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Tuesday, 29th April 2008

08:15	Registration and refreshments

Session 1 Turkish Capital Markets: Setting the Context
09:00	Welcoming Remarks from Chairman, Stephen Timewell, Editor-in-Chief, The Banker

09:05	Introduction by Metin Mansur, Chairman, DEIK (Turkish-British Business Council)

09:10	Keynote Speech: Turkey’s Economy - A New Tiger in the Making? The macro-economic outlook: Growth prospects and opportunities ahead Addressing the vulnerabilities The global backdrop: outlook for emerging markets Investment climate 2008-09 Mehmet Simsek, Minister of State of Turkey for Economy

09:40	Keynote Speech: Capital Market Trends Debt and equity capital markets: Trends and opportunities Addressing liquidity and funding Transparency, tax and regulatory environment: Where is Turkey Heading? Prospects for secondary market and local currency issuance Turan Erol, Chairman, Capital Markets Board

10:10	Turkey’s Securities Market – What Lies Ahead? Turkey’s Securities Market: Opportunities and challenges Looking ahead: Key trends and sectors Boosting liquidity Investment opportunities and risks Huseyin Erkan, Chairman & CEO, IMKB (Istanbul Stock Exchange)

10:35	Capital Market Trends for the Banking Sector Ersin Ozince, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Banks Association of Turkey

11:00	Refreshment break

Session 2 Preparing the Ground
11:20	What’s Hot: Rise of M&As and Private Equity Key Sectors for M&A Looking Ahead 2008 – Investment opportunities Private Equity vs Strategic Partnership Case study: Barbetti Metin Ar, President, Garanti Securities Enrico Boari, President, Idata Bartolo Mignosa, CEO, Barbetti Adil Konukoglu, Board Member, Sanko Holding

11:45	Retail Banking – Differentiation through Innovation Why innovation is a “must” in Turkey Building an “Innovation Culture” Challenges ahead Differentiation through Innovation Zafer Kurtul, President & CEO, Akbank

12:05	Growth of Private Equity Funds in Turkey Overview of Turkish Market Challenges for PE Funds in Turkey Case Study Murat Ozgen, General Manager, Is Private Equity

12:20	Panel Session: Making Capital Markets Work for the Corporate Sector IPOs and SPOs – making them work for the corporate sector during volatile markets IPO Case study: Halkbank Role of insurance companies Investing in SMEs: Financing a new and growing sector FDI Flows to the corporate sector: Past, Present & Future Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Celik, Executive Board Member DEIK; Chairman and Coordinator, Turkish-Southeastern European Business Councils Panelists: Yesim Karayel, Manager-Corporate Finance, Is Investment Süleyman Aslan, Assistant General Manager, Halkbank Sefer Altioglu, General Manager, Creditwest Factoring Jochem Emmen, CEO, Finance & Insurance Hande Senova, Head of Corporate Finance Department, Partner, KPMG Gokce Kabatepe, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Raymond James Securities

13:00	Lunch break

14:00	Privatisation Moves & Prospects Metin Kilci, Head of Privatisation Administration

14:20	Focus on : Concepts of risk in Capital Markets and application to Turkey Clarifying the concept of risk Application of basic measures to Turkish Capital Markets Addressing the misconceptions Salih Reisoglu, General Manager & Member of BoD, Eczacibasi Securities

14:45	Refreshment Break

15:05	Case Study: Ulker – Godiva Aquisition Atilla Kurama, CFO, Yildiz Holding A.S.

15:25	Development of Turkish Derivatives Exchange & Prospects for the Introduction for New Products Çetin Ali Dönmez, CEO, TurkDEX

15:40	PANEL SESSION: Meeting Turkey’s Banks’ Funding Needs – Innovative Strategies Addressing the funding mismatch Limits of international borrowing - Building secondary market & domestic institutional investor base Evaluating Issuer Services in Turkish Market Managing Risk & application to local market Global View: International Capital Markets Panelists Erdal Aral, Head of Treasury, Is Bank Cem Ayhan Azak, Manager, Barclays Capital Cihat Takunyaci, Acting Representative, The Bank of New York, Istanbul Representative Office

16:30	Concluding Remarks from our Chairman followed by Reception