Speakers

Zeynep Bulutgil, Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Malik Mufti, Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, Tufts University

Soli Ozel, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Istanbul Kadir Has University

Elizabeth Prodromou, Visiting Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Arthur Sculley, Senior Fellow, Council on Emerging Market Enterprises, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Ibrahim Warde, Professor of Islamic Finance, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Ibrahim Turhan, Chairman & CEO of Borsa Istanbul

Daron Acemoglu, Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, MIT

Solen Altop, Business Advisor, Yatas Furniture Company, Kayseri, and Founder, Solen Global Coaching

Republic of Turkey Investment Support and Promotion Agency (ISPAT)

Alexander Christie-Miller, Correspondent in Istanbul for The Christian Science Monitor

Nusret Comert, Senior Advanced Leadership Fellow, Harvard University, and Chairman, DAMNUS Energy & Investment

Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Murat Guvenc, Director, Urban Studies Research Center, Istanbul Sehir University

Ambassador James H. Holmes (Ret.), President and CEO, American-Turkish Council

Zamir Iqbal, Head, World Bank Global Center for Islamic Finance, Istanbul

Burak Kararti, Turkish Consul General to Boston

Kemal Kirisci, Director, Center on the United States and Europe’s Turkey Project, Brookings Institution

John McCarthy, Chairman, ING Bank Istanbul

Mehmet Ogutcu, Chairman, Global Resources Corporation

Ambassador & The Honorable Francis J. Ricciardone

Cenk Sidar, CEO and President, Sidar Global Advisors

Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Gunes Murat Tezcur, Associate Professor of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago

Neslihan Tombul, Board Member, Turcas Petrol A.S., Istanbul

Pinar K. Tremblay, Lecturer, Political Science Department, Cal Poly Pomona

Kadir Üstün, Research Director, SETA Foundation

Haluk Unal, Professor of Finance, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

Joshua Walker, Director of Global Programs, APCO Worldwide