[MARINE_BIOLOGY_INTERNATIONAL] In Turkey, work to release two captive dolphins

 

(Fethiye Times.com)

The Dolphin Angels Rise to the Challenge Again

Wednesday, 01 December 2010 00:00

The Dolphin Angels continue to spread the word about Misha and Tom and encourage others to participate in this real life story; the story of Misha and Tom, ambassadors of hope for all dolphins in captivity everywhere.

Only a few short weeks ago Misha and Tom two Bottlenose dolphins made international headline news as the Born Free Foundation stepped in with marine mammal experts, the Dolphin Angels and lawyer Şule Beder their lawyer, masterminded their early morning emergency rescue from certain death in a small festering pool in the tourist resort of Hisarönü.

In the weeks that followed the rescue Dolphin Angels locally have continued to step up to the mark to provide support to the team on the ground caring for Misha and Tom and volunteered their time to assemble the new sea pen especially designed for the dolphins rehabilitation. Dolphin Angels world wide have made generous donations of essential items and much needed cash as well as organise events to raise funds for the Born Free Foundation who are paying for all the costs associated with the rescue and rehabilitation process.

The emergency rescue was just the beginning of a process to return both Misha and Tom "Back to the Blue". Paramount in everyone's minds was the seriousness of the task ahead. The results of the health check tests on the dolphins taken by the eminent and world renowned Vet John Knight and Turkish Vet Erdem Danyer on the morning of the rescue showed that both dolphins health had seriously deteriorated since the last tests taken a few weeks previously.

Seeing Misha and Tom return to their natural habitat generated mixed emotions; joy was tempered by trepidation for what the future might hold.

The Born Free team and their experts wasted no time putting the team and the systems in place, in accordance with recognised protocols to prepare the two ailing dolphins for rehabilitation.

Top of the agenda and implemented by Vet Erdem was a strict regime to first rebuild Misha and Tom's strength, fattening them up with a special diet of fresh fish and multi vitamins, and then to treat and free them from the diseases and parasites they had inherited from their time captive in a confined and dirty pool.

While both Misha and Tom showed no signs of the stressful bobbing they exhibited for days when transferred from Kaş to Hisarönü after the emergency rescue their responses to their new environment was mixed after their initial excited reaction to being back in sea water. Misha seemingly enjoyed her food, soon eating a little more each day; Tom though was temperamental in his feeding patterns and a little naughty trying to distract Misha from eating when he himself didn't fancy a bite to eat.

A couple of weeks ago rehabilitation expert Stephen McCulloch, Founder and Program Manager of Harbor Branch Oceanographic, Florida (pictured), flew in from the States. Steve like many others involved in the rehabilitation project including the Dolphin Angels, Mark Stevens, Gavin Parsons, Alan and John Knight, is volunteering his time for free. So there was no time to waste and everything had to be ready for Steve to make his initial assessment of the dolphin's readiness for rehabilitation and to facilitate the move of the dolphins a few hundred metres from the temporary to the new sea pen.

Local Dolphin Angels who had worked so tirelessly for Misha and Tom's release once again volunteered to be part of the team required to assist with assembling the new sea pen, which came complete with a smaller medical pen. Andy Trent, Barry and Karen Prowse, Dawne Büyükkoca and Nichola Chapman joined forces with the dolphins' carers Erdem and Derya, camping out on the stony beach for the best part of three weeks as they assembled the pipes and nets in anticipation of the pending move.

The dolphins moved to the new much larger sea pen, designed by Alan Knight of International Animal Rescue, from the temporary sea pen that ironically had seemed so large and inviting with its clean clear sea water only a few weeks ago was a crucial next step in the rehabilitation process providing more space and freedom for two dolphins.

The day of the move arrived Steve led the assembled team through their tasks directing constructed practice runs prior to the actual move itself and ensured that everyone knew their role and the part they were to play. It was no mean feat as can be imagined, two much fatter and heavier dolphins had to be lifted out of the water and onto a boat with a team grounded not on a solid pool floor but balanced on a net suspended in water and held tight by a team on the wooden platform on each side of the pen.

Steve assisted in the water by Amy, Barry, Banu, Deniz, Doğan, Erdem, Gavin and John, gained the confidence of Misha and Tom who showed a determination not to be separated, demonstrating the strong bond between them; but surely, first one then both dolphins had been lifted onto the newly made stretchers and carried onto the boat for health tests and the short move to the new sea pen.

By late afternoon as the sun was setting Misha and Tom were safely in their new pen and the whole team gave a collective sigh of relief while Misha and Tom for the first time in years suddenly had 30 metres surface water in diameter and not four metres depth but more than 15 metres to the sea floor; theirs to explore.

There is still a long way to go before Misha and Tom will be finally released "Back to the Blue", free to swim once again in the wild where they belong. Dolphin Angels around the world, too numerous to mention by name but determined to do their bit, have showed true dedication and resolve by continuing their support by making donations and organising fundraising events and activities to raise the much needed cash for the Born Free Foundation to fund the rehabilitation process.

The Dolphin Angels continue to spread the word about Misha and Tom and encourage others to participate in this real life story; the story of Misha and Tom, ambassadors of hope for all dolphins in captivity everywhere.

Author Nichola Chapman

The Dolphin Angels evolved as a growing movement of people from around the world dedicated to one thing, to free and rehabilitate Misha and Tom and see them released "Back to the Blue"; their natural habitat the sea. Join the Dolphin Angels on Facebook – Free the Ölüdeniz Dolphins

For more information read the latest news on the Born Free web site

Support the Born Free Foundation by making a donation or adopting Misha and Tom

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e-NASS Nationalism and the Body Politic: Final Call for Papers

 


A LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE CALL FOR PAPERS

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This conference poses a fundamental question: given the revival of
nationalist ideology, what fantasies do these ideas give voice to? One theme
is the fantasy of the nation as a body— and the Other (or heretic) as a
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PSYCHOANALYSIS AND POLITICS:
'NATIONALISM AND THE BODY POLITIC'

CALL FOR PAPERS – WINTER SYMPOSIUM

OSLO 25th to 27th of MARCH 2011

Venue: The Norwegian Psychoanalytical Society.

Confirmed speakers thus far include:

MEENAKSHIE VERMA, Anthropology EHESS, Paris, "Violence, Memory, Amnesia and
Propitiation: Anthropological Knowledge of Partition"

MARTYN HOUSDEN, Reader in Modern History, University of Bradford, UK, "Erich
Fromm on Politics And the Nation"

SVEIN TJELTA, Group Analyst/Clinical psychologist, Norway, "The Making of
the Iso-Type"

EARL HOPPER, Psychoanalyst, British Psychoanalytical Society, Group Analyst,
International Association of Group Psychotherapy, "Traumatised Social
Systems and the Basic assumption of Incohesion: Aggregation/ Massification
or (ba) I:A/M"

SZYMON WRÓBEL, Associate Professor, Inst. of Philosophy and Sociology,
Polish Academy of Sciences, Inst. for Interdisciplinary Studies, University
of Warsaw, "Populist Logic and the Concept of the Political. The Case of
Poland"

CALL FOR PAPERS

We cannot, argued Gullestad in Plausible Prejudice (2006), "understand the
appeal of right-wing politics if we do not take into account how this
rhetoric is underpinned by and embedded in rearticulated neo-ethnic ideas."
She argued that politicians from other than the right-wing populist parties
have resisted specific ways of talking that are considered too extremist,
rather than their underlying frame of interpretation. Recent news stories
appear to lend support to her view: Civil rights campaigners have accused
governments, not just in France but across Europe, of adopting
anti-immigrant and anti-Roma policies to win popular support. The issue of
the so-called 'Ground Zero mosque' has caused agitation in the US. The
Sweden Democrats has been battling up in the recent elections, appealing to
hostility towards immigrants and Muslims in particular, employing the slogan
"Tradition and Security".

In relation to the Wolf-man's phantasies, where the passive role he had
played towards his sister had been envisioned as reversed, Freud (1914)
wrote that they "corresponded exactly to the legends by means of which a
nation that has become great and proud tries to conceal the insignificance
and failure of its beginnings." Given that we are witnessing a revival of
nationalist ideas, this conference poses the question of what fantasies
these give voice to. It encourages thinking about the nature of the iconic
images celebrated and to what forms of violence and what losses are
derealized within this framework of interpretation.

One might think in terms of 'cultures of fear' (Moïsi (2009) in reference to
recent developments in USA and Europe), of fantasies of fusion or 'imagined
sameness' (Gullestad). Alongside the image of the nation as a mother and/or
father, Reich (1933) called attention to the fantasy of the nation as a
body. This metaphor is echoed in Money-Kyrle's (1939) characterization of
'group hypochondria' in connection with the burning of witches and heretics;
"The Church, and State united to it, could tolerate no foreign body within
itself, and turned ferociously upon any that it found."

This is an interdisciplinary conference – we invite theoretical
contributions and historical, literary or clinical case studies on these and
related themes from philosophers, sociologists, psychoanalysts,
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from different psychoanalytic schools will be most welcome. Papers must not
be previously published and must be available for publication in the planned
conference book. Presentations are expected to take half an hour; another 30
minutes is set aside for discussion.

Please send an abstract of 200 to 300 words to
psychoanalysis.politics@libraryofsocialscience.com by December 10th 2010.

Organising Committee

Lene Auestad, Research Fellow, Philosophy, University of Oslo/Centre for
Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities/ currently London.
Jonathan Davidoff, Psychologist and Postgraduate Student in Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy at the Tavistock Centre, London. Karl Eldar Evang,
Psychologist from the University of Oslo, Psychoanalyst. Board member of the
Norwegian Psychoanalytic Society. Håvard Nilsen, Intellectual Historian from
the University of Oslo.

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RE: [forensic-science] Input requested on rather different topic

 

Ward's has some really nice (somewhat spendy) educational kits. I've used them in my high school forensic class for ease of use. They are fun and easy to understand and have great scientific value. I don't know if it would work for him by himself, but would make for a great birthday party activity.

Teena Calkin

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Hi everyone!

As a crime writer I've mostly been lurking of late. However, I have an ll-year-old grandson who's getting frustrated with his microscope and other beginner gear. I'm hoping to stimulate his budding scientific interest. Are there any websites and/or other sources that would be age appropriate for him to obtain real forensic information and run rudimentary experiments that are real rather than toylike simulations?

Any response would be appreciated and if this is inappropriate for general posting, please feel free to contact me offline at L_B_Moniz@Yahoo.com<mailto:L_B_Moniz%40Yahoo.com>.

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e-NASS CfA: Cultural Diplomacy in Europe & International Conference on "The Future of EU Foreign Policy"

 



Call for Applications

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The Future of EU Foreign Policy:
An International Conference on the Political, Economic and Cultural Dimensions
of EU Foreign Policy
(Berlin, 4-6th January 2011)
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Cultural Diplomacy in Europe: A Forum for Young Leaders
"Europe in the Year 2030: Digital Technology, Active Citizenship, and the
Society of the Future"
(Berlin, 4th – 9th January 2011)
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Dear Colleagues and Friends,

On behalf of the ICD, I am writing to bring to your attention the next two major
programs hosted by the ICD in partnership with other leading organizations:

The Future of EU Foreign Policy: "An International Conference on the Political,
Economic, and Cultural Dimensions of EU Foreign Policy"
(International Conference, Berlin, 4th-6th January 2011)
www.icd-euforeignpolicy.org

Cultural Diplomacy in Europe: A Forum for Young Leaders (CDE)
"Europe in the Year 2030: Digital Technology, Active Citizenship, and the
Society of the Future"
(Weeklong Seminar, Berlin, 4th–9th January 2011)
www.icd-europe.org

* Participants in the CDE Weeklong Seminar will also take part in the
International Conference: "The Future of EU Foreign Policy: An International
Conference on the Political, Economic, and Cultural Dimensions of EU Foreign
Policy?" (Berlin, 4th - 6th January, 2011)
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In addition, the ICD is pleased to announce the hosting of the following
parallel conferences in Washington DC & New York as well as our new program:
"Europe Meets China". The conferences in Berlin and Washington will take place
simultaneously on either side of the Atlantic and will be connected through a
live video link for 3 hours each day from 4th – 6th January, allowing both
audiences to hear keynote addresses on the transatlantic relationship:

The Future of US Foreign Policy: The Revival of Soft Power and Cultural
Diplomacy?
(International Conference, Washington DC, 4th-6th January, 2011)
www.icd-usforeignpolicy.org

The United States Meets Europe: A Forum for Young Leaders
Beyond Mars and Venus: The Transatlantic Relationship in the New World Order
(Weeklong Seminar, Washington DC & New York, 3rd–9th January 2011)
www.icd-usame.org

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Europe Meets China: A Forum for Young Leaders
"Europe and China: Rivals or Partners?"
(December 17th - 22nd, 2010)
www.icd.emc.org
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We are currently accepting applications to attend these programs, and I would
therefore be grateful if you could share the announcement within your network
and forward the information below on to anyone who you feel may be interested in
attending.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and support in raising awareness of
our upcoming event.

Mark Donfried
Director & Founder

Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD)
Ku´damm Karree (3rd Floor/Hochhaus)
Kurfürstendamm 207-8 Berlin, Germany-10719
Phone: 00.49.(0)30.2360-7680
Fax: 00.49.(0)30.2360-76811
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The Future of EU Foreign Policy:
"An international Conference on the Political, Economic, and Cultural Dimensions
of EU Foreign Policy"
(International Conference, Berlin, 4th - 6th January, 2011)
www.icd-euforeignpolicy.org

As the world reflects on the process of German reunification and its impact on
the evolution of the European Union, the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy will
hold "The Future of EU Foreign Policy: An International Conference on the
Political, Economic, and Cultural Dimensions of EU Foreign Policy". The
conference will bring together scholars and academics, civil society
practitioners, journalists, political and diplomatic representatives, and other
interested stakeholders for a three-day program of lectures and panel
discussions featuring renowned figures from international politics, diplomacy,
academia, and civil society. Cultural and social activities will complement the
academic components and provide an opportunity for participants to expand their
personal networks and experience Berlin's rich cultural landscape.

The recent 20th anniversary celebrations of the reunification of Germany
presented an ideal opportunity to look back at the impact of this historical
event on the emergence of the European Union and the changing nature of
international relations. Whilst we are able to reflect on the past two decades
with ever greater clarity, the future remains ever more uncertain. "The Future
of EU Foreign Policy" will address this challenge.

"The Future of EU Foreign Policy" will look in detail at the development of an
EU common foreign and security policy, the involvement of the EU in peacekeeping
and humanitarian activity, and how the EU's role in the world might development
over the coming two decades. Through constructive discussion and debate the
conference will provide best practice guidelines for current and future European
leaders, and will make policy recommendations at the local, national, and
regional levels.

Conference Participants
The conference is open to applications from young professionals, students and
scholars, civil society practitioners, private sector representatives,
journalists, and other interested stakeholders from across the world.

The online application form can be found under:
http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/cde/index.php?en_cde_conference-application-form


Speakers
The speakers during the Seminar will include leading figures and experts from
international politics, academia, the diplomatic community, civil society and
the private sector, from across the world. These speakers will include a number
of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board (for further information about the
Advisory Board please click here).

Speakers for the Conference include:

Ana Trisic Babic- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia & Herzegovina
Prof. Dr. Davorin Kračun- Former Minister for Economic Relations and Development
of Slovenia, Former Foreign Minister, Former Deputy Prime Minister

Amb. Elena Poptodorova- Ambassador of Bulgaria to the USA
Dr. Emil Constantinescu- Former President of Romania
Erna Hennicot Schoepges- Former Luxembourgian Minister of Culture and Religious
Affairs
Lord Jack McConnell- Former First Minister of Scotland
Jytte Hilden- Former Minister of Culture of Denmark
Dr. Karen Donfried- Executive Vice President, the German Marshall Fund of the
United States
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović - Ambassador of Croatia to United States
The Honorable Michael Chertoff - Former United States Secretary of Homeland
Security
Dr. Miomir Zuzul- Former Foreign Minister of Croatia, President of Dubrovnik
International University
Dr. Solomon Passy- Former Foreign Minister of Bulgaria
The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson - Former United States Senator from Arkansas
Prof. Dr. Vasile Puşcaş- Former Romanian Minister for European Affairs
William Howard Taft IV- Former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense; Former
Legal Adviser of the Department of State; Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO
H.E. Yasar Yakis- Former Foreign Minister of Turkey

Certificate of Attendance
All conference participants will be awarded an official certificate of
attendance at the end of the program. This certificate will confirm attendance
and provide details of the speakers who took part during the program and the
topics discussed.

Participant Papers
The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy encourages research and progressive thought
into the fields of culture, globalization and international relations. In this
regard, the ICD welcomes participants of the Conference to submit papers on this
subject. The papers can cover any topic within these fields, according to your
own particular interests and passions. Participants can submit work that they
have completed in the past for other purposes, ongoing research or a paper
written specifically for the conference. Groups of students are also allowed to
submit collaborative pieces of work.

Sustainable Network
Conference participants will become part of a growing international network of
people from across the world with different fields of interest and levels of
experience, who share a commitment to intercultural exchange. Participants will
be able to remain in touch with each other through the ICD Online Network. This
network represents a medium through which members can exchange information on
research, job opportunities, related events, and coordinate their own cultural
exchange initiatives. The ICD will help to support the participants in their
future activities by providing guidance and advice on possible research topics
and helping to support members who plan to organize their own cultural exchange
initiatives.

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Cultural Diplomacy in Europe -A Forum for Young Leaders:
"Europe in the Year 2030: Digital Technology, Active Citizenship, and the
Society of the Future"
(Weeklong Seminar, Berlin, 4th-9th January 2011)
www.icd-europe.org

Cultural Diplomacy in Europe: A Forum for Young Leaders(CDE) is a network of
young, influential people from across the world, who have an interest in
exploring and strengthening relations between European States. The program is
based on the recognition that the increasing economic and political integration
of the European Union must be accompanied by sustained activity to ensure that
public opinion and relations between individual member states, and between
member-states and non members states, remain positive and constructive at the
grass roots level. The forthcoming CDE Weeklong Seminar will be held in Berlin
from 4th– 9th January 2011, and will focus on the following theme:

"Europe in the Year 2030: Digital Technology, Active Citizenship, and the
Society of the Future"

The goal of the each CDE Weeklong Seminars is to train and prepare the
participants so that they are able to organize their own programs in the future.
Each CDE Weeklong Seminar will be focused on a specific theme related to Europe
and the goals of the Forum. These Weeklong Seminars include lectures, seminars,
and workshops lead by experts from the fields of politics, academia, and civil
society, as well as cultural and social activities. In addition to raising
awareness amongst the participants of the field of cultural diplomacy and
salient issues concerning Europe, the week also provides an opportunity to
network and experience Berlin.

Participants
The Weeklong Seminar is open to students and young professionals with an
interest in the European region, as well as international stakeholders from
civil society, the media, the private sector, and international politics from
across the world.

The online application form can be found
under:http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/cde/index.php?en_cde_application-form

In particular, the next CDE Weeklong Seminar will focus on the following issues:

• The Political Composition of the EU in 2030: New Members? Former Members?
• The Process of European Integration over the Coming Two Decades: Case
Studies of the Euro and Schengen
• The Role of Digital Technology in the Societies of the Future: Social
Networks, 24 Hour News, and Online Business
• The EU as Global Actor in 2030: Democracy, Human Rights, Climate Change
• European Civil Society and the Promotion of Active Citizenship: Challenges
and Opportunities
• Globalisation, Regionalism, and the Erosion of Sovereignty: Relevance and
Progress in 2030
• The History and Development of Cultural Diplomacy and its Practical
Application Across Europe Today
• Civil Society, the Private Sector, and National Governments: (How) Will
they Work Together in the Future?
• Foreign Policy Strategies of European States in 2030: The Role of Soft
Power, Cultural Diplomacy, and National Brands

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The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
www.culturaldiplomacy.org

The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is an international, not-for-profit,
non-governmental organization with headquarters in Berlin, Germany. The goal of
the ICD is to promote global peace and stability through strengthening and
supporting intercultural relations at all levels. Over the past decade the ICD
has grown to become one of Europe's largest independent cultural exchange
organizations, whose programs facilitate interaction between individuals of all
cultural, academic, and professional backgrounds, from across the world.

Previous Events
Previous events held by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy include "A World
without Walls: An International Conference on Peacebuilding, Reconciliation and
Globalization in an Interdependent World", which marked the twentieth
anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (www.world-without-walls.org).
Speakers in this event includedLord Anthony Giddens (Baron Giddens, of
Southgate) - Professor Emeritus at the London School of Economics; Former
Director of the London School of Economics; Janez Janša - Former Prime Minister
of Slovenia; Joaquim Chissano - Former President of Mozambique; Former
Chairperson of the African Union; andLord Jack McConnell - Former First Minister
of Scotland.

In May 2010 the ICD hosted The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy
2010 (www.icd-interantionalsymposium.org). Speakers in this event included
Bertie Ahern- Former Prime minister of Ireland; Emil Constantinescu - ICD
Advisory Board Member - Former President of Romania; Sir Malcolm Rifkind -
Former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom; Kjell Magne Bondevik - Former
Prime Minister of Norway; and Dr. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga - ICD Advisory Board
Member - Former President of Latvia.

In February, 2010, the ICD hosted the Berlin International Economics Congress:
An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Roles of Global Politics & Civil Society in
International Economics (www.biec.de).

For more information on speakers who have attended previous ICD events,
pleaseclick here.

For any additional information please address any queries to
info@culturaldiplomacy.org

With warm regards and gratitude,

Mark Donfried
Director & Founder

Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD)
Ku´damm Karree (3rd Floor/Hochhaus)
Kurfürstendamm 207-8 Berlin, Germany-10719
Phone: 00.49.(0)30.2360-7680
Fax: 00.49.(0)30.2360-76811
www.culturaldiplomacy.org
info@culturaldiplomacy.org

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e-NASS CfA: Role of Interfaith Dialogue on Peace Building and Conflict Resolution, Fatih University, December 10, 2010

 

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Role of Interfaith Dialogue on Peace Building and Conflict Resolution

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

DECEMBER 10, FRIDAY

D BUILDING CONFERENCE HALL

10:00 -10: 15 Opening Concert

10: 15-10:25 Welcome Speech by Dr. Savaþ Genç, Director of RCCC at Fatih University

10:25-10:35 Protocol Signing Ceremony

10:35-10:50 Prof. Dr. Þerif Ali Tekalan, President of Fatih University

10:50-11:05 Prof. Dr. Eiji Hatta, President of Doshisha University

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