PROGRAM OF THE OPENING CEREMONY
JULY 1, 2013
Welcome address :
- Mr. Enver Yücel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Bahçeşehir University
- Mr. Abe Radkin, Executive Director of the Aladdin Project
- Mr. Osman Kavala, Chairman of Anadolu Kültür
- Prof. Tudor Parfitt (Harvard, FIU), Chair of the Academic Committee
Keynote speeches :
- Mr. Jacques Rao, Special envoy of the Director General of UNESCO, Director of the Division of Relations with the Member States and International Organizations
- Prof. Gülay Barbarosoğlu, President of Bogazici University
- Prof. Ndioro Ndiaye, Advisor to the President of Senegal, former minister
- Prof. Bekir Karlığa, Chairman of the National Coordination Committee of the Alliance of Civilizations
Roundtable :
“2013-2022, INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR THE DIALOGUE OF CULTURES: WHAT ROLE FOR UNIVERSITIES?”
Moderator : Dr. Şahin Alpay, Columnist and lecturer at Bahçeşehir University
Participants :
- Prof. Şenay Yalçın, President of Bahçeşehir University
- Mr. Jacques Rao, Special envoy of the Director General of UNESCO
- Prof. Wael Benjelloun, President of Mohammed V University, Rabat
- Prof. Mark Rosenberg, President of Florida International University
- Prof. Ilber Ortayli. Professor of History at Galatasaray University
Opening Lecture followed by discussion : “WHITHER THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER THE ARAB SPRING?”
- Prof. Tudor Parfitt, Chair of the Academic Committee
- Prof. Sari Nusseibeh, President of Al Quds University
- Prof. David Katz, Director of the Lessing Institute for European History and Civilization, University of Tel Aviv, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of England
