Vienna Economic Talks – Istanbul Meeting

Vienna Economic Forum is happy to inform our members and partners that on 22-23 May already for the second time Vienna Economic Talks – Istanbul Meeting was organized. The event was supported by Enerjisa Group, Turkey, Joint Venture of Verbund.

The high-ranking delegation of Vienna Economic Forum was led by President Dr. Erhard Busek, Secretary General Amb. Dr. Elena Kirtcheva, Dkfm. Karl Fink, Vice-President of Vienna Economic Forum, General Manager, Vienna Insurance Group and DI Gunter Kappacher, Director of the Board, Siemens AG Austria, Member of the Board of Vienna Economic Forum, and consistet of about 20 participants from Austria who together with the other participants from 14 countries of the region contributed to the highly qualitative meeting.

Topics of Vienna Economic Talks – Istanbul Meeting were

  • The Economy as an Engine for the Development of the Austrian-Turkish Relations
  • The Economy as an Engine for Development of Cooperation in different Sectors in the Countries from the Region of Vienna Economic Forum
  • Turkish and CEE Energy 2023 – Building Bridges for Regional and Local Needs

Energy is an important topic for the Austrian-Turkish relations and several Austrian companies, members of Vienna Economic Forum, have been active in this area in Turkey: Siemens AG Austria, Verbund and its subsidiary Enerjisa Group, OMV AG, EVN AG. Furthermore Vienna Insurance Group with its subsidiary Ray Sigorta A.S. and Freshfields Bruckhaus-Deringer LLP, represented byDr. Willibald Plesser, who could also report about his long experience in Turkey.

Numerous other international partners of Vienna Economic Forum, with whom there is a Memorandum of Understanding gibt, were represented: Prof.Dr. Sedefhan Öguz – Marmara Group, F. Sadi Gücüm, Cafer Sait Okray and Nurlu Esemenli, ADBA, Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK), Prof. Dr. Vlavianos Arvanitis – Biopolitics International, Athens.

The representative of the Kosovo Minister of Economic Development Mr. Herr Frymezim Isufaj pointed out that the participation of so many distinguished leaders will strengthen international cooperation in all spheres of economic growth and promote a sustainable global development in the region.

Vienna Economic Forum thanks especially H.E. Dr. Heidemaria Gürer, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria in Turkey, and General Consul Dr. Paul Jenewein for their hospitality, to organize the First Festive Plenary Session in the location of the Austrian Consulate in Istanbul, Palais Yeniköy.

Vienna Economic Talks – Istanbul Meeting was a timely and thought provoking initiative, stimulating new ideas and strategies and Vienna Economic Forum is looking forward to a continuation of the exchange of experience next year in Vienna. Together with DEIK (Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey) Vienna Economic Forum plans the next step – „Vienna Economic Talks – Meet Turkey in Vienna“ in April 2012, which will concentrate on Turkey and its important role for the economic and regional cooperation.

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