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Volkan
Öge
Digital Marketing Expert and Youtuber
Biography
He graduated from Istanbul Technical University with BSc in Civil Engineering in 2004 and with MSc in Transportation Engineering in 2006.
Along with his engineering career which spanned 5 years from 2004 thru 2009, he published various videos on a YouTube channel that he started under the name of Batesmotelpro in 2006.
Thanks to the great interest and on-line activity by the channel, he created some of Turkey’s first commercialized viral digital video projects for major businesses.
In 2009, he made a career shift and started working as a copywriter at the advertising agency 41?29! where he wrote scripts for a period of 4 years and simultaneously continued to create his own video projects at Batesmotelpro.
In 2012, he wrote and starred in a comedy motion picture called “Patlak Sokaklar”.
With the funding he received after the release of “Patlak Sokaklar” he converted the Batesmotelpro channel into a digital video agency and created numerous digital video ads. This online media firm actively continues to create acclaimed digital ad content for a wide range of commercial clients, all with a unique sense of humor.
Together with his business partner Tolga Akış, he also founded the new media company “Hypers” in 2017, which operates in the field of influencer marketing, YouTube and other digital content creation and currently is the Creative Director for “Hypers”.
In 2019, he started his own Youtube channel “Volkan Öge Geliyor” where he continues to publish his individual videos and musical work.
Dr. Ceyhun
Emre Doğru
Ph.D. Advisor, Academic, Speaker & Author
Critical thinking
Strategic decision-making
Corporate affairs
Stakeholder engagement
Strategic communications
Crisis management
Biography
Dr. Ceyhun Emre Dogru works as a consultant and academic in the fields of strategy and corporate affairs. As a managing partner at CORPERA Consulting, he provides consultancy services to international companies on topics such as political and economic risk analysis, government and stakeholder engagement, strategic decision-making, advocacy, and strategic communication. Additionally, Dr. Dogru holds the position of Secretary General at Türkiye’s Public Affairs Institute. As an academic, he teaches courses on Critical Thinking and Strategic Decision-Making, International Negotiation, and Non-Market Strategy: Business, Government, Society at Boğaziçi University. Dr. Ceyhun Emre Dogru also delivers speeches and organizes training sessions for the private sector and public institutions in these areas.
Dogru began his career as an international political analyst, and has served at the United Nations and NATO. After holding the position of TUSIAD’s (Turkish Industry & Business Association) representative in Washington in 2012, he continued his career as a consultant. He completed his undergraduate studies at Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Sciences and at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, obtained his master’s degree from the European Institute and his doctoral degree from Koç University. His articles have been published in various outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Palgrave, FastCompany, and Dünya Gazetesi.
Strategic Advisory
As a strategic advisor, I work with decision-makers in business and politics to clarify their thinking about some of the most complex problems. I assist them in making strategic decisions under high uncertainty, and with significant impact on their organizations and societies.
Corporate Consulting
As the managing partner of CORPERA Consulting, I advise multinational firms on corporate and public affairs to support their strategic business priorities. My work focuses on analyzing policy- making processes, identifying emerging issues, monitoring legislative changes, developing public policy strategies, coordinating external communications, engaging public authorities and advocating policy positions.
Speaking & Training
I give keynote speeches and training sessions to organizations to provide inspiration, raise awareness and build skills about the most business-critical topics.
Academia
I have the privilege of teaching some of the brightest minds at Türkiye’s top-ranking Boğaziçi University on Critical Thinking & Decision-Making, International Negotiation, and Nonmarket Strategy: Business, Government, and Society.
Thought Leadership
In partnership with Harvard Business Review Türkiye, I produce “Inside Business” show where I discuss global developments and ideas that shape the business environment, and share strategic lessons for decision-makers.
Civil Society
I actively contribute to the work of Turkish Ethics and Reputation Society and Corporate Governance Association of Turkey in the fields of anti-corruption and good governance. I also sit on the board of alumni associations Koc University and Ankara University Faculty of Political Science.
Speech Topics
- Critical thinking and strategic decision-making
- Corporate strategy and governance
- Corporate affairs, stakeholder engagement & strategic communications
- Political, economic and geostrategic risk assessment
- Dispute resolution, negotiation and crisis management
Videos
Metin
Çorabatır
President of Asylum and Migration Research Center, Media Analyst, Journalist
Biography
Metin Çorabatır is a policy consultant and an expert on asylum and migration issues, and is President of the Research Center on Asylum and Migration (IGAM), an Ankara-based think tank and NGO established in 2013. Previously, he worked for 18 years as the spokesperson and External Relations Officer of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office in Turkey, until his retirement in 2013.
Mr. Çorabatır also has 18 years of experience in journalism, working for print media and TV as a diplomatic correspondent, foreign news correspondent, news editor, and producer.
Among his recent publications are a report that he coedited by the Oxford Refugee Studies Centre that maps the level of access to education for young Syrian refugees in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq; a mapping of the data available on Turkish migration; and a template for Turkey’s annual migration report for the Directorate General of Migration Management.
Mr. Çorabatır is a PhD candidate at Bogazici University in Istanbul. His dissertation is on the role of international organizations in the reform processes of national asylum systems.
Can Fuat
Gürlesel
Strategist, Chairman of Strategic Research Institute
Biography
“The search for a multilateral world is taking place against the background of the global crisis and the threat of chaos, whilst discussions about the end of history and the clash of civilisations are still ongoing. Welcome to a new century.”
Global power shifts and the search for a multilateral balance
After the end of the Cold War, the USA sought to implement unilateral foreign policies appropriate to the unipolar world. However, attempts to establish a new and consistent global balance in terms of policy, military and economy have not been successful. Over the last years, substantial losses and shifts in global power have occurred alongside the substantial effects of the global economic crisis. The uncertainty as to what kind of a balance this loss of power would result in means that chaos theories are of great use. According to Dr. Gürlesel, at the moment the USA is trying to avoid adopting multilateral policies based on realism and to establish a new multilateral balance by undertaking a leading role. Global and regional actors in the multilateral balance, its institutional structure, its rules and, above all, its centre of gravity, in other words its geopolitical area, will take become clearer in the coming era. Dr. Gürlesel says that Turkey will also be affected by the multilateral balance of the new era and Turkey may, for the first time, become a regional actor in the establishment of the new balance. However, it will only be possible to draw on Turkey’s potential as a regional actor by creating a healthy balance between idealism and realism.
Who is Dr. Can Fuat Gürlesel?
As the founder and director of Economy and Strategy Consultancy Services, he has, since 1991, been providing economic and sectoral consultancy and research services to financial sector institutions, business organisations, local governments, and public and foreign institutions.
He is the founding chairman of the Strategic Research Institute where he has worked since 2003. The institute carries out strategic research. He has written many books, articles, reports and similar works.
Speech Topics
• The global economic crisis and its aftermath
• The global power shift and the search for a multilateral balance
• Geopolitical options for the new power balance
• Turkey’s new multilateral foreign policy and its possible consequences
• The institutional, social and political changes in Turkey and their consequences
Soner
Çağaptay
Beyer Family Fellow/ Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Biography
Soner Cagaptay is the Beyer Family fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute. He has written extensively on U.S.-Turkish relations, Turkish domestic politics, and Turkish nationalism. He regularly publishes in scholarly journals and major international print media, including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Foreign Affairs, and The Atlantic. He frequently appears on Aljazeera, BBC, CNN, and NPR.
A historian by training, Dr. Cagaptay wrote his doctoral dissertation at Yale University (2003) on Turkish nationalism. Dr. Cagaptay has taught courses at Yale, Princeton University, Georgetown University, and Smith College on the Middle East, Mediterranean, and Eastern Europe. His spring 2003 course on modern Turkish history was the first offered by Yale in three decades. From 2006-2007, he was Ertegun Professor at Princeton University’s Department of Near Eastern Studies.
Dr. Cagaptay is the recipient of numerous honors, grants, and chairs, among them the Smith-Richardson, Mellon, Rice, and Leylan fellowships. He has also served on contract as chair of the Turkey Advanced Area Studies Program at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute. In 2012, he was named an American Turkish Society Young Society Leader.
Dr. Cagaptay has published several highly acclaimed books on Turkish nationalism and politics. His first book was a published version of his doctoral dissertation on Turkish nationalism in 2006. This was followed by “The Rise of Turkey: The Twenty-First Century’s First Muslim Power” published in 2014 and, most recently, a definitive work detailing the rise of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey“.
After training in India, Dr. Cagaptay is certified as a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) 200 in 2018.
Speech Topics
Islam, Secularism and Nationalism in modern Turkey
The Rise of Turkey: Twenty-First Century’s first Muslim power
Turkey-US Relations
Domestic Turkish Affairs and Turkish Nationalism
Güler
Aras
Academician, Professor of Finance & Accounting Founder Director, Center for Finance, Governance&Sustainability
Biography
The main goal of a company is to sustain its existence. To achieve this goal in today’s business world, a company should not only focus on profit but also fulfil its social responsibilities.
Güler Aras is best known for her remarkable academic work which includes national and international speeches. An expert on finance, banking, capital markets, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and sustainability, Dr. Aras has published more than 20 books (11 published worldwide) and has written over 200 articles.
Dr. Aras recently joined Indeks Speakers’ Agency, attracting attention with interesting speech topics such as sustainability, a popular concept in today’s business world. Dr. Aras brings a unique perspective to sustainability, focusing on the importance of corporate social responsibility, how an enterprise can contribute to and achieve a sustainable performance. In short, she gives clues about creating a sustainable organization, a major goal for every enterprise. “Basel” is another popular speech topic for Dr. Aras. She gives seminars on the impact of the new Basel credit conditions, providing guidance on transitioning towards full implementation. Crisis management is another area of Dr Aras’ expertise. She defines financial crisis management as an important element which prevents organizations from failing and helps them achieve a sustainable performance. In her speeches, she shares the key points on how to manage a company in crisis, and describes financial and non-financial precautions and applications.
Who is Güler Aras?
Güler Aras is a professor of Finance at Yıldız Technical University’s Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, where she also served as dean as well as president of the Social Sciences Institute until 2013. Dr. Aras is also the director of Research and Application Centre for Financial Studies, Corporate Management and Sustainabilityand a visiting professor at De Montfort University UK where she gave regular classes and seminars and conducts research.
Beginning in 2014, she will also work as a visiting professor at The Center for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Güler Aras is the editor of an international magazine and is a board member for many magazines, including 10 international titles. She is a member of the scientists committee of many national and international seminars, and she is a founding member of the Institute of Financial Management Association of Turkey (IMA Turkey Chapter, where she also worked as a chairwoman, as well as the Turkish Transparency Foundation. She remains active in a variety of public foundations and institutions.
Speech Topics
• Sustainable Corporate Performance
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Basel & Risk Management
• Economy
• Crisis Management: Prepare, Identify, Analyze, Resolve
Başak
Özer
Technology Manager, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Strategy Consultant
Biography
Entrepreneurial executive with a track record of commercializing new technologies and leading VC-backed B2C & B2B businesses to successful exits and post-exit integration. Comfortable operating in startup, scale-up and turnaround situations and diverse geographies including Europe and Asia.
Functional expertise in product development, strategy, go-to-market, sales/business development and new market entry, marketing and incubating new businesses. Investor/Advisor to various start-ups.
Experience includes: Autonomous Vehicle Technologies, IoT, Sensors, Cloud, Location Based Services, Automotive, Product Innovation ‘from idea to full execution’. 2 major start-up exits, 2 GM roles at Fortune 50 companies with $100M+ P&L’s. Extensive global experience.
Yasemin
Bradley
Medical Doctor, Nutrition Consultant
Biography
Yasemin Bradley is a Turkish female physician specialized as nutritionist and dietitian. She is also a television presenter and writer.
Born as Yasemin Özdemir, she graduated from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir studying medicine. She worked a long time as a prime-time news presenter at the television channel Kanal D. She moved to England and settled there when she was touched much from the destruction of the 1999 İzmit earthquake. In London, she was trained in media production management at the BBC Turkish. She married to psychotherapist Anthony Bradley, who inspired her in healthy lifestyle. Upon her spouse’s advice, she received education in nutrition and dieting at the alternative therapy school ITEC in London.
Özdemir Bradley translated two books of the renowned American television and radio host Larry King (1929–2012) into Turkish under the title Kiminle Ne Zaman, Nerede, Ne Zaman, Nasıl Konuşmalı (1996), II. Dünya Savaşı Aşk Öyküleri (2002) She authored with her spouse diet food books Gelecek Yiyeceklerde (“The Future is in Food”) in 2002, and Bradley Mutfağı (“Bradley’s Cuisine”) in 2004. She edited the memoirs of a military officer and published it in 2002 under the title Parola: Harbiyeli Aldanmaz (“Password: Cadet does not get taken in”). In 2009, she published a series of three books on child development titled Cemile Doğru Beslenmeyi Öğreniyor (“Cemile Learns How to Eat Healthily”), Cemile Sağlıklı Yaşamayı Öğreniyor (“Cemile Learns How to Live Healthily”), and Cemile Boyu Uzasın İstiyor (“Cemile Wishes To Grow Tall”).
In 2012, she started a television program titled Dr. Yasemin Bradley ile Reçetesiz Hayat’ (“Life Without Prescription by Dr. Yasemin Bradley”) at the channel TRT Haber aired Thursday nights at 21:05 local time.
She was honored with the “Best Female TV News Presenter 1996” award by the “Tabloid Journalists Association” (Turkish: Magazin Gazetecileri Derneği).
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