AmerikadakiTurk.com Amerikadaki Turk TASSA 2006 konferansi

Preliminary Schedule – Dated: February 28, 2006

TASSA Annual Conference
March 25-26, 2006
Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center
Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Conference Theme "Knowledge and Innovation to Benefit Society"

Day One - Saturday, March 25, 2006

8:00 - 8:45 am Breakfast and Registration
8:45 - 9:00 am Welcome and Introduction
       Suleyman Gokoglu, TASSA
       Selcuk Guceri, Drexel University
9:00 - 9:30 am Honorary Speakers
       Role of Turkey in the New Geopolitical Order
       H.E. Nabi Sensoy, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey
       H.E. Ross Wilson, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (*)
       Introduced by Selcuk Ozgediz, World Bank Group
9:30 - 10:30 am Keynote Addresses
       Nuket Yetis, TUBITAK
       John Marburger, OSTP - The White House (*)
       Introduced by Nihat Bilgutay, Drexel University
10:30 - 10:45 am Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:15 pm Technical Group Sessions: Engineering & Applied
Sciences
       Theme: Bio-nanotechnology
       Moderator: Selim Unlu, Boston University
       Panelists: Hur Koser, Yale University
               Mihri Ozkan, UC Riverdale
               Mehmet Sarikaya, University of Washington
12:15 - 13:15 pm Luncheon
10:30 - 18:30 pm Poster Presentations/Exhibits
13:15 - 14:45 pm Technical Group Sessions: Natural Sciences
       Theme: Bio-chemical physics
       Moderator: Selcuk Cihangir, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
       Panelists: Ivet Bahar, University of Pittsburgh
               Ibrahim Cemen, Oklohoma State University
               Ahmet Yildiz, UC San Francisco
14:45 - 15:00 pm Coffee Break
15:00 - 16:30 pm Technical Group Sessions: Social Sciences, Arts and
Humanities
       Theme: Relevance of the Turkish Political Model in a Globalizing World
       Moderator: David Cuthell, The Institute of Turkish Studies
       Panelists: Ersel Aydinli, The George Washington University
               Marcie Patton, Fairfield University
               Omer Taspinar, The Brookings Institution
16:30 - 16:45 pm Coffee Break
16:45 - 18:15 pm Technical Group Sessions: Health & Biomedical Sciences
       Theme: Bio-medicine
       Moderator: Gonul Velicelebi, TorreyPines Therapeutics, Inc.
       Panelists: Serap Aksoy, Yale University
               Aziz Sancar, University of North Carolina
               Murat Tuzcu, The Cleveland Clinic
18:30 - 21:00 pm Reception at Drexel University/Special Exhibit
       Hosted by Drexel University


Day Two - Sunday, March 26, 2006

8:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast and Registration
9:00 - 9:45 am Keynote Address
       M. Gazi Yasargil, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
       Introduced by Kamil Ugurbil, University of Minnesota
9:00 - 17:00 pm Poster Presentations/Exhibits
9:45 - 11:15 am Meeting Private Sector Needs for R&D From Research to
Commercialization
       Moderator: Yilmaz Arguden, TAIK (Turkish-US Business Council)
       Panelists: Izak Bencuya, Fairchild Semiconductor
               Gorkem Guven, Hittite Microwave Istanbul
               Tibet Mimaroglu, Beko
               Apo Sezginer, Invarium (*)
11:15 - 11:30 am Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:45 pm Challenges in Building a Sustainable Science Bridge
between the US and Turkey
       Moderator: Mirat D. Gurol, San Diego State University
       Panelists: Guldal Buyukdamgaci Alogan, TUBITAK
               Norman Neureiter, AAAS Ctr. for Sci., Tech. & Security Policy
               Osman Shinaishin, National Science Foundation
       Representative from US State Department (*)
12:45 - 14:00 pm Luncheon
14:00 - 16:30 pm New Visions on Higher Education: Challenges for Turkey
       Moderator: Banu Onaral, Drexel University
       Panelists: Omer Cebeci, TUBITAK
               Ustun Erguder, Istanbul Policy Center
               Tuncalp Ozgen, Turkish Higher Education Council
Discussants: Representatives of Turkish Universities and Other Invitees
       • Ural Akbulut, President, Middle East Technical University
       • Atilla Askar, President, Koc University (*)
       • Suheyl Batum, President, Bahcesehir University
       • Metin Lutfi Baydar, President, Suleyman Demirel University
       • Ugur Buyukburc, President, Harran University
       • Nilufer Egrican, Vice-President, Yeditepe University
       • Faruk Karadogan, President, Istanbul Technical University
       • Tahsin Kesici, President, TOBB Economics and Technology University
       • Tuncalp Ozgen, President, Hacettepe University
       • Ayse Soysal, President, Bogazici University
       • Semra Ulku, President, Izmir Institute of Technology
16:30 - 17:00 pm Closing Remarks
       Suleyman Gokoglu, TASSA
       Selcuk Guceri, Drexel University

(*) confirmation not received by TASSA as of February 28, 2006.
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