CARRYING THE ACADEMIC HERITAGE TO THE FUTURE:
Refugee Integration through Higher Education: Policies and Measures

13th June 2019 University of Duisburg-Essen ZfTI-Stiftung Zentrum für Türkeistudien und Integrationsforschung Altendorfer Str. 3, 45127 Essen

Panel Opening and Welcome Remarks
13:00-13:10 Prof. M.İ. Safa KAPICIOĞLU, Deputy President of CoHE of Turkey
13:10-13:20 Prof. Rita SÜSSMUTH, German Politician and the 10th President of the Bundestag

Introduction of the Project
13:20-13:30 Video Clips of the Project

Refugee Academics & Students Support Platform by the Rectors of Research Universities
13:30-13:40 Project Presentation: Preservation of the Academic Heritage of the Middle East,
Dr. Bilge Kağan ÖZDEMİR, CoHE, Turkey

13.40-15:00 Panel
Chair: Prof. Halil AKKANAT, Rector of Turkish German University-TDU

13:40-14:00 The Academic Heritage
Prof. Ömer TURAN, Middle East Technical University, Chair of Department of History

14:00-15:00 Integration of Refugees in to Higher Education System Best Practices from Turkey
Prof. Erol ÖZVAR, Rector of Marmara University

Refugee Academicians and Students in Europe
Prof. M. Murat ERDOĞAN, Director of TDU Migration and Integration Research Center-TAGU

Best Practices from Germany
Prof. Dr Haci Halil USLUCAN, Director of Stiftung Zentrum für Türkeistudien und Integrationsforschung, University of Duisburg-Essen

Panel Discussion
15:00-15:30 Questions &Answers