Our Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, Assoc. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz, will serve as the Head of the Organizing Committee and facilitator of the "Cinema Workshop" to be held within the scope of the International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.

In the workshop to be held within the scope of the festival, which will be held between 5-12 October 2024, basic problems related to the creation, production, and distribution process of cinema films will be discussed in nine sessions spread over three days. The working groups, which will consist of academics and vocational professionals, as well as relevant ministries, associations, foundations, professional unions and union components, will discuss the relevant topics in a total of nine sessions, each lasting three hours, and sign the final declarations.The final declarations of the workshop will be published in digital and hard copies after the festival and will be shared with the components of cinema life and relevant institutions. This declaration is aimed to guide for the institutionalization of the cinema field in Türkiye, solving the problems in the sector and strengthening the relations between the sector components and the academy. We congratulate our Assoc. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz and wish her success in her duties.

Within the scope of the university-industry cooperation between Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) and TRİSAD, the "Training of Educators" program was held. The first practical training was held on Thursday, August 22 at Uğur Konfeksiyon ve Tic. A.Ş. in the field of "Knitwear Pattern Design and Production." Our Fashion Design Program academicians Lecturer Neslihan Tokat Ozan, Lecturer Nilgün Demirhan, and Lecturer Mehmet Çağlayan attended the training program, the first step of which was completed on August 29.

“Smart Economic Planning and Industrial Policy (SEPIP) Conference” will be organized by OSTİM Technical University on October 15-16, 2024. The main theme of SEPIP 2024 is “Industrial Policy Under Changing Technological Environment”. The sub-themes are “Digitalization New Business Models”, “The Economics of Space Exploration”, “Entrepreneurship and Innovation”, “Sustainable and Smart Cities”, “Industrial Policy and SMEs”, “Green Economy, Green Finance and Green Development”, “Technological Progress and Digitalization”, “Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and Development”, “Global Macro Economy: Low Economic Growth, High Inflation, Climate Change, Support Chain Disruptions”, ‘Big Data’, ‘Health-Tech’, ‘Edu-Tech’ and ‘Trade Wars’. This international event will be held face-to-face and online, without a participation fee.

For further information about SEPIP 2024 conference, please visit https://www.ostimteknik.edu.tr/sepip-2024-15090.

The "Digital Education Orientation Program," where our newly registered students will be introduced to all the digital media and opportunities they will benefit from throughout their academic lives, will be held on Friday, September 6, at 14.00. The program, in which our students will be informed under the titles SAP ORION Student Applications Training, Information Systems and Technologies Department Services, CATS Usage Training, and PUMA Usage Training, will be held via https://www.youtube.com/@KulturNoktasi channel.