CONGRESS FOR FUTURE’S ECONOMY
15-21 March 2023
Day One: Call for Renewal
15 March 2023 Wednesday
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center Small Hall
10:00 - 14:00 Congress for Future’s Economy Youth Forum
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center Great Hall
Presentation by Melisa Sözen and Mert Fırat
14:00 Opening - Karsu Performance
15:00 Tunç Soyer – Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality
15:30 Assoc. Dr. Selin Sayek Böke – Economist – General Secretary of the Republican People's Party
16:00 Bekir Ağırdır - Researcher – Writer – T24 Internet Newspaper
16:30 Şükrü Ünlütürk – Industrialist – President of TÜRKONFED High Advisory Board
17:00 Prof. Dr. Işın Çelebi – Economist – Former Minister of State for the Economy
17:30 Gülsün Bilgehan – Politician – Writer
18:00 Prof. Dr. Refet Gürkaynak – Economist – Bilkent University
18:30 Dr. Serdar Şahinkaya – Economist – Writer
19:00 Bob Geldof – Singer – Activist
Second Day: Call for Conscience
16 March 2023 Thursday
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center Great Hall
Presentation by Melisa Sözen
11:00 Opening
11:10 Uğur Gürses – Journalist – Economist
11:35 Prof. Dr. Çağlar Keyder – Sociologist – Boğaziçi University
12:00 Prof. Dr. Ali Hakan Kara – Economist – Bilkent University
12:25 Dr. Gülfem Saydan Sanver – Political Communication Specialist – President of the European Political Consultants Association
13:00- 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 Timothy Garton Ash (online) – Historian – Writer – Oxford University
14:15 Burak Dalgın – President of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Digital Transformation Policies Board, Democracy and Progress Party
14:40 Prof. Dr. Ayça Tekin Koru – Economist – TED University
15:05 Selçuk Sarıyar – Deputy Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
15:30 Hacer Foggo – Republican People's Party Poverty Solidarity Office Coordinator - Founder of Deep Poverty Network
15:55 Prof. Dr. Selçuk Şirin – Behavioral Scientist – New York University
16:20-16:45 Break
16:45 Orhan Turan – Chairman of the Board of TÜSİAD
17:10 Prof. Dr. Michio Kaku – Theoretical Physicist – City University of New York (CUNY)
21:30 OneRentOneHome (BirKiraBirYuva) Benefit Concert – Melike Şahin
Day Three: Call for Moving
17 March 2023 Friday
Bıçakçı Han
10:00-18:00 Stakeholder Groups Meeting – Day 1
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center Great Hall
Presentation by Özlem Gürses
11:00 Opening
11:10 Prof. Dr. Şevket Pamuk – Economist – Boğaziçi University
11:35 Prof. Dr. Thomas Faist – Sociologist – University of Bielefeld
12:00 Prof. Dr. Asım Karaömerlioğlu – Historian – Boğaziçi University
12:25 Sıtkı Şükürer – Aegean Industrialists and Businessmen Association (ESİAD) High Advisory Council President
13:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 Prof. Dr. Cem Say – Academician – Boğaziçi University
13:55 Kerim Rota – President of Economic Policies Board, Future Party
14:20 Muhittin Bilget – Economist – Aegean Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (ESİAD) Economy Observation Group President
14:45 Alp Avni Yelkenbiçer – Aegean Young Businessmen Association (EGIAD) Chairman of the Board
15:10 – 15:35 Break
15:35 Emre Üçkardeşler - UNICEF Turkey (Congress for Future’s Economy Children’s Workshop Presentation)
16:00 Dr. Ali Ercan Özgür – Founder of Needs Map Project
16:25 Prof. Dr. Şaduman Halıcı – Historian – Anadolu University
16:50 Assoc. Dr. Erol Köroğlu – Literary Historian – Boğaziçi University
17:15 Prof. Dr. Selva Demiralp – Economist – Koç University
17:40 Prof. Dr. Bilge Yılmaz – President of Economic Policies, Good Party
18:05 - 18:30 Break
18:30 Prof. Dr. Francis Fukuyama (online) – Political Scientist – Stanford University
Day Four: Call for Nature
18 March 2023 Saturday
Bıçakçı Han
10:00-18:00 Stakeholder Groups Meeting – Day 2
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center Great Hall
Presentation by Özlem Gürses
11:00 Açılış
11:10 Prof. Dr. Tarık Şengül – Urban Studies Expert – Middle East Technical University (METU)
11:35 Prof. Dr. Okan Tüysüz – Geologist – Istanbul Technical University
12:00 Prof. Dr. Kamil Yılmaz – Economist – Koç University
12:25 Prof. Dr. Naci Görür – Geologist – Istanbul Technical University
13:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 Prof. Dr. Övgün Ahmet Ercan – Geophysics Engineer – Istanbul Technical University
14:00 Hiroyuki Unemori – Architect
14:30 Dr. Güven Eken – Counselor to the Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality
15:00 Dr. M. Murat Kubilay – Economist – Founder of Young Unemployed Platform
15:30 Prof. Dr. Ufuk Akçiğit – Economist – University of Chicago
16:00 Prof. Dr. Vandana Shiva – Scholar – Writer – Ecology Activist
17:00 Prof. Dr. Andrew McAfee – Founder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Digital Economy Initiative
19:00-22:00 Discussion on Common Policies’ Consensus Text of Nation Alliance
Faik Öztrak Deputy Chairman, Republican People's Party
İbrahim Çanakçı President of Economic and Financial Policies, Democracy and Progress Party
Bülent Şahinalp Deputy Chairman, Democratic Party
Feridun Bilgin President of Policy Monitoring Board, Future Party
Ümit Özlale President of Development Policies, Good Party
Sabri Tekir Deputy Chairman, Felicity Party
Day Five: Call for Change
19 March 2023 Sunday
Swissotel Conference Hall
10:00-15:00 Third High Advisory Board Meeting
Only advisory board members are invited.
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center Great Hall
17:00 Nation Alliance Chairman Meeting
Moderator: Güldem Atabay
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu – Chairman of the Republican People's Party and Presidential Candidate of the Nation Alliance
Ali Babacan – Chairman of DEVA Party
Gültekin Uysal – Chairman of the Democratic Party
Ahmet Davutoğlu – Chairman of the Future Party
Meral Akşener – Chairman of the Iyi Party
Temel Karamollaoğlu – Chairman of the Felicity Party
Day Six: Call for Fidelity
20 March 2023 Monday
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center Great Hall
Presentation by Deniz Dünyaoğulları Hünler
10:00 Opening
10:10 Joschka Fischer – Former Foreign Minister and Deputy Chancellor of Germany
11:00 Sırrı Süreyya Önder- Director- Scenarist
11:25 Prof. Dr. Fuat Keyman – Political Scientist – Sabancı University
11:50 Prof. Dr. Güven Sak – Economist – President of Turkish Economics Research Foundation (TEPAV)
12:15 Murat Karayalçın – Economist, planning expert and politician – Former Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister
12:40 Dr. Emin Çapa – Economist – Journalist – TV Programmer
13:05 - 13:35 Lunch
13:35 Yıldırım Koç – Unionist – Academician – Tek Gıda Labor Union
14:00 Hanri Benazus – Researcher – Writer
14:25 Nur Batur – Journalist – Writer
14:50 M. Salim Kadıbeşegil – Strategic Communications Consultant – RepMan Reputation Research Center
15:15 Soli Özel – International Relations Specialist – Kadir Has University
15:40 Assoc. Dr. Serhan Ada – Cultural Policy Specialist – Bilgi University
16:05 Alphan Manas – Entrepreneur – Founder of the Futurists Association
16:30 Yusuf Işık – Economist – Former Expert of State Planning Organization and OECD
21:30 OneRentOneHome (BirKiraBirYuva) Benefit Concert – Evgeny Grinko
İsmet İnönü Art Center
14:00-18:00 Mayors of Nation Alliance – Forum
Seventh Day: Call for Unity and Diversity
21 March 2023 Tuesday
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center Great Hall
Presentation by Yekta Kopan
10:50 Opening
11:00 Mahmut Özgener – President of Izmir Chamber of Commerce - TOBB Executive Board Member
11:30 Neptün Soyer – Chairwoman of the Board of İzmir Köy Koop
12:00 Mehmet Bozgeyik – KESK Co-Chair
12:30 Mehmet Balık – President of Birleşik Kamu İş
13:00 Arzu Çerkezoğlu – President of DİSK
13:30 Süleyman Sönmez – TÜRKONFED Chairman of the Board
14:00-14:30 Break
14:30 Prof. Dr. Ian Goldin, Economist, University of Oxford
15:30-17:30 Voting of the Final Declaration of the Congress for Future’s Economy
17:30-18:00 Tunç Soyer – Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality
21:30 OneRentOneHome (BirKiraBirYuva) Benefit Concert - Kardeş Türküler
