Turkish bustling metropolis Istanbul is gearing as much as host the seventh version of a serious financial summit with the principle theme of “Sustainable Living and Smart Cities,” set to happen at Çırağan Palace between Dec. 8-9, 2023.
The Istanbul Economy Summit, which goals to discover the potential of sustainable practices and progressive applied sciences in shaping the way forward for city environments along with practices centered round “transformation to the green economy,” will for the primary time have an version overseas.
The summit is ready to be held within the German capital Berlin between Sept. 28-Oct. 1, 2023, with the goal to convene officers, executives, consultants and personal sector representatives from Türkiye and a number of different nations to debate international points and suggest actionable options.
Speaking on the press assembly in Istanbul on Tuesday, Istanbul Economic Summit Chairperson of the Executive Board Abdullah Değer famous that 150 businesspeople will attend the occasion in Berlin, arriving on a Turkish Airlines (THY) non-public passenger airplane.
Noting that many businesspeople from Germany can even attend the summit, Değer stated, “With the summit, we aim to develop economic cooperation and partnerships between European and Turkish businesses, bring together the leading names, experts and representatives of both Turkish and European business world, to explore investment opportunities and to develop economic cooperation.”
Değer, as well as, emphasised the importance of the uninterrupted continuation of the summit, organized yearly, and stated, “Even in the pandemic we convened for the summit as we followed the rule that economic activity never halts.”
Değer additional recalled the U.N.’s sustainable growth agenda for the interval between 2015-2030 underscoring Türkiye’s efforts on this regard.
“Although we may see that some countries, particularly Scandinavian nations, have reached many of these goals already, we believe that Türkiye can obtain the stated goals at least in some fields. We as Economy Summit are doing everything we can for this end,” Değer stated.
Describing the actions carried out by the organizations supporting the Istanbul Economic Summit in Anatolia, Değer known as on all stakeholders to behave collectively rapidly and for a standard function with the mission of contributing to the promotion of Istanbul and Türkiye and making a greater and sustainable world doable.
“We must turn these plans into actions and investments that will change the lives of humanity and contribute to the rapid recovery of our economies and societies,” he stated.
Highlighting the summit’s Berlin version, Değer elaborated on the significance of two main branches and contributors to the Turkish economic system, specifically tourism and exports, and stated, “We do close to 50% of exports to Europe, our tourism revenues coming from Europe are also high. Europe is our indispensable trading partner, while Germany also boasts a large Turkish diaspora, for this reason, we have chosen Berlin.”
Addressing the reporters, Koluman Otomotiv Chairperson of the Board of Directors Kaan Saltık highlighted the significance of delivering the financial message from a strategically important hub similar to Istanbul by rigorously selecting annually’s theme.
“This yr, we’re including one other novelty to a summit, by organizing its Berlin version, hopefully, if it proves to achieve success, we goal to deliver to the agenda these kinds of summits in different capitals,” Saltık stated.
“Our goal is to boost the potential and the profile of the Istanbul Economy Summit and to ship beneficial messages from it,” he added.
Held below the sponsorship of the Turkish Travel Agencies Association (TÜRSAB), Koluman Otomotiv, Mercedes Benz Türk A.Ş., Sanofi, Borusan Otomotiv BMW, Oncharge and the Mersin-Tarsus Agricultural Processing Specialized Organized Industrial Zone (TÜIOSB), the two-day summit in December is ready to supply 12 completely different panels on subjects together with sustainable growth, digital transformation, rising markets, well being, automotive, tourism and sustainable residing.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
