DIC Members | Istanbul 2009 Meeting Agenda an Materials

Agenda

Opening Member Roundtable & Discussion 
Dean’s International Council members only
This opening session will include an address from Dean O’Muircheartaigh.

Opening Reception & Dinner 
Dean’s International Council members and special guests only 
“U.S.–Turkish Relations: A Model Partnership”
Address by Representative Robert Wexler (D-Florida), United States House of Representatives; Member, House Judicial and House Foreign Affairs Committee

Registration & Breakfast

Welcome & Introduction 
Colm O’Muircheartaigh, Dean, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
James Harpel, Chair, Dean’s International Council

Panel Discussion 
Najib Mikati, Former Prime Minister of Lebanon (read his remarks)
Armen Sarkissian, Former Prime Minister of Armenia

Lunch 
Address by His Excellency Mehmet Simsek Minister of Finance, Republic of Turkey

Foreign Policy Panel
His Excellency Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey
The Honorable Suat Kiniklioglu, AK Party Deputy Chairman of External Affairs and Spokesman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Address: History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey
Dr. Feroz Ahmad, Professor, T.C. Yeditape University

Breakfast 
“The Regional Effects of the Global Financial Crisis”
Address by Haroutian Samuelian Vice Governor, Central Bank of Lebanon

Investment Opportunities Panel I 
Alpaslan Korkmaz, President, Investment Support & Promotion Agency of Turkey
Fadi Nahas, Honorary General Consul of Ecuador in Turkey

Akin Ongor, Chairman,WWF; former President and CEO of Garanti Bank

Lunch 
“Turkey–European Union Relations”
Address by His Excellency Egemen Bagis, Minister of European Affairs, Republic of Turkey