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DAY ONE: Friday, 07 November 2014

09:00	10:00	Registration (Registration continues throughout the first day)
10:00	10:30	Opening Ceremony
10:30	11:00	Coffee Break & Exhibition Fair Inauguration
11:00	12:00	Keynote Speech by Dr. Essam Heggy [Orhangazi Saloon] PhD, California Intitute of Technology, Geophysical and Planetary Sciences Diversity
12:00	14:00	Lunch/Jumu'ah Prayer
14:15	15:30	Parallel A-1: [Hudavendigar Saloon] Innovate to Reach “Innovating Science Festivals and Events” Nazim Enes Altan Expert, Bursa Science and Technology Center, TURKEY Speakers: Nazim Enes Altan Expert, Bursa Science and Technology Center, TURKEY “Science Festivals as a Meeting Points of Todays and Future Inventors” Halil Zorlu Main Coordinator, Kocaeli Science Center, TURKEY “My Mother and Science” Ali Çetinkaya CEO, Konya Science Center, TURKEY “Why Walk-up Activity?” Kıvanç Çubukcu Software Development Manager, Reo-Tek, TURKEY "Interactive Technologies in Museology and Education"	Parallel A-2: [Orhangazi Saloon] Innovate to Educate Rosalia Vargas President, Ecsite, President, Ciencia Viva, PORTUGAL Speakers: Ingit Mukherjee Former Director General, National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), INDIA “Innovation hubs : spaces for igniting minds for education and beyond” Dilek Olcay Coordinator, Metropolitan Municipality of Giziantep, Turkcell Planetarium & Science Center, TURKEY “Establishing Innovation Hubs in Science Centers” Shireen Sabanegh Deputy Director, Education and Programs of Children’s Museum, JORDAN “Streamlining the Learning Process and Delivering” Rosalia Vargas President, Ecsite, President, Ciencia Viva, PORTUGAL “Learning in the Science Center: A Museum-School”
15:30	16:00	Coffee Break
16:00	17:30	Parallel B-1: [Hudavendigar Saloon] Innovate to Educate “Science Communication among Societies through public Science Events & Open Days” Ayman Elsayed Deputy Director, Planetarium Science Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, EGYPT Speakers: Leonardo Alfonsi President, European Science Events Association (EUSEA), ITALY Barbara Gallavotti Science Writer, ITALY Linda Silver Associate Director, Content Science & Technology Promotion, Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee, UAE Ben Wiehe Manager, MIT Science Festival Alliance, USA (Via Video Conference or Video Message)	Parallel B-2: [Orhangazi Saloon] Innovate to Reach “Learning from National Science Center Initiatives” Axel Huttinger Owner and Managing Director, Hüttinger Exhibition Engineering Kurt Hüttinger GmbH, GERMANY Speakers: Sally Montgomery International Consultant, UK Wayne LaBar Principal/Founder, ALCHEMY Studio, UK Anna Schafers Archimedes Exhibitions GmbH, GERMANY Peter Slavenburg Co-Founder, Northernlight CoDesign, NETHERLANDS
17:30	20:00	Free Time
20:00	22:00	Gala Dinner [Venue to be confirmed]

DAY TWO: Saturday, 08 November 2014

09:00	10:00	Keynote Speech by Mr. Mehmet Arik [Orhangazi Saloon] Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director for EVATEG Center, Ozyegin University
10:00	10:30	Coffee Break
10:30	12:00	Parallel C-1: [Hudavendigar Saloon] Innovate to Educate Hoda Elmikaty Head, Cultural Outreach Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, EGYPT Speakers: Vincenzo Lipardi CEO, Fondazione Idis-Città della Scienza, ITALY "LOGICAMENTE-Enabling Innovation in Formal Education" Salah Nasr General Director, Monastir Science Palace, TUNISIA "MPS: A Bridge between Science and Society" Ludo Verheyen CEO, MTE Studios, UAE “Adding Value Through People-Centred Activities”	Session C-2: [Orhangazi Saloon] Innovate to Reach Sawsan Dalaq Director, Children’s Museum, JORDAN Speakers: Antonia Caola Head, International Collaboration & PR presso MUSE, Museo delle Scienze, ITALY "Re-birth: from darkness to light" Sawsan Dalaq Director, Children’s Museum, JORDAN “Attracting Schools – the Science, the System and the Process” Ingit Mukherjee Former Director General, National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), INDIA “Innovating to Reach: Marketing ‘Expertise’” Silva Raker Director, Business Development, Exploratorium Global Studios, USA “The Power of Networks”
12:00	14:00	Lunch [13:00-14:00----NAMES General Assembly Meeting]
14:00	15:30	Parallel D-1: [Orhangazi Saloon] Science behind Innovation “Getting Started: Planning, Designing and Opening New Science Centers” Tom Rockwell Director, Exhibits and Media Studio, Exploratorium Speakers: Rami Muhtaseb W.H Kattan Science Education Project, A.M. Qattan Foundation, PALESTINE "Planning for a Science Center in Palestine - Recommendations and Challenges" Linda Silver Associate Director, Content Science & Technology Promotion, Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee, UAE Halil Zorlu Main Coordinator, Kocaeli Science Center, TURKEY	Parallel D-2: [Hudavendigar Saloon] Innovation and Society Per-Edvin Persson Professor, Peredvinperssonconsulting, FINLAND Speakers: Massa Mufti-Hamwi Syrian Educationist and Activist, SYRIA “Innovation in Education at Time of Conflict” Per-Edvin Persson Professor, Peredvinperssonconsulting, FINLAND "Impact: Science Centres Influence Learning, Local Prosperity And Social Development" Shireen Sabanegh Deputy Director, Education and Programs of Children’s Museum, JORDAN “Re-discover the Familiar through the Unfamiliar”
15:30	16:00	Coffee Break
16:00	17:30	Parallel E-1: [Orhangazi Saloon] Science Behind Innovation Mijbil Almutawa Chairman & Managing Director, The Scientific Center of Kuwait, KUWAIT Speakers: Shereen Husseini Head, Projects and Programs Department, Al Nayzak for Supportive Education & Scientific Innovation, PALESTINE “Thinking – Technology Program” Maarten Taborsky Project Director Development, Bruns, THE NETHERLANDS “Iconic Exhibits” Esma Nur Kander Education Reponsible, Bursa Science and Technology Center, TURKEY "The Place of Gifted Children at Science Centers"	Parallel E-2: [Hudavendigar Saloon] Innovate to Educate Yusuf Ulcay Project Consultant, Bursa Science and Technology Center, TURKEY Speakers: Nimet Atabek TURKEY ‘’4x4 Learning Matrix’’ Model Bülent Büke TURKEY "The more you research, The more you gain" Mustafa Ulaş Electrical and Electronic Engineer, Firat University, TURKEY
17:30	20:00	Free Time [17:30 - 19:30 ---- NAMES Board Meeting]
20:00	22:00	Nocturne at Bursa Science and Technology Center

DAY THREE: Sunday, 09 November 2014

09:00	10:30	Parallel F-1: [Orhangazi Saloon] Science behind Innovation “Wamda – Enabling Innovation in Formal Education” Owain Davies Creative Director, Techniquest, UNITED KINGDOM Speakers: Owain Davies Creative Director, Techniquest, UNITED KINGDOM "Supporting Formal Education by Bringing Science Centres into Schools" Shama Al Hawawi Mishkat Interactive Center for Atomic & Renewable Energy, SAUDI ARABIA Silva Raker Exploratorium Global Studios, USA	Parallel F-2: [Hudavendigar Saloon] Science behind Innovation Ahmed Al-Failakawi Scholarship and Special Program Section Head HRD/KISR, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, KUWAIT Speakers: Ahmad Al-Failakawi Scholarship and Special Program Section Head HRD/KISR, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, KUWAIT “Students Science Park @ KISR” Enrico M. Balli Sissa Medialab, ITALY "Training as a tool to fill the gap between Research and Innovation: the SISSA Experience" Konuray Aydiner Bursa Science and Technology Center, TURKEY “New Solutions on Data Managements at Science Centers”
10:30	11:00	Coffee Break
11:00	12:00	“The Maker Movement. How to Attract More People to the Science Center and Make them Productive” Halil Aksu Founder, GelecekHane, TURKEY Furkan Bakir Founder, 3Dortgen, TURKEY Hakan Atas Teacher, ALKEV Lisesi, TURKEY Ziya Bahtiyar Science Projects Coordinator Terakki Foundation Schools, TURKEY Ilker Vardarli Founder, Priyoid.com, TURKEY Osman Koc Co-Founder, Iskele47, TURKEY
12:00	12:30	Closing Ceremony
12:30	14:00	Lunch
14:00		City Tour*

*Those interested in the abovementioned City Tour are required to kindly pay a fees of EUR 50 at the Registration Desk any time before the end of the 2nd day of the conference; that is, before 17:00 pm on Saturday, 8 November, to guarantee a place on the City Tour.