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Aslı
Zuluğ, Dr.
Food Engineer, Academician, Entrepreneur
Biography
Dr. Aslı Zulug obtained her B.Sc. degree from Ege University Department of Food Engineering in 2003 and M.Sc. degree from Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICH) Greece in 2006 about Business Management and Economics and, her Ph.D. degree from Ege University, Department of Agricultural Economics in 2010 and studied about consumer preferences on country of origin food products. Since 2008 she had worked as a food safety team leader in Swissotel the Bosphorus. During her sectoral activities she was giving part time lectures about food safety, nutrition, food politics and food and beverage management subjects in state and foundation universities. Since 2015 she is writing the column magazine about food hygiene and food economics subjects in “Gıda Türk”.
Gülden
Türktan
W20 Turkey President, Founding Member and Board Chairman of KAGİDER, OECD, BIAC-ELSA Vice President
Biography
Dr. Türktan’s life mission is to promote female entrepreneurship in Turkey as well as to strengthen the position of women economically and socially.
Dr. Türktan spent the first four years of her working life at New York University as an academic. She has also worked in positions where she had authority over auditing, human resources, quality and legal affairs, and took on various top level management roles. For many years she worked intensively in management positions in non-governmental organisations.
For a significant part of her career, Dr. Türktan took on various senior management tasks and also served as the only board member and vice chairman of the board at ABB Electric Industry, regarded as one of the world’s most prestigious companies. She put her backing behind many key decisions over the company’s journey from a value of $14 million to $350 million. Türktan now provides international training within the scope of her “Invitation to leadership” programme, the strategy and mission of which is to “train more leaders within companies.” She has also played an active role in training successful leaders both locally and abroad.
Türktan’s successful career has been thanks to the positive spirit and foresight that she applies to entrepreneurship, her well timed purchasing and sales decisions, her efficient analyses and her “win-win” investment techniques. She recently chose to put an end to her current business life and began managing a hotel in Bodrum. However, she was not able to completely let go of the world of business and took on positions on various boards and became the chairwoman of the Women Entrepreneurs Association. Under Türktan’s management the association has achieved its record highest number of projects and its highest ever revenue figures. She has given various training sessions and speeches on entrepreneurship and the basic economic principles for success in business life. She also presented recommendations on sustainability on behalf of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Who is Dr. Gülden Türktan?
After graduating from Bosphorus University’s Business School with BA and MA degrees, Dr. Gulden Turktan went on to receive post graduate degrees from New York University and Marmara University. She holds an MBA, an M. Phil and a Ph.D. She began her career as a research assistant and instructor at New York University. She then took on a top management position at ABB, a huge international power plant and electricity generation company in Istanbul. She worked at the International Investments Association (YASED) of Turkey for two periods as a board member and later as vice-chairman of the board. Dr. Turktan was the head of the Work Council of TUSIAD for Employment and Social Security Systems. She was one of the founders of Turkey’s Women Entrepreneurs Association KAGIDER and she served as its president.
Speech Topics
• Who is the leader?
• Manage upwards
• Create your own leader
• How much have we achieved in the women’s movement? How much is left?
Mete
Mordağ
Endüstriyel Ürün Tasarımcısı
Biography
Born 1977 in Istanbul. After completing German High School in 1996, he received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bosphorus University in 2001. The will to unite his passion for creative arts and his ability in positive sciences guided him into the world of Industrial Design. He completed his MA degree on Industrial Product Design at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. Returning to Istanbul in 2005, before launching Mordag Design he worked for Eczacıbaşı Vitra and T-Design as product designer. Mordağ has been designing permanent products, combining logic and beauty for a wide range of sectors. He thinks that the universe has proven its great expertise in esthetics, because its logical approach to creation is flawless. Without exception it has been introducing the stunning beauty, where every single curve, connection, dimension can be explained through rationality. Music, color, shape, each of them has a certain mathematics that leads to beauty. Design is responsible for learning and performing this mathematics in its unique field. Mordag aims to achieve beauty through reasoning, which he calls as rational art.
MORDAGDESIGN
Mordag Design, the Studio of Rational Art has been designing products for a wide range sectors that span span technology, housewares, accessories, industrial products, office wares, furniture, underwater, urban furniture, architectural installations. It offers industrial design & product development services from concept generation to manufacturing. Thanks to its innovative approach and engineering infrastructure, it has provided over 25 patented products and ideas to its customers. Within this broad spectrum Mordag Design won numerous awards in 6 different sectors. Millions of products with Mordag’s design signature meet its users in more than 25 countries.
Dr. Ceyhun
Emre Doğru
Ph.D. Advisor, Academic, Speaker & Author
Critical thinking
Strategic decision-making
Corporate affairs
Stakeholder engagement
Strategic communications
Crisis management
Biography
Dr. Ceyhun Emre Dogru works as a consultant and academic in the fields of strategy and corporate affairs. As a managing partner at CORPERA Consulting, he provides consultancy services to international companies on topics such as political and economic risk analysis, government and stakeholder engagement, strategic decision-making, advocacy, and strategic communication. Additionally, Dr. Dogru holds the position of Secretary General at Türkiye’s Public Affairs Institute. As an academic, he teaches courses on Critical Thinking and Strategic Decision-Making, International Negotiation, and Non-Market Strategy: Business, Government, Society at Boğaziçi University. Dr. Ceyhun Emre Dogru also delivers speeches and organizes training sessions for the private sector and public institutions in these areas.
Dogru began his career as an international political analyst, and has served at the United Nations and NATO. After holding the position of TUSIAD’s (Turkish Industry & Business Association) representative in Washington in 2012, he continued his career as a consultant. He completed his undergraduate studies at Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Sciences and at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, obtained his master’s degree from the European Institute and his doctoral degree from Koç University. His articles have been published in various outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Palgrave, FastCompany, and Dünya Gazetesi.
Strategic Advisory
As a strategic advisor, I work with decision-makers in business and politics to clarify their thinking about some of the most complex problems. I assist them in making strategic decisions under high uncertainty, and with significant impact on their organizations and societies.
Corporate Consulting
As the managing partner of CORPERA Consulting, I advise multinational firms on corporate and public affairs to support their strategic business priorities. My work focuses on analyzing policy- making processes, identifying emerging issues, monitoring legislative changes, developing public policy strategies, coordinating external communications, engaging public authorities and advocating policy positions.
Speaking & Training
I give keynote speeches and training sessions to organizations to provide inspiration, raise awareness and build skills about the most business-critical topics.
Academia
I have the privilege of teaching some of the brightest minds at Türkiye’s top-ranking Boğaziçi University on Critical Thinking & Decision-Making, International Negotiation, and Nonmarket Strategy: Business, Government, and Society.
Thought Leadership
In partnership with Harvard Business Review Türkiye, I produce “Inside Business” show where I discuss global developments and ideas that shape the business environment, and share strategic lessons for decision-makers.
Civil Society
I actively contribute to the work of Turkish Ethics and Reputation Society and Corporate Governance Association of Turkey in the fields of anti-corruption and good governance. I also sit on the board of alumni associations Koc University and Ankara University Faculty of Political Science.
Speech Topics
- Critical thinking and strategic decision-making
- Corporate strategy and governance
- Corporate affairs, stakeholder engagement & strategic communications
- Political, economic and geostrategic risk assessment
- Dispute resolution, negotiation and crisis management
Videos
Can Fuat
Gürlesel
Strategist, Chairman of Strategic Research Institute
Biography
“The search for a multilateral world is taking place against the background of the global crisis and the threat of chaos, whilst discussions about the end of history and the clash of civilisations are still ongoing. Welcome to a new century.”
Global power shifts and the search for a multilateral balance
After the end of the Cold War, the USA sought to implement unilateral foreign policies appropriate to the unipolar world. However, attempts to establish a new and consistent global balance in terms of policy, military and economy have not been successful. Over the last years, substantial losses and shifts in global power have occurred alongside the substantial effects of the global economic crisis. The uncertainty as to what kind of a balance this loss of power would result in means that chaos theories are of great use. According to Dr. Gürlesel, at the moment the USA is trying to avoid adopting multilateral policies based on realism and to establish a new multilateral balance by undertaking a leading role. Global and regional actors in the multilateral balance, its institutional structure, its rules and, above all, its centre of gravity, in other words its geopolitical area, will take become clearer in the coming era. Dr. Gürlesel says that Turkey will also be affected by the multilateral balance of the new era and Turkey may, for the first time, become a regional actor in the establishment of the new balance. However, it will only be possible to draw on Turkey’s potential as a regional actor by creating a healthy balance between idealism and realism.
Who is Dr. Can Fuat Gürlesel?
As the founder and director of Economy and Strategy Consultancy Services, he has, since 1991, been providing economic and sectoral consultancy and research services to financial sector institutions, business organisations, local governments, and public and foreign institutions.
He is the founding chairman of the Strategic Research Institute where he has worked since 2003. The institute carries out strategic research. He has written many books, articles, reports and similar works.
Speech Topics
• The global economic crisis and its aftermath
• The global power shift and the search for a multilateral balance
• Geopolitical options for the new power balance
• Turkey’s new multilateral foreign policy and its possible consequences
• The institutional, social and political changes in Turkey and their consequences
Sinan
Ülgen
Risk Management Specialist, Chairman, EDAM (Centre for Economic and Foreign Policy Studies), Founding Member, Istanbul Economics Consultancy Firm
Biography
“Once the economic crisis is over, capitalism will be preserved as the main system. But there will be a transition to a form of capitalism where the former excesses will be reined in.”
A form of capitalism with the old excesses reined in
Sinan Ülgen is an experienced risk management specialist who has been intimately involved in deciding Turkey’s position at the negotiations surrounding the most heated episodes of its EU adventure. According to Ülgen, world leaders are obliged to guarantee their citizens that a crisis similar to the present one will not re-emerge in thee to five years’ time. For some time now, they have been spending their citizens’ money, all the while asking them to endure the hardships. Providing such a guarantee will ultimately require a re-formulation of the international system. This design will have to set a balance between efficiency and consistency, between risk and return differently. With this in mind, it might be possible that this crisis will represent a turning point on the part of the capitalist system as well. Capitalism will be maintained as the main system, but there will be a transition to a form of capitalism in which the excesses are reined in. Ülgen offers consultancy on the reforms Turkey is going to implement in the upcoming period as part of its accession process to the EU, the transformations expected in critical sectors such as banking and energy, and the action steps Turkey should take to attract a higher level of investment.
Who is Sinan Ülgen?
After working as a technical consultant to Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and completing his military service with the Turkish General Staff, he completed a graduate degree on European Union studies in 1990 at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. He joined the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and worked for two years at the United Nations Department in Ankara. From 1992 until 1996, he served on the Turkish Permanent Delegation to the EU in Brussels, where he was involved in deciding Turkey’s position in negotiations regarding the Customs Union. In 1996, he was posted to the Turkish Embassy in Tripoli.
Speech Topics
• Developments in Foreign Policy and Economics
• Risk management
• Relations with the EU
• Sustainable development for Turkey
• Global climate change, Kyoto protocol
• The social responsibility aspect of global climate change
Tolga
Tanrıseven
Co-Founder & CEO at GirlsAskGuys.com
Biography
Tolga Tanriseven is the co-founder and CEO of GirlsAskGuys, digital community connecting girls and guys to help each other by sharing their experiences & opinions. GirlsAskGuys & KizlarSoruyor connects people with passion on a topic, micro-influencers, to people who are seeking that knowledge from passionate people.
Tolga was born in Turkey and moved to US, St. Louis, in 2001 to receive his graduate degree in computer engineering at SIUE. After working in the e-commerce industry and leading engineering teams, Tolga took his side project GirlsAskGuys to the next level by raising $2M. GirlsAskGuys, also available in Turkish as KizlarSoruyor.com and in Spanish as EllasSaben.com, reaches 22M unique visitors per month and Tolga has been featured in various media including Forbes, Mashable, Huffington Post and Channel 5 KSDK.
Speech Topics
- Entrepreneurship
- Social Media
- New Rules of Marketing
- Technology
- Innovation
Eralp
Caner
Therapist and Change Manager
Biography
Who is Eralp Caner?
Eralp Caner is the founder and director of the Healing Hall Holistic Clinic in Istanbul and serves as the general secretary of the Life without Cancer Society of Turkey.
Eralp Caner
He is a Certified PSYCH-K® Instructor and Facilitator, who has worked with over a thousand clients throughout the world. His focus is Psycho-energetics and Neuroscience, specifically, teaching and facilitating Subconscious Mind Change. His services are highly sought out by individuals as well as corporate clients.
He is also a Diploma Level Domancic Bioenergy Therapist, certified Reconnective Healing and Reconnection practitioner, and OSHO Constellation Therapist, among others.
He works with clients in person and via Skype and teaches PSYCH-K® workshops worldwide.
Speech Topics
- Brand new ME
- Corporate Mind
- Perception Reframing for Success (PRS®)
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