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Prominent institutions of the world discuss the G20 and the future Around 60 experts from 19 countries get together in Izmir and Bodrum on June 13-15  
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IZMIR- Some 60 representatives from the prominent think-tanks, research institutions, and international organizations of the world attended the Think20 Turkey workshop on June 13-15. The organization welcomed participants from 19 countries which included members and non-members of the G20 alike.

İlhan Zincirlioğlu, vice-president of the Izmir Commodity Exchange (ICE), Murat Ozgoren, vice-president of Dokuz Eylül University, Tu Yonghong, professor at the Renmin University, China and TEPAV Director Güven Sak delivered the opening remarks at the organization held at the halls of ICE.

Discussions in İzmir were organized around five current topics – Infrastructure, Financial Stability & Reform, Development, Trade & Investment, Growth and Jobs, and two future agenda items – Technology & Innovation and Internet Governance.

In his speech at the first session of the meeting, TEPAV Director Güven Sak summarized the arguments that the T20 had previously discussed on the seven topics on the agenda. Sak recalled the arguments and recommendations hitherto developed.

Four sessions were held on the first day, namely on Infrastructure, Financial Stability & Reform, Development, and Trade & Investment. Sessions were moderated by prominent professionals such as Staci Warden from the Milken Institute, Malcolm Knight from the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Amar Bhattacharya from the Brookings Institution, and Simon J. Evenett from the University of St. Gallen-Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research.

The second day started with opening remarks by Pascal Lamy, former WTO Director-General. “The T20 should think more outside the box. The T20, a forum for think-tanks of the G20, should help the G20 move beyond economics,” Lamy said. Lamy noted that while there was a lot of overlap between the T20 and other engagement groups, such as the WB, IMF, and WTO, the T20 should not replicate their agendas and rather create its own purpose.

The sessions of the second day with agenda items including technology and innovation, and Internet governance, were moderated Tobias Schmidt from ETH Zurich, Ussal Sahbaz and Feride Inan from TEPAV, and Bill Graham from the Centre for International Governance.

On the third day, the proceedings of the workshop were conveyed to Turkey’s G20 Sherpa Ms Ayse Sinirlioglu in Bodrum, right before the third meeting of G20 Sherpas under the chairmanship of Turkey.

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