigger a traffic accident or induce the vagus nerve of the brain and trigger reflexes.
Speech Topics
• There is No Such Thing as a Flawless Murder; There Are Simply Murders That Are Close to Flawless
• A Guide to Arresting a Serial Killer
• A President Out of Water: Turgut Özal
• CSI: Sex, Lies and Larvae
• Mozart’s Skull, Beethoven’s Hair, Einstein’s Brain and Other Unimportant Things
Şafak
Pavey
Politician, Diplomat, Human Rights Activist
Biography
Şafak Pavey, former Turkish MP is a highly respected figure in international diplomacy and a well known speaker. Pavey, is active in international human rights circles. She is an ambassador of tolerance and “positivism”, appreciated by all regardless of political perspective they represent . Pavey is a trusted activist for women, children, disabled, immigrant… in short “human” rights. In her own words, she is an “active citizen”.
As a child, Pavey was interested in art and communication and she studied art and cinema in Zurich. She lost an arm and a leg in a train accident, which has not discouraged her at all. On the contrary, she decided to work on behalf of handicapped groups including people with disabilities, minorities and immigrants and changed the path of her career. Pavey studied international relations and economics and worked to improve the well-being of humanity on a number of issues including human rights, humanitarian assistance and global peace.
A career of achievements from UN to the Turkish Parliament
Pavey started to work for the Office of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2003 and held various positions during the following 7 years. She was a humanitarian assistance officer in Algeria, Sahara, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. She was the commissioner’s agent in Iran and Afghanistan. Pavey served as the Public Relations and Strategic Communication Projects Manager in Geneva and the Coordinator for Ted Kennedy Nansen Immigrants Awards Committee in Washington. She was later assigned as the Central European Chief Agent of the Office of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Immigrants in Hungary. In 2010, she served as the Secretary General for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Following and invitation by the People’s Republican Party (CHP), she was elected as MP from Istanbul. Pavey as of 2017 is back to her active citizen activities, such as the Women Leaders Forum, headquartered in Brussels. She currently works on security, women and immigration issues.
She wrote a book with her mother, journalist Ayşe Önal, about the accident she was involved, titled “Railway Platform 13” which became the “Book of the Year” in Turkey. A year later in 2008, she wrote “Refugee Rights in Iran” with Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi. She also served as an editor for two international publications and published “Wherever I Go The Sky Is Mine” (2011).
Who is Şafak Pavey?
Pavey was born in Ankara (1976). Graduated from Westminster University, London. She has a MA from the London School of Economics. She was acclaimed by the academic circles with her thesis titled “Property Rights of Non-Muslims in Muslim Countries”, and honored with the “Outstanding Young Person of the World Award”. She also received “International Woman of Courage Award” (2012) by the US Secretary of State. Pavey received the award from First Lady Michele Obama, while former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, supported with a long and comprehensive speech. Pavey speaks English, German, French, Italian and “international sign language.” She also speaks Arabic and Persian at an elementary level.
Speech Topics
- Universal Human Rights of Women, Children, Elderly and Disabled
- Philanthropy
- Global Migration and Social Cohesion Policies
- Working at the UN; A bird’s eye view of the world
- Humananistic Thoughts and Scenariosfor the Near Future
- Intercity Diplomacy
- Urban and Environmental Designs
- The Future of Security and Civil Security Issues
- Solutions for Inclusive Industrial Design
Emin
Çapa
Journalist, Television Producer
Biography
He studied journalism at Istanbul University. He completed his two postgraduate degrees on the subject of the EU. In 1989, he began working as Tempo magazine’s first permanent economics correspondent. He served as the Chamber Director at the Chamber of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers. He was one of the founders of Genç Radio, one of Turkey’s first private radio stations. Due to his interest in industrial relations and issues concerning salary, he worked for the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK), after which he returned to journalism. He was Sabah Newspaper’s correspondent on industrial relations and the EU for five years. He began working as Advisor to the Chairman of TÜSİAD under the directorate of Muharrem Kayhan and later under the directorate of Erkut Yücaoğlu. Çapa’s hobbies and interests include amateur gardening, art history (art-politics and economic relations), military strategy, astronomy-astrophysics-astrobiology and history (especially the First and Middle Ages).
Emin Çapa is a well renowned commentator who is able to make economic issues appealing. With his engaging and lucid style of presentation and analysis, the CNN TÜRK Economy Director presents subjects normally seen as “difficult” to his audience using plain, comprehensible language.
Çapa has been working at CNN Türk in different positions since 1999. Çapa first served as Economic News Editor and has been working as Economics Director since 2004.
Çapa produces and presents the economics program “Paranın İzi (Trail of Money),” which is broadcast live every weeknight. The famous journalist also has a weekly program “Aklın İzi (Trail of Mind),” where, rather than complaining about Turkey, he focuses on different subjects of scientific interest. These subjects include topics such as “The first genius of the 21st Century and why is Turkey not educating any geniuses?”, “How big is big? Is Everest the highest mountain? What is the biggest star?”, “What is speed? The fastest creatures and man-made speed monsters”, “Why we age, can human ageing be stopped?”, “Foolishnesses that changed history”, “The fastest computers, how they can be so fast?”, “Luxury industries, why do we spend money on luxuries?”, “Are wars and the economy similar to each other? Similarities between countries defeated at war and bankrupted companies.”.
Çapa gives dynamic presentations at national and international seminars and organisations such as the Quality Congress, the Tourism Summit, the Izmir Quality Congress, the Marketing Summit and provides media training for senior managers of Turkey’s leading companies. He voluntarily organizes cultural trips with the themes “Palace and ritual”, “Harem and power”, “Empire and architecture”, “Sinan and Süleymaniye”, “Journey into the mind of a human (Archeological Museum)” for his friends and relatives.
Speech Topics
• Evaluation of the economy and financial issues
• Contemporary economic and financial commentary
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