100 MOST FAMOUS CEOs OF THE WORLD TO MEET IN TÜRKİYE IN 2010

Nearly 100 famous company executives and CEOs from various countries of the world will attend to the 16th World Productivity Congress and European Productivity Conference to be hosted by MPM in Türkiye in October 2010.

MPM Committee of 4 people represented Türkiye at the World Confederation of Productivity Science (WCPS) meeting held in Montreal, Canada on April 22-25, 2009. Headed by MPM Secretary General and Vice President  of the European Association of National Productivity Centers (EANPC) Kerim Ünal; the committee included Deputy Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. Mehmet Eroğlu, MPM Technical Consultant Dr. F. Zehra Özkan and Head of International Relations Department Dilek Özdemir.

In addition to Türkiye; representatives from the US, Canada, the UK, China and India also attended to the meeting where a series of crucial decisions were taken. As is known; it was decided during the meeting in South Africa in September 2008 to merge the 16th World Productivity Congress with European Productivity Conference and organize together as a single event in Türkiye for the first time. After that, various meetings have been held at international platforms about the 16th World Productivity Congress due to the economic crisis that rapidly expanded in the world after the decision for the convention was taken.

Discussions were held to organize the meeting in Istanbul as the first option; an agreement has been reached to organize the congress in Antalya both due to the difficulty of finding an available place as Istanbul would do the honors as the European Capital of Culture in 2010, and also the related tenders and reservations could only be realized in the first quarter of 2010 due to the regulations MPM is subject to.  

“Bridge Country in the World Economy: TÜRKİYE”, “Innovation and Productivity”, “Productivity in the World of Global Crisis”, “New Strategies and Productivity in Global Competition”, “The New World and the New Future: Cooperation, Sharing and Productivity” topics have been identified as the main themes for the Congress and Conference, and it has been indicated that many delegates from Asia, Europe and America; mainly from the USA, China, Canada, India and the UK would attend to the Congress and Conference. The statements of the representatives from other countries at the meeting indicate that minimum 400 foreign delegates will attend to the 16th World Productivity Congress. Also taking into account the domestic attendants and the Social Party Members of MPM, it is estimated that approximately 700-750 people will attend to the congress.

Within the scope of the congress preparations, intense cooperation talks will be held with the social parties of MPM such as TOBB, TİSK, TZOB and Universities and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. MPM’s Secretary General Kerim ÜNAL said: “The 16th World Productivity Congress and the European Productivity Conference, which will be held together for the first time in 2010 will be a great opportunity to widely promote both the concept of productivity and Türkiye”. Ünal also indicated that they consider this event as very important and they are expecting support from every section, mainly from the social parties for the Congress.