17. Q&A
TASSA - National Innovation Initiative (UIG) Joint Panel on Innovation
Saturday, April 12, 2008
11:00-11:45pm | TASSA - National Innovation Initiative (UIG) Joint Panel on Innovation Moderator: Gökhan Hotamisligil, Harvard School of Public Health |
Vision of the National Innovation Initiative in Turkey Jan Nahum, CEO, National Innovation Initiative, Turkey, and CEO, Hexagon A.S. | |
Innovation in Turkish Industry Agah Ugur, National Innovation Initiative, Turkey, and CEO, Borusan | |
Innovation and Quality Systems Ali Riza Kaylan, Bogaziçi University and Quality Society (KALDER) | |
Role of Civil Society Organizations in Innovation^ Cengiz Ersun, General Secretary, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce | |
Q&A with panel members and speakers | |
11:45-2:30pm | Luncheon and Poster Viewing sponsored by Turnalar Tekstil ve Boya Tic. Ltd. Sti. |
12:30-2:30pm | Forum: Young Turkish Scholars Meet the Presidents Co-Chairs: Hatice Altug, Boston University and Utkan Demirci, Harvard Medical School Moderators: Cemal Ekin, Providence College and Ural Akbulut, President, Middle East Technical University |
12:30-1:00pm | Plenary Lecture Atatürk's 'Üniversite Reformu' Arnold Reisman, Author of Turkey's Modernization: Refugees from Nazism and Atatürk's Vision |
1:00-1:45pm | Statements by Young Turkish Scholars Moderated by Cemal Ekin, Providence College Ragip Akbas, Stanford University Alptekin Aksan, University of Minnesota Hatice Altug, Boston University (Co-Chair) Melis Anahtar, MIT Utkan Demirci, Harvard-MIT (Co-Chair) Can Erdogan, MIT Hür Köser, Yale University Hande Özdinler, Harvard University Özgür Sahin, Harvard University |
1:45-2:30pm | Response by Turkish University Presidents and Administrators Moderated by Ural Akbulut, President, Middle East Technical University All Presidents of Turkish Universities are welcome to join the panel. |
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