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THE PROGRAM OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 22-23rd March 2008 Venue: Yildiz Technical University, Oditorium Hall, ISTANBUL
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
22nd March, Saturday 09.30 – 10.00 Conference Opening Speeches
10.00 – 11.00 Change in point of view in the process of capital accumulation: The Roles of Nation States and Institutions in commercialization of water
Moderator: Prof.Dr. Izzettin Onder
- Water Crisis: A Fact or Fiction / Tahir Ongur – President of İstanbul Branch of the Chamber for Geology Engineers/TMMOB
- Priorities and Urgencies of International Capital: A new definition for the role of states paralel to the new laws of commercialization / Prof. Mehmet Turkay – Marmara University
- The new rolles charged on municipalities by neo liberalism David Boys / PSI(international)
Serhat Salihoglu / DISK – Municipality Workers’ Union
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee Break
11.15 – 12.15 Contınue - From Commons to Commodification: Alternative Communities Against New Enclosures Dynamics / Prof.Dr. Fuat Ercan – Marmara University
- New form of Privatization: Privatization through Expropriation / Turkey Case / Prof.Dr. Turkel Minibas – İstanbul University
- Discussion
12.15 – 13.00 Lunch Break
13.00 – 13.45 Press Meeting in Besiktas Port Square For World Water Day
14.00 – 15.45 Impacts of Water Usage on Water Resources (1)
- Water Usage in Mining / Cetin Uygur–President of DISK- Mining Workers Union
- Importance of Water Damms for Construction Companies / Murat Gökdemir - Chamber of Civil Engineering/TMMOB - Importance of Water For Energy Companies / Chamber of Electricty Engineers/TMMOB
- Water Basins and Urbanization / Chamber ofArthitectures/TMMOB
- Water Usage in Machinery and Metal Manufacturing Industry / Selcuk Goktas –G.Secretary of DISK–United Metal workers' Union
- Domestic Usage of Water/ İlknur Birol-Association of the Shelters for People
15.45 – 16.00 Coffee Break 16.00 – 17.30 Continue (2)
- Impacts of water privatization on municipality workers / Saadet Yegin – Branch President of KESK-MunicipalityEmployee Union
- Water in Food Chain / İbrahim Kaya - President of Istanbul Branch of Chamber of Food Engineers / TMMOB
- Irrigation Systems and Water Privatization through Irrigation Associations: A Practice From Turkey/ Ahmet Atalık – President of Istanbul Branch of Chamber of Agricultural Engineering / TMMOB
- The Impacts of Water Commercialization over agricultural production for livelihood / Abdullah Aysu-The President of Peasants' Federation
- The Impacts of Capitalist Transformation in Agricultural Sector over Water Usage in Agriculture / Shiney Varghese – IATP
- Discussion
18.00 – 19.00 Play:Water
23rd March, Sunday
09.30 – 11.00 - The Impacts of Water Commercialization on Environment and Cultural Heritage
Prof.Dr. Beyza Ustun/Yildiz Technical University
Eylem Tuncaelli / Chamber of Environmental Engineering/TMMOB
- The Impacts of Commodification of Water on Public health Dr. Vaide Bilir/TTB Association of Turkish MedicalDoctors
Arzu Çerkezoglu/President of DISK Revolutionary Health Workers' Union / SES-Health Employees' Union of KESK
- Discussion
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee Break
11.15 – 12.45 WWF / 2009 ISTANBUL
- International Water Institutions and Their Impacts on National Policies / Anil Naidoo, Council of Canadians
- What Are the Aims of Opposition Movements? Olivier Hoedeman, CEO
Emilio Molinari / Italian Water World Contract Committee
- Discussion
12.45 – 14.00 Lunch Break
14.00 – 16.00 Struggle Examples from the World
Moderator: Metin Yegin
- Hilda Salazar – Mexico
- Carlos Sosa - Uruguay
- Al-hassan Adam – Ghana
- Renato Di Nicola – Italy
- Oscar Olivera Bolivia, Red-Vida
- Dr.Ertugrul Tanrikulu - A Representative from Edirne City Council for Water
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee Break
16.15 – 18.00 FORUM: Alternatives to WWF 2009
18.00 – 19.00 Documentary Film On Mobilisation Against WWF in Mexico: “Agua Mi Sangre”
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