Professional activities
Editor
2016- Editor-in-chief International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship
2015-16 Co-editor for International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship
2009-2010 Special Issue Editor for International Journal for Innovation and Technology Management journal on Technology Management Practices in Developing Countries to be printed in 2012.
Reviewer
2005- European Journal of Innovation Management, METU Development Studies
2005- European Science Foundation
Ad-hoc reviewer for:
2005- Journal of Business Venturing and METU Development Studies
2004- International Journal of Environment Management and Economics
Editorial Board Member
2005- International Journal for Innovation and Technology Management
2005- Technovation
Judge
2010 Judge in the Semi-final round of Challenge: Future Competition 2009-2010 (www.challengefuture.org)
Summer School Organization
2011 The 21st European Doctoral Summer School on Technology Management in Turkey. 5-9 September, Istanbul. This is an activity of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management hosted by Sabanci University.
Member of UN Taskforce for Responsible Business Education
2007- Member of the Taskforce formed by UN to develop principles of responsible business education in line with the UN GC principles.
Conference Organization/ Conference Coordinator
2010 5th International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, ?Social Entrepreneurship for Social Change?, with INSEAD, 4 June, Istanbul, Turkey.
2005 13th of International Forum on Technology Management, September, Istanbul, Turkey.
2004 1st Global Compact Academic Conference (Part I ?Innovation and Diffusion of Environmentally Sound Technologies?, 31 May-1 June, Istanbul, Turkey. Part 2 ?Sustainable Environment?, 17-18 September, Pennsylvania, USA) With Yıldız Arıkan and a team of professors (Ülkü Öktem and Paul Kleindorfer) from Wharton School, University of Philadelphia, USA.
2001 Teknoloji Öngörüsü ve Stratejik Planlama (Technology Foresight and Strategic Planning), Sabancı University and Technology Management Association, 24-26 May, Istanbul, Turkey.
2001- Regional Coordinator for Eastern Mediterranean, Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Conference Track Coordinator
2000- Industrial Innovation and Financing Innovation tracks, organized by International Association for Management of Technology Conferences.
Member of Conference Program Commitee
2000- Manufacturing and Innovation Management Conferences.
2001- Middle East Technical University International Economics Conferences.
2001 Proje Yönetimi III. Ulusal Kongresi (Project Management III. National Congress), organized by Sabancı University and Istanbul Project Management Association, 12-13 April, Istanbul, Turkey.
2001 II. Teknoloji, Kalite, ve Üretim Sistemleri Kongresi (II. Technology, Quality and Production Systems Congress), Sakarya Kalite Derneği (Sakarya Quality Association), 7-8 June, Abant, Bolu, Turkey.
Workshop Organization
“Küresel Rekabet ve Ar-Ge (Global Competition and R&D)”, IV. Teknoloji Kongresi ve Teknoloji Ödülleri için bildiri hazırlığı (Preparation of an official document for the IVth Technology Conference and Technology Awards Ceremony), organized by TÜBİTAK-TTGV-TÜSİAD, 8 May 2002, İstanbul, Turkey. With Ali Akurgal.
Biotechnology Workshop, organized by TÜSİAD and Sabancı University, 6-7 October 2000, İstanbul, Turkey. With Hüveyda Başağa.
?Technology Roadmapping?, Teknoloji Öngörüsü ve Stratejik Planlama (Technology Foresight and Strategic Planning), Sabancı University and Technology Management Association, 24-26 May 2001, Istanbul, Turkey. With Clare Farrukh.
Member of European Union Panel
2001 Technology, Knowledge and Learning Panel of the Enlargement Future Project, organized by The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies.
2001- Member of Katek (Quality-Technology) Working Group, Istanbul Chamber of Industry
2005- Member of European Institute for Technology and Innovation Management
Organizer of Technology Forum Series
2003- Technology forum series organized by Technology Management Association and İstanbul Chamber of Industrialists (ISO) at ISO Odakule, İstanbul, Turkey.
Topics in 2003: The Use of Information Technology in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (23 May).
2002- Technology forum series organized by Technology Management Association and İstanbul Chamber of Industrialists (ISO) at ISO Odakule, İstanbul, Turkey.
Topics in 2002: Integrated Automation (23 May), Product Development I and II (19 September and 26 December).
2001- Technology forum series organized by Sabancı University and Technology Management Association at Pak Holding, İstanbul, Turkey.
Topics in 2001: biotechnology (31 March), software (23 June), ceramics (29 September), and textile technologies (24 December).