The 1st TBCCI LONDON UK-TURKEY BUSINESS FORUM

2 February 2021 - London
The Stationers' Hall

HEAR FROM THE EXPERTS: Learn from key note speakers and panels of industry leaders from business and government organisations exploring business opportunities in Turkey and the UK.

FOCUS ON: smart technologies, fintech, capital markets, listing, manufacturing, energy, transportation, post-Brexit.

EXPAND YOUR NETWORK: With delegates from a wide range of service and industry sectors and multiple networking sessions, the Forum will be your opportunity to meet face to face with leading executive corporate decision makers and government leaders.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Corporations, SMEs, professionals, officials, academics and individuals from both Turkey and the UK who are engaged in or intending to do business in or between the two countries.

Programme:

12:00 - 13:00 Registration - Networking

13.00 - 13.20 Welcome Addresses

13:20 - 14:00 Keynote Speeches

14:00 - 14:15 Coffee Break

14:15 - 14:25 UK as a Market for Turkish Goods

14:25 - 15:10 Powering Turkish Growth through London Listing

15:10 - 15:25 Coffee Break

15:25 - 15:35 Impact of Technology in Financial Services in the UK

15:35 - 16:20 Smart Technologies & Fintech

16:20 - 16:35 Coffee Break

16:35 - 17:20 Infrastructure, Energy, Transportation: Success After Brexit

17:20 - 19:30 Networking Reception

WELCOME ADDRESS

Alderman Emma Edhem
TBCCI Chairman

Alderman City of London Corporation

Deputy Head of International Law, Barrister No 5 Chambers

Board of Directors UK Hungarian Business Council - British Azerbaijan Law Association

Osman Okyay

President Turkey-UK Business Council, Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEİK)

Jane Grady

Deputy Trade Commissioner for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Department of International Trade (DIT)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

HE Ümit Yalçın, The Turkish Ambassador in London,
Lord McInnes, The Head of All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Turkey, UK Parliament
Lord Janvrin, Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Turkey

UK AS A MARKET FOR TURKISH GOODS

Turan Erdogan, Chairman Executive Committee and CEO, VESTEL

ADVANTAGES OF DOING BUSINESS THROUGH UK COMPANIES PANEL

• Floating Companies in the UK. Is It a Bliss or a Burden?
• Capital Markets
• Stock Exchange Aspect
• Listed Company Aspect
• Regulatory Story
• Advantages and Challenges of UK Companies
• Corporate Governance: Rules what to know and what to do as a UK Company Director

Panellists
Alderman Emma Edhem - Moderator, Chairman, TBCCI
Dr. Ece Gürsoy, TBCCI Vice Chairman, Chief Legal Counsel, Global Ports Holding
Scott Holland, VP Marketing - Regional Marketing, Rolls-Royce
David Robinson, Partner, Fladgate LLP
Tom Attenborough, Head of International Business Development – Primary Market London Stock Exchange Group

FINTECH AND FINANCIAL SERVICES IN THE UK

Charles Proctor, Partner, Fladgate LLP

SMART TECHNOLOGIES – FINTECH PANEL

• Eco credentials: Carbon neutrality
• Cloud Chapter 2: The heavy lifting to come.
• The AI Winter: Too fast – too soon?
• Telco/Media Convergence: 4K, 5G, ATSC 3.0 etc
• Disruptors and Challengers (Banks and beyond: Monzo, Starling)
• Connected Everything: Cars, IoT
• Remote Education
• Platforms & Ecosystems: what have you come as this week? e.g Apple as a Media Co, Google – FitBit
• Security – Ever Challenged, who left the Backdoor open and constant Cyber barrage
• Fintech

Panellists
Doug Clark - Moderator, TBCCI Director, IBM Watson Media and Weather EMEA
Charlie Morrison, Cyber Griffin City of London Police
BEKO, To be named
Axel Kalinowski, Head of Central and Southern Europe, London Stock Exchange
Aynur Taskan, TBCCI Director, Senior Manager, Financial Services Advisory - Strategy, Ernst & Young LLP

INFRASTRUCTURE - ENERGY - TRANSPORTATION PANEL
CHANGES AFTER BREXIT

• Trends in Energy, Manufacturing, Construction
• Manufacturing Technologies
• Supply Chains and transportation
• UK-Turkey joint project opportunities
• Priority issues of the Energy Sector in Turkey and the UK.
• Investing in the Turkish market
• Transportation challenges now and post-Brexit

Panellists
Tarık Sönmez - Moderator, Chief Commercial Counsellor,Turkish Embassy in London
Özlem Gökçe, Board Member, ANT YAPI UK
Andy Schofield, Manufacturing & Materials Strategy and Technology Director, BAE Systems
Alper Özel, TBCCI Director, Chairman, Executive Committee of UND (The International Transporters Association, Turkey)