(17-18 September 2010, Tokat) Location: Gaziosmanpasa University Conference Hall 1. DAY: September 17, 2010 9:00 to 9:30 Registration 09:30 to 10:00 a.m. Opening speeches: - Tokat Provincial National Education Director Yasar PETEK - Vice President of the Turkish Geographical Society. Assoc. Dr. Ahmet ERTEK - Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Education Dean. Dr. Mehmet ARSLAN - Gaziosmanpaşa University Rector Prof. Zehra SEYFİKLİ Morning session: 10:00 to 12:45 10:00 to 10:45 Prof. Dr. Ihsan BULUT (Ataturk University Faculty of Literature) Geography of Turkey: A New Research Area: Floating Islands 10:45 to 11:00 tea break Prof. 11:00 to 11:45. Dr. Mehmet Arslan (Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Education) Update Information Integration and the changing world in terms of the importance of teacher self-renewal 11:45 to 12:30 Assoc. Dr. Barbaros GÖNENÇGİL (Istanbul University Faculty of Literature) Climate Change in terms of natural processes and human Between 12:30 to 14:00 Lunch Afternoon Session: 14:00 to 17:30 14:00 to 14:45 Assoc. Dr. Kenan ARIBAÞ (Aksaray University, Faculty of Education) Geopolitical and geostrategic Aspects of Water Management and Geography 14:45 to 15:30 Assist. Assoc. Dr. Ahmet Ertek (Istanbul University Faculty of Literature) With the formation and development in Turkey and Natural Disasters 15:30 to 15:45 tea break 15:45 to 16:30 Assoc. Dr. Eren YÜRÜDÜR (Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Education) Renewable Energy Resources and Turkey 16:30 to 17:30 Closing panel: Questions and Discussion 2. DAY: September 18, 2010 Slap - Kelso Valley and daily field work (led by Prof. Eren YÜRÜDÜR). Coordination: S. Eren YÜRÜDÜR, Gaziosmanpaşa University, 0506 359 95 47 ereny@gop.edu.tr Y.Doç.Dr. Ahmet ERTEK, Turkish Geographical Society, 0535 466 02 03 info@tck.org.tr