CONFERENCE

Turkish-Polish-EU Relations in an Era of Geopolitical Turbulence:

Connectivity, Security of Supply Chains and Resilient Economies

TOBB Plaza Istanbul, 30 May 2025

12.00-17.30

Economic Development Foundation (IKV), in cooperation with Embassy of Poland in Ankara is organising a conference titled “Turkish-Polish-EU Relations in an Era of Geopolitical Turbulence: Connectivity, Security of Supply Chains and Resilient Economies” on May 30, 2025.

There will be simultaneous translation in Turkish and English at the conference.

RSVP: 0212 270 93 00, syaman@ikv.org.tr

The conference aims to discuss and analyse Turkish-Polish relations from an EU perspective on the occasion of Poland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU. Poland’s term presidency coincided with an especially turbulent period in terms of international affairs, transatlantic relations and continuing conflicts. Under all conditions, European security paradigm has to be invented a new and Türkiye’s European vocation has to be redefined based on a security and defence partnership. The conference will aim to discuss current debates on the changing conditions in Europe from a political economy perspective by focusing on areas of cooperation during the Polish term presidency. Moreover, the discussion will touch upon an issue how the cooperation between Poland and Türkiye may imply for the future of the bilateral relations and how Türkiye can contribute to connectivity and resilience issues in the European economy.

PROGRAM

12.00-13.15 Registration and Buffet Lunch

13.15-14.00 Opening Speeches

• Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, IKV Chairperson
• H.E. Maciej Lang, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Ankara
• H.E. Thomas Ossowski, Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Türkiye
• H.E. Mehmet Kemal Bozay, Ambassador, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Türkiye

14.00-14.45 Keynote speakers

• Rafal Hryniewiecki, Deputy General Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
• Samuel Doveri Vesterbye, Managing Director of the European Neighbourhood Council, Brussels (Online)

14.45-15.00 Coffee Break

15.00-16.15 Panel-1 Green and Digital Transition in the EU Market and Impact on Supply Chains

(Moderatör: Prof. Halûk Kabaalioğlu, IKV Vice President)

• Karol Wasilewski, OSW, Warsaw
• Prof. Özgün Erler Bayır, COPFUTUREU, Jean Monnet Module, Istanbul University
• Prof. Rana Atabay Kuşçu, Director of Sustainable Trade Research and Application Centre, EU-(TR)ADE Jean Monnet Module, Medipol University
• Assoc. Prof. Aslı Deniz Helvacıoğlu, Director of Innovation and Competition-focused Development Studies Research and Application Centre, Department of International Trade, Bosphorus University

16.15-17.30 Panel-2 Connectivity and The Wider Neighbourhood: Areas of Cooperation Between Türkiye And Poland (Moderator: Karol Wasilewski)

• Ms. Joanna Snopek Berbercioğlu, Head of the Istanbul Office of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH)
• Konrad Poplawski, OSW, Warsaw
• Alper Özel, Vice President of the Executive Board, International Transporters Association (UND)
• Ragıp Tunalılar, Ulus Metal, Representative of Turkish Company invested in Poland