W OR L D K U R D I S H C O N G R E S S Preliminary Program and Call for Registration – First World Kurdish Congress (WKC2011),

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Amsterdam 7-9 October 2011- Day 1: October 7th (Friday), 2011

15:00-18:00 Registration and setup of posters

19:00-22:00 Reception: welcome dinner and welcome speeches

Day 2: October 8 (Saturday), 2011

08:00-08:00 Late Registration

08:30-09:00 Introduction to the WKC

09:00-11:00 Session 1: Kurdistan in Progress: Scientific Perspectives on Health, Education, Economy and Politics

Chair: Peter Herrmann (University College of Cork, UK)

Michael M. Gunter (Tennessee Technical University, USA), KRG-Baghdad Relations

Serwan Baban (University of Kurdistan Hawler, Kurdistan), The Role of KRG Higher Education Institutions in The Process of Nation-Building

Alan Dilani (International Academy for Design & Health, Sweden), Promotion and Prevention Salutogenic Approach to Health Infrastructure

Almas Heshmati (Korea University, Korea), Realities of Economic Development in the Kurdistan Region

 

Discussion

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break/Poster

11:30-13:00 Session 2: Medical Treatments in Kurdistan, Challenges and Possibilities

Chair: Rang Noory Shawis (Sheffield Childrens Hospital, UK)

Abdullah Saied Abdullah (The Ministry of Health, Kurdistan), Health Care System in Kurdistan Region /Iraq

Deiary Fraidoon Kader (Newcastle Gateshead Medical Volunteers, UK), Surgical Voluntary Work in Kurdistan www.kurdishcongress.org info@kurdishcongress.org Fax: + 46 8 745 00 02 | Tel. +46 70 453 90 70 World Kurdish Congress | Box 7196 | SE-103 88 Stockholm – Sweden 2

Prasad Godbole (Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, UK), The Experiences of Pioneer Healthcare in Kurdistan

Discussion

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-16:00 Session 3: Education and Social Innovation as a Tool to develop Kurdistan as a Nation

Chair Kajal Rahmani (University of Harvard, USA)

Arno Tausch (Innsbruck University, Austria), Globalization, Migration and Social Cohesion in the World System: General Models and Reflections on the Kurdish Situation

Heja Sindi (University of Kurdistan Hawler, Kurdistan), Challenges and Potentials of Developing a ‘Kurdistanian Diaspora Intellectual Model and Policy’: A Public Management Perspective

Ibrahim Korshid (University of Suleimany, Kurdistan) and Kawis Faraj (University of Salahaddin, Kurdistan), The Current State of Higher Education in Kurdistan”

Mukadder Baran (University of Hakkari, Turkey), “The Impact of Sociolinguistics on Scientific Education: A Case Study in the City of Hakari

Discussion

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break/Poster

16:30-18:30 Session 4: The Struggle of Kurdish People for Freedom

Chair: Carol Prunhuber (Journalist and Writer, USA)

Kathryn Cameron Porter (President at Leadership Council for Human Rights, USA), Human Rights and the Kurds

Peter Herrmann (University of Cork, Ireland and University of Eastern Finland, Finland), Struggle for Freedom and Human Right – A multifaceted problem, Requiring a Single answer

Nerina Weiss (Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims, Denmark), Marks on Bodies, Traces on Souls: Testimonies of Kurdish Torture Survivors

Soheila Ghaderi (University Paris, France), The Role of Kurdish Women in the Struggle for Freedom and their Impact in the Contemporary Kurdish Society

Discussion

19:00-22:00 Dinner, Speeches and Culture

Mazhar Khalegi (Institute of Culture, Kurdistan), The Impact of Culture in Kurdish Society

Taha Barwary (Former KRG Minister and Scandinavian Representative, Sweden), The Experience of Nordic Countries as Representative of KRG

Barzan Y. Mohamad (University of Suleimany, Kurdistan), The Origin of Music in Kurdistan www.kurdishcongress.org info@kurdishcongress.org Fax: + 46 8 745 00 02 | Tel. +46 70 453 90 70 World Kurdish Congress | Box 7196 | SE-103 88 Stockholm – Sweden 3

Day 3: October 9th (Sunday), 2011

09:00-11:00 Session 5: The Challenges of Mental and Social Health in Kurdistan and Prevention of Diseases

Chair: Alan Dilani ((International Academy for Design & Health, Sweden)

Kamal Artin (President of KNC, USA), Individual vs. Society, a Comparative Analysis

Abdulbaghi Ahmed (University of Uppsala, Sweden), Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Kurdistan

Ata Ghaderi (Uppsala University, Sweden), Promoting Health and Preventing Illness, Not Only Treating Severe Diseases: Designing an Effective Healthcare System in Kurdistan

Abdul Kadir Hadi Hasan (Buckinghamshire NHS Trust, UK), Breast Cancer Screening Program for Kurdistan

 

Discussion

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break/Poster

11:30-13:00 Session 6: Business and Economic Development in Kurdistan

Chair: Almas Heshmati (Korea University, Korea)

Ali Sindi (KRG Minister of Planning, Kurdistan), How to Promote Development in Kurdistan

Saman Shali (Director of Iraqi Telecom and Associations, Kurdistan), Doing Business in Kurdistan: A Risk Assessment

Nabaz Khayyat (Director at Ministry of Water Resources, Kurdistan), Analysis of Adoption of Mobile Telephony and its User Satisfaction in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Akbar Valadbigi (Yerevan State University, Armenia and Islamic Azad University, Kurdistan-Iran) and Shahab Ghobadi (Islamic Azad University, Kurdistan-Iran), Federalism and Perspectives of Democracy

 

Discussion

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-16:00 Session 7: The Future of Kurdistan in Middle East and Human Rights

Chair: Saman Shali (Director of Iraqi Telecom and Associations, Kurdistan)

Deborah Morgan-Jones (London University, UK), Establishment of ‘Greater Kurdistan’ and Consolidation of National Identity: A Strategic ‘Brand Building’ Programme

Oğuzhan Özgür Güven (Istanbul University, Turkey), The Politics of Bare Life and the Lynching

Sulaf Muhammed Amin (Salahadeen University and Beirut Arabian University, Kurdistan/Lebanon), The Probability of Establishing Kurdistan State: A Legal and Constitutional Research about the Constitutional Nature of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region

Chemen Bajalan (Ministry of Justice, Kurdistan), The Scope of Using Articles other than Article 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights: Article 3 as an Example

 

Discussion

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break/Posterwww.kurdishcongress.org

 

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16:30-17:30 Session 8: Kurdistan University’s Panel Discussion

Chair: Michael M. Gunter (Tennessee Technical University, USA)

University of Salahadeen

University of Suleimany

University of Duhok

University of Kurdistan Howler

17:30-18:30 General Meeting and Closing

19:30-24:00 Cultural Performance by prominent musicians and singers from Kurdistan (will be confirmed in the final program)

WKC2011 Poster Session No.	Name		Title		Affiliation
102	Akbar Valadbigi and Shahab Ghobadi		The Tragedy of Halabja		Yerevan State University, Armenia and Islamic Azad University, Kurdistan, Iran
104	Ayoob Khaleel Ismael and Ibrahim Ngah		Determination of Settlement Patterns in Mountainous Rural Area of Kurdistan Region – Case Study of Shaqlawa District		University of Technology, Malaysia
106	Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere		How to Integrate the PKK into the Legal Political System in Turkey		European Stability Initiative analyst, Istanbul, Turkey
107	Boyan Hadzhiev		A Lesson from the Bulgarian Transition: The Consequences of Belittling the Educational System		University of National and World Economy Sofia, Bulgaria
108	Raif Yaman		High Kurdish		French Philology, Mardin Turkey
111		Hossein (Jiyar) Aghapouri		Causes for Dawn and Down of Unrests in the Southern Kurdistan
113	Simko Destan		From Margins to Center : Symbolic Representations of Kurds by Others and by Themselves, and the Rise of Kurdish Self-Awareness		Paris, France
119	Soran Birosca		Aspects of Research Collaborations between Kurdistan and UK Universities in Materials		University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK