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