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17. Q&A

TASSA - National Innovation Initiative (UIG) Joint Panel on Innovation




Saturday, April 12, 2008
11:00-11:45pmTASSA - 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
11:45-2:30pmLuncheon and Poster Viewing
sponsored by Turnalar Tekstil ve Boya Tic. Ltd. Sti.
12:30-2:30pmForum: 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
1:00-1:45pmStatements 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
1:45-2:30pmResponse 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.