“2nd Entrepreneurship Policies Conference”

TEPAV cordially invites you to

“2^nd Entrepreneurship Policies Conference”

on November 21, 2013

09.30 - 12.45

at TEPAV Building,

3^rd Floor Conference Room

(TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Söğütözü Cad. No: 43 Söğütözü - ANKARA)

OPENING REMARKS

Güven Sak

Executive Director, TEPAV

SPEAKER

Jonathan Ortmans

Chairman, Global Entrepreneurship Week, Kauffman Foundation

The meeting will be conducted in Turkish and English.

Simultaneous translation will be provided.

RSVP: Şara AGUN-YALÇIN Phone: 312.292 55 29 e-mail: sara.agun@tepav.org.tr

PROGRAM

09.30 – 10.15	Opening Speeches
	Güven Sak, Executive Director, TEPAV Martin Raiser, Country Director Turkey, The World Bank
10.15 – 11.00	Keynote Speech
	A Global Assessment of Public policies for Entrepreneurship Eco-system Building: What works, what does not work?” Jonathan Ortmans,Chairman, Global Entrepreneurship Week Kauffman Foundation
11.00 – 11.15	Coffee Break
11.15 – 12.45	Panel Discussion
	Mete Çakmakçı, Secretary General, TTGV Göktekin Dinçerler, Chairman, TOBB Venture Capital Sectoral Assembly * Fatih İşbecer, Founder, Pozitron Jonathan Ortmans,Chairman, Global Entrepreneurship Week Kauffman Foundation Jose Reis, Lead Economist, The World Bank

*T.b.c.

About Jonathan Ortmans

Leading the development of Global Entrepreneurship Week on behalf of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Jonathan Ortmans has worked to align more than 135 countries to inspire, connect, mentor and engage the next generation of entrepreneurs. In doing so, he has helped assemble an informal coalition of more than 7,900 organizations dedicated to stimulating entrepreneurial activity.

Ortmans brings a wealth of experience to the project, serving as a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation. Principally, he advises the Foundation on its global footprint and its interface with policymakers through the Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship (hosted at www. entrepreneurship.org), a public policy initiative to focus attention on the importance of entrepreneurship to the economy and society. Based in Washington, DC, Ortmans serves as an interface between new research and initiatives to advance entrepreneurship at the Foundation and the questions and concerns that arise from policymakers in the nation's capital.

He started his first business at the age of 19 in his native United Kingdom. Previously, Ortmans served as executive director of the Columbia Institute for Political Research, concentrating on health care economic policy. Currently, he also serves as president and Chairman of the Board of the U.S. based Public Forum Institute, an independent not-for-profit organization that enjoys strong bi-partisan congressional support in fostering public discourse on major issues of the day.

Jonathan also serves on the Boards of several non-profits including the Board of the Center for Entrepreneurship in Moscow. He also founded and chairs the Global Entrepreneurship Congress which, each March gathers over 3,000 experts and policymakers focused on starting and scaling new firms.

His blog posts  can be found at http://www.unleashingideas.org/blog/tags/ortmans and  http://bit.ly/LgbCte