Day - 1 April 24th, 2013 Wednesday 07.00 23.00 - Participants arrivals and registration - 19.00 20.00 Gala dinner - Event opening, piano recital Day - 2 Attention: There will be simultaneous translation for the presentations in Hall 1. 07.00 08.00 Breakfast 08.00-09.00 Opening : Introduction of the participating organizations 09.00 09.15 Coffee Break 09.15 10.15 - Hall 1 Jamuna MURTHI, AFS India Keynote speech 10.15 13.00 - Hall 1 School day at Işık Ayazağa High School Students presentations on participating countries, Lesson visits by participants 13.00 14.00 Lunch 14.00-16.00 - Hall 1 Anna Maria HAAS EFIL- European Federation for Intercultural Learning, Belgium Intercultural Learning in Schools 14.00-15.00 - Hall 2 Elena KSENOFONTOVA, AFS Russia The Process of Teaching a Foreign Language Including Geography and Cultural Learning as the Basic Background Knowledge 15.00-16.00 - Hall 2 Marina LOGAN, AFS Hungary Couch Surfing - the Global Group of Friends 16.00-16.30 - Coffee Break 16.30-18.30 - Hall 1 Anna Maria HAAS EFIL- European Federation for Intercultural Learning, Belgium Intercultural Learning in Schools 16.30-17.30 - Room 1 Biljana BANJAC, AFS Serbia The Amazing River Tisa in Serbia 17.30-18.30 - Hall 2 Jhonny Viana BORGES, AFS Brazil Geography in Action: Away to Learn Having Fun! 18.30-19.30 Transfer to host families houses 19.30-21.30 Dinner with Turkish Families (optional) April 25th, 2013 Thursday
Day - 3 April 26th, 2013 Friday 07.00 08.00 Breakfast 08.00 13.00 City tour 13.00 15.30 Field trip Turkish Geographical Society (Lunch included) 16.00 18.00 Turkish culture workshop @ Isik Schools Marbling, Miniature, Calligraphy, Kaatı Day - 4 April 27th, 2013 Saturday 08.30-09.00 - Registration 09.00-09.30 - Opening Ceremony 09.30-10.30 - Hall 1 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eyüp ARTVİNLİ Geography Education Research Associate, London University, Institute of Education, UK Curriculum Reform and Geography Education in Turkey: the gap between theory and practice 10.30-10.45 - Coffee Break 10.45-11.45 - Hall 1 Mary BIDDULPH School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK Mind the gap: Young People s Geographies, School Geography and Filling the Space(s) Between Them 10.45-11.45 - Hall 2 Abdullah Burak KEDERSİZ 9 Eylül University -Izmir Geography Information System- Master Degree student A different View into Geography : Geographic Information Systems 11.45-12.00 - Coffee Break 12.00-12.30 - Hall 1 Oya AYMAN Editor of Local Issues National Geographic - Turkey Media s Responsibility for Spreading Awareness of How To Save the Planet Earth. What Does National Geographic Do About it?
Day - 4 April 27th, 2013 Saturday 12.30-13.30 - Lunch 13.30-14.30 - Hall 1 Prof. Dr. David LAMBERT London University, Institute of Education, UK A short history of school geography in England, with special emphasis on the relationship between two Big Ideas : Geography and Education 13.30-14.30 - Hall 2 Vedat ATASOY Founder of İz TV, Journalist, Radikal Newspaper Documentary 14.30-14.45 - Coffee Break 14.45-15.45 - Hall 1 Prof. Dr. Martin HAIGH Oxford Brookes University, UK Global Citizenship and Affective Geographical Education 15.45-16.00 - Coffee Break 16.00-17.00 - Hall 1 Prof. Dr. Vladimir S.TIKUNOV M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia Experience of Education in the Field of Sustainable Development (Geographical Aspect) 16.00-17.00 - Hall 2 Serdar KILIÇ Wild Life Specialist How To Be Modern Evliya Çelebi 17.00-17.15 - Coffee Break 17.15-18.15 - Hall 1 Fatih TÜRKMENOĞLU Producer, CNN Turk TV What a Traveller Discovers 17.15-18.15 - Room 1 Erika GALAMBOSNE, AFS Hungary Jeopardy for Geography 17.15-18.15 - Room 2 Bert AELTER, AFS Belgium (French) From Oh NO to Oh YES, Another Foreign Student in my class! Integrating exchange students in your classes 17.15-18.15 - Hall 2 Emily POPE, Latasha WILSON English teachers in Turkey through Fulbright program They Call Me Hocam: Experiences Teaching English Across Turkey 17.15-18.15 - Room 3 Kemal AKALIN Beşiktaş Anadolu Lisesi Geography teacher Thinking With Six Hats.
Day - 5 April 28th, 2013 Sunday 09.00-10.00 - Hall 1 Ömer MADRA Journalist, Author, International Law Lecturer The Effects of Global Warming 09.00-10.00 - Hall 2 Mehpare SÖZENER Traveller Cultural Differences From Peru to Tahiti 10.00-10.15 - Coffee Break 10.15-11.15 - Hall 1 Prof. Dr. Mikdat KADIOĞLU Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Aerodynamics and Space Science Climate Risk Management 11.15-11.45 - Coffee Break 11.45-12.45 - Hall 1 Güven İSLAMOĞLU Producer, CNN Turk TV Green Nature 11.45-12.45 - Hall 2 Óttar ÓLAFSSON & Hildur JONSDOTTIR, AFS Iceland Ice and Fire Lecturers 11.45-12.45 - Room 1 Nallini BHALLA, AFS India Greenovators - a Revolution in Small Steps 11.45-12.45 - Room 2 Effah Nana YAW, AFS Ghana Environmental Hazard, the Role of Culture 12.45-13.45 - Lunch 13.45-14.45 - Hall 1 Nasuh MAHRUKİ Co-founder and President of AKUT and the first Turk on Everest, Author, World s youngest climber to complete Seven Summits project The Effect of Geography on Nations and Cultures 14.45-15.00 - Coffee Break
Day - 5 April 28th, 2013 Sunday 15.00-16.00 - Hall 1 Prof. Dr. Christiane MEYER Hanover Leibniz University, Institute for Science Education, Germany Geography Teaching and Learning in Germany Focusing on Cultural Understanding and Diversity 15.00-16.00 - Hall 2 İlhan Oğuz AKDEMİR Fırat University Geography Department, Elazığ - Academic The Problem of Innovation in Turkish Geography Education Programmes 15.00-16.00 - Hall 3 Mehmet Akif GEZER İstek Özel Kaşgarlı Mahmut High School Geography Teacher Geography For Life, Not For Exams 16.00-16.30 - Coffee Break 16.30-17.30 - Hall 1 Alper DALKILIÇ The explorer to cover four deserts on four continents New Geographies: 4 Continents, 4 Deserts, 4 Ultra Marathons and Beyond 16.30-17.30 - Room 1 Nivedita SIBBAL, AFS India Water Crisis - Where and Why? Can We do Something About it? 16.30-17.30 - Hall 2 Glauber COSTA, AFS Brasil Interactive Methods in Geography Lessons