AC-ESI - 2025 Agenda (as planned, can be updated, Istanbul time) 

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06 February 2025 (Thursday)

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      08.00 - Registration opens in main venue (Park Inn by Radisson hotel, Istanbul)                   

      09.00 - Plenary session (Topkapy hall)

      09.10 - Welcome speeches (members of AC-ESI-25 Presidium) 

      09.30 - Key-note speech by

                   Dr. Liudmila Guzikova  (Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia)                 

      10.00 -  Key-note speech by 

                   Dr. Saulesh Kalenova  (Turan University, Almaty, Kazakhstan)  

      10.30 - coffee break (opposite the ball room) 

      11.00 -  Key-note speech by

                    Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani (dean of Business HIgh School, ILMA University,  Karachi, Pakistan)

      11.30 -  Key-note speech by 

                    Dr. Yasmine Al-Masri (American University of Sharjah, UAE)

      12.00 -  Lunch (main lobby, first floor)   

      13.00 -  Parallel sessions 1.1, 1.2 (Topkapy hall + Grand Bosphorus hall)  

      15.30 -  coffee break (opposite the Topkapy hall)

      15.45 -  Parallel sessions 1.1, 1.2 (Topkapy hall + Grand Bosphorus hall)

      18.00 -  Dinner (main restaurant)  

      20.00 -  Istanbul nights (city tour, extra 35 USD / person)         

 

07 February 2025 (Friday)

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       09.00 -  Parallel sessions 2.1, 2.2 (Topkapy hall + Grand Bosphorus hall) 

       10.30 -  Coffee-break (foyer, second floor)

       10.45 -  Parallel sessions 2.1, 2.2 (Topkapy hall + Grand Bosphorus hall) 

       12.00 -  Lunch (main lobby, first floor) 

       13.00 -  Parallel sessions 3.1, 3.2 (Topkapy hall + Grand Bosphorus hall) 

       14.30 -  Coffee-break (foyer, second floor)

       14.45 -  Parallel sessions 3.1, 3.2 (Topkapy hall + Grand Bosphorus hall) 

       16.30 -  Bosphorus express (tour by boat with dinner, extra 45 USD / person) 

       

08 February 2025 (Saturday)

 

       09.00 - Panel discussion  (moderators Dr. Denis Ushakov,  Dr. Liudmila Guzikova, Dr. Fatih Ayhan)

       10.30 -  Coffee-break (foyer, second floor)

       10.45 -  Parallel sessions 4.1, 4.2 (Topkapy hall + Grand Bosphorus hall)  // Online sessions

       12.00 -  Lunch (main lobby, first floor)

       13.00 -  Parallel sessions 4.1, 4.2 (Topkapy hall + Grand Bosphorus hall)  // Online sessions

       14.30 -  Coffee-break (main hall)

       14.45 -  Networking and discussions (Topkapy hall) 

       19.00 -  Gala - dinner (restaurant "Purple Tulip"), awarding ceremony  

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09 February 2025 (Sunday)

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       09.00 - Parallel sessions 5.1, 5.2 (Topkapy hall + Grand Bosphorus hall)  // Online sessions

       10.30 -  Coffee-break (foyer, second floor)

       10.45 - Parallel sessions 5.1, 5.2 (Topkapy hall + Grand Bosphorus hall)  // Online sessions

       12.00 - Lunch (main lobby, first floor), conference closing ceremony 

       13.00 - Visitation of main campus of Bigli Istanbul University 

       17.00 - Returning to the hotel // end of activities 

          

        

        

                   

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