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2013 Speakers
Ferzan Çelikkanat
General Manager , Er Investment and Development
Metin Erdogdu
President, PFD Hotel and Real Estate Solutions
Elizabeth Randall Winkle
Managing Director, STR Global
Romain Avril
Vice President Business Development, The Rezidor Hotel Group
Thomas Willms
Senior Vice President, Regional Director East and Central Europe , Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Tavit Köletavitoğlu
President, Atlas Project & Land Development
Ahmet Cuneyt Selçuk
Chief Project Director, ISPAT - Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey
Ketevan Bochorishvili
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy & Sustainable Development, Georgia
Yusuf Vadi Karatoprakli
Chief Executive Officer, Aktay Turizm Yatırımları ve İşletmeleri A.Ş.
Fatih Tosun
Deputy General Manager, TSKB Real Estate Appraisal Company
Ömer Bayraksan
Managing Partner, PROMKON Construction Project Management
Zafer Tangil
Vice President, Isr Holding
Robert Shepherd
Chief Development Officer, Europe, IHG
Defne Gezen
Vice President - Hotels & Hospitality Group , Jones Lang LaSalle
Wolfgang M. Neumann
President & CEO, The Rezidor Hotel Group
Bilge Turcan
Chief Business Development Officer , Dedeman Hotels & Resorts International
Yunis Salayev
Managing Partner, BDO Azerbaijan LLC
Haluk Kaya
Bekay Property Partners, Chairman
Mehmet Sükrü Nenem
Country Head - Switzerland, Turkish Airlines
Jonathan Worsley
Chairman, Bench Events, Board Director, STR Global
John Goldwyn
Vice President Director of Planning + Landscape, WATG
Acun Uyar
Managing Partner, Makro Insaat TIC. A.S.
Hadi Nezir
Chairman, UB Holding
Dr Turgut Gür
Chairman of High Advisory Council , Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TYD)
Cüneyt Ertürk
General Manager , Ertürk Yeminli Mali Müşavirlik ve Bağımsız Denetim A.Ş.
Johanna Devine
Project Manager - The Silk Road Project, UNWTO
Carlos Khneisser
Vice President Development - Middle East, Hilton Worldwide
Kamil Berk
Tourism Coordinator, NG Hotels & Resorts
Willemijn Geels
Regional Director Development & Acquisitions, Louvre Hotels Group
Heinz Wehrle
Managing Partner, Horwath HTL GmbH Switzerland
Serra Arıkök
Coordinator of Tourism Investments , Demsa Group
Christoph Härle
CEO Continental Europe, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group
Alexis Delaroff
Chief Operating Officer Russia - CIS, ACCOR
Timur Bayındır
President, TUROB (Touristic Hotels & Investors Association)
Ulf Pettersson
Director, Development & Construction , Amstar Global
Şenay Azak-Matt
General Manager - Turkey, Aareal Bank AG
Mehmet Önkal
Managing Partner, BDO Hospitality Consulting
Phillipe Baretaud
Senior Vice President Head of Development Europe Middle East Africa, Accor
Attila Silahtaroglu
Chairman of the Board, Silkar Turizm Yatırım ve İşletmeleri A.Ş.
Christian Michel
Vice President Development Central & Eastern Europe, Wyndham Hotel Group
Elif Egeli Nisanci
Director of Project Development , BLG Capital
Yalin Yaltirakli
Development Director, Turkey, IHG
Hande Tibuk
Member of Board, Net Holding Inc.
Emre Narin
Vice President, Marti Hotels and Marinas & Mart? Real-Estate Investment Trust
Kerry Gumas
President & Chief Executive Officer, Questex Media Group LLC
Jeremy Slessor
Managing Director, European Golf Design
Bilal Aydoğan
Partner, Maksem Yapi İnṣaat
Robert Gaymer-Jones
Chief Executive Officer Sofitel WW , Sofitel Luxury Hotels
Serkan Gocmen
Chief Executive Officer , Nef Bebekoy
Selen Ersü
Chairman & CEO, EVER Group
David Vely
Senior Vice President Development Middle East & Africa, Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants International
Eric Danziger
President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group
Angela Brav
Regional Chief Executive Officer, Europe, IHG
Ozlem Gokce
Vice Chairperson of GYODER (The Association of Real Estate Investment Companies) , General Manager of Extensa Istanbul
Andrew Sangster
Editorial Director, Hotel Analyst
Christian Karaoglanian
Chief Development Officer, ACCOR
Trevor Ward
Director, BDO Hospitality Consulting, Istanbul
Mete Basol
Board Member, Dedeman Holding A.S.
Goktug Özdemir
President, Tourism Group , MAKYOL Construction, Industry, Tourism Co Inc.
Elif Balci Fisunoglu
General Manager , Istanbul Convention & Visitors Bureau - ICVB
Aykut Eken
Board Member, Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK)
Daniel Thorniley
President, DT-Global Business Consulting
Michael Collini
Vice President Development – Turkey, Russia and Eastern Europe, Hilton Worldwide
Dr Tunç Gökçe
Managing Director, Artiproje, Turkey
Ömer Isvan
President, Servotel
Murat Yilmaz
Senior Director, Acquisition & Development Central & Eastern Europe, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Geoffrey Breeze
Executive Director , World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
Martin Kandrac
Managing Director , Blackstone
Tandogan Ozmen
Chairman, Misha Shipping Agency and Trading Ltd.
Ben Martin
Principal, Head of Economics, AECOM





