On 26 March 2018, Dr. Akkan Suver, President of Marmara Group Foundation and longtime Strategic Partner of Vienna Economic Forum was granted the rank of an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Romania by Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania. For this occasion, an investiture ceremony was held at the Royal Palace in Bucharest.

Vienna Economic Forum congratulates Dr. Suver, who was award with the Royal Medal for his dialogue and peace studies at the Marmara Group Foundation in Istanbul.