Professional Activities

Conference Chair, Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas 2023, New York, NY, USA, August 14-16, 2023

Scientific Advisory Board Member, 12th International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, San Francisco, CA, USA, July 20-24, 2023

Central Executive Board Member, ITU – GINOVA Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Application and Research, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TURKEY, October 2022 – Present

Conference Chair, Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas 2022, Virtual, October 29-30, 2022

Scientific Advisory Board Member, 11th International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, New York, NY, USA, July 24-28, 2022

Conference Chair, Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas 2021, Virtual, October 30-31, 2021

Scientific Advisory Board Member, 10th International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, Online, July 25-29, 2021

Program Founder and Coordinator, R&D and Design Center Expertise Certificate Program, Management Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TURKEY, October 2020 – Present

Conference Chair, Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas 2020, Virtual, August 14-15, 2020

Scientific Advisory Board Member, 9th International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, San Diego, CA, USA, July 16-20, 2020

Scientific Committee Member, IT4Fashion 2020, Florence, Italy, March 4-5, 2020

Advisory Board Member of the Healthcare Engineering Alliance Society (HEALS), November 2019 - Present

Program Founder and Coordinator, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Certificate Program, Management Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TURKEY, October 2019 – Present

Program Founder and Coordinator, Lean and Agile Project Management Certificate Program, Management Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TURKEY, October 2019 – Present

Conference Chair, Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas 2019, Gazimagusa, TRNC, September 2-3, 2019

Scientific Advisory Board Member, 8th International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, Washington D.C., USA, July 24-28, 2019

Peer-Review Committee Member, 15th International Strategic Management Conference, Poznan, Poland, June 27-29, 2019

Program Founder and Coordinator, R&D Technology and Innovation Management Certificate Program (Endorsed by the Ministry of Industry and Technology of Turkey), Management Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TURKEY, January 2019 – Present

Scientific Advisory Board Member, 7th International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare, Orlando, FL, USA, July 21-25, 2018

Peer-Review Committee Member, 14th International Strategic Management Conference, Prague, Czechia, July 12-14, 2018

Conference Chair, Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas 2018, Urgup - Nevsehir, Turkey, June 21-22, 2018

Scientific Committee Member, IT4Fashion 2017, Florence, Italy, April 18-20, 2018

Program Founder and Coordinator, Healthcare Organizations’ Management Certificate Program, Management Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TURKEY, December 2017 – Present

Advisory Board Member, 11th Industrial and Management Engineering Assembly, Istanbul, Turkey, 17-18 November, 2017

Conference Chair, Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas 2017, Vienna, Austria, July 20-21, 2017

Scientific Advisory Board Member, 6th International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA, USA, July 17-21, 2017

Peer-Review Committee Member, 13th International Strategic Management Conference, Podgorica, Montenegro, July 6-8, 2017

Scientific Committee Member, IT4Fashion 2017, Florence, Italy, April 19-21, 2017

Scientific Committee Member, 5th International Luxury Fashion Management Conference, Milan, Italy, November 14-16, 2016

Scientific Committee Member, 12th International Strategic Management Conference, Antalya, Turkey, October 28-30, 2016

Scientific Advisory Board Member, 5th International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare, Orlando, FL, USA, July 27-31, 2016

Conference Chair, Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas 2016, Istanbul, Turkey, July 14-15, 2016

Advisory Board Member, National Health Quality Forum, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey, May 14, 2016

Scientific Committee Member, IT4Fashion, Florence, Italy, April 20-22, 2016

Conference Chair, 2nd Global Conference on Engineering and Technology Management, Chicago, IL, USA, September 4-5, 2015

Scientific Advisory Board Member, 4th International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 26-30, 2015

Scientific Committee Member, 20th National Ergonomics Conference, Ankara, Turkey, September 26-28, 2014

Conference Chair, Global Conference on Healthcare Systems Engineering 2014, Istanbul, Turkey, August 5-8, 2014

Scientific Advisory Board Member, 3rd International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare, Krakow, Poland, July 19-23, 2014

Conference Chair, Global Conference on Engineering and Technology Management 2014, Istanbul, Turkey, June 23-26, 2014

Scientific Committee Member, 19th National Ergonomics Conference, Balikesir, Turkey, September 27-29, 2013

International Advisory Committee Member, 1st International Conference on Information, Operations Management and Statistics (ICIOMS 2013), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 1-3, 2013

Conference Organizing Committee Member, III International Conference on Luca Pacioli in Accounting History & III Balkans and Middle East Countries Conference on Accounting and Accounting History (3rd BMAC), Istanbul, Turkey, June 19-22, 2013

Scientific Committee Member, 18th National Ergonomics Conference, Gaziantep, Turkey, November 16-18, 2012

Scientific Advisory Board Member, 2nd International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare, San Francisco, California, USA, July 21-25, 2012

Conference Co-Chair, 3rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Istanbul, Turkey, July 03 - 06, 2012

Advisory Board Member, 17th National Ergonomics Congress, Eskisehir, Turkey, October 14 - 16, 2011

Program Committee Member, Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology (PICMET), Portland, Oregon, USA, July 31 - August 4, 2011

Program Board Member, 3rd International Conference on Digital Human Modeling, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 9-14, 2011

Scientific Advisory Board Member, 1st International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare, Miami, Florida, USA, July 17-20, 2010

Program Committee Member, Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology (PICMET), Phuket, Thailand, July 18-22, 2010

Scientific Board Member, 4th National Design Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, October 8-10, 2009

Co-chairman, US - TURKEY Workshop on Rapid Technologies, Istanbul, Turkey, September 24-25, 2009

Consulting Board Member, 5th Industrial Engineering Spring Conference, Izmir, Turkey, April 10-11, 2009

International Program Committee Member, 1st Annual RFID Eurasia Conference & Exhibitions, Istanbul, Turkey, September 5-6, 2007

Program Co-founder and Steering Committee Member, Business and Technology Management MS Program, Management Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2003-2009

Coordinator, 21st Conference of Rectors and Presidents of European Universities of Technology, Istanbul, Turkey, 27-28 September, 2002

Co-chairman, International Conference on Fuzzy Systems & Soft Computational Intelligence in Management & Industrial Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, 24-26 May, 2002

Program Co-founder and Coordinator, Engineering Management MS Program, Industrial Engineering Department, Management Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1999-2012