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The 14Th Bodrum Roundtable The 14th Bodrum roundtable 12-14 October 2018 Bodrum, Turkey #TheBodrumRT Friday, 12 October 2018 13.30-14.30 Lunch 20.00 Welcome dinner at the Mandarin Oriental 14.30-17.00 Free time Keynote speech: Charles Kupchan, 17.00-19.00 Avoiding trade wars Professor of International Affairs, Georgetown University Ahmet Dördüncü, Chief Executive Officer, Akkök Holding A.Ş. and Board Member, International Paper Chair: Charles Grant, Director, CER Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times Petros Sourmelis, Head of Unit, Russia, CIS, Ukraine, Saturday, 13 October 2018 Western Balkans, EFTA, EEA and Turkey, Directorate- 08.00-09.00 Breakfast General for Trade, European Commission 09.15-11.00 The rise of artificial intelligence: Implications for the Chair: Rem Korteweg, Head, Europe in the World Unit and World Order Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Ruben-Erik Diaz-Plaja, Senior Policy Advisor, Policy Planning Unit, Office of the Secretary General, NATO 20.00 Departure for dinner Fabrice Pothier, Chief Strategy Officer, Rasmussen Global Marietje Schaake, Member, European Parliament 20.30-22.30 Dinner in Bodrum Chair: Ussal Şahbaz, Chief Executive Officer, EDAM 22.30-00.30 After dinner drinks (optional) 11.00-11.30 Coffee break 11.30-13.30 Turkey-US relations: The frayed partnership Carl Bildt, Co-Chair, Council, European Council on Foreign Relations Alper Coşkun, Ambassador, Director General for International Security Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey Yuri Kim, Director, Southern European Affairs, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, US Department of State James Kolbe, Former Member, US House of Representatives Chair: Sinan Ülgen, Chairman, EDAM Sunday, 14 October 2018 List of participants 08.00-09.00 Breakfast Zeynel Abidin Ateş Senior Program Officer, International Republican Institute Senem Aydın-Düzgit Associate Professor of International Relations, 09.15-11.00 The shaping of the EU’s Turkey agenda Sabancı University Christian Berger, Ambassador and Head of Delegation, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Delegation of the EU to Turkey Relations Faruk Kaymakçı, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Christian Berger Ambassador and Head of Delegation, Delegation of the Director for EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey EU to Turkey Kati Piri, Member, European Parliament Carl Bildt Co-Chair, Council, European Council on Foreign Relations Nathalie Tocci, Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali Hendrik Bourgeois Vice President, Corporate Affairs EMEA, Cargill Edward Bowles Managing Director, Group Public Affairs, Standard Chair: Charles Grant, Director, CER Chartered Bank Ahmet Ünal Çeviköz Member of the Parliament, Republican People’s Party (CHP) 11.00-12.30 The Iran dilemma Anna Maria Corazza Bildt Member, European Parliament Ellie Geranmayeh, Senior Policy Fellow and Deputy Head Alper Coşkun Ambassador, Director General for International Security of MENA Programme, European Council on Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey Relations Milica Delevic Director, Governance and Political Affairs, European Bank Ariel Levite, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Carnegie for Reconstruction and Development Endowment for International Peace Özgür Demirtaş Chair Professor of Finance, Sabancı University Florin Nita, Member, Task Force Iran, European External Ruben-Erik Diaz-Plaja Senior Policy Advisor, Policy Planning Unit, Office of the Action Service Secretary General, NATO Ahmet Cemal Dördüncü Chief Executive Officer, Akkök Holding A.Ş. and Board Chair: Nevşin Mengü, Journalist, Deutsche Welle Member, International Paper Fatih Kemal Ebiçlioğlu President of Durable Goods Companies, Koç Holding A.Ş. 12.30-15.00 Lunch and departures Faruk Eczacıbaşı Vice Chairman, Eczacıbaşı Group Angelina Eichhorst Director for Western Europe, Western Balkans and Turkey, European External Action Service Myriam Ferran Director for Strategy and Turkey, Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, European Commission Ellie Geranmayeh Senior Policy Fellow and Deputy Head of MENA Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations Nigar Göksel Project Director, Turkey, International Crisis Group Charles Grant Director, Centre for European Reform Luigi Scazzieri Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform Kadri Gürse Journalist, Al-Monitor Marietje Schaake Member, European Parliament Emre Kürşat Kaya Research Fellow, Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Can Selçuki General Manager, Istanbul Economics Research Studies Özgehan Şenyuva Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Faruk Kaymakçı Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Middle East Technical University Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey Aydın Adnan Sezgin İYİ Party Member of Parliament for Aydın, Grand National Yuri Kim Director, Southern European Affairs, Bureau of European Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) and Eurasian Affairs, US Department of State Eduard Soler i Lecha Senior Research Fellow and MENARA Project Scientific James Kolbe Former Member, United States House of Representatives Co-ordinator, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs Rem Korteweg Head, Europe in the World Unit and Senior Research Petros Sourmelis Head of Unit, Russia, CIS, Ukraine, Western Balkans, EFTA, Fellow, Clingendael EEA and Turkey, Directorate-General for Trade, European Charles Kupchan Professor of International Affairs, Georgetown University Commission Ariel Levite Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for Constanze Stelzenmueller Bosch Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United International Peace States and Europe Leana Lopez Political Officer, U.S. Embassy Ankara Nathalie Tocci Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali Michael Maclay Executive Chairman, Montrose Associates Belkıs Gökçe Uçar Secretary-General, Centre for Economics and Foreign Andrew McCall Vice President, Government and Community Relations, Policy Studies Ford of Europe Sinan Ülgen Chairman, Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Paul McCarthy Acting Regional Director, Europe, International Republican Studies Institute Engin Varol Office Manager, International Republican Institute Nevşin Mengü Journalist, Deutsche Welle Ilija Vojnovic Turkey Country Director, International Republican Institute Florin Nita Member, Task Force Iran, European External Action Service Michael Werz Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Jordan Orsler Events Manager, Centre for European Reform Alvaro Ortiz Vidal-Abarca Chief Economist for Turkey, China and Geopolitics, BBVA Research Soli Özel Professor, Kadir Has University Canan Özsoy President and Chief Executive Officer, General Electric Company Kati Piri Member, European Parliament Fabrice Pothier Chief Strategy Officer, Rasmussen Global Gideon Rachman Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times Ussal Şahbaz Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Economics and 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