Public Agenda for 2012 Nahda Network Bursa Summit
Public Agenda for 2012 Nahda Network Bursa Summit
April 14-15 , 2012 – Bursa
Location: Atatürk Congress Culture Centre (ACCC), MERINOS
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Saturday
10:00- 10:30 Welcoming Remarks
10:30-11:30 Key Note Speech by Abdallah Tourkmani (Spokesperson for the SNC)
11:45 –13:30 Panel 1: Qua Vadis Syria? A Stalemate or Revolution on Progress?
Speakers:
Alan Hassaf (Free University Youth), Abdula Abazed, (Damascus Network), Rana Nissam (Syrian Local Coordination)
Moderator:
Orhan Miroğlu (Columnist – Taraf)
14:30-16:00 Panel 2: New Turkey in the New Middle East
Prof. Dr. Bülent Aras (President of DiplomacyAcademy, Foreign Ministry), Prof. Dr. Tayyar Arı (Uludag University), Akın Özçer (Former Diplomat, Columnist – Taraf Daily)
Moderator:
Ceren Kenar (Nahda Network)
16:15-17:45 Panel 3: Turkey’s Approach towards Arab Revolutions
Speakers:
Cengiz Çandar (Journalist, Radikal), Soli Özel (Columnist-Academic, Habertürk, Kadir Has University), Abdülhamit Bilici (Jounalist, Zaman Daily), Dr. Şaban Kardaş (TOBB University)
Moderator:
Fatih Demirci (Nahda Network)
18:00-19:00 Panel 4: Turkish Democracy at Stake: Opportunities and Challenges
Speakers
Ufuk Uras (Former Deputy), Orhan Kemal Cengiz (Human Rights Activist, Journalist- Radikal)
Moderator: Beytullah Aksoy (Nahda Network)
Sunday
10:30-11:30 Panel 5: Turkish Public Opinion and the Syrian Revolution
Speakers: Bilal Macit (The Youngest MP of Turkey, AKP), Bülent Şahin (Journalist, Milat Daily), Mustafa Selçuk (Journalist, TV Host- Türkiye Daily, TGRTHaber)
Moderator:
Sevgi Baysal (Nahda Network)
11:45 –13:15 Panel 6: Syria at the Tipping Point: Voices of Syrian people
Speakers: Syrian Refuges inTurkey
Moderator:
Mehmet Algan (Nahda Network)
14:00-15.00 Panel 7: Democratization of Turkey: Popular Culture, Public Opinion and Art
Speakers:
Zeynep Tanbay (Human Rights Activist, Dancer), Sevan Nişanyan (Linguist, Writer)
Moderator:
Vildan Ay (Sky Türk)
15:15-16.30 Panel 8: Towards a Plural Multi-Cultural Syria: Syrian Christians and Kurds
Speakers:
Jamshid Hussein (Syrian Kurdish Youth Movement), Aryo Edward Mousa (Assyrian Journalist, Human Rights activist), Marcel Temo (Kurdish Future Party), Midia Daghistani (Syrian Activist)
Moderator:
Dr. Ufuk Ulutaş (SETA Foundation)
16:45-18:00 Panel 9: The Spillover Effect of the Syrian Revolution
Speakers:
Hanin Ghaddar (Chief Editor of Now Lebanon), Borzou Daragahi (Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times), Hazem Al-Amin (Lebanese Writer, Journalist, Al-Hayat)
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Savaş Genç (Fatih University)
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Address: Atatürk Kongre Kültür Merkezi, Merinos Parkı, Osmangazi
BURSA / Turkey
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