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The Paradigm of Stability in a Changing World: Rebuilding Global Trade through a Responsibility Perspective
Rising geopolitical and geoeconomic tensions are reshaping the political economy of trade. The demands, expectations, preferences, and priorities of stakeholders are making the balancing of global trade on the basis of an efficient and fair system the most important item on the agenda. Global uncertainties, the effects of climate change, and digitalization are making the design and implementation architecture of sustainable well-being more critical than ever.
Speakers
Experienced figures from academia, the public sector, and the business world will discuss the changing dynamics of global trade, new opportunities, and strategies that will shape the future at the Istanbul Trade Congress.
Dr. Cevdet Yılmaz
Vice President of the Republic of Türkiye (Guest of Honor Speaker)
Şekib Avdagiç
President of the Board of Directors, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO)
Dr. İsrafil Kuralay
President of the Board of Trustees, Istanbul Ticaret University
Prof. Dr. Necip Şimşek
Rector, Istanbul Ticaret University
Prof. Dr. Nazım Ekren
Congress President, Director of the Academy of Thought and Project Development at Istanbul Ticaret University
Luz Maria de la Mora
Director, Division on International Trade and Commodities, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
Bruno Masier
President, World Trade Point Federation (WTPF)
Dr. Ahmet Bağcı
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye
Donna Buckland
Managing Director, Musu International / Strategy Chair, UNESCO Hong Kong GPC
Carolina Quintana
Director of Asia Pacific, World Trade Point Federation (WTPF)
Wolf R. Meier-Ewert
Senior Counsellor, Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division, World Trade Organization (WTO)
Willy Alfaro
Former Director of the Trade Policies Review Division at the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Dr. Eddy Bekkers
Economist, World Trade Organization (WTO)
Prof. Dr. Metin Toprak
Head of Economics Department, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University (IZU) / Member of the Board of Auditors, Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT)
İsmail Ertürk
Senior Lecturer, Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester (Session Chair)
Dr. Minako Morita-Jaeger
Senior Research Fellow, University of Sussex Business School
Prof. Dr. Tahsin Görgün
Faculty Member, Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erhan Akkaş
Faculty Member, Social Sciences University of Ankara (ASBU)
Sercan Bahadır
Partner & Indirect Taxes Leader, EY Türkiye
Dr. Gökhan Yılmaz
Partner & Financial Crime and Compliance Services Leader, Pwc
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Umut Aydın
Director of Congress Monitoring and Reporting, Faculty Member at Istanbul Ticaret University
Asst. Prof. Dr. Mefule Fındıkçı Erdoğan
Vice President of the Congress, Assistant Director of the Academy of Thought and Project Development at Istanbul Ticaret University
Asst. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Karagöz
Congress Coordinator, Faculty Member at Istanbul Ticaret University
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