Speakers

Ahmed Al-Ali

Founding Partner, X Architects

Ahmet Çelebi

Head of Department, Department of Transportation, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality

Ahmet Hakan Atik

Head, Department of Project Implementation, Rep. of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for EU Affairs

Ahmet Sinan Türkyılmaz

Prof., Social Research Methods, Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies

Ali Faruk Göksu

Founder, Kentsel Strateji

Alim Arlı

Assoc. Prof., Humanities and Social Sciences, Istanbul Technical University

Alinur Aktaş

Mayor, Bursa Metropolitan Municipality & Chairman, Turkish Healthy Cities Association

Amalia Polydoropoulou

Prof., Shipping, Trade and Transport, University of the Aegean

Angel Molinero

Advisor, Asociación Mexicana de Transporte y Movilidad

Anna Lisa Boni

Secretary General, Eurocities

Antonella Valmorbida

Secretary General, ALDA

Antonio Benjamin

Judge, National High Court of Brazil (STJ)

Aslı Ceylan Öner

Assoc. Prof., Architecture, İzmir Economy University

Atılım Şahin

Director of Communities, Communities, Atölye

Ayda Eraydın

Prof., City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University

Ayhan Kaya

Prof., Director, European Institute, Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University

Ayşe Erkmen

Artist, Dirimart

Ayşe Köse Badur

Coordinator, Istanbul Policy Center, Sabanci University

Ayşegül Selışık

Dr., Assistant Representative, FAO Turkey

Ayşen Erdinçler

Dr., Boğaziçi University & Head of Environmental Protection & Development Department of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

Ayyoob Sharifi

Assoc. Prof., Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University

Azime Tezer

Prof., Department of City and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University

Berrin Koyuncu-Lorasdağı

Prof., Political Science and Public Administration, Hacettepe University

Birgül Demirtaş

Prof., Political Science and International Relations, Turkish-German University

Bruce Stiftel

Prof. Emeritus & FAICP, School of City and Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology

Buket Atlı

Coordinatör, Right to Clean Air Platform

Bülent Alabaş

Deputy General Manager, ISBAK

Bülent Aydemir

Coordinator, Culture Portal, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism General Directorate of Promotion

Bülent Özcan

Director General, Financial Cooperation and Project Implementation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Cana Tülüş Türk

Senior Specialist, Istanbul Policy Center, Sabanci University

Cécile Lavigne

Inward Investment Manager, Business France

Ceren Sezer

Dr., Chair of Urban Design, RWTH Aachen University

Charles Landry

Founder, Comedia

Chris Underwood

Manager of Solid Waste Strategic Services, Engineering Services, City of Vancouver

Cristian Mateo Loaiza Alfonso

Director, Mobility Department, Caldas

Çağrı Yıldırım

Scientific Programs Specialist, International Cooperation Department, TÜBITAK

Damla İkbal Ceylan

SDG Coordinator, Students Program SDSN Youth

Davide Ponzini

Dr., Associate Professor, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano

Derin Altan

Co-Founder, Esmiyor

Didem Eryar Ünlü

Coordinator, Sustainability Department, Dünya Gazetesi

Dursun Baş

Project Consultant, COBENEFITS Project, Istanbul Policy Center

Eda Beyazıt İnce

Assoc. Prof., Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University

Emrah Alkaya

Managing Director / Partner, GTE Sustainability Research and Consultancy Ltd

Emre Arolat

Prof., Founder and Design Partner, EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture

Emre Güzel

Co-Founder, Roof Coliving

Emre Özdal

Marketing and Business Development Director, Innova

Erbay Arıkboğa

Prof., Faculty of Political Sciences, Marmara University

Erkan Polat

Prof., Urban and Regional Planning, Suleyman Demirel University

Erkan Sümer

Vice President, Harmoni Real Estate Appraisement and Consultancy Inc.

Ervin Sezgin

Dr., Marmara Region Local Administrations Consultant, RESLOG Turkey

Esra Huri Bulduk

PhD Student, General Coordinator, Istanbul Planning Agency

Ethan Kent

Executive Director, PlacemakingX, Placemaking Fund

Evren Uzer

Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Parsons School of Design, the New School

Ezgi Demirdağ

Associate Partner, McKinsey&Company

Farid Esmaeil

Founding Partner, X Architects

Fatih Gündoğan

Dr., General Manager, Asis Smart Cities

Fatih Terzi

Prof., Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University

Fatima Arroyo-Arroyo

Senior Urban Transport Specialist, The World Bank

Fernanda Rivera

General Director, Road Safety and Sustainable Urban Mobility, Mexico City's Government

Feyzi Baban

Prof., Political Studies and International Development, Trent University

Feyzullah Gündoğdu

General Manager, Kayseri Transportation Inc.

Fırat Genç

Dr., Sociology, Istanbul Bilgi University

Fikret Adaman

Prof., Boğaziçi University

Floridea Di Ciommo

Co-Director, cambiaMO | changing MObility

Fuat Keyman

Prof., Director, Istanbul Policy Center, Sabanci University

Gökçe Uysal

Assoc. Dr., Betam Researcher, Bahçeşehir University

Gözde Şarlak-Krämer

Research and Teaching Associate, Urban Design Master Program, HafenCity University Hamburg

Gül Sayan Atanur

Prof., Head of Department, Department of Landscape Architecture, Bursa Technical University

Gülden Erkut

Prof., City and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University

Gülsüm Çıracı

Co-Founder, Startupfon

Gülşad Yalpu

Sector Manager, European Union Turkey Delegation

Gülşah Eker

Head, Solutions Mapping, United Nations Development Program Turkey

Gülüstü Salur

Dr., Cognitive Neurologist & Board Member & Founder, 65+ Elder Rights Association

Güven Sak

Prof., Program Director, Regional Studies Program, The Economic Policy Resaerch Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)

Halil İbrahim Yılmaz

President, Ankara City Council

Haluk Gerçek

Prof., Istanbul SUMP Local Team Leader, Arup Engineering

Handan Türkoğlu

Prof., Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University

Hande Paker

Assoc. Dr., Political Science and International Relations, Bahçeşehir University

Hassan Radoine

Prof., Director, School of Architecture, Planning and Design, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

Haydar Çorum

Mayor, Mihalıççık Municipality

Hayrettin Günç

Program Manager, Global Designing Cities Initiative, NACTO

Hilal Elver

Prof., Global Distinguished Fellow, School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles

Hüsamettin Koçan

Prof., Founder & Board of Trustees, Baksı Culture and Art Foundation

Hüseyin Can Ünen

Dr., Board Member, Yer Çizenler Mapping for Everyone Association

Hüseyin Gül

Prof., Political Science and Public Administration, Süleyman Demirel University

Hüseyin Keskin

Mayor, Sultanbeyli Municipality

Ian Klaus

Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Iman Abubaker

Project Manager, Thriving Resilient Cities, WRI Africa

İbrahim Edin

General Manager, UGETAM

İdil Gürsel

Associate Director, Municipal & Environmental Infrastructure, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

İlhan Tekeli

Prof., City and Regional Planning Professor & Social Scientist, Middle East Technical University

İlker Şahin

Head of Department, IT Department, Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality

İnan İzci

Dr., Governance Researcher, Argüden Governance Academy

İnci Parlaktuna

Assoc. Prof. Dr., Lecturer, The School of Economics, Eskisehir Osmangazi University

İzzet Öztürk

Prof., Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University

James Delaney

Chairman, The Block by Block Foundation

Jan Schierkolk

Mercator-IPC Fellow, Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University

Joachim Bergerhoff

Team Leader, SMMR Project, GFA

Jonathan Malagón González

Minister of Housing, City, and Territory, Colombia

Júlia López Ventura

Regional Director for Europe, Regions and Mayoral Engagement, C40 Cities

Kaan Yıldızgöz

Senior Director, UITP

Karel Martens

Prof., Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Karen Vancluysen

Secretary General, POLIS

Kathy Pain

Prof., University of Reading & Associate Director of Globalization & World Cities (GaWC) Research Network

Kees Lakerveld

Director Project Finance, Royal HaskoningDHV Water Technology International

Kemal Kirişci

TÜSİAD Senior Fellow & Turkey Project Director, Brookings Institution

Kemo Fatty

Head, Community Engagement, CIVIC

Kevin J. Halpenny

Chair, World Urban Parks Europe

Klaas Kuitenbrouwer

Senior Researcher, R&D, Het Nieuwe Instituut

Koray Velibeyoğlu

Assoc. Prof. Dr., Academician, Urban and Regional Planning, Izmir Institute Of Technology

Le-Yin Zhang

Prof., Urban Economic Development, University College London

Levent Atalı

Assoc. Prof, Sport Management, Kocaeli University

Lisa Helps

Mayor, City of Victoria

Louisa Vinton

Resident Representative, UNDP Turkey

Lucy Mahoney

Dr., Senior Manager, Walking and Cycling, C40

Lütfi Akça

Prof., Board Member, Local Government Policies Board, Presidency of the Republic of Turkey

M. Cemil Arslan

Secretary General, Marmara Municipalities Union

M. Murat Erdoğan

Prof., Political Science and International Relations, Turkish German University

M. Sinan Özden

National Project Manager, SKL-International

Mahir Mermer

Expert, Offices Investors and Occupiers, JLL Turkey

Mahmut Osman

Board Chairman, Syria International Business Association

Maimunah Mohd Sharif

Executive Director, UN-Habitat

Marcus Grant

Editor-in-Chief, Cities & Health

Mário J. Alves

Secretary General, International Federation of Pedestrians, and Transport and Mobility Specialist

Mehmet Erdönmez

Manager, Strategy Development, Küçükçekmece Municipality

Mehmet Ocakçı

Prof., Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University

Mehmet Onur Partal

Project Manager, Department of Istanbul Financial Center, Finance Office of the Turkish Presidency

Melike Çakır

Manager, Assessment & Evaluation Unit, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Department of Youth Services and Sports

Metehan Gültaşlı

Senior Expert, LAR-3 Project, UNDP

Miloš N. Mladenović

Assistant Professor, Department of Built Environment, Aalto University

Miriam Weber

Senior Policy Advisor & Healthy City Coordinator, City of Utrecht

Muhammed Mahli

Director, Cabinet, Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum

Muhammet Saraç

General Manager, İZAYDAŞ

Muhittin Acar

Prof., Political Science and Public Administration, Hacettepe University

Murat Ar

Director, Turkish Healthy Cities Association

Murat Şentürk

Assoc. Prof., Sociology, Istanbul University

Mutlu Binark

Prof., Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University

Mürsel Sabancı

President, Union of Turkish City Councils

Myounggu Kang

Prof., Urban Planning and Desing, University of Seoul

N. Berk Çoker

Communications Director, İNGEV

Neil McCarthy

CEO, World Urban Parks

Neslihan Yumukoğlu

Project Manager, Local Administration Reform Phase III Project, UNDP

Nihal Eminoğlu

Dr., Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

Nihan Atik Gedikli

Member of Board of Directors, AVVA

Nilüfer Baturayoğlu Yöney

Prof. Dr., Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Mustafa Kemal University

Nilüfer Ergin Doğruer

Prof., Unit Fine Arts Faculty Sculpture Department, Marmara University

Nuray Akçasoy

President, Eskisehir City Council

Octavi de la Varga

Secretary General, Metropolis

Osman İpekçioğulları

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Heart Association

Ozan Önder Özener

Assoc. Prof., Architecture, Istanbul Technical University

Ömer Faruk Sarı

Project Branch Manager, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality

Ömer Maz

Manager, IT Directorate, Çorum Municipality

Özgür Arun

Assoc. Prof., Co-Founder, Senex Association for Aging Studies

Özlem Altınkaya Genel

Dr., Postdoctoral Researcher, TUDelft Faculty of Architecture and Built Environment

Özlem Ece

Director, Cultural Policy Studies, Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts

Paul Knox

Distinguished Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Philipp Rode

Dr., Executive Director, LSE Cities

Piotr Barczak

Senior Policy Officer, Waste and Circular Economy, European Environmental Bureau

Ramon Canal Oliveras

Dr., Director, Agenda 2030 Barcelona, Barcelona City Council Dept. of Agenda 2030 and Digital Transition

Razan Atassi

Owner, Salt & Sugar

Roberto Rocco

Assoc. Prof., Department of Urbanism, Delft University of Technology

Roger Keil

Dr., Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University

Sadun Emrealp

Governance Consultant

Safaa Ouchen

CEO, MediAlaoui Agency

Sana Mustafa

Director of Partnerships, Partnerships, Asylum Access

Savaş Zafer Şahin

Prof., Head of the Department of Land Registry and Cadastre, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Seçil Öznur Yakan

Co-Founder, Women's Cycling Initiative

Seda Ertan

Senior Environmental Engineer, Arup Engineering

Seda Rass-Turgut

Head, City of Osnabrück, Department of Integration, Social Services and Civic Engagement

Serdar Gürbüz

Board Member, Turkish Technology Team Foundation (T3)

Serin Geambazu

Assistant Prof., Urban and Landscape Design, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning

Shipra Narang Suri

Chief, Urban Practices Branch, UN Habitat

Siegfried Rupprecht

Executive Director, Rupprecht Consult - Forschung & Beratung GmbH

Sima Kanawati

Owner, More Design

Soo-Jin Kim

Head, Urban Policies and Reviews Unit, OECD

Sümeyye Gedikoğlu Doğan

Coordinator, Migration and Cohesion Center, Union of Municipalities of Turkey

Şeyda Dağdeviren Hill

Project Executive, BCSD Turkey

Şule Serter

Vice Chair, Active Living Association

Taha Ayhan

President, Presidency, Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum

Tahir Büyükakın

President, Marmara Municipalities Union & Mayor, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality

Tahir Can Yarımoğlu

Founder, General Coordinator, EKA

Tarkan Oktay

Prof., Political Science and Public Administration, Istanbul Medeniyet University

Tine Buffel

Dr., Senior Lecturer, Sociology, The University of Manchester

Tuğba Ölmez Hancı

Prof., Head of Strategy Development Department, İSKİ

Tuğçe Akbulut

Founder, Cross Change

Tuna Taşan-Kok

Prof, Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam

Tülin Hadi

President, Istanbul City Council

Ufuk Emin Akengin

Co-Founder, Onaranlar Kulübü

Ulaş Akın

Dr., Founding Partner, Urban εκοSystems Lab

Umut Berker Sevilmiş

R&D and Innovation Bureau, Nilüfer Municipality

Umutcan Duman

Co-Founder & CEO, Evreka

Utku Cihan

Head, Transportation Department, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

Ümit Şahin

Dr. Climate Change Studies Coordinator, Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center

Vanessa Vardon

Director, Pritzker Forum on Global Cities, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Viviana Cordero

CEO, Huasipichanga

Vural Çakır

President, INGEV

Yael Taranto

Senior Energy Analyst, SHURA Energy Transition Center

Yasemin Özcan

Visual Artist & Writer

Yasemin Soysal

Chief, Integration Centre, Ham Municipality

Yaşar Adnan Adanalı

General Coordinator, Center for Spatial Justice

Yehia Badawy

Co-founder, Rain

Yiğit Evren

Prof., City and Regional Planning, Yıldız Tecnical University

Yimin Wu

Planner, Planning Research Lab, Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning & Design

Yunus Uğur

Assoc. Prof., History, Marmara University

Zakira Hekmat

President, Afghan Refugees Solidarity Association (ARSA)

Zerrin Güneş

Environmental Protection and Control Director, Nilüfer Municipality

Zeynep Enlil

Prof., Head of Urban Planning Department, Yıldız Technical University

Zeynep Günay

Assoc. Prof., Director, Young Planning Professionals Programme, International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP)

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