"Facing Crises: Challenges and Opportunities Confronting the Third Sector and Civil Society"
Kadir Has University
Istanbul, Turkey
July 7-10, 2010
Ninth International Conference of theInternational Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR)

Provisional Program

All sessions will be held at Kadir Has University, Central Campus (Cibali Campus), Kadir Has Caddesi, Cibali, 34083 Istanbul, Turkey

Wednesday, July 7 - Saturday, July 10, 2010

Wednesday, July 7
9:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.                     Conference Check-In
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.                 Professional Development Workshops
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.                     Paper Session A
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.                     Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.                     Paper Session B
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.                     New Members Reception
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.                     Welcome/Opening Plenary Session
Reception - immediately following at Kadir Has University

Thursday, July 8
8:30 a.m.                                       Conference Check-In
9:00 a.m.- 10:30 a.m.                    Plenary Session -
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.                 Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.                 Paper Session C
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.                   Lunch B Regional Network Meetings
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.                     Paper Session D
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.                     Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.                     Paper Session E
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.                     Break
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.                     Paper Session F
Free night

Friday, July 9
8:30 a.m.                                       Conference Check-In
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.                   Paper Session G
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.                 Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.                 Paper Session H
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.                   ISTR General Members Meeting
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.                     Lunch
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.                     Paper Session I
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.                     Break / Poster Session
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.                     Paper Session J     
8:30 p.m. -                                     Reception in Istanbul (to be announced)

Saturday, July 10
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.                   Paper Session K
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.                 Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.                 Paper Session L
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.                   Plenary Session -
    Award Announcements; and Closing
2:00 p.m.                                       Lunch

*Each Paper Session will contain 12 venues.

The official language of the ISTR Ninth International Conference will be English.

The final Conference Program will be posted on the ISTR Istanbul Conference web site, www.istr.org/conferences/Istanbul, approximately one month prior to the conference, and will be distributed at conference registration.

At least one author per submission must register for the conference by April 19, 2010, to have their presentation scheduled in the conference program.

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