Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

TOBB Board Member Hakan Ülken, Metro Turkey CEO Sinem Türüng, TOBB SME Policies and Industry Manager Cahit Ceren, Ministry of Industry and Technology Development Agencies Deputy General Manager Mustafa Işık, Ministry of Trade General Director of Internal Trade Adem Başar, Federal Embassy of Germany Undersecretary of Food and Agriculture Thomas Huber, Branka Tome, Vice President of the Geographical Indications Unit of the European Commission, Okan Özoğlu, Secretary General of the Turkish-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Cemil Başpınar, Vice President of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, Hakan Kızıltepe, Head of Geographical Indications Department, Ahmet Yavuz Karaca, Istanbul Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, and Burcu Gezeroğlu, Product Marketing Manager of the Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency attended the summit, which was held with the main theme of 'From Local to Global: Region as Much as the World'.

Representatives of cooperatives from various provinces of Turkey, faculty members from universities, gastronomy writers and leading chefs of Turkish gastronomy also took part in the summit as speakers.