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Abdullah Güç
Secretary General, South Marmara Development Agency
Abhimanyu Prakash
Senior Program Manager, Global Designing Cities Initiative
Ahmet İçduygu
Migration Research Center Director, Koç University
Ahmet Sarıkurt
Mayor, Çorlu Municipality
Ahmet Yılmaz
Founding Partner, Mi’Mar Architecture
Ahsen Özsoy
Professor of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University
Alan Coday
Principal Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University
Ali Faruk Göksu
Founder, Anatolian Design Atelier
Ali Osman Öztürk
Rector, Hitit University
Ali Sağlık
General Manager, Kocaeli Water and Sewerage Administration
Alim Arlı
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Istanbul Sehir University
Alinur Aktaş
Mayor, Bursa Metropolitan Municipality
Andaç Haznedaroğlu
Director
Aniruddha Dasgupta
Global Director, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Anita Mattsson
Mayor, Tyresö Municipality
Anne Lize van der Stoel
Mayor, Landsmeer Municipality
Anuela Ristani
Deputy Mayor, Tiran Municipality
Arda Batu
Secretary General, TÜRKONFED
Argyris Oraiopoulos
Researcher, Loughborough University
Arthur Hinsch
Built Infrastructure & Sustainable Energies Officer, ICLEI Europe
Aslı Ceylan Öner
Assoc. Prof. Of Architecture, İzmir University of Economics
Aslı Deniz Helvacıoğlu
Research and Development Center for Innovation and Competition Director, Boğaziçi University
Aşkın Asan
Women and Family Research and Application Manager, Istanbul Commerce University
Avi Alkaş
Country Chairman, JLL Turkey
Ayhan Kaya
Prof. Dr., Istanbul Bilgi University
Ayşe Güner
Professor of Economics, Marmara University
Ayşe Hasol Erktin
Founding Architect, Has Architecture
Ayşe Sema Kubat
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University
Ayşe Suberker
Presenter, TRT World
Ayşegül Taşöz Düşündere
Project Coordinator, The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)
Azime Kocacık
Deputy Mayor, Çukurova Municipality
Azime Tezer
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University
Barbara Oomen
Project Leader, Cities of Refuge
Barış Salihoğlu
Lecturer, Middle East Technical University
Bart van Bolhuis
Consul General, Consulate General for the Netherlands in Istanbul
Bekir Ağırdır
Director, KONDA Research and Consultancy Company
Berrin Benli
Founder, NOVUSENS Smart City Institute & Board Member, Turkish Informatics Foundation
Bilal Eryılmaz
Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Istanbul Medeniyet University
Burak Gürkan
Area Managing Director - Turkey & Central Asia, GRUNDFOS
Burcuhan Şener
Migration Policy Center Director, Marmara Municipalities Union
Bülent Açıkgöz
Public Sector Policies and Services Portfolio Manager, UNDP Turkey
Bülent Özcan
Acting Director General for Financial Cooperation and Project Implementation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for EU Affairs of Turkey
Caner Cangül
Blogger, istanbulium.net
Celal Abdi Güzer
Founder, CAG Architectural Workshop
Cem Sorguç
Kurucu, CM Architecture
Cengiz Özdemir
MedyascopeTV & t/@kulturistan
Chris Webster
Dean of Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong
Claudio Tomasi
Resident Representative, UNDP Turkey
Demetrios Papademetriou
Distinguished Transatlantic Fellow, Migration Policy Institute
Doris Gstach
Professor in Open Space and Landscape Planning, University of Applied Sciences in Erfurt
Dursun Yıldız
Founding Member & President, Water Policies Association
Dücane Cündioğlu
Writer & Thinker
Ebru Firidin Özgür
Assoc. Prof. Dr, Sinan Fine Arts University
Eda Ünlü Yücesoy
Assoc. Prof., Istanbul Şehir University & Researcher, Istanbul Şehir University Center for Urban Studies
Ekim Tan
Founder, Play the City
Ekrem Yüce
Mayor, Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality
Elizabeth Ferris
Research Professor, Georgetown University
Emine Öğün
Architect, Emine Öğün & Mehmet Öğün Architecture
Emrah Engindeniz
Programme Management Officer, UN-Habitat
Enver Salihoğlu
Retired Governor
Erbay Arıkboğa
Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Marmara University
Erdem Ergin
Climate Resilience & Disaster Risk Management Advisor, UNDP Turkey
Erkin Erimez
Partner, ARGE Consulting
Erol Köse
Former President, Marmara Municipalities Union
Ersin Pamuksüzer
Founder, The LifeCo
Ertuğrul Onur
Chairman of the Executive Board, Ethics & Reputation Society
Ervin Sezgin
Marmara Region Local Government Consultant, RESLOG Turkey Project
Eser Atak
Deputy Secretary General, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality
Esra Boğazlıyan
Journalist, Habertürk
Ezgi Küçük
Program Coordinator, Marmara Urban Forum
Fatih Pişkin
Secretary General, Istanbul Development Agency
Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet
Mayor, Izmit Municipality
Ferhat Emil
Chief Technical Adviser – LAR III Project, UNDP
Feyzullah Gündoğdu
Managing Director, Kayseri Transportation
Fikret Toksöz
Governance Consultant, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
Francesco Lembo
Project Manager, ACR+
Fuat Keyman
Director, Istanbul Policy Center
Gamze Çelikyılmaz
Senior Climate Change Policy Expert
Gaye Doğanoğlu
Vice President, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
Geoffrey Payne
Housing and Urban Development Consultant, GPA
Gökhan Özertan
Professor of Economics, Boğaziçi University
Gökhan Sarı
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Göksenin İnalhan
Assoc. Prof. of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University
Görgün Taner
General Director, Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts
Gülcemal Alhanlıoğlu
Co-Founder, CRE Consulting
Gülden Erkut
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University
Gülüm Tanırcan
Assoc. Prof. of Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Boğaziçi University
Güneş Cansız
Director, WRI Turkey Sustainable Cities
Güngör Gülenç
General Manager, Bursa Water and Sewerage Administration
H. Murat Güvenç
Director of Istanbul Studies Center, Kadir Has University
Halil İbrahim Düzenli
Vide Dean of School of Architecture and Design, İstanbul Şehir University
Han Verschure
Emeritus Professor, University of Leuven
Handan İnci
Rector, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Hasan Akgün
Mayor, Büyükçekmece Municipality
Hatice Ayataç
Assoc. Prof. of Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University
Hatice Çetinlerden
Corporate Communications Coordinator, Marmara Municipalities Union
Hilmar Tevrüz v. Lojewski
Councillor, German Association of Cities
Hitoshi Baba
Senior Advisor, JICA
Howard Duncan
Executive Head, Metropolis Canada
Hüseyin Keskin
Mayor, Sultanbeyli Municipality
İbrahim Akkaya
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bodrum Foundation of Health and Disabled
İbrahim Hakkı Yiğit
Founding Partner, Mi’Mar Architecture
İbrahim İçöz
General Manager, Tekirdağ Water and Sewerage Administration
İkbal Polat
Secretary General, Kadıköy City Council
İlhan Tekeli
City and Regional Planning Professor & Social Scientist, Middle East Technical University
İlyas Demirci
General Manager, Sakarya Water and Sewerage Administration
İnan İzci
Local Governance Expert, Argüden Governance Academy
İskender Pala
Writer
İsmail Gerim
Secretary General, Bursa Eskişehir Bilecik Development Agency
Jaspal Singh
Senior Expert – IT and Development, UITP
Jawad Sardar
Director, SUM Global
Jerker Stattin
Director of International Affairs, SALAR
Julie Greenwalt
Lead on Cities and Nature-based Solutions, Global Center on Adaptation
Justine McIntyre
Communications Officer, Last Post Fund & Party Leader, Vrai changement pour Montréal
Kaan Yıldızgöz
Senior Director, UITP
Katharina Lumpp
Representative in Turkey, UNHCR
Kazım Gökhan Elgin
Founding Director, Istanbul Governorate Project Coordination Unit
Kelmend Zajazi
Executive Director, NALAS
Kemal Kirişci
TÜSİAD Senior Fellow & Turkey Project Director, Brookings Institution
Kenneth Heijns
Managing Director, AMS Institute
Kerem Yavuz Arslanlı
Assoc. Prof., Istanbul Technical University Institute of Social Sciences
Koray Velibeyoğlu
Professor of City and Regional Planning, İzmir Institute of Technology
Korel Göymen
Senior Scholar, Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center
Kübra Par
Journalist, Habertürk
Lakshmi Rajendran
Senior Research Fellow in Future Cities, Anglia Ruskin University
Le-Yin Zhang
Professor of Urban Economic Development, University College London
Lokman Çağırıcı
Mayor, Bağcılar Municipality
M. Cemil Arslan
Secretary General, Marmara Municipalities Union
M. Murat Erdoğan
Migration and Integration Research Center Director, Turkish German University
M. Sinan Özden
National Project Manager, RESLOG Turkey Project
M. Tevfik Göksu
Mayor, Esenler Municipality
Mahmut Baş
Founder Director, Earthquake and Soil Investigation Directorate , Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Mahmut Şahin
Secretary General, Trakya Development Agency
Mahyar Arefi
Urban Designer & Professor of Planning and Landscape Architecture, University of Texas
Marina Olshanskaya
CEO & Co-founder, AvantGarde Energy
Marion Guénard
Circular Development Officer, ICLEI
Matthias Finger
Swiss Post Chair of Management of Network Industries, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale (EPFL)
Mazen AboulHosn
Emergency Coordinator, IOM Turkey
Mehmed Ali Çalışkan
CTO, Tekhnelogos
Mehmet Güllüoğlu
Head, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD)
Mehmet Murat Çalık
Mayor, Beylikdüzü Municipality
Mehmet Onur Partal
Project Director,Istanbul Development Agency
Mehmet Siyam Kesimoğlu
Mayor, Kırklareli Municipality
Melis Oğuz
Coordinator and Presenter, Medyascope
Menaf Turan
Professor of Public Administration, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University
Mesut Özcan
Director of Diplomacy Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
Mikdat Kadıoğlu
Professor of Meteorological Engineering, Istanbul Technical University
Murat Aydın
Mayor, Beykoz Municipality
Murat Çolakoğlu
Partner, PwC
Murat Gül
Dean of Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University
Murat Şentürk
Assoc. Prof., Istanbul University
Mustafa Çöpoğlu
Secretary General, East Marmara Development Agency
Mustafa Erdik
President, Turkish Earthquake Foundation
Nathan Pierce
Head of Smart London Team & Programme Director of Sharing Cities, Greater London Authority
Ndeye D. D. Gueye
Managing Director, Dakar Urban Transport Council (CETUD)
Neeraj Kaushal
Professor of Social Policy, Columbia University
Nezhapi-Dellé Odeleye
Faculty Director of Research Students, Anglia Ruskin University
Nicholas You
Director, Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation
Nihal Eminoğlu
Dr., Çanakkale 18 March University & Migration Expert, IGAM
Nihal Perera
Professor of Urban Planning, Ball State University
Nikkole Mojica
Director, Hudson Yards Hell's Kitchen Alliance
Nuray Karaoğlu
President, KA.DER
Octavi de la Varga
Secretary General, Metropolis
Oğuz Babüroğlu
Holder of Arama Chair in Action Research, Sabancı University
Oğuz Haksever
Anchorman
Olga Chepelianskaia
Founder, UNICITI
Omar Kadkoy
Policy Analyst, The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)
Orhan Demir
Deputy Secretary General, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Oriano Otočan
President, European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA)
Osman Bayazit Genç
Managing Partner, MMI Eurasia
Ozan Sağsöz
Presenter of Culture History Talks, MedyascopeTV
Ömer Arısoy
Mayor, Zeytinburnu Municipality
Ömer Faruk Gençkaya
Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Marmara University
Özge Aktaş Mazman
General Director, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
Özgür Bingöl
Assoc. Prof. of Architecture, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Özlem Altınkaya Genel
Researcher, Hanze University of Applied Sciences
Özlem Ece Aydınlık
Director of Cultural Policy Studies, Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV)
Paul Knox
Distinguished Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Paulette McAllister
Design, Heritage & Conservation - Founder, Joseph Hardy Design & Heritage
Piotr Barczak
Policy Officer for Waste, European Environmental Bureau
Rafet Bozdoğan
Head of Transportation Engineering Department, Yalova University
Rahel Belatchew
Chief Architect and Founder, Belatchew Arkitekter
Raif Mermutlu
General Manager, İSKİ
Recep Gürkan
President, Edirne Municipality
Regina Orvañanos
City Prosperity Initiative Technical Coordinator, UN-Habitat
Richard Grant
Urban Studies Director, University of Miami
Rod Regier
Commissioner of Planning, Development and Legislative Services, Municipality of Waterloo
Rory Nuijens
Innovation Attaché, Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Istanbul
Rüştü Bozkurt
Economist & Researcher & Writer
Sadiye Bilgiç Karabulut
Head of Zero Waste & Waste Processing, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization of Turkey
Sadun Emrealp
Team Leader, Town Twinning Project
Seda Özen Bilgili
Architect
Selahattin Yıldırım
Former Secretary General, Marmara Municipalities Union
Semih Şahin
Mayor, Bilecik Municipality
Serdar Yılmaz
Lead Public Sector Specialist, World Bank
Seyfettin Gürsel
Director, Bahcesehir University Centre for Economic and Social Research
Shannon McDaniel
Director of Data Strategy, The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy for Climate Alliance
Simten Birsöz İnanç
International Affairs and Fund Raising Expert, YERELIZ - Local Monitoring, Research and Applications Association
Slagin Parakatil
Principal, Mercer Switzerland
Şadi Yazıcı
Mayor, Tuzla Municipality
Şebnem Beşe Canpolat
Head of Demographic Statistics Department, Turkish Statistical Institute
Şerdil Dara Odabaşı
Mayor, Kadıköy Municipality
Şeyma Döğücü
Mayor, Sancaktepe Municipality
Taha Nusret Bozkurt
Disabled Assembly President, Zeytinburnu City Council
Tahir Büyükakın
President, Marmara Municipalities Union & Mayor, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality
Tamara Nikolic
Operations Officer, World Bank
Tamer Atabarut
UN SDSN Turkey Co-Chair, Boğaziçi University
Tanju Özcan
Mayor, Bolu Municipality
Tarkan Oktay
Prof. Dr., Istanbul Medeniyet University & Turkish Presidency Local Governments Policy Council
Tim Stonor
General Manager, Space Syntax
Turan Hançerli
Mayor, Avcılar Municipality
Turan Konak
General Manager of Local Administrations, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization of Turkey
Uğur İbrahim Altay
Mayor, Konya Metropolitan Municipality
Uğur İnan
Mayor Advisor, Fatih Municipality
Uğur Tanyeli
Dean of Faculty of Architecture and Design, Istanbul Şehir University
Ulaş Akın
Lecturer, IGLUS - EPFL
Vefa Salman
Mayor, Yalova Municipality
Viviana Fernández Prajoux
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism Faculty Member, University of Chile
Wakako Kishimoto & Mark Eley
Founders, Eley Kishimoto
Xavier Tiana
Head of International Relations, Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
Yakup Peker
Project Manager, The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)
Yavuz Erdal Kayapınar
Director General of Spatial Planning, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization of Turkey
Yiğit Evren
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Yıldız Technical University
Yoshiyuki Kaneda
Designated Professor & Executive Advisor of President, Kagawa University
Yunus Uğur
Director of Centre for Urban Studies, Istanbul Sehir University
Yurdanur Ünal
Professor of Meteorological Engineering, İstanbul Technical University
Yusuf Adıgüzel
Prof. Dr., Istanbul University
Yücel Yılmaz
Mayor, Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality
