At the opening of the meeting, the first President of TÜSİAD who served between the years of 1971-1979, the late Mr. Feyyaz Berker was commemorated. Commemoration ceremony included speeches by Mr. Bülent Eczacıbaşı and Mr. Nihat Gökyiğit.
Mr. Tuncay Özilhan, President of the High Advisory Council of TÜSİAD, and Mr. Erol Bilecik, President of the Board of Directors of TÜSİAD delivered the opening speeches of the meeting.
Following the completion of the order of the day of the general assembly, Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) delivered a concluding speech.