Igniting innovation and growth

29-30 May 2013
The Marmara Taksim
Istanbul, Turkey

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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

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