Metropolitan Governance International Conference
Draft Agenda
21-22 May, 2010
Kadıköy Municipality New Council Building
Kozyatağı Culture Center (New Municipality Council Section)
Kozyatağı Mah., Bayar Cad., Buket Sok. No:20/1 Kadıköy – İstanbul
The conference is organized by Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center, Kadıköy City Council and Friedrich Naumann Foundation Istanbul Office
Friday, 21 May, 2010
09:30 - 12:15 MORNING SESSION
Facilitator: Prof. Dr. Üstün Ergüder, Director of Istanbul Policy Center
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 10:30 Prof. Dr. Korel Göymen, Sabancı University,
President of Kadıköy City Council
Prof. Dr. Üstün Ergüder, Director of Istanbul Policy Center
Joerg Dehnert, Friedrich Naumann Foundation Resident Representative
Selami Öztürk, Kadıköy Mayor
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:30 Prof. Dr. Yves Cabannes, University College London
Metropolitan Governance: Current challenges and lessons learned from selected metropolitan areas and city-regions in the world
Prof. Dr. Anthony Travers, London School of Economics
Governance of London
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 17:30 AFTERNOON SESSION
Facilitator: Prof. Dr. Korel Göymen, Sabancı University,
President of Kadıköy City Council
13:30 - 15:45 Prof. Dr. Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, Prof. Dr. Korel Göymen, Sabancı University
A Governance Model for Sustainable İstanbul
Joan Clos, Former Mayor of Barcelona, Spanish Amabassador to Turkey
Barcelona Metropolitan Governance
Michael Theurer, Member of European Parliament
European Metropolitan Regions: Solid Base for a green and smart economy
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Prof. Dr. Hubert Heinelt, Darmstadt University
Different Approaches in Metropolitan Governance
Prof. Dr. Sema Erder, Bahçeşehir University
Informal Structures in Metropolitan Centers and Governance
Saturday, 22 May, 2010
09:30-12:30 MORNING SESSION
Facilitator: Prof. Dr. Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, Sabancı University
Fikret Kasapoğlu, Former Deputy Governor of İstanbul
A Good Governance Project in İstanbul
Sadun Emrealp, National Secretary of Local Agenda 21
Democratic Local Governance at Metropolitan Level: Processes, Instruments, Problems and Initiatives
Prof. Dr. Panos Getimis, Athens Panteon University
Metropolitan Reform Attempt in Athens Justified by the Olympics
Dr. Karsten Zimmerman, Darmstadt University
Metropolitan Governance in the Stuttgart Region: A Unique Model for Governing Metropolitan Regions?
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30-17:30 AFTERNOON SESSION (PANEL)
Metropolitan Governance in Turkey
Facilitator: Fikret Toksöz, TESEV
13:30 - 16:30 Selami Öztürk, Mayor of Kadıköy
Mustafa Kara, Mayor of Üsküdar
Ercan Topaca, General Director for Local Administration
Mustafa Kemal İşler, Director for Strategic Planning,
İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Abdülmecit Karataş, Secretary General of Istanbul Development Agency
16:30 – 16:45 Coffee Break
16:45 - 17:30 Discussion
Conference Secretariat:
Işık Çorapçı
Nilden Kireçtepe
0216 – 483 - 9116