TABCON 2009 Panels

General Session: Comparison of Strategies for Technological Advancement in Developing Economies. Why Some Countries Succeed and Others Fail?

Defense ICT: Joint venture opportunities for midsize defense and aerospace companies

Finance: Turkey amidst the global slowdown: challenges and opportunities

Mobile e-Commerce: Extending the reach of eCommerce transactions across national boundaries through mobility

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Defense ICT
Joint venture opportunities for midsize defense and aerospace companies

The U.S. and Turkey enjoy a long and important strategic alliance. Defense issues have, and continue to be, an important part of this alliance. This session will address joint venture opportunities for midsize U.S. and Turkish defense and aerospace companies. Experts from these industries will discuss current market conditions in Turkey, relay perspectives from both the private and government sectors, and what American based firms can expect hoping to do business in Turkey. Special guests will include a representative from the Under Secretary of Defense of the Republic of Turkey and a senior member of Havelsan, a Turkish defense firm.

Topics:

  • Future outlook for the region.
  • Current partnerships.
  • How to forge joint ventures between Turkish and U.S. defense and aerospace firms.
  • How defense relations for the two countries will evolve in the coming years.

    Panelists:
  • Ilker "Ike" Bayraktar - Vice President of International Initiatives, AeroVironment
  • Richard Mains - Founder/Chairman, Principal Scientist, Mains Associates
  • Ahmet Lütfi VAROĞLU - Head of International Cooperation Department, Turkish Ministry of National Defense, Undersecretariat for Defense Industries
  • Faruk Yarman - General Manager, HAVELSAN Air Electronics Ind. and Trade Inc., Turkey
  • Tom Bleier - President, Founder and CTO of Quakefinder, a subsidiary of Stellar Solutions


    Moderator:
  • Eric H. Brachhausen - Executive Director, Spaceport America Institute



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    Istanbul Ticaret Odasi

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