“Dismantling of Globalization”
Prof. Taner Berksoy |Piri Reis University
Graduated from Istanbul Faculty of Economics. He started his academic career at Ankara Hacettepe University. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge / England. He became an associate professor at Hacettepe University. He joined Marmara University in 1987. In 1988 he was promoted to full professor. He served as Dean of Bilgi University, Bahçeşehir University and Okan University. Since 2014, he has been the Director of the University of Social Sciences at Piri Reis University and the Head of the Department of Maritime Business.
“Information Anywhere, All we need is wisdom”
Dr. Seref Oguz | Journalist – Author
Şeref Oğuz (1955) graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, and received his master’s degree in Statistics and Social Politics from the same faculty and his PhD in economics. After his doctorate, he made researches on ”Sufficent Knowledge”at the University of London. Oğuz started his journalism career in Sabah Newspaper in 1970 and after his education, he returned to his career as the Economy Director of Tercüman Newspaper. He worked as Günaydın Newspaper Regional Responsible Editor, Meydan Newspaper Economy Director, Milliyet Newspaper Economy Director and Channel 6 and Yeni Yüzyıl top manager respectively. For 11 years, he served as the Economic Director and writer of Sabah Newspaper. Şeref Oğuz, who has been researching information economy, new economy and change for 23 years, is one of the founders of Internet Society. He directed the first major Turkish newspaper Milliyet.com on the Internet, where he contributed to the recognition of SMEs and our economic power in Anatolia with the 2 Anatolian Tigers ”project for two consecutive years. 1996 June, the first virtual rally in the world. He focused on the “Internet for All Schools” project, which he developed for computer-aided education 30 years ago. Since 1996, Oğuz has had numerous articles, articles and interviews on bodyless freedom and virtual culture. In 1999, he was appointed as the New Economy Consultant at Koç Holding. He served as senior manager at Koç Holding Information Group. He has been teaching Virtual Culture courses at Bilgi University’s e-mba and he is currently running “Economic Outlook” and “After the Day” programs in Bloomberg and “Economy Club” program in Ekotürk.
“Politic, Economic and Social Life Approaching Year 2020”
Prof. Emre Alkin | Altinbas University – Vice President
Prof. Alkin was born in 1969 in Istanbul. He graduated from Saint-Michel French High School in Istanbul. B.A. from Istanbul University Faculty of Economics English Economics in 1991. Same year he was accepted as an research assistant to the Istanbul University Faculty of Economics. He recieved title of associate proffesor in theory of economics when he was doing his military services in 1997, as a project officer in F-16 Tactical Aircraft Systems. Prof.Dr. Emre Alkin wrote books about risk management and financial institutions and he was on board of management and worked as consultant for several invesment companies. He became a professor in 2002. He participated in business development of Cukurova Holding, Anadolu Industry Holding, Dogan Holding and Altınbaş Holding in various sectors. Emre Alkin worked as economy commentator for TV Channels such as TV8, FOX, CNNTURK and CNBC-E and wrote columns for newspapers. Between 2000-2014 he was on a duty in Secretary General of Turkish Exporters Assembly, Member of National Tax Council, Secretary General of Federation of Captive Finance Companies, Secretary General of Turkish Football Federation and member of UEFA Marketing Committee. Today he is non-executive board member of Galatasaray Inc. Prof. ALKİN give lectures and also there are books written by himself in Turkish and English. He held various positions in GSM and Telecommunication, International Financial İnstitutions, Payment Systems, Energy and Iron-Steel Industry. Furthermore, He gives economy classes at the Altınbaş University and continues its mission as Vice President. He still takes part in international projects about payment systems and financial management. Today, Prof. Alkin is Columnist in the business newspaper DUNYA and have 2 best seller novel in Turkish about socio-economics and writes about new dimensions in the business life in various magazine. He has two sons and speaks French and English.
“ Thoughts on Financial Crises: Investor Psychology and Financial Stability”
Assoc. Prof. K. Evren Bolgün |Ozyegin University, Instructor
Evren Bolgun completed his undergraduate education in Marmara University business administration department, his Master’s degree is in Istanbul Technical University faculty of business administration. He finalised his Phd. in Marmara University Banking & Insurance Institute with a thesis of Risk Management concepts & measurements models on the banking institutions from the perspective of Turkish Experiences. He became an Associate Professor in 2008 at Bahçeşehir University. He has continued professional career in the Treasury departments of brokerage houses & private banks from 1994 and further working experiences in Yapı Kredi Bank in 2002 with the studies in the field of “Risk Management”. Between 2005 and 2006 he has worked as a Management Consultant under Peppers & Rogers Consultancy company with a “Business Process Improvement and Risk Management” projects abroad. Since 2002, he has been continuing his academic studies with seminars, seminars and courses given by undergraduate and graduate students at private universities (Kültür University, Kadir Has University, Yeditepe University, Boğaziçi University, Bilgi University, Özyeğin University). Between 2006 and 2011 he continued his professional career as Is Investment Risk Management Manager. He has deep experiences in the project integrations with several banks by foreign consultancy companies in the areas of Market Risk Management, Asset-Liability Management, Portfolio Risk Management and Operational Risk Management. In 2011, Notus Asset Management was established with three partners and fully exited to Azimut International Group at the end of 2015. Since 2015 he has focused on the education in finance projects and financial advisory activities in the Banks Association of Turkey, BORFIN E-Learning Webinar Platform added with boutique designed Financial Institutions / Corporate Sector trainings. He is still working as economy program producer and moderator in the Ekotürk TV’s with Perspective and Last Session broadcasts every working day.
