Association of Machine Manufacturers (MİB) is organizing an experience sharing conference on 22nd June, 2007 in Undersecretariat of the Prime Ministry for Foreign Trade Complex, İstanbul, under the EU funded ‘Development of Expertise on Acquis Communautaire in Turkish Machinery Sector’ Project. The conference will disseminate the results of the project that aims to develop the quality and image of Turkish machinery industry and increase the export potential of the businesses in the machinery sector.
In order to participate to the conference please register from www.mib.org.tr
Conference Programme:
09:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 11:00 Welcome Speeches
Fatih Bakan, Chairman of the Executive Board, Association of Turkish Machine Manufactures
Kürşat Tüzmen*, Republic of Turkey, Minister of State
10:30 – 10:45 Yavuz Cabbar, Deputy Secretary, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Industry and
Trade
10:45 – 11:00 Ömer Faruk Doğan, Deputy Undersecretary, Undersecretariat of the Prime Ministry for Foreign Trade
11:00 – 11:10 Project Presentation
Leyla Arsan, Project Coordinator, Association of Turkish Machine Manufactures
11:10 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 11:40 Need Assessment Survey Results
İlhan Konukseven, Assistant Professor, METU Mechanical Engineering Department
11:40 – 11:55 Experiences of Belgium and Studies in Turkey
Prof.Johan Catrysse, KHBO- Catholic University College of Bruges-Ostend
11:55 – 12:05 Presentation of the Roadmap
M. Nail Türker, Technical Expert, Association of Turkish Machine Manufactures
12:05 – 12:20 Experiences of Italian Machinery Sector
Patrick Colombo, Director, UCIMU- Association of Italian Manufacturers of Machine Tools
12:20 – 12:30 Czech Republic Manufacturers’ Visit Results
Yusuf Öksüzömer, General Manager, MUMAK Machine Industry
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Panel: Next Steps for the Machinery Industry on the Way to EU I
Moderator: Arslan Sanır, General Secretary, Association of Turkish Machine Manufactures
Erel Karamanoğlu, Automation and Control Systems Low-Voltage Switchgear Technical Product Manager, Siemens
Steven Young, Managing Director, Bosch Rexroth
Hasan Büyükdede, Vice President of ICOC Assembly, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce
Mesut Gülcüler, Deputy General Director, Directorate General for Industry, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Industry and Trade
Adnan Dalgakıran, Chairman of the Executive Board, Central Anatolian Machinery and Accessories Exporters` Union
Fatih Bakan, Chairman of the Executive Board, Association of Turkish Machine Manufactures
15:30 – 16:00 Kahve Arası
16:00 – 16:45 Panel: Next Steps for the Machinery Industry on the Way to EU II
Moderator: Arslan Sanır, General Secretary, Association of Turkish Machine Manufactures
Questions and Answers
16:45 – 17:00 Closing Session, Presentation of the Conclusion Notice
Talat Avcı, Executive Board Member, Association of Turkish Machine Manufactures
17:00 – 18:00 Cocktail
About the Project:
The Machine Manufacturers Association’s project is titled ‘Development of Expertise on Acquis Communautaire in Turkish Machinery Sector’ and funded by Europa Bridges of Knowledge Programme. The project aims to create expertise on related EU directives in MIB. The project envisages the dissemination of this expertise created in MIB to the machine manufacturers in Turkey. The project is coordinated by Leyla Arsan, TAGES CEO and activities are conducted by Hikmet Barutçu, TAGES Ankara Operations Coordinator.
As a part of the first project activities, ‘Need Assessment Survey’ was carried out in order to understand the problems and the needs of the machinery sector on the CE directives. 3 experts of the MIB’s Expertise Unit conducted a best-practice visit to the Czech Republic on 14-16 May in order to practically see the compliance of Czech machine manufacturers with the EU directives. Within the framework of the project, an ‘Expertise Unit’ in MIB and an expertise sharing web platform will be created to provide technical support and information for the adoption of the related EU directives by the enterprises working in machinery sector.
The outputs and results of the project will be disseminated and shared in the Experience Sharing Conference which will be organized on June 22nd 2007. All the project participants, representatives from related public organizations and NGOs, and media of that sector will participate to the Conference. The conclusion notice which will be prepared will be presented in the Conference.
The project has 2 foreign partners; Oostende Catholic University (KHBO) from Belgium and Italian Machine Manufacturers Union (UCIMU). Association of Manufacturers and Suppliers of Engineering Technique (SST) from Czech Republic, Undersecretariat of the Prime Ministry for Foreign Trade and Republic of Turkey Ministry of Industry and Trade are participating to the project as associate partners. The remaining part of the grant of the project is sponsored by Siemens and Bosch Rexroth.
