2. The Forum
What is Futurallia?
• An international business development forum of B2B pre-
scheduled meetings
• A matchmaking process tailored to your needs, conducted by our
team of experts
• Access to a rich network of contacts and international business
experts
Who attends?
• SME executives or entrepreneurs of all business sectors and
clusters
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3. The 2013 Edition
• Futurallia has chosen Istanbul this year
because of its strategic and natural
location that connects east to the west.
• You can reach various major cities in
Europe, Asia and Africa within a three
hours flight.
• Turkey presents a market of 75 million
consumers, an efficient workforce of 26
million and average age is 29.7.
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4. Turkey’s Economy in Figures
• 16th largest economy in the world.
• 5th largest economy in Europe.
• A GNP around 800 billion USD (2012 estimate)
• Robust economic growth over the last nine years with an average
annual real GDP growth of 5.2 percent.
• Strong financial structure resilient to the global financial crisis.
• The significant and soaring foreign trade volume of 375 billion USD.
• Constantly enhancing GDP per capita over the last decade.
• Sound economic policies with tight fiscal discipline.
• Rapid recovery from the global financial crisis.
• Tangible foreign direct investment flow into the country in the last ten
years.
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5. Turkey’s Economy in Figures
• Distribution hub of its strategic region for various
international companies who would like to expand
their global targets.
• Soaring automotive production figures that boast
the manufacturing plants of various famous brands
(Ford, Honda, Toyota, Fiat, Renault, Mercedes
Benz).
• Competitive local construction companies that
make business around the world.
• Strong Turkish companies that conduct business in
various sectors from machinery to textile that are
ready to collaborate with foreign partners.
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6. The Host: WTC Istanbul
• World Trade Center Istanbul owns the biggest exhibition ground in
Turkey. Apart from its modern exhibition halls, it possesses three
business towers , a shopping mall, two luxury hotels and a
comprehensive convention center in its 500,000 sqm complex.
• World Trade Center Istanbul boasts a powerful shareholder structure
that constitutes the major public institutions of Turkey.
• Istanbul Chamber of Commerce that is among the biggest chambers
in the world with its 300.000 members, holds the major shareholder
position of World Trade Center Istanbul.
• Apart from its profound contributions to Turkish exhibition
industry, World Trade Center Istanbul rigorously seeks out to
organize prestigious organizations like Futurallia in order to bolster
the competitive capabilities of Turkish companies.
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7. Matchmaking
• To guarantee the highest quality of our
B2B meetings, each company
registration will be analyzed and the
matchmaking process will be monitored
with great care.
• Specific requests will be processed
manually: we will also cooperate with
our network mainly with our major
shareholder Istanbul Chamber of
Commerce along with Union of
Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of
Turkey and other efficient trade based
public and private organizations in
Turkey.
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8. The Event
• More than 600 attendees gathered in one place- at the
heart of Turkey’s trade and culture;
• More than 20 business sectors from over 30 countries;
• More than 8000 meetings organized;
• Up to 16 prescheduled one- to- one meetings per
participant, in 2 days;
• A matchmaking process tailored to your needs:
identification of your best prospect leads by our team of
experts;
• Access to a rich network of contacts and international
business experts;
• Access to 3 exhibition zones: Experts Area, International
Area & Partner Area.
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9. Over 20 Business Sectors
• Automotive • Engineering
• Machinery and spare parts • Transport and Logistics
• Industrial equipment • E-commerce and Distance Selling
• Textiles • Franchising
• Construction • Health
• Infrastructure • Medical equipment
• Agro - Food Sector • Service sectors
• ICT • Sea products
• Health- Pharmaceuticals- Biotechnologies • Railway
• Consumer Goods • IT Multimedia
• Environment - Eco-industries • Call- centers
• Energy • Other
Futurallia Istanbul 2013 is open to all sectors & industries.
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10. General Program
June 5 2013 June 6 2013 June 7 2013 June 8 2013
9:30
Opening ceremony B2B meetings
10:00
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 B2B meetings
11:30 B2B meetings
12:00
12:30 Lunch
Closing lunch
Arrivals
ceremony
Departures
14:00
B2B meetings
14:30 Regional Tourist
Packages
15:00 Coffee break B2B meetings
15:30
16:00 B2B meetings
16:30
17:00 Free
18:00 Free
Welcoming Cocktail
19:00
Free Gala dinner International Evening
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11. How it works?
Before May 6th From May 13th May 13th to May 31th On arrival at the forum
Company registration
through your Online catalogue Meetiing choices Meeting schedule
Delegation leader
on www.futuralliaistanbul2013.com
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12. Your Customized Program
XYZ Business Belgium
9:30 Table E16
M André Duval, Speaks :
10:00 At your request
President / CEO English / French
NDBA Limited Canada
10:00 Table L42
M Chris Jones, Speaks :
10:30 Mutual request
CEO English
Coffee break, informal meetings, time to visit exhibits
LBC Solutions USA
11:00 Table B55
Mme Karen McCall, Speaks :
11:30 You are requested
Senior VP English / Spanish
PDF Compagny Mexique
11:30 Table N25
Ms. Anna Gomez Speaks : spanish
12:00 At your request
VP Intl (An interpreter willl be present)
Business lunch
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13. The Package
• Your customized meeting schedule
• Interpreting services when needed
• Our team’s commercial and technical support
• Access to the opening and closing ceremonies
• Lunches during the event
• Welcome Cocktail
• Gala Dinner
• International Evening
• Transfers to the reception venues during the event
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14. Contact Us
World Trade Center Istanbul
Ataturk Havalimani Karsisi, Yesilkoy,
34149, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ph. +90 212 468 52 00
Fax +90 212 465 59 59
Email: foreignaffairs@wtcistanbul.net
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