TASSA 2016 Conference Program

Saturday – April 2, 2016
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
5807 South Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Charles M. Harper Center, Room 104
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast & Registration
8:30 – 8:45 Conference greetings
    Burhaneddin Sandıkçı (TASSA 2016 Conference Program Co-chair)
    Haluk Ünal (President, TASSA)
    Hon. Umut Acar (Turkish Consul General in Chicago)
8:45 – 9:30 Opening remarks
    Eric Isaacs (Provost, University of Chicago)
    Hon. Fikri Işık (Minister of Science, Industry and Technology)
9:30 – 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:40 Young Scholars Award Session & presentations
    Chair: Aydoğan Özcan (University of California at Los Angeles)
11:40 – 12:00 The Chicago Approach to Professional Education
    Sunil Kumar (Dean, University of Chicago Booth School of Business)
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:00 – 13:30 Poster session (Classroom Level)
13:30 – 15:00 Session 1
Economics: Markets and Beyond
    Chair: Kerem Coşar (Stockholm School of Economics)
    Ali Hortaçsu (University of Chicago)
    Ayşe Imrohoroğlu (University of Southern California)
    Tayfun Sönmez (Boston College)
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00 Session 2
Science and Society
    Chair: E. Ercan Alp (Argonne National Laboratory)
    Peter Littlewood (Director, Argonne National Laboratory)
    Feryal Özel (University of Arizona)
    Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton University)
17:00 – 17:30 Keynote I
Democracy, Innovation and Economic Growth: From shores of Anatolia in Classical Times to the Modern World
    Kenan Şahin (President, TIAX)
18:00 – 18:45 Special Concert
at the Chicago Theological Seminary (1407 East 60th St.)
    Hasan Yener (Director, Ankara University State Conservatory)
    Yeşim Alkaya Yener (Hacettepe University)
19:00 – 21:30 Dinner Reception
at the Chicago Theological Seminary (1407 East 60th St.)
    Sponsored by Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey
    Ahmet İhsan Erdem (Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey)

 

Sunday – April 3, 2016
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
5807 South Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Charles M. Harper Center, Room 104
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 TASSA Business Meeting
8:30 – 10:00 Session 3
Frontiers and Challenges in Biomedical and Translational Sciences
    Chair: Gökhan Hotamışlıgil (Harvard University)
    Matthew Tirrell (University of Chicago)
    Hayat Önyüksel (University of Illinois at Chicago)
    Murat Günel (Yale University)
    Serdar Bulun (Northwestern University)
10:00 – 10:30 Keynote II
Mechanisms for DNA repair by Photolyase and Excision Nuclease
    Aziz Sancar (2015 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, UNC at Chapel Hill)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Session 4
Optimization in Engineering
    Chair: Burhaneddin Sandıkçı (University of Chicago)
    Tamer Başar (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
    John Birge (University of Chicago)
    Asuman Özdağlar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch and poster session
13:30 – 14:30 Session 5
US-Turkey Bridge Programs
    Chair: Banu Onaral (Drexel University)
    Esra Doğan Tulgan (Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey)
    Hakan Karataş (TUBITAK)
    Ayşe Turan (TUSEB)
    Serdar Gündoğan (Vice President, Presidency for Turks Abroad)
    Hakan Habip (Science Heroes Association/Bilim Kahramanları Derneği)
14:30 – 16:30 Session 6
University rankings and Turkish universities
    Chair: Selçuk Güceri (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
    Abdullah Çavuşoğlu (Member of Executive Board, Higher Education Council)
    Ahmet Acar (Middle East Technical University)
    Mustafa Aydın (Kadir Has University)
    Erhan Erkut (MEF University)
    Esra Gençtürk (Özyeğin University)
    Ümran İnan (Koç University)
    Haluk Özen (Hacettepe University)
16:30 – 18:30 Job Fair (Scheduled)
(The participants can schedule interviews anytime during the conference)

 

Notes
  1. The job fair will be conducted all through the days of April 2nd and 3rd in private meeting rooms on Classroom level.
  2. List of TASSA job fair participant institutions last updated on 3/30/2016.
  3. Organizations requiring a private meeting room during the two days meeting should apply.
  4. Posters will be viewable on both days during the conference.