AGENDA

October 15th, Wednesday

German Turkish Business Conference Conference

Venue: Turkish Embassy in Berlin, Tiergartenstraße 19-21, 10785 Berlin

Reception at the Turkish Embassy (Registration at 17:30)

October 16th, Thursday

Venue: House of German Economy in Berlin, Breite Straße 29, 10178 Berlin
Master of Ceremony: Aleksandar Medjedovic, Member of the Executive Board of the TD-IHK

Registration

Welcoming

  • Dr. Helena Melnikov, Chief Executive of the DIHK

Opening speeches

  • Okan Özoğlu, Secretary General of TD-IHK
  • Bige Yücel, President of AHK Türkiye
  • Peter Adrian, President of DIHK
  • M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, President of TOBB

Panel 1: Shaping Tomorrow's Energy: Solutions and Resilience
Moderator: Kim Lakeit, Director of International Cooperation at the German Energy Agency (DENA)

  • Ersin Esentürk, Managing Director of Sales Companies at Enerjisa
  • Johannes Birzele, COO of E.ON Business Solutions Germany
  • Dr. Alper Terciyanlı, CEO of Inavitas Enerji A.Ş.
  • Adnan Ünal, Managing Director, Linde Gas Türkiye

Coffee break

Panel 2: Reconstruction and Trade Opportunities
Moderator: Dr. Nicole Renvert, Head of International Markets at the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK)


Keynote speeches:
Stefanie Seedig, Head of the Economic Department at the German Embassy in Türkiye
Devran Ayık, Commercial Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye in Germany

Panelists:
  • Dr. Yasar Aydin, Researcher at the Center for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) at the Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
  • Stefanie Seedig, Head of the Economic Department at the German Embassy in Türkiye
  • Duygu Tasdelen Erdem, Managing Director at WILO Türkiye
  • Levent Hakkı Yılmaz, President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Iskenderun

Networking Lunch

High Level Ministerial Dialogue: Digitalization in the Mobility Sector – Positive Examples from Türkiye and Germany
Moderator: Burkhardt Hellemann, Secretary General and Member of the Executive Board of AHK Türkiye


  • Dr. Claudia Elif Stutz, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV)
  • Durmuş Ünüvar, Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye
  • H.E. Gökhan Turan, Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye in Germany
  • Dr. Hüseyin Gelis, President and CEO, Siemens Türkiye (Siemens)

Closing Remarks

  • Dr. Volker Treier, Head of Foreign Trade and Member of the Executive Board