3rd Annual Turkey Trade & Export Finance Conference

Event Review

Over 120 delegates attended from a wide spectrum of industries and service providers around the world to discuss Turkey’s place in world trade and how it is coping in the face of global downturn. Excellent and timely group discussions and speeches were part of the two-day agenda as well as unrivalled networking for all attendees – to cement this event as the premier trade finance conference in Turkey each year.

Turkey is feeling the pressure of the global downturn, but the country hosts so much trade potential, talent and drive that opportunities still abound for importers and exporters and their financiers alike.

Keep checking this site for further conferences on Turkey and other emerging markets.

Description

Exporta returns to Istanbul in March 2009 for its third annual ‘Turkey Trade & Export Finance Conference’. Now billed as the country’s premier gathering for trade, export and commodity financiers, the event attracts the leading institutions and individuals involved in trade and export finance business in Turkey.

Specialist speakers and roundtable discussions will offer delegates insights into the latest issues, trends and leads for Turkish trade finance and risk mitigation. A wide range of topics from telecoms, power and energy to infrastructure development and industry viewpoints to commodity finance structures and insurance mitigants, will be covered. Legal and regulatory frameworks will be examined, as well as input from local business and industry bodies.

Join us for a two day event of expert presentations, representative panel discussions and informed case studies, where you will meet with and learn from financial institutions and companies from both within and outside Turkey.

In short, if you have trade dealings with Turkey, this event is essential for expanding business contacts and knowledge. 2009 will be a tough year - but trade holds many solutions to beating the downturn.  Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your trading position.

An evening reception will take place to allow for networking opportunities.

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Programme

Thursday, March 19, 2009 – Day One

08.30                    
Registration and Refreshments

09.10                     
Introduction from chairman of Day 1
Riza Kadilar, Representative, Natixis Pramex

09.20                     
Opening address
Vice President, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce

09.40                     
Economic overview and trends in the Turkish trade finance market: panel discussion

Cem Mengi, Executive Vice President, Corporate Banking, Akbank
Nejdet Sarisozen, Director- Financial Institutions, Black Sea Trade & Development Bank
Cihat Takunyaci, Treasury Services Manager for Turkey, Bank of New York Mellon
Sinan Ulgen, Managing Partner, Istanbul Economics
Ahmet Ashaboglu, CFO, Koc Holding (To be confirmed)               

• Turkey surviving the credit crisis
• Injecting liquidity into the Turkish market
• Current account deficit and capital inflows
• How trade can help
• Turkey and Europe; Turkey and Asia

10.20                     
Networking break 

10.50                     
The role of supranationals and development agencies in Turkey’s convergence with EU

Marco Nindl, Trade Finance Specialist, EBRD 
Kudret Akgun, Senior Investment Officer, IFC
Stefan Glock, Director, KfW Ipex-Bank Rep Office, Turkey
Laurent Klein, Deputy Head, Turkey Rep, Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD)
Alain Terraillon, Turkey Representative, European Investment Bank

• What new role for supranational organisations?
• Are supranationals a solution during this credit crunch?
• What can they offer to facilitate trade?

11.30                     
Legal and regulatory issues: structuring trade finance deals in Turkey

Julide Guney, Senior Associate, Denton Wilde Sapte
Veronika Koroleva, Senior Associate, Denton Wilde Sapte

• Considering structures and doing due diligence
• Corporate issues related to Turkish obligors
• Legal and regulatory regime
• Taking local security
• Enforcement issues

12.15                     
Lunch hosted by Akbank

Introduction by Akbank to Lunch
Cem Mengi, Executive Vice President, Corporate Banking, Akbank

13.45                     
Power and energy panel discussion

Arif Ozozan, CEO, Managing Director, Gama Energy
Kursat Ozkan, Regional Executive South West Asia, GE Turkey
Mert Tarlan, Chief Corporate Finance Officer, Unit Group
Sami Demirbilek, Member of the Executive Board, RWE Holding

• Privatising electricity distribution in Turkey: update and implications
• The need for alternative sources of energy: hydro, wind and geo-thermal power
• Private sector development of greenfield and brownfield power projects

14.30                     
Oil and gas panel discussion

Batu Aksoy, Executive Board Member, Turcas
Saim Dinç, Çalık Enerji, General Manager, Çalık Enerji
Oktay Sen, General Manager, OMV Gaz ve Enerji

• Opportunities for foreign investment and cooperation in development of Turkish oil and gas
• Developing fields and prospects for future development
• Alternative oil and gas supplies
• Turkey: an oil and gas hub between Europe, Asia and Middle East                                            

15.15                     
Networking break

15.45                     
Local Bank Perspective on Turkish trade finance

Selcuk Gozuak, Senior Vice-President of Financial Institutions, Vakifbank 
Cemal Burak Tertemiz, Head of Corporate Banking, Vakifbank

• Local bank perspective on Turkish trade finance
• Trends and outlook from a local bank perspective
• Issues facing Turkish banks during 2009
• Issues facing corporate customers

16.15                     
Turkey-Asia trade angle

Mahmut Tumenbatur, Chief Representative Turkey, TFC Financial Group

• Turkey: the Hong Kong view
• Chinese interest and investment in Turkish minerals
• Development of Sino-Turkish trade flows
• Hong Kong’s use of Turkey to tap finance from Europe and Middle East
• Turkey as a route to the Middle East and Central Asia

17.00     
Close of Day One, followed by evening reception hosted by ITFC


Friday 20th March, 2009 - Day Two

09.15                     
Introduction from the chairman
Dominic Broom, Head of Trade Services, Bank of New York Mellon

09.20                     
Welcome
Nick Baird, UK Ambassador to Turkey

09.40
Developing Trade in border areas and nearby markets of Turkey
Şinasi Hacıosmanoğlu, Foreign Operations and Business Development Vice President, Commercial Banking, Akbank

10.10                     
Supply chain solutions session     

Dominic Broom, Head of Trade Services, Bank of New York Mellon 
Alexander Mutter, Director, Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank
Eylem Ekmekci, Head of Trade Finance, Yapi Kredi Bankasi A.S.
Cihat Takunyaci, Treasury Services Manager for Turkey, Bank of New York Mellon

• Supply chain solutions in the Turkish market
• The future state of supply chain finance
• Challenges faced by corporate supply chains in Turkey

10.40                 
Islamic trade finance session

Alper Nalbant, Financial Institutions, Assistant V-P, Asya Katilim Bankasi, Turkey
Paul Wouters, Partner, Bener 
Mohamed Nazeem Noordali, GM Marketing,International Islamic Trade Finance Corp (ITFC) 
Saro Kavafyan, Acting Manager, TFC Europe 
Osama Helmi, Auditor of Sharia Department      

• The potential for Islamic trade finance in Turkey
• Case studies
• Working with non-Islamic players

11.10                    
Networking break

11.40            
Telecoms finance panel discussion

Emre Aydin, Executive Director, Global Transaction Services, ABN Amro Turkey
Kaya Kazmirci, Head of Strategic Sourcing, CISA, CISSP, CISM, Ericsson Turkey               
Nelly Serkisian, Managing Director, Structured Export Finance, Origination Countries, Natixis
Omer Koker, General Manager, Omnitek and Omnitek Telekom

• The Turkish telecoms market: an overview
• Growth prospects and trends
• Financing Turkish telecoms projects: structures, barriers and openings

12.20                     
Insurance panel discussion

Ahmet Kilicoglu, General Manager, Turk Eximbank
Belkis Alpergun, Country Managing Director, Coface Turkey
Berat Pehlivanoglu, Managing Director, PFS Finance
Michal Ron, Head of Claims and International Agreements, SACE 
Nuria Gorog, VP & Region Manager of Continental Europe, Zurich
Gregory S. Taevs, Commercial Attache, American Consulate General

• The role of insurers in financing Turkish trade
• Export credit agencies working with banks, multilaterals and private insurers
• How can insurers help during the credit crisis?

13.00                     
Chairman’s concluding comments

13.10                  
Lunch

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Accommodation details will be sent upon registration.

If you require any further information, please contact Katherine on kburchell@exportagroup.com

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Sponsorship opportunities including exhibition stands are available for this event.

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