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20. Young Scholars

Forum: Young Turkish Scholars Meet the Presidents




Saturday, April 12, 2008
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.
2:30-3:45pm
{Parallel Session} 		Symposium on Innovation in Energy Solutions
Moderator: Bülent Basol, Founding CTO, SoloPower
2:30-2:45pmPolicy Lecture
Energy Policies in Turkey
Jan Nahum, National Innovation Initiative, Turkey, and CEO, Hexagon A.S.
2:45-3:00pmElectric Energy Systems: Status and Trends
Alex Stankovic, Northeastern University
3:00-3:15pmConcepts in the Design and Testing Li-ion batteries
Mehmet Rona, TIAX LLC
3:15-3:30pmImportance of Government Support in Energy Innovations
Serpil Güran, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
3:30-3:45pmInnovation in the Field of Photovoltaics
Bülent Basol, Founding CTO, SoloPower