Tentative Agenda
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Wednesday, March 28
0900 – 1000 |
Registration & Breakfast |
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1000 – 1030 |
Opening and Official Inauguration The Honorable Francis J. Ricciardone, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey |
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1030 – 1130 |
Keynote Address Husnu Ozyegin, Chairman of the Board of Trustees – Özyeğin University |
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1130 – 1200 |
Opening Address Kürşat Özkan, President and CEO, GE Turkey |
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1200 – 1230 |
Making the Most of the Next Three Days Jayoung Yoon, Founder of StyleShare |
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1230 – 1330 |
FOCUSED NETWORKING LUNCH |
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1330 – 1430 |
PANEL – Opportunities in Healthcare & BioTech Ricardo Rossello, Duke University |
PANEL – Young Entrepreneurs Moderator: Josh Schuler, Exec. Director of Lemelson Program at MIT |
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1430 – 1530 |
CASE STUDY – The Startup Journey: From Entrepreneur to Venture Capitalist John Chisholm, CEO John Chisholm Ventures |
WORKSHOP – Elevator Pitch Contest (EPC) Training Erhan Erkut, President of Ozyegin University |
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1530 – 1600 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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1600 – 1700 |
KEYNOTE Iqbal Quadir, Founder & Director, Legatum Center at MIT |
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1700 – 1730 |
CLOSING ADDRESS Jonathan Margolis, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Space, and Health |
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1830 – 2100 |
CITY VIEW COCKTAIL at Istanbul Convention & Exhibition Center |
Thursday March 29
0900 – 0930 |
Breakfast & Presentation of Agenda |
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0930 – 1030 |
KEYNOTE Hanzade Doğan Boyner, Chairwoman of Doğan Online and Doğan Gazetecilik |
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1030 – 1100 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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1100 – 1200 |
PANEL – Entrepreneurial Expression: Strategies Around the World Moderator: Bill Aulet, Director of MIT Trust Center for Entrepreneurship |
WORKSHOP – Intellectual Property: From a Startup's Perspective Tonya Drake, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C. |
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1200 – 1330 |
LUNCH - STARTUP SHOWCASE |
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1330 – 1430 |
PANEL – Finding Appropriate Funding Thomas Andrae, Director 3M Ventures |
Spotlight on GSW Fellows
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1430 – 1530 |
CASE STUDY – Keeping Momentum: Founder to CEO Naeem Zafar, CEO of Bitzer Mobile |
EPC Preliminaries |
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1530 – 1600 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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1600 – 1700 |
KEYNOTE FIRESIDE CHAT Rakesh Malhotra, Founder and CEO of SAR Group |
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1700 – 1830 |
Bus Transfer to Cocktail |
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1830 – 2100 |
GRAND COCKTAIL |
Friday, March 30
0900 – 0930 |
Breakfast & Presentation of Agenda |
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0930 – 1100 |
Global BPC Showcase |
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1100 – 1200 |
PANEL – Manufacturing Entrepreneurship Mustafa Kemal Erçelik, Alp Aviation |
PANEL – Incubating Entrepreneurship Moderator: Gary Palin, Exec. Director of Doherty Center for Entrepreneurship Leadership at Elon University |
WORKSHOP – Idea Development Felix Lozano, Co-Founder of E-Cultura |
1200 – 1330 |
LUNCH – STARTUP SHOWCASE |
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1330 – 1430 |
CASE STUDY – Serial Entrepreneur Vinit Nijhawan, Managing Director at Technology Development Office at Boston University |
PANEL – Social Entrepreneur Moderator: Bill Aulet |
WORKSHOP - How to Run a BPC Neha Patadia, Healthcare Operations Expert, Objective Health |
1430 – 1530 |
KEYNOTE Ashok Rao, CEO Whodini |
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1530 – 1600 |
EPC FINALS |
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1600 – 1700 |
CLOSING ADDRESS Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister For Economic and Financial Affairs |
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1900 – 2200 |
GALA DINNER on The Bosphorus |