Faculty Chairs
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
Keynote Speakers
Ibrahim Turhan, Chairman & CEO of Borsa Istanbul
Daron Acemoglu, Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, MIT
Panelists
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