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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.





