Prof Dr Yusuf Ziya Ozcan Turkish Ambassador in Warszawa, Poland Yusuf Ziya Ozcan is the President of the Council of Higher Education in Turkey and TUBITAK vice precident, and a Sociologist at METU. After he has graduated from Ankara University and for masters at Chicago University in 1978. Then he had completed his PhD at the same university in 1981. He is a Turkish Ambassador in Warszawa, Poland.

Funda Pepperell Labour Party Funda Pepperell is a former international sprinter, journalist and writer. She was at Southampton City College before studying politics at Southampton Solent University. Funda joined the Labour Party as a university representative and ran for the 2002 council elections in Southampton. She was named as the Basingstoke Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate in 2007.

Her Excellency Dr Tanja Milasinovic Assistant Minister, The Republic of Srpska Government Her Excellency Dr Tanja Milasinovic holds a PhD degree in Technical Sciences from the University of Ljubljana Slovenia. She worked for various universities as a lecturer and researcher before serving as an Assistant Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Economic Affaires, the Republic of Srpska Government, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She later joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a Minister Counsellor and Charge d'Affaires to [...]

Dr Sami Khiyami Ambassador of Syrian Arab Republic His Excellency Dr Sami Khiyami holds a PhD degree in Electronics and Information Technology from the University of Claude Bernard Lyon, France. He worked for various public and private enterprises and taught at several Universities and research centres including Damascus University and “Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble”, France before his appointment to London as the Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic. He extensively contributes in many scientific reviews, journals, [...]

Dr Asaf Hussain Lecturer, University of Leicester Dr. Asaf Hussain is an academic from the University of Leicester. He teaches modules on Islamic civilization. His interest has been in Islamic fundamentalism and since 1979 he has visited many fundamentalist groups in the Middle East and South Asia for research purposes. He has written a number of books on the Middle East published by London publishers. Currently he is engaged in writing three studies on Islamic Civilization, Islamic [...]

Ronald Karel Meteorology Expert Ronald Karel, a Turkish-French dual citizen, was born in Istanbul. His interest in meteorology, and in particular clouds, began from an early age. When he was 13-14 years old, he was able to carry out weather forecasts across Turkey. On 28 March 1970, precisely at 4:20pm , he observed the "non-meteorological clouds" above Istanbul for the first time. The same night, a major earthquake (7.2 in Richter scale) took place in Gediz. Mr [...]

Dr Vural Sander Suicmez Senior Reservoir Engineer, Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) Company Dr. Vural Sander Suicmez currently works as a senior reservoir engineer at Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) Company in Seria, Brunei Darussalam. Prior to joining BSP, he worked at Shell International Exploration and Production Company in Rijswijk, The Netherlands between 2009 and 2011 and Saudi Aramco's EXPEC Advanced Research Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia between 2006 and 2009. His main research interests include gas and solvent [...]

Dr Ihab Tewfik Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster Dr. Ihab Tewfik is a Senior Lecturer and Public Health Program Leader at the School of Biosciences, University of Westminster. Ihab holds a Master and Doctorate in Public Health-Nutrition from University of Alexandria (Egypt) in addition to PhD from London South Bank University. He has completed his Post-Doctoral fellowship at University of Westminster whilst leading on two food standards agency (FSA) projects during which he developed a new rapid [...]

Semra Eren-Nijhar Sociologist / Producer / Director Semra Eren-Nijhar was educated in Istanbul, Berlin and after her post-graduation she went on to continue her education in London and in Oxford.  In Berlin she obtained an MSc at the University of Applied Studies. Following her post-graduate degree she studied at Brunel University as an MSc visiting student in Public Administration & Public Policy and subsequently studied for her MPhil in Public Administration. Eren-Nijhar’s research took her to Queen [...]

Dr Henry Kippin Visiting Research Fellow, Queen Mar University of London. Dr Henry Kippin is Director of Collaborate, an organisation which promotes effective and sustainable collaboration between the public, business and social sectors. He has a background in developing innovative public service policy and practice, and has written and consulted widely in UK and international public policy.  Henry was previously a partner at the RSA 2020 Public Services Hub, an advisor to Accenture’s Public Services for the [...]

Dr Richard Mole Senior Lecturer in Political Sociology, University College London (UCL) I studied German and Russian at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, and International Relations at the University of Cambridge, where I also worked at the University's Baltic States Research Unit. After four years working for Credit Suisse in London and Zurich, I began my doctoral studies in 1997 at the London School of Economics and Political Science. My PhD thesis examined the relationship between identity and foreign [...]

Dr Aylin C Hanyaoglu Non-Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College London Qualification and Personal History PhD in Molecular Endocrinology 2002 (with Distinction), University Western Australia (Eidne Lab). Postdoctoral work at University of California San Francisco) (2002-2007) (von Zastrow Lab). Dr Hanyaoglu joined Imperial College London in August 2007 as a Research Team Leader (G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) Signalling Group) and Lecturer. Research Interests Understanding fundamental cell biological mechanisms regulating G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signal transduction and applying these mechanisms to understand the role [...]

Dr Andrew Blick Institute of Contemporary British History, King's College London Dr. Andrew Blick is Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, Institute of Contemporary British History, KIng's College London. He has written extensively about the UK constitution, including on the Civil Service, the office of Prime Minister, and the possibility of introducing a written constitution for the UK. Currently he is writing a work entitled 'Beyond Magna Carta: a constitution for the United Kingdom'. [...]

Can Yeginsu Barrister B.A. (Oxon), LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Harvard) Can practises in all areas of Chambers’ work, with a particular emphasis on commercial dispute resolution (including international arbitration), insurance & reinsurance, professional liability, sports law, and public law and human rights. Since joining Chambers, Can has appeared successfully before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, and numerous county courts around the country. In addition, Can has acted in domestic and international arbitrations as [...]

Cllr Nilgun Canver Labour Councillor. Cabinet Member for Environment I’m currently Labour Councillor and cabinet member for the neighbourhood Scheme in the London borough of Haringey. I am also the founding member and Chair of Labour friends of Turkey and a UK delegate in the European Union (EU). My role is both challenging and exciting and my responsibility ranges from providing leadership and direction for environmental issues such as waste management and transport, education and various local [...]

Guney Yildiz Journalist, BBC World Service I arrived in the UK four years ago and have been working for the BBC World Service for three and a half years as a journalist. My job involves editing and selecting news stories and at times, presenting them on the radio or television. Before working for the BBC, I studied Politics and Communications at the London School of Economics.

Mem MorrisonActor, Theatre Director, Writer, Lecturer Morrison was born in south-east London to Turkish Cypriot parents.He originally trained as an actor at drama school, He is also a writer, director, designer and lecturer. In 1995 He established Mem Morrison Company writing and performing my own work. He makes performances for theatres, galleries and site-specific spaces often touring internationally. His work enables me to collaborate with other artists, performers and musicians.Mem Morrison is a performance artist who has been making his own, highly personal, [...]

Dr Sevket Hylton Akyildiz Post-Doctoral Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Independent Researcher 2014-2016 Post-Doctoral Research Associate — 2012-2014 (SOAS, University of London). A study of social and cultural change in twenty-first century southern England in the context of British Muslims living in non-city urbanised environments and the response of various parties. My methodology is participant observation and unstructured and semi-structured interviews. I will interview a cohort of 40 interviewees. Furthermore, I will examine local government documents and newspapers. [...]

Beatrice Andrews Senior Policy Adviser, Cabinet Office Beatrice Andrews is Senior Policy Adviser in the Open Policy Making team, part of the Government Innovation Group in the Cabinet Office. She is currently setting up the first cross government Policy Lab, to test a range of policy making approaches including design thinking and using digital tools. Beatrice has been working at the Cabinet Office since 2010, initially in the Office for Civil Society, where she worked on social [...]

Dr Jo Eric Khushal Murkens Department of Law, London School of Economics Dr Jo Murkens is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He studied law in London, Copenhagen, and Florence. He was formerly a researcher at the Constitution Unit, UCL, where he led the research on the legal, political and economic conditions and consequences of Scottish independence. The results were published in Scottish Independence: A Practical Guide (with [...]

Prof Eve Mitleton-Kelly Director of the Complexity Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Prof. Eve Mitleton-Kelly is Director of the Complexity Research Programme at the London School of Economics; visiting Professor at the Open University; SAB member to the ‘Next Generation Infrastructures Foundation’, TU Delft; on Editorial Board  of ‘Emergence: Complexity & Organisations’; was Coordinator of Links with Business, Industry and Government of the European Complex Systems Network of Excellence, Exystence (2003-2006); Executive Coodinator of SOL-UK (London) (Society for [...]

Assistant Prof Nagihan Haliloglu Alliance of Civilizations Institute, Istanbul Nagihan Haliloğlu is an Assistant Professor at the Alliance of Civilizations Institute in Istanbul where she teaches courses on multiculturalism and cultural history. She has an MS in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in English from the University of Heidelberg. Her doctoral thesis 'Narrating from the Margins: Self-Representation of Female and Colonial Subjectivities in Jean Rhys's Novels' was published in 2011 from Rodopi. She has also [...]

Sir David Logan Former British Diplomat David Logan was Director of the Centre for Studies in Security and Diplomacy at the University of Birmingham between 2002-2007. He was British Ambassador to Turkey from 1997-2001. He previously served in the political section of the British Embassy in Turkey between 1965-1969. For most of his career in the British Diplomatic Service he specialised in east-west relations and in defence policy. He served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the [...]

Roy Tedscoe Educator Mr. Roy Tedscoe led a mainstream primary school for 12 years with outstanding leadership. His strengths lie in: project management; knowledge and understanding of local and national trends; strategic planning processes; collaborative school visions; the inclusion agenda; effective team working; pupil entitlement; rigorous school self-evaluation; individual, team and whole school accountability. He currently works as an educational leadership consultant.

Spyros Themelis Lecturer, Middlesex University Spyros Themelis is a lecturer in Education at Middlesex University, London. His interests are in the area of social class analysis, meritocracy, social mobility and education as well as on issues of social exclusion/inclusion. He has researched minority issues and taken part in international research projects on Roma/Gypsies. Apart from the UK, he taught and/or conducted research in Greece, Italy, Hungary, Romania and the USA. He is a research fellow of the Centre [...]