33. Murad Bayar

Innovation Enterprises




Sunday, April 13, 2008
9:30-11:00amInnovation Enterprises
Moderators: Yaman Yener, Northeastern University
                  Gökhan Hotamisligil, Harvard School of Public Health
9:30-10:00am Host Institution Keynote Address
Agendas and Architecture of Global Health Research
Barry Bloom, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health
10:00-10:30am Conference Keynote Address
Fueling Medical Innovation with High-tech Engineering
Sadik Esener, University of California, San Diego
10:30-11:00am Conference Keynote Address
Innovation in Turkish Defense Industry
Murad Bayar, Undersecretary for Defense Industry, Ministry of National
Defense, Republic of Turkey
11:00-11:30amPoster Viewing and Coffee Break
11:30-12:45pmTASSA-Turkish American Business Connection (TABC) Joint Panel On Managing and Financing Innovation
Moderator: Efe Orhun, Co-Founder, Derivative Technology
The Business of Innovation
Oltaç Ünsal, Managing Partner, Smyrna Capital
Innovation in Regional Development: the Mersin Experience^
Oya Uysal, Mersin Technology Development Region
Q&A session with panel members and speakers
Hoshgoru Lecture
Innovation and Tolerance
Halil Kulluk, Chairman of the Board, Intekno, and DEIK