Enerji SektÖRÜNÜN Kalbi Gaziantep'Te Atacak
The heart of the energy sector, regarded as the most important and strategic sector of our time, will beat in Gaziantep with events to be held on 11-12 September. Politicians, academics and private sector representatives who shape energy, environment and economic policies will attend the Turkey Energy Summit and the Energy Technologies R&D Project Market, to be held at Hasan Kalyoncu University and the Şehitkamil Culture and Congress Centre.
Providing information about the Turkey Energy Summit and the Energy Technologies R&D Project Market, Hasan Kalyoncu University Rector Prof. Dr. Tamer Yılmaz said that both events would be important platforms where the present and future of the energy sector would be discussed with the participation of sector stakeholders. Rector Prof. Dr. Tamer Yılmaz gave the following information about the events:
“Energy has become one of the most important factors shaping international relations thanks to its strategic and economic importance, and how and under what conditions it is produced has gained priority as much as energy itself. At this point, the concept of sustainable energy, whose basic components are the efficient and effective use of energy and renewable energy, comes to the fore. The energy sector must be structured correctly and due importance must be given to renewable energy sources. Thanks to its developed trade and industrial infrastructure, logistics facilities and successful entrepreneurs, Gaziantep, which is the most important production centre of our country in many sectors, also holds important opportunities in the field of renewable energy sources.
As Hasan Kalyoncu University, together with our other stakeholders, we are proud to be organising two important events in the field of energy. At the Energy Technologies R&D Project Market, one of the events to be held on 11-12 September 2014, scientists and entrepreneurs from all over Turkey will participate with their R&D projects in the field of energy. Posters of the researchers’ energy projects will be exhibited at Hasan Kalyoncu University and the Şehitkamil Culture and Congress Centre; the R&D projects will be brought together with the energy sector and investments in this area will be encouraged. The Turkey Energy Summit, attended by scientists, bureaucrats and sector representatives working in the field of energy, will be an important platform where many topics, primarily Turkey’s energy strategies, will be discussed. As Hasan Kalyoncu University, we aim to raise R&D awareness and encourage value-added work within the framework of university-industry cooperation in the energy sector, which is of critical importance for our country.”
At the Turkey Energy Summit, to be attended by the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Mr Taner Yıldız, the President of EPDK Mr Mustafa Yılmaz, the Chair of the Industry, Trade, Energy, Natural Resources, Information and Technology Committee of the Grand National Assembly Mr Halil Mazıcıoğlu, the Mayor of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality Ms Fatma Şahin, and bureaucrats, businesspeople and academics from the energy sector, sessions titled “Turkey’s Energy Strategies in Terms of Primary Resources”, “Expectations and Developments in the Distribution and Transmission of Electricity and Natural Gas” and “Obstacles to the Free Market and Competition in the Fuel Oil and LPG Sector” will be held. In addition, experts will give simultaneous presentations.
The ceremony at which institutions contributing to the Turkish energy sector and the winners of the Hasan Kalyoncu University Energy Technologies R&D Project Market will be awarded will be held on the evening of 11 September 2014 at the HKU Congress and Culture Centre.