Next Economies Summit 2025, 12–14 Eylül 2025 tarihlerinde İstanbul Kadir Has Üniversitesi’nde gerçekleştirilecek.

Next Economies, yenilikçi iş modellerinden politika önerilerine, küresel sosyal hareketlerden yeni nesil ekonomik ağlara kadar çok geniş bir yelpazeden yerel ve küresel örneği İstanbul'da buluşturuyor.

Katherine Trebeck, Amitabh Behar, Ashish Kothari, Mads Christensen, Simel Esim gibi dünya çapında tanınan konuşmacılar yer alacağı zirve yeni ekonomik modellere öncülük eden Post Growth Institute, Just Transition Finance Lab, World Fair Trade Organization gibi kurumlardan birçok panelisti bir araya getirerek ekonomik ve toplumsal dönüşüm süreçlerine katkı sunmak isteyen herkes için güçlü bir buluşma alanı sunuyor.

İşte bu sene Next Economies Summit 2025'te yer alacak isimler ve konular

Next Economies Summit 2025 Programı

M: Main Hall    CA: Cinema A   CB: Cinema B   W: Workshop

Friday, 12 September 2025

10:00-18:15 Registration14:25–15:05 (M) The Change: A Transformative Economies Board Game – Part 1 - info

         Murat & Barış Soysaraç (Sosyal Ekonomi) - Facilitators

15:05-15:20 Break

15:20–16:00 (M) The Change: A Transformative Economies Board Game - Part 2 - info

         Murat & Barış Soysaraç (Sosyal Ekonomi)  - Facilitators

15:20–16:00 (CA) Private Sector Roundtable- Part 1

         Ekin Al & Uygar Özesmi - Facilitators

16:00–16:15 Break

16:15–17:00 (CA) Private Sector Roundtable - Part 2

                  Ekin Al & Uygar Özesmi - Facilitators

17:00–17:15 Break

17:15–18:00 (CA) Private Sector Roundtable - Part 3

                       Ekin Al & Uygar Özesmi - Facilitators16:15–18:15 (M) Next Economies 101

         Duru Uslu, Dovev Lavie, Uygar Özesmi - Lecturers

18:30-20:00 (M) Opening Speeches

Uygar Özesmi & Volkan Ş. Ediger Co-Chairs of the Conference (Türetim & CESD)

TBD - Main Sponsor?

Sondan Durukanoğlu Feyiz, Rector, Kadir Has University

Opening Panel

Moderator: Uygar Özesmi

Katherine Trebeck, Co-Founder, Wellbeing Economy Alliance

Amitabh Behar, Executive Director, Oxfam International

Mads Christensen, Executive Director, Greenpeace International

Simel Eşim, ​​Head, Cooperative, Social and Solidarity Economy, International Labor Organisation 

20:15- 22:30 Cocktail & Live Music

Saturday, 13 September 2025

09:30–10:00 Welcome - Simit, Tea & Coffee 

10:00–10:40 (M) Keynote: Katherine Trebeck (Co-Founder, Wellbeing  Economy Alliance)

10:40–10:55 Break 

10:55–11:35 (M)  Panel: Prefigurative Economies

Uygar Özesmi (Founder & Instigator, Good4Trust.org) - Moderator

Dovev Lavie (Professor at Bocconi University),

Çağdaş Dedeoğlu (Professor of Liberal Arts at Yorkville University, Founding Director of the Posthuman Lab)

TBD -
10:55–11:35 (CA) Panel: Energy & the Next Economies

Volkan Ediger (Professor, Director of Kadir Has University Center for Energy and Sustainable Development) - Moderator

Entek Speaker, TBD 1, TBD2

10:55–11:35 (CB)  Panel: Rethinking Education to Develop Skills for Next Economies

Yunus Erduran (Social Entrepreneur & Impact Investor) - Moderator

Suat Kardaş (Managing Partner & Fellow InCommon), 

Melis Cin (Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University), 

Kenan Çayır (Prof. in Sociology, Academician at Istanbul Bilgi University)

10:55–11:35(W) Workshop: Cooperative Resilience in the Age of Crises – Strengthening Solidarity Networks for Next Economies

Orkun Doğan ( Social and Solidarity Economy Expert at Ozyegin University Sustainability Platform) - Moderator

Irmak Ertör (Associate Professor, The Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Bogaziçi University)

Fikret Adaman (Professor of Economics, Boğaziçi University)

11:35–11:50 Break 11:50–12:30 (M) Panel: The Role of Organizational Certification in the Next Economies

Merve Kavas (Yekpare)  - Moderator     

Gerry Higgins (Managing Director of Social Enterprise World Forum, SEWF) 

Leida Reijnhout (CEO of World Fair Trade Organisation, WFTO)

Amanda Kiessel (Catalyst & Connector at Good Market)

TBD Rep from B-Corp

Saturday, 13 September 2025

11:50–12:30 (CA)  Panel: Media in the Next Economies

Didem Eryar Ünlü (NB Ekonomi)  - Moderator

Barış Doğru (EkoIQ), 

Ömer Madra (Açık Radyo), 

Bihter Ayyıldız (Founder and Executive Editor, PlumeMag)

Barış Ergin (Ekonomi Gazetecileri Derneği)

11:50–12:30 (CB)  Panel: Vector Money for the Next Economies

Makoto Nishibe (Representative Director, Good Money Lab)  - Moderator

Ken-ichi Kurita (Director and Head Administrator, Good Money Lab)

Masayuki Yoshida (Director, Good Money Lab)

Maen Alaraj (Researcher, Good Money Lab)

11:50–12:30 (W) Workshop: Post-Growth Entrepreneurship

Melanie Rieback  - Facilitator

12:30–13:30  Lunch Break13:30–14:10 (M)  Keynote: Amitabh Behar
(Executive Director, Oxfam International)

14:10–14:25 Break 14:25–15:05 (M)  Panel: Fair Trade Today

Prof.Dr. Itır Erhart (Board Member, INOGAR Coop and Board Member, WFTO Africa & Middle East) - Moderator

Leida Rijnhout (Chief Executive, World Fair Trade Organization), 

Göknil Bigan (Founder, Giyi Founder)

Ali Ercan Özgür (Co-Founder of INOGAR and IDEMA)

14:25–15:05 (CA)   Panel: Post-growth-inspired businesses for the Next Economies

Jedrzej Nadolny (International Degrowth Network, Practice Circle) - Moderator

Gavin Fernie-Jones (Re-Action & Actionizm)

TBD

14:25–15:05  (CB)Panel: Local Action in Food Sovereignty

Ayşe Göç Yalçınkaya (Marmara Belediyeler Birliği) - Moderator

Yaşar Adanalı (Postane) & TBD Marmara Belediyeleri

14:25–15:05 (W)  Workshop: Practicing People and Planet First Organizations

Gerry Higgins (Managing Director of Social Enterprise World Forum, SEWF), Merve Kavas (Yekpare) - Facilitators

15:05–15:20 Break

Saturday, 13 September 2025

15:20–16:00 (M) Panel: The Role of Social Enterprise Communities in the Next Economies

Semih Boyacı (Impact Hub İstanbul) - Moderator

Berivan Elis (Impact Hub Ankara)

Nazey Erdilek (Originn)

Alberto Masetti-Zannini (Impact Hub Global Network)   

15:20–16:00 (CA) Panel:  New Finance for New Economies

Ekin Al (Regenerative Impact Space, Doughnut Türkiye) - Moderator     

Steve Waddell (Co-Lead - Bounce Beyond; Lead - FEST), 

Rowan Conway (Just Transition Finance Lab),

Erinch Sahan (Business & Enterprise Lead, Doughnut Economics Action Lab)

15:20–16:00 (CB)  Panel: The Future of Economics: Plant-Based!

Meryem Betül Erişen (Member, Stand with Life Association) - Moderator

Nilgün Engin (Co-Founder and Chairwoman, Stand with Life Association)

Berkay Yıldırır (Sustainability Manager, Stand with Life Association), 

Hoshimi Sakai (Animal Rights Advocate)

15:20–16:00 (W) Workshop:  Collaborative Action on Food Sovereignty

Facilitators: Ayşe Göç Yalçınkaya

Yaşar Adanalı (Postane)

Burak Alsan (Organic Farmer at Good4Trust)

16:00–16:15 Break16:15–17:00 (M) Panel:  Stewardship: Who should hold power over companies, and who should benefit from their profits?

Annika Schneider (Purpose Foundation) - Moderator

Melanie Rieback (Founder of Radically Open Security and Non Profit Ventures), 

Stephan Schenk (Founder of Stapelstein)

16:15–17:00 (CA)  Panel: Longevity Economies: Innovations, Trends, and Employability

Abbas Sibaii (Social Entrepreneur and Policy Strategist) - Moderator

Fouad Zmokhol (Dean of the School of Business and Management at Saint Joseph University)

Jackie Maalouf (MENA/Lebanon Co-chair at Catalyst Now)

Amin Nehme (Founder and President of the Lebanese Development Network)

Luigi Cavallito (Multilateral and Institutional Partnerships, Catalyst Now)

Saturday, 13 September 2025

16:15–17:00 (CB) Panel:  Flipping the Script: Degrowth and the Rise of Inclusive and Women Led Economies

Serra Titiz, Founder & Director (MikadoImpact) - Moderator

Şengül Akçar, Executive Director (KEDV)

Oana Branzei (IVEY)

16:15–17:00 (W)  Workshop: Co-opting Big Business in the transition to the Next Economies

Facilitator: Sam Baker17:00-17:15 Break

17:15- 18:00 Keynote: Mads Christensen
(Executive Director, Greenpeace International)

Sunday, 14 September 2025

09:30–10:00 Welcome - Simit, Tea & Coffee 10:00–10:40  “Churning the Earth” Screening & Keynote: Ashish Kothari
(Vikalp Sangam and Global Tapestry of Alternatives)
10:55–11:35 (M) Panel:  Movements and Systems

Anna Chrysopoulou (Wellbeing Economy Alliance) - Moderator

Donnie Maclurcan (Post Growth Institute)

Sophie Gripenberg (ECOnGOOD)

Erinch Sahan (Doughnut Economy Action Lab)

10:55–11:35 (CA)  Panel:Young Changemakers in the Next Economies

Ezgi Özkök Sefer (Country Director, Ashoka Türkiye) - Moderator

İlkim Derin Ören (Young Changemaker & Ashoka Türkiye Co-Lead Team Member & Toucan Fellow) 

Baran Örnek (Climate Pioneers, Co-Founder)

10:55–11:35 (CB) Panel:  Information Activism for Next Economies

Berivan Eliş (Impact Hub Ankara)  - Moderator

Alberto Masetti-Zannini (Impact Hub Global Network), 

Rowan Conway (Just Transition Finance Lab), 

Ekin Al (Regenerative Impact Space)

Sunday, 14 September 2025

10:55–11:35 (W)  Workshop: The Hybrid Economy: Where Social Impact, AI, and Entrepreneurship Intersect

Facilitators: Dr. Ursula El Hage (Director of the Career Services and Entrepreneurship Center at Saint Joseph University)

Jack Jendo (Founder of Brain Digit)11:35–11:50 Break

11:50–12:30 (M)  Movements and Trade

Leida Rijnhout (CEO, World Fair Trade Organization) - Moderator
Gerry Higgins (Managing Director, Social Enterprise World Forum)
Gaby Arenas (Co-Chief Facilitator, CatalystNow)
Steve Waddell (Co-Lead - Bounce Beyond; Lead - FEST)

11:50–12:30 (CA) The role of Philanthropy in the Next Economies

Gözde Şekercioğlu - Moderator

Anna Luiza Behrens - Speakers
Aylin Yardımcı (Communications Director, Bridge to Türkiye Fund)

TBD

11:50–12:30 (CB )Green Politics Movement in the Next Economies

Özge Doruk (Green Thought Association) - Moderator

Laurent Standaert (Director of Green European Foundation)

Begüm Özkaynak (Professor of Economics,  Boğaziçi University)11:50–12:30 (W) Uncoupling Money, Work, and The Good Life

Facilitators:  Miho Soon (Researcher), Alex Wolf (Strategic Designer, Narrative Crafter, and Systems Thinker)

12:30–13:30 Lunch Break

13:30–14:10 (M) Keynote: Simel Eşim (Head, Cooperative, Social and Solidarity Economy at International Labor Organisation)

14:10–14:25 Break

14:25–17:15 (M) General Assembly of the United Next Economies

Atölye & Bounce Beyond

17:15–17:45  Closing & What's Next

          Uygar Özesmi & Team

PANELİSTLER

Abbas Sibaii
Social Entrepreneur and Policy Strategist

Alberto Masetti-Zannini
Global Development Director of Impact Hub Network

Ali Ercan Özgür
Co-Founder of Inogar, Idema

Amanda Kiessel
Catalyst & Connector at Good Market

Amin Nehme
Founder and President of the Lebanese Development Network

Anna Chrysopoulou
Learning and Operations Lead at Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll)

Anna Luiza Behrens
Programme Officer at Partners for a New Economy

Annika Rosalie Schneider
International Partnerships Lead at PURPOSE Foundation

Aylin Yardımcı
Communications Director, Bridge to Türkiye Fund

Aynur Yılmaz
Offers and Needs Market (OANM) Research Manager at Post Growth Institute (PGI)

Ayşe Göç Yalçınkaya
Expert at Sustainability and Climate Change Centre of Marmara Municipalities Union

Ayşe Sabuncu
Co-founder, Impact Hub İstanbul

Baran Örnek
Climate Pioneers Co-Founder

Begüm Özkaynak
Professor of Economics, Boğaziçi University

Berivan Eliş
Co-founder of ImpactHub Ankara

Berkay Yıldırır
Animal Rights Activist, Sustainability Manager in Stand with Life Association

Çagdaş Dedeoğlu
Professor of Liberal Arts at Yorkville University, Founding Director of the Posthuman Lab

Donnie Maclurcan
Co-founder and Director of Strategy with the Post Growth Institute, and Affiliate Professor of Economics at Southern Oregon University

Dovev Lavie
Professor at Bocconi University and author of the Cooperative Economy

Ekin Al
Onarım Atölyesi | Regenerative Impact Space & Doughnut Türkiye Community Founder

Erinch Sahan
Business & Enterprise Lead, Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL)

Ezgi Özkök Sefer
Ashoka Türkiye Country Director

Fikret Adaman
Professor of Economics, Boğaziçi University

Fouad Zmokhol
Dean of the School of Business and Management at Saint Joseph University

Gerry Higgins
Managing Director of Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF)

Gözde Şekercioğlu
Co-founder of iyiki.co, Social Designer

Hoshimi Sakai
Animal Rights Advocate

Irmak Ertör
Associate Professor at The Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Bogaziçi University

Itır Erhart
Ashoka Fellow, Inogar Board Member, TEGV Trustee and Advisory Board Member of the Theater Cooperative

İlkim Derin Ören
Young Changemaker & Ashoka Türkiye Co-Lead Team Member & Toucan Fellow

Jack Jendo
Founder of Brain Digit

Jackie Maalouf
MENA/Lebanon Co-chair at Catalyst Now

Kenan Çayır
Professor of Sociology at Istanbul Bilgi University

Ken-ichi Kurita
Economist. Associate Professor at Tokyo Keizai University and, Director and Head Administrator of Good Money Lab

Laurent Standaert
Director of the Green European Foundation

Leida Rijnhout
Chief Executive at World Fair Trade Organization

Luigi Cavallito
Multilateral and Institutional Partnerships at Catalyst Now

Maen Alaraj
Lead Researcher and Software Developer, Global Communication Planning Co. Ltd and Researcher of Good Money Lab

Makoto Nishibe
Representative Director of Good Money Lab, Professor at Senshu University

Masayuki Yoshida
Economist. Professor at Joetsu Univerity of Education and Director of Good Money Lab

Melanie Rieback
Co-founder & CEO at Nonprofit Ventures

Melis Cin
Senior Lecturer in Education and Social Justice at Lancaster University

Merve Kavas
Director of Yekpare

Meryem Betül Erişen
Ecological Designer, Animal Rights Activist, Member of Stand with Life Association

Miho Soon
Researcher, Money Trauma

Nilgün Engin
Co-Founder and Chairwoman | Stand with Life Association Regional Liaison for MENA & Africa | Animal Save Movement Menu Change Coordinator | Plant Based Treaty

Orkun Doğan
Social and Solidarity Economy Expert at Ozyegin University Sustainability Platform

Özge Doruk
Project Coordinator, Green Thought Association

Rowan Convey
Deputy Director of Just Transition Finance Lab, Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics
Sam Baker
Director of Business Declares

Sarah Garcia
Head of Markets Development at B Lab Europe

Selin Usluer
Climate Activist, İklim Öncüleri

Serra Titiz
Founder of Mikado Consulting

Sophie Gripenberg
Communication, Policy and Science & Reserach Manager at ECOnGOOD International

Stephan Schenk
Founder and CEO of Stapelstein

Steve Waddell
Steve Waddell
Co-Lead Bounce Beyond

Suat Kardaş
Managing Partner and Fellow at InCommon

Ursula El Hage
Director of the Career Services and Entrepreneurship Center at Saint Joseph University

Uygar Özesmi
Founder & Instigator at Good4Trust.org, Board Chair at Prosumer Economy Society

Volkan Ş. Ediger
Board Chair of ENIVA and Professor of Energy Systems at Kadir Has University

Yoshihisa Miyazaki
Economist. Associate Professor at Miyagi University and, Director and Deputy Head Administrator of Good Money Lab
Yunus Erduran