Day - 1 April 24th, 2013 Wednesday 07.00 – 23.00 - Participants’ arrivals and registration - 19.00 – 20.00 Gala dinner - Event opening, piano recital

Attention: There will be simultaneous translation for the presentations in Hall 1.

07:00 – 08:00 Breakfast08.00 - 09.00

Opening : Introduction of the participating organizations09:00 – 09:15 Coffee Break

09.15 – 10.15 - Hall 1Jamuna MURTHI, AFS India

Keynote speech10.15 – 13.00 - Hall 1

School day at Işık Ayazağa High SchoolStudents’ presentations on participating countries, Lesson visits by participants

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14.00 - 16.00 - Hall 1Anna Maria HAAS

EFIL- European Federation for Intercultural Learning, Belgium“Intercultural Learning in Schools”

14.00 - 15.00 - Hall 2Elena KSENOFONTOVA, AFS Russia

“The Process of Teaching a Foreign Language Including Geography and Cultural Learning as the Basic Background Knowledge”

15.00 - 16.00 - Hall 2Marina LOGAN, AFS Hungary

“Couch Surfing - the Global Group of Friends”16:00 - 16:30 - Coffee Break

16.30 - 18.30 - Hall 1Anna Maria HAAS

EFIL- European Federation for Intercultural Learning, Belgium“Intercultural Learning in Schools”

16:30 - 17:30 - Room 1

Biljana BANJAC, AFS Serbia “The Amazing River Tisa in Serbia”

17:30 - 18:30 - Hall 2Jhonny Viana BORGES, AFS Brazil

“Geography in Action: Away to Learn Having Fun!”

18:30 - 19:30Transfer to host families’ houses

Day - 1 April 24th, 2013 Wednesday Day - 1 April 24th, 2013 Wednesday

Day - 2 April 25th, 2013 Thursday

08.30 - 09.00 - Registration

09.00 - 09.30 - Opening Ceremony

09.30 - 10.30 - Hall 1Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eyüp ARTVİNLİ

Geography Education Research Associate, London University, Institute of Education, UK“Curriculum Reform and Geography Education in Turkey: the gap between theory and practice”

10.30 - 10.45 - Coffee Break

10.45 - 11.45 - Hall 1Mary BIDDULPH

School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK“Mind the gap: Young People’s Geographies, School Geography and Filling the Space(s) Between Them”

10.45 - 11.45 - Hall 2Abdullah Burak KEDERSİZ

9 Eylül University -Izmir Geography Information System- Master Degree student “A different View into Geography : Geographic Information Systems”

11.45 - 12.00 - Coffee Break

12.00 - 12.30 - Hall 1

Oya AYMAN

Editor of Local Issues National Geographic - Turkey “Media’s Responsibility for Spreading Awareness of How To Save the Planet Earth.

What Does National Geographic Do About it?”

07:00 – 08:00 Breakfast

08:00 – 13:00

City tour13:00 – 15:30

Field trip Turkish Geographical Society

(Lunch included)

16:00 – 18:00Turkish culture workshop @ Isik Schools

Marbling, Miniature, Calligraphy, Kaatı

Day - 3 April 26th, 2013 Friday

Day - 4 April 27th, 2013 Saturday

12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch

14.30 - 14.45 - Coffee Break14.45 - 15.45 - Hall 1

Prof. Dr. Martin HAIGH

Oxford Brookes University, UK“Global Citizenship and Affective Geographical Education”

15.45 - 16.00 - Coffee Break

17.00 - 17.15 - Coffee Break

17.15 - 18.15 - Hall 1

Fatih TÜRKMENOĞLU

Producer, CNN Turk TV“What a Traveller Discovers”

17.15 - 18.15 - Room 1Erika GALAMBOSNE, AFS Hungary

“Jeopardy for Geography” 17.15 - 18.15 - Room 2

Bert AELTER, AFS Belgium (French)

From “Oh NO” to “Oh YES, Another Foreign Student in my class!” Integrating exchange students in your classes

17.15 - 18.15 - Hall 2Emily POPE, Latasha WILSON

English teachers in Turkey through Fulbright program“They Call Me Hocam: Experiences Teaching English Across Turkey”

17.15 - 18.15 - Room 3Kemal AKALIN

Beşiktaş Anadolu Lisesi Geography teacher“Thinking With Six Hats.”

13.30 - 14.30 - Hall 1

Prof. Dr. David LAMBERT

London University, Institute of Education, UK“A short history of school geography in England, with special emphasis on the relationship between two

‘Big Ideas’: Geography and Education”

13.30 - 14.30 - Hall 2

Vedat ATASOY

Founder of İz TV, Journalist, Radikal Newspaper“Documentary”

16.00 - 17.00 - Hall 1

Prof. Dr. Vladimir S.TIKUNOV

M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia“Experience of Education in the Field of Sustainable

Development (Geographical Aspect)”

16.00 - 17.00 - Hall 2

Serdar KILIÇWild Life Specialist

“How To Be Modern Evliya Çelebi”

Day - 4 April 27th, 2013 Saturday

09.00 - 10.00 - Hall 1

Ömer MADRA

Journalist, Author, International Law Lecturer “The Effects of Global Warming”

09.00 - 10.00 - Hall 2Mehpare SÖZENER

Traveller“Cultural Differences From Peru to Tahiti”

10.00 -10.15 - Coffee Break

10.15 -11.15 - Hall 1

Prof. Dr. Mikdat KADIOĞLU

Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Aerodynamics and Space Science“Climate Risk Management”

11.15 -11.45 - Coffee Break

11.45 -12.45 - Hall 1

Güven İSLAMOĞLU

Producer, CNN Turk TV“Green Nature”

11.45 -12.45 - Hall 2Óttar ÓLAFSSON & Hildur JONSDOTTIR, AFS Iceland

“Ice and Fire Lecturers”

11.45 -12.45 - Room 1

Nallini BHALLA, AFS India

“Greenovators - a Revolution in Small Steps”

11.45 -12.45 - Room 2

Effah Nana YAW, AFS Ghana

“Environmental Hazard, the Role of Culture”

12.45 - 13.45 - Lunch

13.45 - 14.45 - Hall 1

Nasuh MAHRUKİ

Co-founder and President of AKUT and the first Turk on Everest, Author, World’s youngest climber to complete ‘Seven Summits’ project

“The Effect of Geography on Nations and Cultures”

14.45 - 15.00 - Coffee Break

Day - 5 April 28th, 2013 Sunday

15.00 - 16.00 - Hall 1

Prof. Dr. Christiane MEYER

Hanover Leibniz University, Institute for Science Education, Germany“Geography Teaching and Learning in Germany – Focusing on Cultural Understanding and Diversity’’

15.00 - 16.00 - Hall 2İlhan Oğuz AKDEMİR

Fırat University Geography Department , Elazığ - Academic“The Problem of Innovation in

Turkish Geography Education Programmes’’

15.00 - 16.00 - Hall 3Mehmet Akif GEZER

İstek Özel Kaşgarlı Mahmut High School Geography Teacher“Geography For Life, Not For Exams’’

16.00 - 16.30 - Coffee Break

16.30 - 17.30 - Hall 1

Alper DALKILIÇ

The explorer to cover four deserts on four continents“New Geographies: 4 Continents, 4 Deserts, 4 Ultra Marathons and Beyond”

16.30 - 17.30 - Room 1

Nivedita SIBBAL, AFS India

“Water Crisis - Where and Why? Can We do Something About it?”

16.30 - 17.30 - Hall 2

Glauber COSTA, AFS Brasil

“Interactive Methods in Geography Lessons”

Day - 5 April 28th, 2013 Sunday