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1st GLOBAL INOVIZ CONFERENCE
IZMIR FOR HEALTH
MAY 24-25 2010
ESBAŞ TECHNOLOGY CENTER CONFERENCE HALL
GAZIEMIR, IZMIR, TURKEY
PROGRAM
Opening Cocktail will be held on May 23, 2010 between 19:00-20:00 at the Swissotel Grand Efes.
08:30 REGISTRATION
09:00 OPENING REMARKS- AEGEAN FREE ZONE INTRODUCTION FILM
- Kaya Tuncer, President, ESBAŞ
- Ekrem Demirtaş, President, Izmir Chamber of Commerce
- Hasan Havıtçıoğlu, Dokuz Eylül University
- Candeğer Yılmaz, Rector, Ege University
- Armağan Vurdu, General Manager, Free Zones Directorate, Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade
- Fatih Ahmet Kurt, Deputy Governor of Izmir
10:15 IZMIR DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: IZMIR INTRODUCTION FILM
10:30 NETWORKING BREAK
11:00 SESSION I: INOVIZ - IZMIR FOR HEALTH: GENESIS, STATUS AND VISION
Chair: Banu Onaral, H.H. Sun Professor and Dean, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia and Health Innovations Partnership – South Eastern Pennsylvania
- Fazilet Vardar Sukan, Director, EBILTEM and Chair, Bioengineering, Ege University
- Ferda Demircioğlu, Member of the Assembly & Director of Health Sector Committee, Izmir Chamber of Commerce
- Shirley Kutner, Founder, BioJerusalem
- Attila Dikbaş, ICT Valley Project and General Manager, TechnoBee
- E. Oğuz Ülker, Specialist of R&D and Technology Management Department, Undersecretariat for Defence Industries-SSM
13:00 LUNCH
13:30 SPACE CAMP TURKEY TOUR
14:00 AEGEAN FREE ZONE TOUR
14:00-18:00 OPTIONAL TOURS: 1) Karataş Hospital 2) Genmar Laboratory
| 14:30-16:30 PARALLEL SESSION & WORKSHOP |
14:30 SESSION II: FROM INNOVATION TO HEALTH PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Chair: Uğur Yüce, Managing Director, Enda Energy Holding
- Sima Amir, Director, International Business Development, Manufacturers Association of Israel
- Kemal Yaz, President, TUMDEF
- Metin Demir, President, Health Industry Employers’ Association of Turkey-SEIS
- Mickey Scheinowitz, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University
- Ulvi M. Ünal, Medical Coordinator, Kent Hospital
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14:30 WORKSHOP : RECENT ADVANCES IN BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES: BIOMATERIALS AND GENOMICS
Chair: Vasıf Hasırcı, Department of Biological Sciences, Biotechnology Research Unit, METU BIOMAT
- Peter I. Lelkes, Calhoun Chair Professor of Cellular Tissue Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems, Drexel University
- Nesrin Hasırcı, BIOMAT Department of Chemistry, METU
- Aykut Aydın, Sales Marketing &Application Coordinator, Genmar
- Sermin Örnektekin, Head of Chemistry Department, Mustafa Kemal University & Research Visiting Prof., U.S. National Institute of Health
- İsmet Deliloğlu Gürhan, Department of Bioengineering, Ege University
WORKSHOP LANGUAGE WILL BE IN ENGLISH |
16:30 NETWORKING BREAK
17:00 SESSION III: MANAGING & FINANCING HEALTH INNOVATIONS – Best practices and New Models
Co-Chairs: A. Fırat Özpınar, Expert, Teknoloji Yatırım A.Ş. & Oğuz Ünal, OSTIM Medical Industry Cluster
20:00 RECEPTION and CONFERENCE DINNER at IZMIR HISTORICAL MANSION |
