Date: June 6th 2012
Place: METU Cultural and Convention Center, Kemal Kurdaş Hall
Program:
9:15 Registration
9:30 Presentation: Graduate Education at METU (Dr. Aydın Tiryaki)
Opening Speech
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Acar
President
Opening Speech on behalf of Directors of Graduate Schools
Prof. Dr. Canan Özgen
Director of the Graduate School of Natural & Applied Sciences
10:10 Break
10:25 Short Film Show: "Başarı Öyküleri" (Success Stories)
10:40 "Sosyal Bilimler ve Inovasyon" (Social Sciences and Innovation)
Professor Leonardo Morlino
President, International Political Science Association (IPSA)
Professor of Political Science
School of Government, LUISS 'G. Carli'
11:30 Cocktail Prolongé
13:00 “21. Yüzyılda Lisansüstü Eğitim: ABD Perspektifi” (Graduate Education in the 21st Century: U.S. Perspective)
Professor Yaman Yener
Dean of Engineering in charge of Research and Graduate Studies
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University.
13:40 Speeches on behalf of the first Ph.D. Graduates and Ceremony with the invititation of the first Graduates of Ph.D. Programs
15:00 Break
15:15 Graduate Studies Thesis Awards
16:30 Jazz Concert (Dr. Merve Erdal, Sn. Sibel Köse and Dr. Ayça Dönmez)
17:30 Cocktail
