Igniting innovation and growth

29-30 May 2013
The Marmara Taksim
Istanbul, Turkey

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2013 Speakers

Defne Gezen

Vice President - Hotels & Hospitality Group , Jones Lang LaSalle

Armin Zerunyan

Vice President, TUROB (Touristic Hotels & Investors Association)

Serra Arıkök

Coordinator of Tourism Investments , Demsa Group

Wolfgang M. Neumann

President & CEO, The Rezidor Hotel Group

Ömer Isvan

President, Servotel

Mehmet Sükrü Nenem

Country Head - Switzerland, Turkish Airlines

Yusuf Vadi Karatoprakli

Chief Executive Officer, Aktay Turizm Yatırımları ve İşletmeleri A.Ş.

Daniel Thorniley

President, DT-Global Business Consulting

Martin Kandrac

Managing Director , Blackstone

Tandogan Ozmen

Chairman, Misha Shipping Agency and Trading Ltd. 

Selen Ersü

Chairman & CEO, EVER Group

Thomas Willms

Senior Vice President, Regional Director East and Central Europe , Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Christian Michel

Vice President Development Central & Eastern Europe, Wyndham Hotel Group

Phillipe Baretaud

Senior Vice President Head of Development Europe Middle East Africa, Accor

Christoph Härle

CEO Continental Europe, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group

Ömer Bayraksan

Managing Partner, PROMKON Construction Project Management

Robert Shepherd

Chief Development Officer, Europe, IHG

Ahmet Cuneyt Selçuk

Chief Project Director, ISPAT - Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey

Bilal Aydoğan

Partner, Maksem Yapi İnṣaat

Eric Danziger

President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group

Ketevan Bochorishvili

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy & Sustainable Development, Georgia

Tavit Köletavitoğlu

President, Atlas Project & Land Development

Heinz Wehrle

Managing Partner, Horwath HTL GmbH Switzerland

Willemijn Geels

Regional Director Development & Acquisitions, Louvre Hotels Group

Christian Karaoglanian

Chief Development Officer, ACCOR

Bilge Turcan

Chief Business Development Officer , Dedeman Hotels & Resorts International

Ben Martin

Principal, Head of Economics, AECOM

Kerry Gumas

President & Chief Executive Officer, Questex Media Group LLC

Emre Narin

Vice President, Marti Hotels and Marinas & Mart? Real-Estate Investment Trust

Ulf Pettersson

Director, Development & Construction , Amstar Global

Ferzan Çelikkanat

General Manager , Er Investment and Development

Andrew Sangster

Editorial Director, Hotel Analyst

Zafer Tangil

Vice President, Isr Holding

Elif Balci Fisunoglu

General Manager , Istanbul Convention & Visitors Bureau - ICVB

Mete Basol

Board Member, Dedeman Holding A.S.

Trevor Ward

Director, BDO Hospitality Consulting, Istanbul

Hande Tibuk

Member of Board, Net Holding Inc.

Aykut Eken

Board Member, Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK)

Yunis Salayev

Managing Partner, BDO Azerbaijan LLC

Elif Egeli Nisanci

Director of Project Development , BLG Capital

Cüneyt Ertürk

General Manager , Ertürk Yeminli Mali Müşavirlik ve Bağımsız Denetim A.Ş.

Attila Silahtaroglu

Chairman of the Board, Silkar Turizm Yatırım ve İşletmeleri A.Ş.

Serkan Gocmen

Chief Executive Officer , Nef Bebekoy

Kamil Berk

Tourism Coordinator, NG Hotels & Resorts

Metin Erdogdu

President, PFD Hotel and Real Estate Solutions

Jeremy Slessor

Managing Director, European Golf Design

Şenay Azak-Matt

General Manager - Turkey, Aareal Bank AG

Johanna Devine

Project Manager - The Silk Road Project, UNWTO

Robert Gaymer-Jones

Chief Executive Officer Sofitel WW , Sofitel Luxury Hotels

Dr Tunç Gökçe

Managing Director, Artiproje, Turkey

Yalin Yaltirakli

Development Director, Turkey, IHG

Mehmet Önkal

Managing Partner, BDO Hospitality Consulting

John Goldwyn

Vice President Director of Planning + Landscape, WATG

Jonathan Worsley

Chairman, Bench Events, Board Director, STR Global

Hadi Nezir

Chairman, UB Holding

Alexis Delaroff

Chief Operating Officer Russia - CIS, ACCOR

Fatih Tosun

Deputy General Manager, TSKB Real Estate Appraisal Company

Elizabeth Randall Winkle

Managing Director, STR Global

Ozlem Gokce

Vice Chairperson of GYODER (The Association of Real Estate Investment Companies) , General Manager of Extensa Istanbul

Romain Avril

Vice President Business Development, The Rezidor Hotel Group

Acun Uyar

Managing Partner, Makro Insaat TIC. A.S.

David Vely

Senior Vice President Development Middle East & Africa, Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants International

Angela Brav

Chief Executive, Europe, IHG

Michael Collini

Vice President Development – Turkey, Russia and Eastern Europe, Hilton Worldwide

Haluk Kaya

Bekay Property Partners, Chairman

Geoffrey Breeze

Executive Director , World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

Goktug Özdemir

President, Tourism Group , MAKYOL Construction, Industry, Tourism Co Inc.

Murat Yilmaz

Senior Director, Acquisition & Development Central & Eastern Europe, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

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