BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ae3ab5e00475 DTSTART:20180328T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20180328T060000Z LOCATION:Istanbul\, Türkiye SUMMARY:Global Gastroeconomy Summit CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:\n\n​UNCTAD participated in the first Global Gastroeconomy S ummit hosted by the Turkish Restaurant and Entertainment Association (TURY ID) and related meetings in Istanbul\, Turkey from 28 to 30 March 2018.   The main theme at the Global Gastroeconomy Summit was "\;Developing economy with gastronomy."\;\n\nThe Chairman of TURYID Kaya Demirer\, n oted that "\;Gastronomy enables domestic tourism and foreign travel to grow\, national food products to transform into exported goods and cities to become gastronomy brands.  Also gastronomy is an antidote for global economic crisis."\;\n\nGastronomy and economy leaders and visionaries came from all over the world to share their experience and talk about the opportunities in the sector at Global Gastroeconomy Summit in İstanbul\, March 29th. Experiences from South Korea\, which sells Kimchi to other co untries\, Peru\, which can attract global travelers from Rome and Paris t o Lima\, The Basque region of Spain and Denmark\, which are among the World'\;s most innovative and exciting in the field of gastronomy toda y.\n\nThe Summit brought together over 800 participants from domestic and international companies\, NGOs\, Universities and government officials.   In attendance were the Minister of Culture of Turkey\, the Vice-Minister o f Development of Turkey and the Mayor of Istanbul.\n\nUNCTAD highlighted the growing importance of domestic gastronomy for exports and tourism and gastronomic tradition as an invaluable resource to encourage entrepreneurs hip and innovation. By leveraging gastronomic heritage\, entrepreneurs in developing countries can market new concepts and scale them as viable econ omic activities. In so doing\, the interplay between gastronomy and creati vity may contribute to local innovation\, and ultimately economic growth a nd development.\n\nUNCTAD also met with Mr. Prof. Dr. Nazim Ekren\, Rector of Istanbul Commerce University and Mr. Burhan Metin\, Director of the C entre for Creative Economy at the Istanbul Commerce University to discuss joint research related activities in 2018.\n\nUNCTAD also met with the Sec retary-General of the Istanbul Development Agency\, Ms. Ozgul Ozkan Yavuz to discuss possible cooperation opportunities between UNCTAD and Istanbul Development Agency.\n\n Interview Ms. Marisa Henderson\, Global Gastroeco nomy Forum\, Istanbul: \n"\;Food is part of the creative economy and a means to support the sustainable development goals and is supported by th e Untied Nations Conference on Trade and Development"\;\, said Marisa Henderson.\nhttps://soundcloud.com/geofft-1/marisa-henderson-unctad-and/s- pYAud?in=geofft-1/sets/global-gastroeconomy-summit-istanbul-29-march-2018/ s-lgTTa"\; target="\;_blank\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps:/ /unctad.org/meeting/global-gastroeconomy-summit DTSTAMP:20261029T202358Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ae3ab5e004a7 DTSTART:20180329T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20180329T060000Z LOCATION:Istanbul\, Türkiye SUMMARY:Global Gastroeconomy Summit CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:\n\n​UNCTAD participated in the first Global Gastroeconomy S ummit hosted by the Turkish Restaurant and Entertainment Association (TURY ID) and related meetings in Istanbul\, Turkey from 28 to 30 March 2018.   The main theme at the Global Gastroeconomy Summit was "\;Developing economy with gastronomy."\;\n\nThe Chairman of TURYID Kaya Demirer\, n oted that "\;Gastronomy enables domestic tourism and foreign travel to grow\, national food products to transform into exported goods and cities to become gastronomy brands.  Also gastronomy is an antidote for global economic crisis."\;\n\nGastronomy and economy leaders and visionaries came from all over the world to share their experience and talk about the opportunities in the sector at Global Gastroeconomy Summit in İstanbul\, March 29th. Experiences from South Korea\, which sells Kimchi to other co untries\, Peru\, which can attract global travelers from Rome and Paris t o Lima\, The Basque region of Spain and Denmark\, which are among the World'\;s most innovative and exciting in the field of gastronomy toda y.\n\nThe Summit brought together over 800 participants from domestic and international companies\, NGOs\, Universities and government officials.   In attendance were the Minister of Culture of Turkey\, the Vice-Minister o f Development of Turkey and the Mayor of Istanbul.\n\nUNCTAD highlighted the growing importance of domestic gastronomy for exports and tourism and gastronomic tradition as an invaluable resource to encourage entrepreneurs hip and innovation. By leveraging gastronomic heritage\, entrepreneurs in developing countries can market new concepts and scale them as viable econ omic activities. In so doing\, the interplay between gastronomy and creati vity may contribute to local innovation\, and ultimately economic growth a nd development.\n\nUNCTAD also met with Mr. Prof. Dr. Nazim Ekren\, Rector of Istanbul Commerce University and Mr. Burhan Metin\, Director of the C entre for Creative Economy at the Istanbul Commerce University to discuss joint research related activities in 2018.\n\nUNCTAD also met with the Sec retary-General of the Istanbul Development Agency\, Ms. Ozgul Ozkan Yavuz to discuss possible cooperation opportunities between UNCTAD and Istanbul Development Agency.\n\n Interview Ms. Marisa Henderson\, Global Gastroeco nomy Forum\, Istanbul: \n"\;Food is part of the creative economy and a means to support the sustainable development goals and is supported by th e Untied Nations Conference on Trade and Development"\;\, said Marisa Henderson.\nhttps://soundcloud.com/geofft-1/marisa-henderson-unctad-and/s- pYAud?in=geofft-1/sets/global-gastroeconomy-summit-istanbul-29-march-2018/ s-lgTTa"\; target="\;_blank\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps:/ /unctad.org/meeting/global-gastroeconomy-summit DTSTAMP:20261029T202358Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ae3ab5e004ad DTSTART:20180330T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20180330T060000Z LOCATION:Istanbul\, Türkiye SUMMARY:Global Gastroeconomy Summit CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:\n\n​UNCTAD participated in the first Global Gastroeconomy S ummit hosted by the Turkish Restaurant and Entertainment Association (TURY ID) and related meetings in Istanbul\, Turkey from 28 to 30 March 2018.   The main theme at the Global Gastroeconomy Summit was "\;Developing economy with gastronomy."\;\n\nThe Chairman of TURYID Kaya Demirer\, n oted that "\;Gastronomy enables domestic tourism and foreign travel to grow\, national food products to transform into exported goods and cities to become gastronomy brands.  Also gastronomy is an antidote for global economic crisis."\;\n\nGastronomy and economy leaders and visionaries came from all over the world to share their experience and talk about the opportunities in the sector at Global Gastroeconomy Summit in İstanbul\, March 29th. Experiences from South Korea\, which sells Kimchi to other co untries\, Peru\, which can attract global travelers from Rome and Paris t o Lima\, The Basque region of Spain and Denmark\, which are among the World'\;s most innovative and exciting in the field of gastronomy toda y.\n\nThe Summit brought together over 800 participants from domestic and international companies\, NGOs\, Universities and government officials.   In attendance were the Minister of Culture of Turkey\, the Vice-Minister o f Development of Turkey and the Mayor of Istanbul.\n\nUNCTAD highlighted the growing importance of domestic gastronomy for exports and tourism and gastronomic tradition as an invaluable resource to encourage entrepreneurs hip and innovation. By leveraging gastronomic heritage\, entrepreneurs in developing countries can market new concepts and scale them as viable econ omic activities. In so doing\, the interplay between gastronomy and creati vity may contribute to local innovation\, and ultimately economic growth a nd development.\n\nUNCTAD also met with Mr. Prof. Dr. Nazim Ekren\, Rector of Istanbul Commerce University and Mr. Burhan Metin\, Director of the C entre for Creative Economy at the Istanbul Commerce University to discuss joint research related activities in 2018.\n\nUNCTAD also met with the Sec retary-General of the Istanbul Development Agency\, Ms. Ozgul Ozkan Yavuz to discuss possible cooperation opportunities between UNCTAD and Istanbul Development Agency.\n\n Interview Ms. Marisa Henderson\, Global Gastroeco nomy Forum\, Istanbul: \n"\;Food is part of the creative economy and a means to support the sustainable development goals and is supported by th e Untied Nations Conference on Trade and Development"\;\, said Marisa Henderson.\nhttps://soundcloud.com/geofft-1/marisa-henderson-unctad-and/s- pYAud?in=geofft-1/sets/global-gastroeconomy-summit-istanbul-29-march-2018/ s-lgTTa"\; target="\;_blank\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps:/ /unctad.org/meeting/global-gastroeconomy-summit DTSTAMP:20261029T202358Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR