TASSA-TOBB-WITSA Joint Symposium “Science for Industry… Industry for Peace”
This is to invite you to join us at the first TASSA-TOBB-WITSA Joint Symposium “Science for Industry… Industry for Peace” on Friday June 12, 2009 at 5:00-9:00pm at the Eugene R. Black Auditorium (H), The World Bank, 600, 19th St. NW, Washington, DC.
Kemal Dervis, Vice President and Director of Global Economy and Development and Edward M. Bernstein Scholar at Brookings Institution will give the Keynote Lecture. For further information, please visit www.tassausa.org
Please RSVP by Friday June 5, 2009 at ed@tassausa.org or 215 895 0572
It will be our pleasure to welcome you at the first TASSA-TOBB-WITSA Joint Symposium. Kindly forward this notice to others who may be interested to attend.
Banu Onaral, TASSA President, Düden Yegenoglu, TOBB US Representative, Sibel Kulaksiz, WITSA Chair
Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA) is an independent, non-profit and non-political civil society organization established in June 2004 in Washington D.C. to build sustainable science and scholarship bridges between the United States of America and Turkey. TASSA’s mission is to facilitate the flow of scientists and scholars, knowledge and technology and to promote educational, scientific and technological cooperation between two countries through scientific exchange, educational programs and social and professional networking.
The Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) is the most comprehensive umbrella organization representing the Turkish private sector established in 1952 by the Turkish Constitution. TOBB has a wide national chamber network, which consists of 365 local chambers of commerce, industry, commerce and industry, maritime commerce and commodity exchanges, representing 1.3 million small, medium sized and large companies operating within Turkey, from every sector of the economy. Over the years, TOBB has evolved into one of the most successful civil society organizations in Turkey, helping shape policy nationally and in the greater region by representing the unified voice and concerns of the Turkish business community. In 2005, TOBB launched its “Industry for Peace” initiative designed to develop relations with the businessmen in the region so that tangible solutions and concrete projects could be developed to improve the business environment in some of the most difficult parts of the region and thus help with the peace processes. The first such project was the Ankara Forum which brings together Israeli, Palestinian and Turkish businessmen, followed by the Istanbul Forum which brings together Pakistani, Afghan and Turkish businessmen.
Worldbank – IMF Turkish Staff Association (WITSA) is a non-profit, non-political civil society organization established in February 2006 with the objective to create peer support, social and professional networking opportunities and information channels for World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s Turkish staff as well as other personnel interested in Turkey. WITSA’s purpose is to facilitate communication among its members, to contribute to their professional development by facilitating knowledge and experience exchange, and to promote Turkish culture within the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund by organizing, sponsoring or taking part in cultural events.
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