Second Conference of the International Association of Silkroad Universities Held

The second international conference of the International Association of Silkroad Universities, co-chaired by Enver Yücel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bahçeşehir University, and Ryo Okawahara, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Mukogawa University, on "Cultural and Architectural Interactions of the Countries Along the Silk Road" was held on 14-16 July 2012 in the city of Nishinomiya, Japan, hosted by Mukogawa University.

The first conference of the association, founded in 2010 to create a new platform to increase information sharing and cooperation among participants from Asian countries, was held in Istanbul on 14-16 March 2011, hosted by Bahçeşehir University. The association's (iaSU) second international conference hosted 110 presentations from 14 different countries.

At this conference, in which the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Architecture played an active role, academic presentations and discussions covered a very wide range of topics, from energy-efficient design principles to philosophical interpretations, with a particular focus on the preservation and sustainability of the cultural and architectural heritage of the countries in the region.

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