Disaster Management Summit Program
11:00 – 12:00
OPENING SPEAKERS
Mr. Hasan Cem ŞENEL
TG Expo General Manager
Mr. Prof. Dr. Mikdat KADIOĞLU
Director, İTÜ Disaster Management Institute
Ms. Prof. Dr. Lütfiye DURAK ATA
Vice Rector, İTÜ
Mr. Ahmet Nehar POÇAN
General Director of Shelter and Construction Affairs, AFAD
Mr. Prof. Dr. Orhan TATAR
General Director of Earthquake and Risk Reduction, AFAD
Mr. Mehmet SÜLÜN
Deputy Governor of İstanbul
12:00 – 13:00
Protocol Fair Tour
13:00 – 14:15
“Strategies and Evaluations in
Earthquake Risk Management”
MODERATOR:
Recep ERÇİN
President, Economic Journalists Association
SPEAKERS:
Prof. Dr. Orhan TATAR
General Director of Earthquake and Risk Reduction, AFAD
Ahmet Nehar POÇAN
General Director of Shelter and Construction Affairs, AFAD
Prof. Dr. Cenk YALTIRAK
Director, ITU Türkiye İş Bankası Marmara Active Fault Hazard
and Risk Application and Research Centre
Yalçın KAYA
Governorship of Istanbul, Istanbul Project Coordination Unit (IPCU) Director
Musa Alphan BAHAR
DASK Project Coordination and Field Management Manager
14:15 – 14:30
BREAK
KEYNOTE SESSION
14:30 – 16:00
“DEVELOPING A RAPID ACTION PLAN
FOR STRUCTURAL FIRES”
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Raul ANGULO
NFPA Author, Fire Chief
MODERATOR:
Fatih BİLGİN
Head of Corporate Communication and Development
Istanbul Fire Department
16:00 – 16:15
BREAK
16:15 – 17:30
“Safe Construction and Urban Transformation:
Strategies and Applications”
MODERATOR:
Kemal ÖZTÜRK
Journalist, Writer
SPEAKERS:
Gökhan YILMAZ
Head of Marmara Disaster Risk Reduction Department, AFAD
Ali KURT
Head of the Urban Planning Group at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (KİPTAŞ, Istanbul Planning Inc., Boğaziçi Management Inc.,
Tree and Landscape Inc., İspark)
Tuna YEŞİLKANARYA
Yapkon, Partner
KEYNOTE SESSION
10:30 – 11:15
“Sharing and Listening to Survivors’ Memories: The Socio-Cultural Impacts of Earthquake Narratives in Türkiye and Japan”
Prof. Dr. Hayato YAMANAKA
Kwansei Gakuin University, Emeritus Professor
Dr. Kiyoko ITO
Kwansei Gakuin University, Department of Economics Lecturer
11:15 – 11:30
BREAK
11:30 – 13:00
“Creating Prepared and Resilient
Disaster Response Teams”
MODERATOR:
Gürhan ERTÜR
Açık Radio, Program Coordinator
SPEAKERS:
Prof. Dr. Mikdat KADIOĞLU
Director, İTU Disaster Management Institute
Hüseyin CEVEN
Head of Volunteerism and Civil Society Relations Department, AFAD
Okan TOSUN
President, ANDA Association
Haluk LEVENT
President, Ahbap Association
Ömür DEMİR KIZILARSLAN
General Coordinator of the AFETTEK Platform
13:00 – 13:30
BREAK
13:30 – 14:45
“APPROACHES AND STRATEGIES
IN COMBATING FOREST FIRES”
MODERATOR:
İkram ÇELİK
Head of Forest Firefighting Department
Istanbul Regional Directorate of Forestry
SPEAKERS:
Kenneth GEIPEL
Robotto Co., CEO
Cevdet İŞBİTİRİCİ
Konya Metropolitan Municipality Fire Department, Department Head
Mehmet Olcay BAL
Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality Fire Department, Department Head
14:45 – 15:00
BREAK
15:00 – 16:00
“Risk Reduction Approaches for
Vulnerable Groups in Disasters”
MODERATOR:
Abdulkadir TEZCAN
AFAD Head of Disaster Risk Reduction and Prevention Department
SPEAKERS:
Başak BİRCAN TAŞDEMİR
Architect, AFAD Eskişehir Provincial Directorate
Prof. Dr. Shigeo TATSUKI
Doshisha University, Department of Sociology Professor
16:00 – 16:15
BREAK
16:15 – 17:15
“Communication and Crisis Management
During Disasters”
MODERATOR:
Dr. Nazan Cömert Baechler
Faculty Member, Marmara University, Faculty of Political Science
Department of Political Science and Public Administration
SPEAKERS:
Aziz ŞASA
President, Turkish Radio Amateurs Society (TRAC)
Cem ANKARA
General Manager, Novatel
Orhan AVCIOĞLU
General Manager, Telsan Telsiz
10:30 – 11:45
“Temporary Housing, Logistics, and
Disaster Management in Emergencies”
MODERATOR:
Melda ONUR
Journalist, President of Association of Social Rights
SPEAKERS:
Elif BAĞ
Head of the AFAD Site Selection Department
Selçuk TÜTÜNCÜ
Head of Disaster Affairs Department, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
İbrahim KALMUK
Board Member, Load Engineering Association
Bilgehan ENGİN
Disaster Logistics Coordination Board
11:45 – 12:00
BREAK
12:00 – 13:15
“Preparedness of Infrastructure
Systems for Disasters”
MODERATOR:
Ali ÇAĞATAY
Ekotürk TV, News Coordinator
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Ebru ACUNER TÜRET
İTU Energy Institute, Lecturer
Dr. Yüksel YALÇIN
General Manager, Istanbul Energy Inc.
Mehmet ÖZEL
Deputy General Manager of Finance and Trade, İGDAŞ
Ahmet YILMAZ
Head of Water Transmission and Distribution Department, İSKİ
Hasan AYARTÜRK
Founder and CEO of RePG Energy
13:15 – 14:00
BREAK
KEYNOTE SESSION
14:00 – 15:00
“Long-Term Recovery Process After Disasters”
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Prof. Dr. Shigeo TATSUKI
Doshisha University, Department of Sociology Professor
15:00 – 15:15
BREAK
15:15 – 16:15
“Financing Strategies in Disaster Management”
MODERATOR:
Taylan BÜYÜKŞAHİN
Economy Author, tclira.com Editor-In-Chief
SPEAKERS:
Prof. Dr. Nurhan YENTÜRK
Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Economics
Işık BAŞTUĞ
Public Expenditure Monitoring Platform- KAHİP Co-Spokesperson
Seçil YILDIZ
Turkish Development and Investment Bank Deputy General Manager, Sustainability and Impact Leader
Özgür SAYIN
Faculty Member at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Urban Planning Application and Research Center, Fatma Önder Earthquake Research Group
