Panel Discussion on the Demography of Turkey and other Muslim
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Panel Discussion on the Demography of Turkey and other Muslim
Türkiye’nin ve Diğer Müslüman Ülkelerin Demografisi (Panel Discussion on the Demography of Turkey and other Muslim Countries) 12 May 2015 9:30-12:15 Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Rektörlük Yeni Senato Salonu 9:30-10:00 Kayıt 10:00-10:15 Açılış Konuşmaları Prof. Dr. Ü. Şebnem Harput, Rektör Yardımcısı Prof.Dr. A.Banu Ergöçmen, Nüfus Etütleri Enstitüsü Müdürü 10:15-10:45 Population Dynamics in the Muslim World Professor Hans Groth 10:45-11:15 Demography of Governance in the Arab World Ambassador Christian Blickenstorfer 11:15-11:45 Regional Geopolitics at the Interface with Demography Professor. Nicholas Eberstadt 11:45-12:15 Tartışma Konuşmacılar: Professor Hans Groth is a permanent guest lecturer at the University of St. Gall (HSG) in Switzerland with the topic “Megatrend: Global Demographic Change” where he is also the Chairman of the Board of the World Demographic & Ageing Forum (WDA Forum). An educated medical doctor holding an MBA, Hans Groth worked with Pfizer Inc. for 24 years and has comprehensive experience in over 30 healthcare markets including Europe, Central Asia, and North America. For the past 14 years, Hans Groth has been studying the interaction between global demographic change, economic development, wealth and societal stability. The focus of his research has built upon theories of economic development and productivity and employing the value of health, education and progress in societal governance as sustainable tools to unlock new ways to tackle the imminent challenges of demographic change. Ambassador Christian Blickenstorfer joined the Swiss Foreign Service in 1974 after earning his PhD in modern history and international law at the University of Zurich in 1972. His assignments abroad included Cairo, Bangkok, Tehran, and Saudi Arabia. From 2001 to 2006 he served as Ambassador to the United States of America and from 2006 until his retirement in 2010 as Ambassador to Germany. Professor Nicholas Eberstadt is a Henry Wendt Scholar in political economy at the American. Enterprise Institute (AEI) for public policy research in Washingtion D.C. A political economist and a demographer by training, Professor Eberstadt is also a senior adviser to the National Bureau of Asian Research, a member of the visiting committee at the Harvard School of Public Health, and a member of the Global Leadership Council at the World Economic Forum (WEF). He researches and writes extensively on economic development, foreign aid, global health, demographics, and poverty. His research areas include poverty, economic development policy, foreign aid, global health, infant mortality, and HIV/AIDS.