Merih Celasun Memorial Day
20 June 2012 · 16:00
Event Details
- Date
- 20 June 2012
- Time
- 16:00
- Status
- Completed
- TEPAV
- Söğütözü Cad. No:43 TOBB-ETÜ Campus, Section 2, 06560 Söğütözü-Ankara
TEPAV cordially invites you to
“Merih Celasun Memorial Day”
June 20th 2012, Wednesday
16.00-20.00
TEPAV Building, 3rd Floor Conference Room
(TOBB Ekonomi ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi, Söğütözü Cad.No:43 Söğütözü-ANKARA)
PROGRAM
16:00-16:30 Memorial Speeches
16:30-17:30 Memorial Lecture: “Why Nations Fail?”
Daron Acemoğlu, Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
17:30-18:00 Q&A
18:00-18:30 Award Ceremony
18:30-20:00 Reception
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TEPAV announces 2nd Merih Celasun Memorial Day to commemorate Professor Merih Celasun. Prof. Celasun, who passed away in 2004, started his professional career at the State Planning Organization and was a Professor of Economics at the Middle East Technical University and later was assigned as a Dean of Bilkent University. He dedicated all his life to provide solutions to the structural problems of Turkish economy. 1st Merih Celasun Memorial Day, which took place in 2010, brought together Prof. Celasun’s family and friends, colleagues, students and representatives from academia and other circles. This year’s program will start with “Merih Celasun Memorial Speeches” and continue with “Merih Celasun Memorial Lecture” where the prominent problems of Turkey’s economy will be discussed by the leading academics of the world. This year TEPAV will host Daron Acemoğlu of Massachusetts Institute of Technology to deliver a lecture titled “Why Nations Fail?”. Following the lecture, TEPAV will grant Merih Celasun 2011 Award to the study titled "Agricultural Productivity and Growth in Turkey" by Prof. Ayşe İmrohoroğlu and Prof. Selahattin İmrohoroğlu of South California University, and Dr. Murat Üngör of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey. The program will conclude with a cocktail reception.
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RSVP: Şara AGUN-YALÇIN Phone: 312.292 55 29 e-mail: sara.agun@tepav.org.tr |