The event was organized with the cooperation of BSEC BC, DEİK – Foreign Economic Relations Board of Türkiye and UTİKAD- International Transport and Logistics Service Producers Association.
Opening remarks were made by;
Mr. Selçuk Akat, Chairman-in-Office of the BSEC BC
Mrs. Ayşem Ulusoy, Chairperson of UTİKAD & DEİK Logistics BC
Mr. Turgut Erkeskin, President of FIATA
Amb. Lazar Comanescu, Secretary General of BSEC
Moderator of the first panel session "Regional Logistics Cooperation within the Scope of the Middle Corridor." was Sinan Oğuz, Head of Logistics and Combined Transportation Department, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Republic of Türkiye.
Panelists of the first session were:
Mr. Alper ÖZEL, Chief of UND Executive Board
Mr. Naci ÖZÇELİK, Head of Cargo Department TCDD Transportation
Ms. Seda SEVGİ, Deputy Head of OECD İstanbul Centre
Mr. Aydın ERDEMİR, TÜRKLİM Chairman
Mr. Adnan KARAİSMAİLOĞLU, Senior VP Cargo Business Development & Organization, Turkish Cargo
Moderator of the second panel session “Digitalization and seamless border crossings: smart connectivity” was Mr. Ozan Acar the Chairman of Turkish E-commerce Council & the Executive Committee Member of Trendyol.
Panelists of the second session were:
Mr. Erman Ereke, the General Delegate in Istanbul of IRU.
Mr. Mehmet Uylukçu, Secretary General of BSEC-URTA Union of Road Transport Associations in BSEC Region.
Mr. Serdar Ayırtman, member of the board of UTİKAD.
Mr. Zeki Demirağ, the Product Manager of PSA BDP Türkiye, Railway Intermodal and Port+.
Mr. İbrahim Ercankal, the CEO of Lojipark.
Mrs. Iuliana BADEA, the Secretary General of the Freight Forwarders Association Of Romania (USER), joined the workshop online and presented the topic, "Constanța Port: An Essential Intermodal Hub in the Black Sea Region."