Atlantic Economic Forum at BAU!

The International Atlantic Economic Society is bringing together academics and economists from around the world in Istanbul. Harvard University economist Alberto Alesina will also give a talk at the conference and panels to be hosted by Bahçeşehir University.

 

The Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences will host the 73rd International Atlantic Economic Conference (IAES). At the conference, to be chaired by economist Alberto Alesina of Harvard University and Reinhard Neck of the University of Klagenfurt, economists from the international arena will meet in Istanbul to discuss new approaches developed internationally. Experts, economists and academics from Türkiye, led by Central Bank Deputy Governor Turalay Kenç, will also attend the conference, which will bring together experts from nearly fifty countries.
 

At the conference, which will be held entirely in English, the following sessions will be open to the press.

 

 

Thursday, 29 March 2012

 

11:00–12:15 PRESENTATION: The New Role of Emerging Markets in the World Economy: The Turkish Experience / Turalay Kenç (Deputy Governor, Central Bank)

 

14:00–16:00 PANEL: The Return of Emerging Markets: The Case of Türkiye

 

SPEAKERS:
 

Ali Hakan Kara – Central Bank

Sadullah Çelik – Marmara University

Burak Saltoğlu – Boğaziçi University

Ege Yazgan – Bilgi University

Kamil Yılmaz – Koç University

 

Friday, 30 March 2012

 

11:00–12:15 PRESENTATION: Culture and Development / Prof. Dr. Alberto Alesina (Harvard University)

 

14:00–16:00 PANEL: The Future of the Monetary and Financial System

 

SPEAKERS:

 

Serkan Özcan – Vakıfbank

Nicholas Apergis – University of Piraeus (Greece)

Ahmet Aysan – Boğaziçi University

Sinan Sönmez – Atılım University