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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
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
Murat
Germen
Artist – Photographer
Biography
Murat Germen is an artist, academic and archivist using photography as an expression / research tool. Born 1965, he currently lives / works in Istanbul. Has an MArch degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he went as a Fulbright scholar and received AIA Henry Adams Gold Medal for academic excellence. Works as a professor of art, photography and new media at Sabanci University in Istanbul. Having many papers, photo series published on architecture / photography / art / new media in various publications; he has lectured at tens of conferences internationally.
His oeuvre focuses on impacts of over-urbanization and gentrification, dis/possession, new forms / tools / methods of imperialism, civic rights, participatory citizenship, sustainability of local cultures, human devastation of nature, climate change, global warming, water rights. Has two monographies, one published by Skira (Italy) and the other by MASA (Turkey). Has opened/joined over eighty inter/national (Turkey, USA, Italy, Germany, UK, Mexico, Portugal, Uzbekistan, Greece, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Poland, Iran, India, Australia, France, Canada, Bahrain, South Korea, Dubai, China, Sweden, Switzerland, Egypt) solo+group exhibitions. More than 400 editions of the artist’s several artworks are in personal collections of eminent art collectors inter/nationally, in addition to several that are in Istanbul Modern, Proje4L Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art (Istanbul), Centre of Contemporary Art in Toruń (Poland), Benetton Foundation’s Imago Mundi – Istanbul Codex, Yapi Kredi Bank Culture and Arts Center (Istanbul), Odunpazari Modern Museum (Eskisehir, Turkey), Evliyagil Museum (Turkey) collections.
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
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
Deniz
Gökçe
Economist, Football Critic, Writer
Biography
He was brought into the spotlight thanks to his calm attitude during the economic crisis. He helped his audience approach turbulent times with common sense. He consistently reminded us of “the other side of the coin” with his positive and creative responses to events, when many people panicked at the very mention of a crisis.
“Do not mourn or be pessimistic”
Deniz Gökçe endeavours to simplify the complicated world of the economy for his audience. He attracts a lot of attention by going beyond the conventional pessimistic discourse and adopting a realistic and optimistic approach.
“There are many common points between the economy and football”
According to Gökçe, the economy and football share many common characteristics. Gökçe considers that both economy and football emphasize the importance of competition. “There are at least two sides in both football and the economy. Catastrophes are bound to happen both in football and in the economy in environments where competition is not respected and where opponents or rivals are despised.”
Gökçe gives speeches about the economy and offers his predictions for the future of the Turkish economy as well as the world at the macro and micro level. In his speeches he uses economic data and reports in order to address economic concerns but also provides a sincere and realistic roadmap.
Who is Deniz Gökçe?
Born in 1942, Deniz Gökçe graduated from the İstanbul German High School. He attended the Faculty of Political Science at Ankara University, after which he obtained his MBA in Finance at Georgia State University in the USA and a PhD in Economics. After working as a lecturer at Georgia State and Emory Universities, he began teaching at the Economy and Management Departments at Bosphorus University in Turkey. In addition to his academic activities, he offers consultancy services and provides training sessions for numerous companies. Alongside his regular column in Akşam Newspaper where he presents his analyses of the economy, Gökçe is continuing his academic career at Bahçeşehir University as the Head of the International Finance Department.
Speech Topics
• The new world order in the economy
• Competition
• The Turkish economy: a macro perspective
• The Turkish economy: a micro perspective
• The changing world and the Turkish economy
• Social and economic aspects of football
Mehmet
Öğütçü
International energy, diplomacy, finance and investment guru, Chairman of Global Resources Partnership, independent non-executive director on the boards of Genel Energy plc, Sisecam Group and Saudi Crown Investment Holding
Biography
An internationally recognized authority on energy diplomacy, geopolitics, finance and investment, Mehmet currently chairs Global Resources Partnership, a UK strategic advisory group, serves as Chair of The Bosphorus Energy Club and The London Energy Club, and Special Envoy of The International Energy Charter.
He is also an independent board member of Trinus Capital, specialised in impact investing.
Previously, he served as Prime Minister’s advisor and career diplomat in Beijing, Brussels, Paris and London focusing on commercial and energy diplomacy.
Mehmet was a principal administrator for The International Energy Agency in charge of Asia-Pacific programme including China and India, and moved to the OECD – known as “the rich man’s club” because it is comprised of 34 of the world’s wealthiest nations – as the head of international investment.
He was head hunted to manage the government relations and business development for The BG Group (formerly British Gas), now part of Shell.
Mehmet also sat on a number of national and international company boards as independent non-executive director including at LSE-listed Genel Energy plc, Invensys plc, Saudi Crown Holding, and Turkish conglomerates such as Sisecam Group (the world’s second largest glass concern), Yasar Holding (food, beverage and construction material) and Toya Group (mining in Africa).
He is a graduate of Turkey’s prestigious “Mulkiye”, London School of Economics and College d’Europe, Bruges. As an honorary fellow, he teaches occasionally at LSE, Harvard University, Dundee University, and University of Reading since 2005.
Mehmet is a regular contributor to France-24, Israel’s i24NEWS, CNN, Sputnik, BBC, Capital, Bloomberg, Hürriyet Daily News and OECD Observer. He is also a freelance speaker in international conferences and boardrooms. He is fluent in Turkish, English, French, Mandarin (conversational).
Speech Topics
- How to combine economic and geopolitical approaches to better understand the business climate and policy changes?
- Would there be further unexpected changes in the state of the global oil and gas market: The prospects over the next decade?
- Going forward, what impact would the CV-19 generate on the world energy market?
- How would the increased government intervention and support transform the painful transition from fossil fuels to renewables?
- Is there a need for a rethinking of the multiple risks, political, economic and natural alike, for better mitigation and stakeholder strategies?
- How would business development practice change in light of the changes that unfold across the world?
Levent
Erden
Akademisyen ve Reklamcı
Biography
Levent Erden is a graduate of Bogazici University, where he studied his undergrad and MBA. However, he prefers to call himself as a member of “Galatasaray” graduates. He started his career as an advertiser, he worked for McCan for 3 years. To initiate L’Oreal’s Turkey operations, he traveled between France and Turkey. During the last market leadership of Pepsi Co., he was the International brand manager. Since that, we can say that he took almost all executive roles. He consistantly works on emphasizing the relation between marketing and finance. He was the CEO of Euro RSCC Turkey and the Presindent of Interactive Advertising Bureau of Turkey. He gives lectures about Marketing, Integrated Marketing Communications, Advertising and Consumer Behavior at Bilgi University MBA and e-MBA programs. For the last 10 years, he has been trying to create a book out of his speeches at different conferences.
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