A Bursa. 2012 Nahda Network Summit

(da stasera sarò a questa conferenza, per capirne di più – dai diretti interessati – sulla situazione siriana. spero di potervi aggiornare in tempo reale, altrimenti l’appuntamento per tutti è a lunedì)

Public Agenda for 2012 Nahda Network Summit
14-15 April 2012 – Bursa

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: Quo 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 Diplomacy Academy, Foreign Ministry), Akın Özçer (Former Diplomat, Columnist – Taraf Daily), Prof. Dr. Tayyar Arı (Uludag University)
Moderator: Ceren Kenar (Nahda Network)

16:15-17:30 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)
Moderator: Fatih Demirci (Nahda Network)

17:45-19:00 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 in Turkey
Moderator: Mehmet Algan (Nahda Network)

14:00-15.15 Panel 7: Democratization of Turkey: Popular Culture, Public Opinion and Art
Speakers: Zeynep Tanbay (Human Rights Activist, Dancer), Sevan Nişanyan (Linguist)
Moderator: Vildan Ay (Sky Türk)

15:30-16.45 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)

17:00-18:00 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)