Speakers

 

Mesut Pektas,

Secretary General, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

 

Prof. Yudhishthir Raj Isar,

The American University of Paris and European Forum for the Arts and Heritage

 

Justine Simons,

Cultural Strategy Manager, London Mayor’s Office

 

Prof. Andreas Wiesand,

Secretary General, European Institute for Comparative Cultural Research

 


Prof. Tevfik Balcioglu

Dean of the Faculty,Fine Arts and Design Faculty İzmir Economy University



Lyn Barbour,

Director, Creative Industries Development Service, City of Manchester

 

Prof. Desmond  Hui,

Centre for Cultural Policy Research, Hong Kong

 

Prof. Justin O’Connor,

University of Leeds

 

Talha Camas,

 

Bernhard Blauel,

Blauel Architects, London

 

Dr. Beatriz Garcia,

University of Liverpool and Director, Impact 08- The Liverpool Model

 

Dr. Dragan Klaic,

University of Leiden

 

Dr. Soli Ozel,

Bilgi University, Istanbul and Advisor,

TÜSIAD- Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association

 

Geoffrey Brown,

Director, EUCLID

 

Sylvain Pasqua,

Development of Cultural Policy, EU DC Education and Culture

 

Ozalp Birol,

General Manager, Pera Museum - Suna and Inan Kirac Foundation

 

Dr. Sedat Aybar,

Kadir Has University, Istanbul and SOAS, London

 

Prof. Mehmet Akbaygil,

Founder of İznik Foundation

 

Dr. John Gordon,

Ex-Head, Culture and Art-related Activities, OECD

 

Edna dos Santos,

Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Creative Industries, UNCTAD

 

Dr. Tacli Yazicioglu,

Gaia-Idea Consulting in Marketing, Istanbul

 

Beate Becker,

Mt. Auburn Associates, USA

 

Ali Cem Ilhan,

General Manager, Tribeca

 

Charles Landry,

Director of Comedia, Author of The Art of City Making and Creative Cities

 

Ismail Erturk

Manchester University - ismail.erturk@mbs.ac.uk

 

Dr. Asu Aksoy,

Bilgi University, Istanbul

 

Enis Batur,

Author, Ex- Editor in Chief of Yapı Kredi Publications

 

John Holden,

Head of Culture, Demos