A major economic summit focusing on "geopolitical risks and finance" is hosted in Istanbul at the 7th Istanbul Finance Summit (IFS) featuring Anadolu Agency (AA) as a communications partner will be held at the Conrad Istanbul Bosporus Hotel on Sept. 6-7.The summit began Tuesday with the inaugurational speech of Finance Minister Naci Ağbal who emphasized that the Turkish economy is expected to perform strongly in the coming period.The IFS provides significant opportunities for collaboration among its participants; namely, Europe and the Middle East.Among the summit's 12 sessions, topics which include the financing of high technology, cross-border capital flows and research and development (R&D) in emerging markets will be discussed.