AN EVENT FOR 18 APRIL – INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR MONUMENTS AND SITES
for
The 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention:  Recognising challenges for the future
18 April, 2012 - 09.30-12.30, EMU Student Activity Center

Organized by:
Center for Cyprus Studies & Faculty of Architecture

OPENNING SPEECHES (9.30-9.50)
Prof.Dr. Naciye Doratlı, Chair, Cyprus Research Center, EMU
Prof.Dr. Şebnem Önal Hoşkara, Dean, Faculty of Architecture, EMU

INVITED SPEECH (9.50-10.15)
UNDP-PFF Representative, “Overview of UNDP-PFF Cultural Projects on Cyprus”

PANEL DISCUSSION (10.30-11.30)
“World Heritage and Sustainable Development: The Role of Local Communities”

Moderators:
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Beser Oktay Vehbi, EMU, Faculty of Architecture
Dr. Hülya Yüceer, EMU, Faculty of Architecture
Panelists:
Prof.Dr. Süha Özkan, Middle East Technical University (Aga Khan, X-Secretary General)
İsmail Cemal, Local Representative from Buyukkonuk Village
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Netice Yıldız, ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Theory and Philosophy for Restoration and Conservation
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Özgür Dinçyürek, Secretary Genaral, International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism (INTBAU) Cyprus

OPEN DISCUSSION (11.30-12.30)