Keynote Speaker :
Dr. Massimo Florio
Professor in Department of Economics, Milan University,
President, Scientific Committee, Centre for Industrial Studies / Italy

Session 1. Clustering Policy

Moderator :

I. Tamer Taskin 
Member of Board of Directors, The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB),
President, Aegean Chamber of Industry (EBSO) /Turkey


Speakers;

Tarik Sonmez
Director of Project Coordination Unit
Project,  Development of a Clustering Policy for Turkey General Directorate of Export, Undersecretary for Foreign Trade (UFT) / Turkey

Carsten Schierenbeck
Policy Officer, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General, Support for Innovation Unit (D.2), European Commission 

Douglas Z. Zeng
Economist and Private Sector Development Specialist,
World Bank

Session 2. Competitiveness Assessment

Moderator :

Ahmet Yaman
General Director of Regional Development DG, State Planning Organization (SPO) / Turkey

Speakers;

Dr. Ercan Tezer
Secretary General, Automotive Manufacturers Association
(OSD) / Turkey

Dr. Ronald J. Pohoryles
Chairman and Director, The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences (ICCR - International)

Antonio Goncalves
Desk Officier, DG Regional Policy (REGIO), Unit H/05 (IPA) European Commission

Keynote Speakers:

Ziya Altunyaldiz
Senior Programme Officer,
Project, Development of a Clustering Policy for Turkey
Deputy General Director, Export General Directorate Undersecretary for Foreign Trade (UFT) / Turkey

Dr. Andrea Forti
Directorate for Consultative Works, Committee of The Regions, EU

Session 3. Implementation of Cluster Initiatives

Moderator :

Dr. Metin Ger
Professor in Dept. of Civil Engineering, METU/Turkey

Speakers;

Dr. Mehmet Akalın
Professor in Dept.of Textile Studies
Dean, Marmara University Technical Education Faculty
Project Coordination Unit Member and Director, Fashion & Textile Cluster Project, Istanbul Textile and Apparel Research and Development Centre (ITKIB) / Turkey

Giovanna Ceglie
Chief, Clusters and Business Linkages Unit
Private Sector Development Branch/UNIDO

Christoph Beer
Cluster Manager, Telematik Cluster Bern / Switzerland

Session 4. Inter and Intra Cluster Cooperation

BModerator :
Nahit Bingol
Director, Directorate of Strategy Development , Prime Ministry

Speakers;

Dr. Erkan Erdil
Assoc. Prof. in Dept. of Economics
President, Science and Technology Policies, METU/Turkey

Simone Hagenauer
Project Manager Networks and Clusters, Ecoplus / Austria

Umut Oran
Chairman of Ready Wear Sector Committee /TOBB,
Board Member of European Textile and Clothing Fed. (EUROTEX),
Honorary President of Adiyaman Textile and Ready Wear Cluster Association/Turkey

Session 5. Cluster Management

Moderator :

Dr. Guven Sak 
Director, Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)

Speakers;
Juan Manuel Esteban
President, The Competitiveness Institute (TCI)

Douglas Z. Zeng
Economist and Private Sector Development Specialist, World Bank

Christian Altmann
Cluster Manager, Mechatronics Cluster, Clusterland/ Austria

Session 6. Monitoring and Evaluation of Clusters

Moderator :

Paolo Rosso
Partner and Consultant Centre for Industrial Studies, (CSIL )/ Italy

Speakers;

Beatrice Negeli-Ganz
Project Consultant, Innovation Consulting Co. Austria

Mateja Dermastia
Director of Anteja, ECG, Slovenia,
Key Expert
Project,  Development of a  Clustering Policy for Turkey

Murat Gursoy
Senior Project Advisor, United Nations Development Programme