SME NETWORKING PROJECT

CONFERENCE on INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS and COOPERATION

4th -5th June 2013

JW Marriott Hotel, Söğütözü, Ankara, Turkey

1st Day – 4thJune 2013, Tuesday

09:30-10.00 / REGISTRATION
10.00 – 11.00 / OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
Welcoming Speeches
ECORYS
Delegation of the European Union to Turkey
Ministry of Economy
11.00 – 11.30 / COFFEE BREAK
11.30– 12.00 / Competitiveness, Future of Clusters and New Trends
Emiliano Duch, Director, International Centre for Competitiveness, IESE Business School in Barcelona
12.00 – 13.30 / LUNCH
13.30 – 14.00 / Cooperation Networks andCompetitiveness
Tarık Sönmez, Director General of Exports, Ministry of Economy
PANEL – 1
14.00 – 15.30 / Main Subject: Innovation For Competitiveness
Moderator:Hakan Güldağ, Dünya Newspaper
  • Global Trade and Macro Trends in Innovation
Cengiz Ultav, Vestel Holding, Chairman of the Executive Board-Technology Development Foundation of Turkey (TTGV)
  • Global Drivers of Innovation – Trends and Impacts Transforming Turkey
Iain Jawad, Director of Strategic Cooperation,Frost & Sullivan, Europe
  • Innovation
Ata Selçuk, Innovation Coordinator, Eczacıbaşı Holding
  • New Approaches on Assessment of Competitiveness of Firms
Prof. Dr. Dilek Çetindamar, Sabancı University
15.30 – 16.00 / COFFEE BREAK
PANEL -2
16.00 – 18.00 / Main Subject: Sectoral Export Strategies And Importance Of Cooperation Networks
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Murat Yülek, Dean of Faculty of Business Administration, THK University
  • The Netherlands Food Valley Cluster, University- Industry Cooperation
Prof. Dr. Johan Gooitzen Wissema, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
  • UR-GE Projects and Export Oriented Sector Strategy Approaches
M. Emrah Sazak, Head of SME and Cluster Support Department, Ministry of Economy
  • UR-GE Program from the Perspectives of Sectoral Innovation System and of Firm Value Chain
Mahmut Kiper, Advisory Board Member, University- Industry Cooperation Centres Platform (USIMP)
  • Information Technologies
Mustafa Kızıltaş, General Manager, METUTECH Technopolis
18:30 / DINNER and BENCHMARKING AWARDS
Short Speeches:
  • Aegean Association of Exporters’
  • EU Commission
  • Ministry of Economy
Benchmarking Awards
Dinner

SME NETWORKING PROJECT

CONFERENCE on INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS and COOPERATION

4th -5th June 2013

JW Marriott Hotel, Söğütözü, Ankara, Turkey

2nd Day, 5thJune 2013, Wednesday

PANEL -3
09:30-11.00 / Main Subject: Cluster Initiations In The World
Moderator: Yavuz Özutku, Deputy Director General of Exports, Ministry of Economy
  • European Clusters and their Future
Dr. Gerd Meier zu Köcker, Head of Department International Technology Transfer and Clusters, TCI, VDI/VDE-IT
  • U.S. Small Business Administration – Regional Cluster Program
Jennifer Auer, Optimal Solutions Group
  • Cluster Policies in Brazil - Selected Lessons Learned in Generating Cooperation and Export Results
Renato Caporali Cordeiro, Cluster and Territorial Development; Director of Projects Financed by IADB – Inter-American Development Bank
  • EFQM- EFQM Excellence Model
Matt Fisher, Chief Operating Officer, European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM)
11.00 -11.30 / COFFEE BREAK
PANEL -4
11.30 -13.00 / Main Subject: Competitiveness Projects in Turkey
Moderator: M. Emrah Sazak, Head of SME and Cluster Support Department, Ministry of Economy
Regional Cluster Support Initiatives
  • Cluster Management - 1: Şevket Akın Kayacan, Chairman of the Board, Association of the Industrialists and Businessmenof Refrigeration- ESSIAD
  • Cluster Management - 2: Murat Akyüz, Chairman of the Board, Istanbul Chemicals and Chemical Products Exporters Association - IKMIB
  • Cluster Management - 3: Orhan Aydın, Chairman of the Board, OSTIMOrganized Industrial Region

13.00 – 14.00 / LUNCH
14.00 – 14.30 / Internationalisation, SMEs, Opportunities and Threats
Ahmet Yılmaz, Managing Director, exTim GmbH, Germany
14.30 – 15.00 / Internationalisation and Identification of Markets
Zeynep İyiler, Unit Manager, SME and Cluster Support Department, Ministry of Economy
15.00 – 15.30 / COFFEE BREAK
PANEL -5
15.30 – 16.30 / Main Subject: SME Networking Project
Moderator: Gülçin Salıngan, Deputy Team Leader of SME Networking ProjectSn.PROJECTYSMEs, Opportunities and Threats 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111?
  • Economic Analysis
Yeliz Çuvalcı, Short Term Expert, SME Networking Project
  • Value Chain and Supply Chain
Mustafa Hakan Zobu, Short Term Expert, SME Networking Project
  • Sectoral Studies
Barış Cihan Başer, Short Term Expert, SME Networking Project
  • Pilot Actions in the Regions
Serap Gültekin, Gaziantep Cluster Info Spot Coordinator
Aynur Öngel, Kahramanmaraş Cluster Info Spot Coordinator