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SUNDAY, 11 MAY – TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
	Arrivals – Transfers, as of 13 May, from Istanbul Atatürk Airport to Congress hotels Pre-congress optional tours
TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
14:00-17:00	TOBB-DEIK Seminar (Foreign Economic Relations Board) New Opportunities & Projects in Road Transport > or Lüfti Kirdar Congress & Exhibition Centre
17:00-18:30	TOBB-Cocktail Lüfti Kirdar Congress & Exhibition Centre
WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
9:00-12:00	IRU Presidential Executive (IRU Presidential Executive Members only) Hilton Hotel
09:00-12:30	IRU Taxi Group (IRU Taxi Group Members only) Hilton Hotel
12:00-17:00	Exhibition open to public Exhibition Halls (Lüfti Kirdar Congress & Exhibition Centre)
14:00-17:30	IRU TRANSPORT COUNCILS (IRU Council Members only) Hilton Hotel
18:00-21:30	EXHIBITION OPENING COCKTAIL (IRU Members only) Exhibition Halls (Lüfti Kirdar Congress & Exhibition Centre)

THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
09:00	EXHIBITION OPENS
09:00-12:00	IRU GENERAL ASSEMBLY (IRU Members only) Hilton Hotel
12:30-13:30	LUNCH (All Congress delegates) Military Museum
14:00-15:30	CONGRESS OPENING (Joint event with Ministers) Entertainment Welcome addresses Janusz LACNY, IRU President Rifat HISARCIKLIOGLU, President, Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), Turkey Binali YILDIRIM, Minister of Transport of Turkey Kofi A. ANNAN, Former UN Secretary General* Mikhail S. GORBACHEV, President of the USSR (1990-1991) HE Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN, Prime Minister of Turkey Presentation of the IRU Grand Prix d’honneur Congress Hall (Lüfti Kirdar Congress & Exhibition Centre)
15:30-17:30	CONGRESS SESSION I Congress Hall (Lüfti Kirdar Congress & Exhibition Centre)
	Road Transport, Driving Peace and Prosperity – An economic and social imperative Subjects: International trade and tourism as tools of peaceful co-existence to avoid conflicts among nations and to make the world a better place to live in. Road transport’s indispensable role in enhancing prosperity, wealth distribution and social relations between regions and nations. Speakers: Deunden NIKOMBORIRAK, Thailand Development Research Institute, Thailand Kenneth J. BUTTON, Professor, Director, Center for Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics, George Mason University, US Jamal SAGHIR, Director, Energy, Transport and Water, World Bank
15:30-18:00	MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 1st Closed Session (Parallel closed meeting of Transport Ministers, Lüfti Kirdar Congress & Exhibition Centre))
20:00-23:30	COCKTAIL AND WELCOME DINNER Grand Bazaar Direct transfer as from 19:45** (Official Congress Hotels)

FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
09:00	EXHIBITION opens
09:00-10:30	CONGRESS SESSION II Congress Hall (Lüfti Kirdar Congress & Exhibition Centre)
	Road Transport, Driving Peace and Prosperity – How Road Transport Operators can continue to drive progress Subjects: *Make your road transport operations more efficient, profitable, safer and more secure!* *Road transport regulation and enforcement – Do not hinder economic growth and the distribution of wealth!* *Understand the importance of efficient logistics in production and supply chains!* Speakers: Liang QIAO, Deputy General Manager, Beijing, Xianglong Transport and Logistics Group, People's Republic of China Cem KUMUK, CEO, EKOL Logistics, Turkey V. PRASAD CHALLAGALLA, Chairman, United Federation of Travel Agents' Associations (UFTAA) Victor S. PARRA, President & CEO, United Motorcoach Association, USA
09:00-10:15	MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 2nd Closed Session (Parallel closed meeting of Transport Ministers, Lüfti Kirdar Congress & Exhibition Centre)
10:30-12:00	PUBLIC MINISTERIAL SESSION ON THE REVIVAL OF THE SILK ROAD Subjects: *The Silk Road – A link between the Asian, European, CIS, Middle East, North, Central and South American economies.* *Dismantling Barriers to Trade, Tourism and Transport along the Silk Road.* Speakers: Jacques BARROT, Vice President & Transport Commissioner, European Commission Noeleen HEYZER, Executive Secretary, UNESCAP Marek BELKA, Executive Secretary, UNECE Renate SOMMER, Member of European Parliament (EU) Binali YILDIRIM, Minister of Transport of Turkey Martin MARMY, IRU Secretary General Congress Hall (Lüfti Kirdar Congress & Exhibition Centre)
12:00-13:00	CONGRESS CLOSING Joint event with Ministers Congress Hall (Lüfti Kirdar Congress & Exhibition Centre)
	Janusz LACNY, IRU President - Conclusions Adoption of the IRU Istanbul 2008 Declaration Farewell Messages Rifat HISARCIKLIOGLU, TOBB President, Turkey Mustafa YILDIRIM, Chairman, TOFED, Turkey Tamer DINCSAHIN, President, UND, Turkey Binali YILDIRIM, Minister of Transport of Turkey Dr Abdullah GÜL, President of the Republic of Turkey
13:30-14:30	LUNCH (All Congress Delegates) Military Museum
14:30-16:15	INTERNATIONAL PRESS CONFERENCE Lüfti Kirdar Congress & Exhibition Centre

	WORKSHOPS (Subject to special registration) Lüfti Kirdar Congress & Exhibition Centre
14:45-17:00	Workshop 1: How to Make Your Road Freight Transport Operations More Profitable? Subjects: *Serve your Customer!* *Focus on Quality, Efficiency & Profitability!* *Select your Business Model!* *Drive Down your Costs!* *How to Negotiate Good Rates?* *Invoice all your Costs!* *Have your VAT Reimbursed!* *Network to find your partners!* *Apply new Technology and Logistic Solutions!* *Buy or Lease?* *New Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (NELTI)* *Trucking Interconnecting Regions along the Silk Road!* *Long Distance Trucking in the USA* Speakers: Adalbert WANDT, Wandt Spedition Transportberatung GmbH, Germany Serik SARSENBAYEV, Director, “CB” LLP transport company, Kazakhstan Ray KUNTZ, Chairman, American Trucking Association, USA Nevzat SAYGILIOGLU, Barsan Logistics,Turkey
14:45-17:00	Workshop 2: How to Make Your Bus/Coach/Taxi Operations More Profitable? Subjects: Serve your Customer! *Drive down your Costs!* *How to Negotiate Good Rates?* *Invoice all your Costs!* *Have your VAT Reimbursed!* *Network to find your partners!* *Apply new Technology and Travel Solutions!* *Buy or Lease?* *Regular Bus Services - Quality Travel for all!* *Coach Tourism, the Efficient & Customer-orientated Alternative!* *Taxis, a Door-to-Door Solution for Urban Mobility!* Speakers: Mustafa Yildirim,President, Turkish Bus Fleet Operators' Federation (TOFED), Turkey Vyacheslav Mihailovich MARTYNENKO, General Director, Primoravtotrans, Russian Federation Giles FEARNLEY, CEO, Blazefield Holdings Ltd, UK Yongli WANG, President, National Express Group, Peoples Republic of China Brian HUNT, President, American Taxicab, Limousine and Paratransit Association, USA
20:00-01:00	COCKTAIL & GALA DINNER, Ciragan Palace Direct transfer as from 19:00** (Official Congress Hotels)