STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the meeting: Turkey and Turkish University's Research Outputs in the Context of International Trends in Science and Collaboration Opportunities, which will take place on 12 March at the Congress Center of Hacettepe University, Sihhiye Campus in Ankara, Turkey.
The meeting is being organised by Elsevier in close collaboration with Hacettepe University. Its main goal is to bring together representatives from government, research institutes, universities, university libraries, experts in public policy and researchers to present and discuss Turkey's research performance. At the same time the event will provide an opportunity for quality dialogue on the topic of research evaluation, innovation and policy management, and share best practices on how to capture and analyse information scientific research output and how it can be used to develop research strategy.
Keynote speakers of the event include: Prof. Dr. A. Murat TUNCER, Rector of Hacettepe University; Youngsuk "Y.S." Chi, Chairman of Elsevier; Prof. Andrea Bonaccorsi, board member of the Italian Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research institutes (ANVUR); Dr. John Green, Honorary Researcher, Imperial College; Prof. Mustafa Güden, Rector of Izmir Higher Technology Institute; Prof. Cem Saraç, Vice Rector of Hacettepe University; Prof. Hasan MANDAL, Vice Rector of Sabanci University, Director of Research and Graduate Policies and Jörg Hellwig, SciVal Consultant at Elsevier.
