The American Turkish Council will convene for it’s 28th Annual Conference on US-Turkish Relations to bring together leaders from Turkey and the US at the Gaylord Resort and Convention Center at the National Harbor, Washington, DC May 31-June, 2009. We will also be tweeting live at the event using the Twitter account @AmericanTurkish.
The theme of this year’s Conference is “U.S.-Turkey: Overcoming Challenges in an Era of Change.”
The conference is hosted by the Chairman of the Board of the American-Turkish Council, Lt. General Brent Scowcroft (USAF, Ret.), and Chairman of the Turkish U.S. Business Council, Haluk Dinçer.
Key speakers include:
H.E. Ahmet Davutoğlu – Minister of Foreign Affairs
Senator John F. Kerry – Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
General İlker Başbuğ – Chief, Turkish General Staff
Admiral Mike Mullen – Chairman, U.S. Joint Staff
Murad Bayar – Undersecretary for Defense Industries, Ministry of Defense
Muhtar Kent – Chairman of the Board & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
Dr. Kemal Derviş – Vice President and Director, Global Economic and Dev, Brookings Institution
Ambassador Marc Grossman (Ret.) – Vice Chairman, The Cohen Group
You may register to attend the conference at http://the-atc.org/events/c09/.
Further information regarding the American-Turkish Council can be found at: http://the-atc.org/
Join the ATC Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/TheATCFB and follow ATC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AmericanTurkish
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Elizabeth Moothart
On the behalf of
The American Turkish Council
