Çırağan Palace Kempinski, İstanbul
09:30 - 10:00 Welcome Coffee
10:00 - 10:20 Welcome Speech
Ümit Boyner, President of TÜSİAD
Short Film: “Women in Working Life”
Introduction by Nur Ger, Gender Equality Working Group Chair about the short film “Women in Working Life”
10:20 - 11:00 Opening Speeches
Ümit Boyner, TÜSİAD President
Selma Aliye Kavaf, Minister of State
11:00 – 11:30 Key Note Speech: “Women in Working Life”
Güler Sabancı, Chairman and Managing Director, Sabancı Holding
11:30 - 13:00 Discussion Panel: “Evaluation of Policy Options to Increase the Participation of Women to Working Life in the Light of International Examples”
Chair: Rıdvan Akar, CNN Türk Editor-in-Chief
Arno Metzler, EU-Turkey Joint Consultative Committee, Co-chairman and Member of the EESC
Assoc. Prof. İpek İlkkaracan, Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Management and Founding Member of Women for Women’s Human Rights,
Güldal Akşit, Head of the Turkish Parliamentary Commission on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men
Ahmet Zahteroğulları, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Deputy Secretary
Serpil Timuray, CEO of Vodafone Turkey
13:00 Sandwiches & Beverages