TASSA 2018 Conference Program

All Programs and activities of TASSA 2018 Conference was held at the George Sherman Union, Boston University.  We also have activities planned for June 1 (DAY-0).  One of these activities is a tour of MIT Media Labs at 2pm. They can accommodate only 10 guests. Please contact Rebecca Reid . 

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

DAY-1 (MORNING – AFTERNOON)     DAY-2 (MORNING – AFTERNOON)

DAY - 1 - Saturday June 2, 2018

MORNING

7:30 – 8:30  Registration and Morning Refreshments

8:45 – 8:55  Conference greetings  

M. Selim Ünlü (English) and Neşe Lortlar Ünlü (Turkish)
      (TASSA 2018 Conference Program Co-chairs)

Haluk Ünal (TASSA President)

8:55 – 9:00  Welcome Statement - Robert Brown (President of Boston University)

9:00 – 9:30  Keynote I: Hasan Mandal (TUBITAK)  

"The Perspective of TUBITAK towards 2023 -
          2023'e Doğru TÜBİTAK ile Geleceğe Bakış"

9:30 – 10:00  Coffee break – Networking

10:00 – 10:30 Kenneth Lutchen (Dean, Boston University, College of Engineering)
                "Boston University and Health Science and Engineering"

10:30 – 12:00  Session 1:  Disruptive Technologies in Health Sciences

Orhun K. Muratoğlu (MGH) - Chair
Umay Şaplakoğlu (GE)
Cengizhan Öztürk (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi)
Canan Dağdeviren (MIT)

12:00 – 13:00  Lunch (boxed lunches served at poster session)

AFTERNOON

13:00 – 14:30  Session 2: Turkish Economy: Challenges and Opportunities

Ayşe İmrohoroğlu (USC) - Moderator
Daron Acemoğlu (MIT)
Ufuk Akcigit, (University of Chicago)
Refet Gürkaynak (Bilkent)

14:30 – 15:15  Keynote II: Kenan Şahin (President, TIAX)

"Upcoming massive and transformative disruptions, likely impact and adaptations"  

15:15 – 15:30  Award Presentation

15:30 – 17:30  Session 3: Society Changing Ideas - Founding of  Turkey

Featuring İlhan Başgöz (Indiana University)
"Cumhuriyet’in Atatürk’lü Yıllarına Kısa Bir Bakış
   – A brief Review of the Atatürk Years of the Republic of Turkey"
Ayşen Candaş (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi and Yale)
Mehmet Derviş Kılınçkaya (Hacettepe Üniversitesi)
Cağdas Şirin (Chobani)
Can Erbil (Boston College)- Moderator

17:30 – 18:00  Coffee break - Networking

18:00 – 18:45  Keynote III: A one-on-one interview with Selçuk R. Şirin (NYU)

"Building Bridges Through Science and Education"
Interview by Gökhan Hotamışlıgil (Harvard University)

18:45 – 19:45  Session 4: Disruptive Music Composition

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol (New England Conservatory)
"Creating ‘The New’ by Discovering ‘The Old’:
  musical innovation through Turkish microtones and instruments"

Featuring MUSICAL PRESENTATIONS

19:45 – 20:30  BREAK - networking / posters
20:30 – 22:00  Dinner Reception 

DAY-1 (MORNING – AFTERNOON)     DAY-2 (MORNING – AFTERNOON)

DAY - 2 - Sunday June 3, 2018

MORNING

7:30 – 8:30 Morning Refreshments 

8:00 – 8:30  TASSA Business Meeting

8:30 – 10:00  Young Scholars Award Session & presentations

Chair: Aydoğan Özcan (University of California at Los Angeles)
Presentations by Award Winners

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 – 12:00 Session 5: “Disruptive Information Technologies”

Charles DeLisi (Boston University) - Chair
Feyzi Çelik (OnePin)
Deniz Kural (Seven Bridges)
Yalçın Ayaslı (TCF)

12:00 – 14:30 Lunch and poster session

Featuring "Lightning Session" 
and presentations by
     Kürşat Ceylan (YGA) "WeWALK’un yolculuğu
                                            - How to become a true revolutionary Smart Cane? "
    Izzet Sidki Darendeli (California State University & Quantum3D)
        "Havelsan & Quantum3D - a corporate entrepreneurship story from Silicon Valley"


AFTERNOON

14:30 – 15:30 Session 6: Challenges and Opportunities in Turkish Academia

Can Simga-Muğan (İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi)
Zehra Sayers (Sabancı Üniversitesi)
Yıldırım Üçtuğ (Atılım Üniversitesi)
Esra Gençtürk (Özyeğin Üniversitesi)

15:30 – 16:30 Session 7:  Research Universities

Haluk Özen (Hacettepe Üniversitesi) - Moderator
İbrahim Uslan (Gazi Üniversitesi)
Mustafa Verşan Kök (ODTÜ)
Mehmed Özkan (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi)

16:30 – 17:15  Special Concert  

Hasan Yener (Ankara Üniversitesi / State Conservatory)
Yeşim Alkaya Yener (Hacettepe Üniversitesi)

17:15 –19:00  Job Fair  

The participants can schedule interviews anytime during the conference

17:15 –19:00  ADJOURN  

DAY-1 (MORNING – AFTERNOON)     DAY-2 (MORNING – AFTERNOON)