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29th Annual Conference on U.S.-Turkish Relations
October 17-20, 2010

The American-Turkish Council’s Annual Conference is the premier gathering of leaders from the United States and Turkey. With more than 600 participants, this Conference provides an exceptional opportunity to expand business relationships, discover commercial opportunities, interact with senior government officials and military officers, exchange information, and hear outstanding speakers from the U.S. and Turkey. It is an opportunity that only the Annual Conference provides.

Keynote Speakers
Past speakers have included former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and current Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Invited to speak this year are Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, National Security Advisor Jim Jones, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State, Ali Babacan, Minister of State for Foreign Trade Zafer Caglayan, Minister of Energy Taner Yildiz, Secretary for Commerce, Gary Locke, United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk, and Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff, General Aslan Guner,

Professional, Knowledgeable Staff and Committee Chairs

To assist you in reaching your audience, ATC’s professional staff will ably direct you toward the events, companies and attendees that best meet your individual needs.

Panel Sessions

Expert-led sessions provide opportunities to learn the latest from colleagues, and to network and expand your message.

Defense & Security Affairs

Topics include Achieving Common Objectives in Defense and Security Policy, Defense Industry Cooperation, and Force Modernization.

Energy & Infrastructure

Sessions will explore Power Generation, Private Partnership Law and Waste Water Treatment, Turkey's plans for meeting its energy needs.

Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals

Participants will discuss the expansion of the healthcare industry to satisfy Turkey’s rapidly increasing healthcare demands.

Banking and Finance

Turkey’s banking and finance sector emerged from the global economic crisis among the world’s healthiest. Discuss and understand the growing opportunities in this dynamic sector.

Agribusiness and Food Industries

Agriculture continues to play an extensive role in trade relations between the two nations.

For nearly three decades the American Turkish Council has hosted the largest gathering of American and Turkish leaders, providing those in attendance the best possible opportunity for strengthening and expanding partnerships while assessing present and future economic, cultural and political goals.