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May 31–June 3, 2009

28th Annual Conference on U.S. – Turkish Relations : U.S. – Turkey: Overcoming Challenges in an Era of Change
Sponsored by ATC (American-Turkish Council)/AFOT (American Friends of Turkey) and TAIK (Turkish-U.S. Business Council) /DEIK (Dis Ekonomik Iliskler Konseyi), National Harbor, Maryland

The conference was attended by over 600 participants including many high level government officials from Turkey, the U.S. and Canada. The Opening Plenary session included remarks by Keynote Speaker, Muhtar Kent (TAC ‘71), Chairman of the Board and CEO of The Coca Cola Company, and Brent Scowcroft, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ATC. For the full program go to www.americanturkishcouncil.org.

June 12, 2009

First TASSA-TOBB-WITSA Joint Symposium
The first TASSA-TOBB-WITSA Joint Symposium was held on Friday, at the Eugene R. Black Auditorium (H), The World Bank, 600, 19th St. NW, Washington, DC.

The theme of the symposium was “Science for Industry... Industry for Peace.” Kemal Dervis, Vice President and Director of Global Economy and Development and Edward M. Bernstein Scholar at Brookings Institution gave the Keynote Lecture. To accommodate those who were not able to attend on site, the program part of the symposium was web cast live and has been archived for future access.

Host representatives:
Sibel Kulaksiz, WITSA Chair World Bank— IMF Turkish Staff Association
Banu Onaral, TASSA President Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association
Düden Yegenoglu, TOBB US Representative Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchange

October 4–8, 2009

TASSA (Turkish-American Scientists and Scholars Association) Announces
22nd Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society, Belek-Antalya, Turkey

The conference will be held at Ela Quality Resort in Belek, Antalya. The organization committee includes Selim Unlu (Boston University) as the general chair and Hakan Urey (Koc University) as the local arrangements chair. It is hoped that a number of travel awards (in the order of $500) will be available for participants through a simple application process. Selection criteria are as follows:

clear need for financial support
presenting a paper at the annual meeting
junior researcher (e.g. PhD student, post doc) or active Photonics Society chapter member

The society has six student travel awards allocated to the students attending and presenting at the annual meeting. Click here for details.


News/Calendars News All-Events Calendar “Among Friends” Newsletter Current Issue Archives Turkish-American Connections News Archives Past Events		Turkish-American Connections May 31–June 3, 2009 28th Annual Conference on U.S. – Turkish Relations : U.S. – Turkey: Overcoming Challenges in an Era of Change Sponsored by ATC (American-Turkish Council)/AFOT (American Friends of Turkey) and TAIK (Turkish-U.S. Business Council) /DEIK (Dis Ekonomik Iliskler Konseyi), National Harbor, Maryland The conference was attended by over 600 participants including many high level government officials from Turkey, the U.S. and Canada. The Opening Plenary session included remarks by Keynote Speaker, Muhtar Kent (TAC ‘71), Chairman of the Board and CEO of The Coca Cola Company, and Brent Scowcroft, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ATC. For the full program go to www.americanturkishcouncil.org. June 12, 2009 First TASSA-TOBB-WITSA Joint Symposium The first TASSA-TOBB-WITSA Joint Symposium was held on Friday, at the Eugene R. Black Auditorium (H), The World Bank, 600, 19th St. NW, Washington, DC. The theme of the symposium was “Science for Industry... Industry for Peace.” Kemal Dervis, Vice President and Director of Global Economy and Development and Edward M. Bernstein Scholar at Brookings Institution gave the Keynote Lecture. To accommodate those who were not able to attend on site, the program part of the symposium was web cast live and has been archived for future access. Host representatives: Sibel Kulaksiz, WITSA Chair World Bank— IMF Turkish Staff Association Banu Onaral, TASSA President Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association Düden Yegenoglu, TOBB US Representative Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchange October 4–8, 2009 TASSA (Turkish-American Scientists and Scholars Association) Announces 22nd Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society, Belek-Antalya, Turkey The conference will be held at Ela Quality Resort in Belek, Antalya. The organization committee includes Selim Unlu (Boston University) as the general chair and Hakan Urey (Koc University) as the local arrangements chair. It is hoped that a number of travel awards (in the order of $500) will be available for participants through a simple application process. Selection criteria are as follows: clear need for financial support presenting a paper at the annual meeting junior researcher (e.g. PhD student, post doc) or active Photonics Society chapter member The society has six student travel awards allocated to the students attending and presenting at the annual meeting. Click here for details.