FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN
Department of Architecture
Urban Global Networks: The Case of İzmir was held with the contributions of IUE Architecture
Organized by the leadership of Izmir University of Economics (IUE), Faculty of Fine Arts and Design (FFAD), Department of Architecture, “Global Urban Networks: The Case of İzmir” meeting was held by the contributions of İzmir Chamber of Commerce (İZTO), Marmara Municipalities Union (MBB) and the presence of Mayor Tunç Soyer, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality
“Global Urban Networks: The Case of İzmir” meeting aimed to explore the potential of İzmir as a Global City; to introduce the Global Urban Networks Research in general with some touch to İzmir and to look at projects from İzmir that highlights the global city potentials as well as some data mapping and interpretation.
Opening speeches by:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aslı Ceylan Öner, Head, IUE FFAD Department of Architecture
Emre Kızılgüneşler- İZTO Vice President
Prof. Dr. Ender Bulgun, Dean, IUE Faculty of Fine Arts and Design
Dr. Cemil Arslan- Marmara Municipalities Union Secretary General,
and
Tunç Soyer- İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor
Keynote Speech by:
Sidney Rasekh: Potential of Izmir as a Global City
Session 1- Global City Research and GaWC
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asli Ceylan Oner, Izmir University of Economics
Prof. Dr. Ben Derudder, Gent University: Quantitative research in global urban networks and GaWC / Izmir's world city status and opportunities for Izmir
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Allan Watson, Loughborough University: Qualitative research in global urban networks/ Examples of GaWC research with qualitative data
Prof. Dr. Stefan Bjorn Hennemann, Justus-Liebig Giessen University: Data Visualization Techniques in Global City Research, Case studies from World cities
Session 2- The Izmir Case
Moderator: Asst. Prof. Dr. Altug Kasali, Izmir University of Economics
Prof. Dr. Ebru Cubukcu, Dokuz Eylul University: Walkability Maps of İzmir
Doç. Fatma Senol, Izmir Institute of Technology: Proposals for Euitable Distribution of Neighborhood parks in İzmir
Asst. Prof. Dr. Onur Mengi, Izmir University of Economics: Culture Industries in Izmir
Dr. Daniele Savasta, Yasar University: Data Visualization for İzmir's World Design Capital Candidacy
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