Austria-Turkiye Business Council Meeting Monday 14.01.2019

PROGRAMME Venue: Austrian Federal Economic Chamber | Hall 6 I Wiedner Hauptstraße 63 | 1040 Vienna

As of: 07.01.2019 | Subject to changes Working Language: English Moderation: Konstantin BEKOS | Regionalmanager South-Eastern Europe, ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA

MONDAY, 14.01.2019

13.30 – 14.00 REGISTRATION

14.00 – 14.30 WELCOME REMARKS • Dr. Richard SCHENZ | Vice President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber • Nail OLPAK | President, DEIK Turkey-Austria Business Council • H.E. Dr. Margarete SCHRAMBÖCK | Minister, Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs • H.E. Ruhsar PEKCAN | Minister of Trade of the Republic of Turkey

14.30 – 14.50 WHY INVEST IN TURKEY Faruk KURTULMUŞ | Advisor, Presidency of the Republic of Turkey Investment Office

14.50 – 15.20 HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN TURKEY Klaus PFISTER | CEO, Lightbase GmbH Oktay ERCIYAZ | CEO, Trenkwalder Group AG

15.20 – 15.50 DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN TURKEY Canan M. ÖZSOY | Chairperson and CEO, GE Turkey Utku PAZAR | Chief Strategy and Digital Officer, Arçelik A.Ş.

15.50 – 16.10 ACTIVITIES OF AUSTRIAN COMPANIES IN TURKEY Georg KARABACZEK | Head of ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA Istanbul

Q & A FOLL. B2B-MEETINGS with the possibility to ad-hoc meetings between participants from Turkey and Austria NETWORKING RECEPTION