KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER SEMINAR ON AGRI-TECH
18 January 2017
Boğazici University, Rectorate Conference Hall
09:00-09:30 REGISTRATION
09:30-10:00 WELCOMING SPEECH AND PROJECT PRESENTATION
Assoc. Prof. Aslı Helvacıoğlu, Boğaziçi University, Director of Innovation and Competition Based Development Studies Centre
Prof. Arzu Tektaş & Prof. Gökhan Özertan, Boğaziçi University, Innovation and Competition Based Development Studies Centre
Dr. Jayne Brookman, Knowledge Transfer Network UK, Head of Food Section
10:00-11:30 OVERVIEW OF AGRI-TECH ECOSYSTEM IN TURKEY-
SESSION I
Moderator: Prof. Gökhan Özertan
Speakers:
Dr. Taylan Kıymaz, Ministry of Development, Head of Agriculture
Department
Government Perspective on Agri-Tech in Turkey
Günhan Ulusoy (Ulusoy Flour/Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation
Chairman)
Private Sector Perspective on Agri-Tech in Turkey
Demir Sarman Anadolu Etap General Manager
Private Sector Perspective on Agri-Tech in Turkey
Emrah İnce Tekfen Holding/Toros Agriculture, Strategic Business and Investment Manager
Private Sector Perspective on Agri-Tech in Turkey
Tanzer Bilgen, Doktar, Founding Partner
Use of Digital Technologies in Turkey’s Agriculture
11:30-11:45 COFFEE BREAK
11:45-13:15 OVERVIEW OF AGRI-TECH ECOSYSTEM IN TURKEY-
SESSION II
Moderator: Prof. Arzu Tektaş
Speakers:
Ali Ekber Yıldırım, Dünya Newspaper Columnist
Use of Agri-tech at Production, Harvest and Post-Harvest Stages in Turkey
Selami İleri, TARMAKBIR- The Turkish Association of Agricultural Machinery, Secretary General
Agricultural Mechanization Sector in Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Yeşim Benal Öztekin, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Agriculture
Agricultural Mechanization in Turkey: Current Status and Future
Scenarios
Assoc. Prof. Ufuk Türker, Ankara University Faculty of Agriculture
Precision Agriculture in Turkey
Prof. Ali Koç, Akdeniz University Faculty of Economic and
Administrative Sciences
Agricultural Commodities Supply Chain in Turkey
13:15-14:30 NETWORKING LUNCH
14:30-15:45 OVERVIEW OF AGRI-TECH ECOSYSTEM IN THE UK-
SESSION I
Moderator: Prof. Mehmet İnan
Speakers:
Dr. Jayne Brookman Knowledge Transfer Network UK, Head of Food
Section
How KTN works and supports the Agri-Tech sector in the UK
Dr. Geoff Mc Bride, Science and Technology Facilities Council GFS & Agri-tech Theme Leader
STFC and Agri-Tech
Video: Prof. Bruce Grieve Manchester University, Director of e-Agri Sensors Centre
Utilization of Agri-Tech in the UK
Video: Dr. Khalid Mahmood, Rothamsted Research, Business
Development Manager
Business applications of Agri-tech research in the UK
15:45-16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00-17:15 OVERVIEW OF AGRI-TECH ECOSYSTEM IN THE UK-
SESSION II
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Aslı Helvacıoğlu
Speakers:
Dr. Izhar-Ul-Haq, Business Development Manager at STFC assigned to Technology Department
How STFC works and supports the Agri-Tech sector in the UK
Video: Dr. Belinda Clark, Agri-tech-East Director
How Agri-Tech East works and supports the Agri-Tech sector in the UK
Video: Dr. Elizabeth Warham, Department for International Trade Head/COO, Agritech Organisation
Trading Means and Opportunities in the Agri-Tech sector
17:15-17:30 COFFEE BREAK
17:30-18:30 PANEL “TURKEY-UK COLLABORATION PERSPECTIVES
IN AGRI-TECH”
Moderator: Prof. Gökhan Özertan
Panelists:
Dr. Jayne Brookman Knowledge Transfer Network UK, Head of Food
Section
Haluk Okutur Simit Sarayı Honorary Chairman
Callum Harvey Knowledge Transfer Network UK, Knowledge Transfer
Manager
Prof. Ali Koç, Akdeniz University Faculty of Economic and
Administrative Sciences