{"id":6033,"date":"2025-05-26T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/?page_id=6033"},"modified":"2025-05-27T21:21:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:21:28","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6033\" class=\"elementor elementor-6033\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66561bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"91619\" data-id=\"66561bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-296c5d3\" data-eae-slider=\"71915\" data-id=\"296c5d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62108dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"62108dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_62108dd_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#62108dd_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"1181\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AhmetTasagil_foto.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6042\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AhmetTasagil_foto.webp 886w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AhmetTasagil_foto-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AhmetTasagil_foto-768x1024.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_62108dd_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProf. Ahmet Ta\u015fa\u011f\u0131l\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Head of History Department, Yeditepe University<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-62108dd\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_62108dd_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"1181\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AhmetTasagil_foto.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6042\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AhmetTasagil_foto.webp 886w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AhmetTasagil_foto-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AhmetTasagil_foto-768x1024.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Prof. Ahmet Ta\u015fa\u011f\u0131l<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Head of History Department, Yeditepe University<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProf. Dr. Ahmet Ta\u015fa\u011f\u0131l graduated from the Department of History at Istanbul Universities, Faculty of Letters. In 1987, he became a research assistant at the Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Mimar Sinan University. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1992, associate professor in 1995 and full professor in 2000\u2019s. Starting in 1997 he conducted field research in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzystan, Southern Siberia, Mongolia and China. While his researc primarily focuses on pre-islamic Turkish History, he also works on Euroasian-Turkish history from ancient times to the present. He has published 17 books, more than 2000 national and international papers. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1647bcb\" data-eae-slider=\"88138\" data-id=\"1647bcb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6512302 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"6512302\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_6512302_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#6512302_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AknurKoshymova.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6043\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AknurKoshymova.webp 303w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AknurKoshymova-234x300.webp 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_6512302_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAknur Koshymova\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of History of Kazakhstan, Faculty of History, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-6512302\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_6512302_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AknurKoshymova.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6043\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AknurKoshymova.webp 303w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AknurKoshymova-234x300.webp 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Aknur Koshymova<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of History of Kazakhstan, Faculty of History, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAknur Koshymova has been affiliated with Al-Farabi Kazakh National University since 2000, where she pursued her studies through the bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, and doctoral levels. Since 2012, she has been working at the same university. In 2019, she defended her doctoral dissertation titled \u00abThe Role of the Oghuz in the Formation of the Ethnogenesis of Turkic Peoples in the 8th\u201313th Centuries\u00bb. She is the author of over 50 scientific articles and co-authored monographs. She has published 6 articles in journals indexed in the Scopus database and holds an h-index of 2. Her research focuses on the ethnic history of Turkic peoples, medieval Oghuz toponyms, the formation of ethnic boundaries among Central Asian nomads, the role of the Oghuz tribes in the ethnogenesis of Turkic peoples, and other related ethnogenetic issues. She is also the author of several academic and popular scientific works. Additionally, she has actively participated in international conferences held in Russia, T\u00fcrkiye, Poland, and other countries, and has received diplomas, certificates, and letters of appreciation for her contributions.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5d04b6\" data-eae-slider=\"48864\" data-id=\"c5d04b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f00ce0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"f00ce0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_f00ce0a_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#f00ce0a_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_f00ce0a_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssoc. Prof. Azamat Khasanov\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Dean of of Faculty of Achitecture, Tashkent University of Architecure and Civil Engineering<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-f00ce0a\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_f00ce0a_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Assoc. Prof. Azamat Khasanov<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Dean of of Faculty of Achitecture, Tashkent University of Architecure and Civil Engineering<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tH.E. Aisha Deemas is Director General of Sharjah Museums Authority since June 2023. She formerly held the position of Director of Executive Affairs at Sharjah Museums Authority where she participated in long-term planning and overall management of the services provided to all Sharjah museums under SMA.\nH.E. Aisha Deemas holds an MBA and a Bachelor of International Studies degree from the American University of Sharjah. She has 15+ years of experience in museums management.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bd732d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"62341\" data-id=\"4bd732d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1e33cf\" data-eae-slider=\"52587\" data-id=\"a1e33cf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb20d60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"eb20d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_eb20d60_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#eb20d60_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1066\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BilelChebbi_foto.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6044\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BilelChebbi_foto.webp 1066w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BilelChebbi_foto-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BilelChebbi_foto-682x1024.webp 682w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BilelChebbi_foto-768x1153.webp 768w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BilelChebbi_foto-1023x1536.webp 1023w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1066px) 100vw, 1066px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_eb20d60_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Bilel Chebbi\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">ICESCO Project Director, Heritage Specialist<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-eb20d60\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_eb20d60_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1066\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BilelChebbi_foto.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6044\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BilelChebbi_foto.webp 1066w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BilelChebbi_foto-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BilelChebbi_foto-682x1024.webp 682w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BilelChebbi_foto-768x1153.webp 768w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BilelChebbi_foto-1023x1536.webp 1023w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1066px) 100vw, 1066px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Dr. Bilel Chebbi<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">ICESCO Project Director, Heritage Specialist<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Bilel Chebbi is a Tunisian heritage specialist and researcher in cultural policy and urban heritage regeneration in the Maghreb. He holds a PhD in heritage studies and currently serves as the Heritage Programs Manager at ICESCO (Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). He has contributed to numerous international conferences and publications focused on heritage governance, post-conflict recovery, and community empowerment. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b1e20a\" data-eae-slider=\"84570\" data-id=\"1b1e20a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adb226b elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"adb226b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_adb226b_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#adb226b_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1885\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-scaled.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6045\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-scaled.webp 1885w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-221x300.webp 221w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-754x1024.webp 754w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-768x1043.webp 768w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-1131x1536.webp 1131w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-1508x2048.webp 1508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1885px) 100vw, 1885px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_adb226b_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBirol \u0130ncecikoz\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">General Director of Museums and Cultural Assets, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkish Republic<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-adb226b\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_adb226b_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1885\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-scaled.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6045\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-scaled.webp 1885w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-221x300.webp 221w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-754x1024.webp 754w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-768x1043.webp 768w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-1131x1536.webp 1131w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BirolIncecikoz_foto-1508x2048.webp 1508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1885px) 100vw, 1885px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Birol \u0130ncecikoz<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">General Director of Museums and Cultural Assets, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkish Republic<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBirol \u0130ncecik\u00f6z, born in Ankara in 1980, earned his undergraduate degree in City and Regional Planning from Selcuk University. He also graduated from the Department of Justice at Atat\u00fcrk University in 2023. Between 2003-2006, he held roles as project manager and director in private sector, focusing on urban planning. In 2006, joined Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, working in the transportation planning unit. From 2009 to 2012, he worked for private sector, overseeing a range of planning initiatives including conservation master plans, environmental layout plans, and long-term development strategies. Between 2012 and 2016, Mr. \u0130ncecik\u00f6z worked as a City Planner at the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. He later served as Head of the Survey and Planning Department at the same institution till 2018. From 2018 to 2023, he served as Deputy Director General of the aforementioned General Directorate.  Since August 2022, he has been serving as President of the Cappadocia Area Management Authority. He has also held the position of Director General of Cultural Heritage and Museums starting from July 2023. Mr. \u0130ncecik\u00f6z is married with two children. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53b407c\" data-eae-slider=\"93033\" data-id=\"53b407c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac7f58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"3ac7f58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_3ac7f58_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#3ac7f58_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cenk_ustundag_foto.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6046\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cenk_ustundag_foto.webp 324w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cenk_ustundag_foto-218x300.webp 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_3ac7f58_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Cenk \u00dcst\u00fcnda\u011f\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Founder of Portneo, Lecturer, Istanbul Technical University<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-3ac7f58\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_3ac7f58_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cenk_ustundag_foto.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6046\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cenk_ustundag_foto.webp 324w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cenk_ustundag_foto-218x300.webp 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Dr. Cenk \u00dcst\u00fcnda\u011f<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Founder of Portneo, Lecturer, Istanbul Technical University<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Cenk \u00dcst\u00fcnda\u011f\u202fwas born on July 4, 1976, in Istanbul. received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Civil Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). In 2000, he began his academic career as a Research Assistant at the Faculty of Architecture, ITU. Between 2002 and 2007, he pursued his doctoral studies at the University of Wuppertal in Germany as a DAAD scholar and was awarded the Dr.-Ing.\u202f(Doctor of Engineering) degree in Civil Engineering.In 2009, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at the ITU Faculty of Architecture, where he currently serves as a faculty member in the Structural and Earthquake Engineering Unit. Since completing his doctorate and returning to T\u00fcrkiye in 2007, Dr. \u00dcst\u00fcnda\u011f has focused on the restoration and structural strengthening of historic buildings. In 2011, he founded Portneo Science and Construction Technologies Inc. at ITU ARI Technopark, where he leads the development and implementation of innovative strengthening systems for heritage structures. \nH.E. Aisha Deemas holds an MBA and a Bachelor of International Studies degree from the American University of Sharjah. She has 15+ years of experience in museums management.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cf0d89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"35921\" data-id=\"1cf0d89\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c16a7d8\" data-eae-slider=\"40377\" data-id=\"c16a7d8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2e9d43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"c2e9d43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_c2e9d43_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#c2e9d43_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CigdemTurkyilmaz.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6047\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CigdemTurkyilmaz.webp 512w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CigdemTurkyilmaz-300x230.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_c2e9d43_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProf. \u00c7i\u011fdem T\u00fcrky\u0131lmaz\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Rector of Samarkand State Architecture and Construction University <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-c2e9d43\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_c2e9d43_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CigdemTurkyilmaz.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6047\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CigdemTurkyilmaz.webp 512w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CigdemTurkyilmaz-300x230.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Prof. \u00c7i\u011fdem T\u00fcrky\u0131lmaz<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Rector of Samarkand State Architecture and Construction University <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs the Rector of Samarkand State Architecture and Construction University, Professor \u00c7i\u011fdem T\u00fcrky\u0131lmaz maz is an esteemed international specialist in architecture and design, having begun her academic journey at Yildiz Technical University. She participates in various symposiums, conferences, and workshops where she passionately shares insights on the integral role of architecture and design in modern education. Under her leadership, many critical issues related to UNESCO World Heritage sites and cultural preservation are addressed and resolved. Specifically, the university, under Prof. T\u00fcrky\u0131lmaz's guidance, actively collaborates with UNESCO on projects focused on the preservation and sustainable development of Samarkand's historical architecture and urban environment, overseeing research initiatives, implementing conservation strategies, and promoting responsible tourism practices that respect the region's rich cultural heritage. The department plays a vital role in educating students and the broader community about the importance of UNESCO's mission and the significance of protecting cultural heritage for future generations. Through dedicated research and well-structured educational programs, she aims to cultivate critical thinking and creativity skills in the next generation of architects and designers. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63a8aec\" data-eae-slider=\"41479\" data-id=\"63a8aec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c30b77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"1c30b77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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HIBOU, Adjunct Prof. University of Bologna<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-1c30b77\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_1c30b77_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DarioTaraborrelli_foto-scaled.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6048\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DarioTaraborrelli_foto-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DarioTaraborrelli_foto-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DarioTaraborrelli_foto-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DarioTaraborrelli_foto-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DarioTaraborrelli_foto-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DarioTaraborrelli_foto-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Dario Taraborrelli<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Archivist, Director HIBOU, Adjunct Prof. University of Bologna<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDario Taraborrelli holds a Master's degree in Visual Arts from the University of Bologna and a diploma from the School of Archival Studies, Paleography, and Diplomacy at the State Archives of Bologna. As archivist, his work particularly focuses on modern and contemporary judicial archives, public security archives, and the archives of theater companies and artists in the Emilia-Romagna region, overseeing their arrangement and inventorying. Among the recent archives he has worked on are the Renato Zangheri archive (former major of Bologna), in collaboration with Stefano Vitali, and the Demetrio Stratos archive (artist and singer). He is also a contract professor of archival studies at the University of Bologna. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd89b74\" data-eae-slider=\"88906\" data-id=\"dd89b74\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79e32f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"79e32f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_79e32f7_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#79e32f7_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DilnozaKamalova.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6049\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DilnozaKamalova.webp 512w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DilnozaKamalova-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_79e32f7_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProf. Dilnoza Kamalova\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Dean of Samarkand State Architecture and Construction University <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-79e32f7\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_79e32f7_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DilnozaKamalova.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6049\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DilnozaKamalova.webp 512w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DilnozaKamalova-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Prof. Dilnoza Kamalova<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Dean of Samarkand State Architecture and Construction University <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProfessor Dilnoza Kamalova, as Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, has dedicated several years to actively developing and improving educational programs for future architects &amp; designers. She is a recognized expert in the theory and history of architecture, the meticulous restoration of monuments, and a specialized problem-solver in the intricate field of lighting architecture. Her scholarly research has contributed significantly to these areas, with publications in leading academic journals and presentations at international conferences. Beyond her role as Dean, Prof. Kamalova is committed to fostering global exchange and collaboration. She actively partners with leading universities worldwide, coordinating international seminars, symposia, conferences, and immersive summer\/autumn schools. These initiatives provide invaluable opportunities for students and faculty to engage with diverse perspectives, explore cutting-edge research, and build a global network of colleagues. She works collaboratively with UNESCO, where she addresses critical issues related to architecture and the responsible preservation of cultural heritage, ensuring that historical landmarks are protected for future generations.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4dfe1d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"20909\" data-id=\"4dfe1d1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de6c1c5\" data-eae-slider=\"22290\" data-id=\"de6c1c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10a0910 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"10a0910\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_10a0910_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#10a0910_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraganaLujica.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6050\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraganaLujica.webp 445w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraganaLujica-261x300.webp 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_10a0910_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDragana Lucija Ratkovi\u0107 Aydemir\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">CEO at Muzeliq by Muze, Heritage Interpreter<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-10a0910\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_10a0910_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraganaLujica.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6050\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraganaLujica.webp 445w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraganaLujica-261x300.webp 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Dragana Lucija Ratkovi\u0107 Aydemir<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">CEO at Muzeliq by Muze, Heritage Interpreter<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDragana Lucija Ratkovi\u0107 Aydemir is a cultural strategist and expert in heritage interpretation, working between Zagreb, Istanbul, and \u00c7e\u015fme. She began her career at the Croatian Ministry of Culture and, in 2005, founded MUZE Ltd., an award-winning consultancy with over 100 projects in heritage interpretation, exhibition design, and cultural tourism development. She later launched Muzeliq, its international branch focused on global collaboration in the heritage field. A strong advocate of knowledge-sharing, Dragana works closely with local communities and international networks. She holds a European Diploma in Cultural Management (Brussels) and a UNESCO Fellowship, and has contributed internationally as President of the Association of Maritime Museums of the Mediterranean (Barcelona) and as a Supervisory Board Member of Interpret Europe.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a839ccc\" data-eae-slider=\"68191\" data-id=\"a839ccc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4ce2c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"a4ce2c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_a4ce2c3_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#a4ce2c3_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ElbekSobirov.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6051\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ElbekSobirov.webp 354w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ElbekSobirov-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_a4ce2c3_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tElbek Sobirov\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Heritage Specialist, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Rep. of Uzbekistan, Bukhara Region<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-a4ce2c3\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_a4ce2c3_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ElbekSobirov.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6051\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ElbekSobirov.webp 354w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ElbekSobirov-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Elbek Sobirov<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Heritage Specialist, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Rep. of Uzbekistan, Bukhara Region<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tElbek Sobirov is a specialist in the preservation of cultural heritage with extensive experience in archaeological research and site protection. He currently serves as Head of Department at the Regional Office for Cultural Heritage in Bukhara, under the Agency for Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Uzbekistan. His work focuses on documenting and safeguarding key historical sites, including the ancient city of Poykent, one of the major monuments of the Bukhara oasis. Elbek is also a long-time contributor to initiatives aligned with UNESCO\u2019s mission and has authored publications on archaeology and heritage protection. Since the start of the World Monuments Fund project on traditional houses of Bukhara, he has been a core team member, contributing as a local expert with deep knowledge of the region\u2019s historical urban fabric. His practical experience and commitment continue to support the preservation of Uzbekistan\u2019s cultural identity.  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcda41a\" data-eae-slider=\"7427\" data-id=\"dcda41a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44b6fa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"44b6fa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_44b6fa7_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#44b6fa7_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EvrenRutbil.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6052\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EvrenRutbil.webp 384w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EvrenRutbil-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_44b6fa7_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEvren Rutbil\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Director, IICAS-International Institute for Central Asian Studies<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-44b6fa7\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_44b6fa7_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EvrenRutbil.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6052\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EvrenRutbil.webp 384w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EvrenRutbil-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Evren Rutbil<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Director, IICAS-International Institute for Central Asian Studies<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMr. Evren Rutbil graduated Department of Economics of Middle East Technical University in Ankara. Later, he received Master\u2019s degree on Social Policy from the same university. During 2005-2023, he was the representative of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency in different countries of Central Asia, Balkans and Western Africa. Mr. Evren Rutbil coordinated hundreds of technical cooperation projects in various sectors including education, agriculture, health, production, media, culture, vocational trainings. He was elected as the Director of International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS) in 2024. IICAS carries out international projects on the study of the cultural heritage of Central Asia and the Silk Roads.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2843bcd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"6114\" data-id=\"2843bcd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-686db15\" data-eae-slider=\"91221\" data-id=\"686db15\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_e4dd934_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFirdavs Fridunovich Abdukhalikov \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Director of the Centre of Islamic Civilization in Uzbekistan, Chairman of the Board of WOSCU<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-e4dd934\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_e4dd934_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Firdavs Fridunovich Abdukhalikov <\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Director of the Centre of Islamic Civilization in Uzbekistan, Chairman of the Board of WOSCU<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFirdavs Fridunovich Abdukhalikov was born on August 10, 1963, in Samarkand. He is the great-grandson of the Jadid writer Mirzo Kokamboy Abdukhalikov on his father\u2019s side, and the great-grandson of industrialist and philanthropist Mirzo Abdullo Bukhari on his mother\u2019s side. He is the director of the Centre of Islamic Civilisation in Uzbekistan, and the chairman of the board of the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Promotion of the Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan (WOSCU). Author of the largest book series on the cultural and historical heritage of Uzbekistan. He holds bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Philology, Samarkand State University, master\u2019s degree from the Faculty of Economics, S.S.U., and awarded a doctorate for his dissertation on \u201cArtistic Interpretation of Historical Figures in Medieval Eastern Miniature\u201d. In 1990, founded and headed the first non-governmental television and radio company in Uzbekistan\u2014Samarkand TV, which began broadcasting in March 1991. He initiated and founded Darakchi newspaper\u2014the first non-governmental print media outlet in 1996. In 1998, appointed Deputy Chairman of the National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan. He was elected as a Member of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament) in 1998. He also established and chaired the National Association of Electronic Mass Media of Uzbekistan, the country\u2019s largest association of independent TV and cable networks and in 2019, appointed director general of the National Agency \u201cUzbekkino,\u201d which was later transformed into the Cinematography Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2021. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7c63eb\" data-eae-slider=\"23706\" data-id=\"d7c63eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a46865 elementor-widget 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Gulzinat Mensitova\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Al-Farabi Kazakh National University<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-1a46865\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_1a46865_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1064\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GulzinatMensitova_foto.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6054\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GulzinatMensitova_foto.webp 1600w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GulzinatMensitova_foto-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GulzinatMensitova_foto-1024x681.webp 1024w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GulzinatMensitova_foto-768x511.webp 768w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GulzinatMensitova_foto-1536x1021.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Assistant Prof. Gulzinat Mensitova<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Al-Farabi Kazakh National University<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShe graduated from the Department of History of Kazakhstan, Faculty of History, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in 2016. She completed her master\u2019s degree in the same department in 2018. Since 2019, she has been working as a Senior lecturer in the Faculty of History Al-Farabi KazNU. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies in History at Al-Farabi KazNU. Her research interests include ethnic processes, cultural integration, and medieval migrations in Central Asia. Gulzinat Mensitova has been involved in several projects and published articles in national and international scientific journals.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-840d2e9\" data-eae-slider=\"20548\" data-id=\"840d2e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de3b1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"6de3b1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_6de3b1e_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#6de3b1e_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HuseyinAtes_foto.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6074\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HuseyinAtes_foto.webp 1600w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HuseyinAtes_foto-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HuseyinAtes_foto-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HuseyinAtes_foto-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HuseyinAtes_foto-1536x1023.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_6de3b1e_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tH\u00fcseyin Ate\u015f\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Department Head of Culture, Arts and Science of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-6de3b1e\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_6de3b1e_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HuseyinAtes_foto.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6074\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HuseyinAtes_foto.webp 1600w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HuseyinAtes_foto-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HuseyinAtes_foto-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HuseyinAtes_foto-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HuseyinAtes_foto-1536x1023.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">H\u00fcseyin Ate\u015f<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Department Head of Culture, Arts and Science of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tH\u00fcseyin Ate\u015f has been working in the field of culture, arts and museums at Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality since 2006. He worked as branch manager of museums and libraries between 2011 and 2023 years. Within this period, he carried out all the processes including establishment to management of 15 museums, 8 libraries and a city archive affiliated to the municipality. He also contains his academic studies in this field upon completing his postgraduate degree on museology at Istanbul university. He was assigned as department head of culture, arts and science  of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality in 2023 and still holds over this position.  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2755ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"24549\" data-id=\"e2755ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ddf04c\" data-eae-slider=\"87100\" data-id=\"7ddf04c\" 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src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Javier-Ors-Ausin.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6095\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Javier-Ors-Ausin.webp 1573w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Javier-Ors-Ausin-295x300.webp 295w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Javier-Ors-Ausin-1007x1024.webp 1007w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Javier-Ors-Ausin-768x781.webp 768w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Javier-Ors-Ausin-1510x1536.webp 1510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1573px) 100vw, 1573px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_d23ed49_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJavier Ors Aus\u00edn\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Senior Program Manager, Special Programs at World Monuments Fund<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-d23ed49\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_d23ed49_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1573\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Javier-Ors-Ausin.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6095\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Javier-Ors-Ausin.webp 1573w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Javier-Ors-Ausin-295x300.webp 295w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Javier-Ors-Ausin-1007x1024.webp 1007w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Javier-Ors-Ausin-768x781.webp 768w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Javier-Ors-Ausin-1510x1536.webp 1510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1573px) 100vw, 1573px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Javier Ors Aus\u00edn<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Senior Program Manager, Special Programs at World Monuments Fund<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJavier Ors Aus\u00edn is an architect, urbanist, and educator from Spain, and a Senior Program Manager at World Monuments Fund (WMF), where he oversees the organization\u2019s special programs that focus on Modernist architecture, Jewish Heritage, and Crisis Response. Since he joined WMF, he has managed a diverse portfolio of projects in different countries around the world, including India, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Uzbekistan, Romania, and Burkina Faso. Javier currently teaches at the University of Miami School of Architecture and has presented his field work and research at various forums, including the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Royal Geographical Society, the Society of Architectural Historians, and various ICOMOS symposiums. He has been a guest critic in different universities, including the University of Toronto, Columbia University, Harvard University, and Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Per\u00fa, among others. Javier holds Bachelor of Building Engineering and a Master in Architecture from the Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Valencia in Spain, and a Master in Design Studies in Critical Conservation from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c84d62c\" data-eae-slider=\"69774\" data-id=\"c84d62c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-502c609 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"502c609\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_502c609_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#502c609_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KemalAydin.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6055\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KemalAydin.webp 383w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KemalAydin-224x300.webp 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_502c609_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Kemal Ayd\u0131n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Gerontologist, President of the Ibn Sina Institute <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-502c609\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_502c609_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KemalAydin.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6055\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KemalAydin.webp 383w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KemalAydin-224x300.webp 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Dr. Kemal Ayd\u0131n<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Gerontologist, President of the Ibn Sina Institute <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHe was born in Kastamonu in 1969. He graduated from Pakistan Punjab University Punjab Medical Faculty in 1996 with the International Student Exchange of the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Turkiye. He completed the Dutch Language and Culture Program at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1997 for his doctoral studies. In 1997, he started working as a nursing home doctor at the Prime Ministry Social Services and Child Protection Agency. In 1998, he received a NUFIC scholarship in Geriatrics &amp; Gerontology with Prof. Dr.Sijmen Duursma at Utrecht Uni., and conducted research on aging, gerontology and geriatrics. In 2000, he completed the U.N. International Institute on Aging and the Postgraduate Diploma program at Malta University. Between 2001-2005, he worked in elderly care and rehabilitation institutions in Holland, conducted research on migration and aging in different. In 2002, he was invited to the United Nations World Assembly on Aging. He founded the Ibn Sina Institute, Lokman Hekim Foundation, Turkey-Netherlands Health Foundation, Intercultural Health Institute, and the Netherlands Islamic Elderly Care and Health Foundation in the Netherlands for scientific studies in Europe. He speaks English, Dutch, Urdu and Arabic and married with three children. He currently works as the coordinator of the Silk Road Healing Route, Silk Road Science, Culture and Health Year project in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Yalova University. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0884e32\" data-eae-slider=\"21120\" data-id=\"0884e32\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1b1bdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"b1b1bdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_b1b1bdd_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#b1b1bdd_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MahmoudEmam.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6056\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MahmoudEmam.webp 512w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MahmoudEmam-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MahmoudEmam-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_b1b1bdd_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistant Prof. Mahmoud Emam\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Archaeologist, Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-b1b1bdd\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_b1b1bdd_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MahmoudEmam.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6056\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MahmoudEmam.webp 512w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MahmoudEmam-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MahmoudEmam-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Assistant Prof. Mahmoud Emam<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Archaeologist, Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistant Prof. Mahmoud Emam, a 2012 graduate of Ain Shams University's Archaeology Faculty specializing in Islamic Architecture, is currently a Assistant Professor at the Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Since 2013, he has been a faculty member and held academic positions at several institutions, including Kolkata University and Cairo University. Dr. Emam's research focuses on Islamic architecture and pottery in India, Iran, and Central Asia. He has a second PhD in Islamic pottery and actively participates in conferences and scholarly journals related to Islamic architecture and heritage conservation. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40505b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"35241\" data-id=\"40505b2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbc79da\" data-eae-slider=\"79725\" data-id=\"bbc79da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-899f44e elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"899f44e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_899f44e_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#899f44e_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MarcelloMelis.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6057\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MarcelloMelis.webp 398w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MarcelloMelis-233x300.webp 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_899f44e_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMarcello Melis\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Electronic Engineer, Founder of Proficolore<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-899f44e\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_899f44e_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MarcelloMelis.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6057\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MarcelloMelis.webp 398w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MarcelloMelis-233x300.webp 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Marcello Melis<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Electronic Engineer, Founder of Proficolore<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWith a background in the humanities, Marcello Melis has always combined cultural sensitivity with scientific rigor. An Electronic Engineering graduate from\u202fLa Sapienza University of Rome, he has built his career in highly specialized fields\u2014from satellite image processing to artificial intelligence\u2014working for international companies such as\u202fDigital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Space Engineering, Lucent Technologies, Agilent, and\u202fEMC\u00b2. In the 2000s, he served as a university lecturer at\u202fLa Sapienza\u202fand founded a digital photography school during a pivotal moment of technological transition, training hundreds of professionals. Since 2008, he has collaborated consistently with\u202fNikon\/Nital, bridging digital photography with the worlds of science and conservation. In 2010, he founded\u202fProfilocolore Srl, aiming to develop advanced imaging tools for cultural heritage documentation and diagnostics. His vision merges technology, aesthetics, and scientific precision in service of preserving the visual memory of artworks.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52f1fec\" data-eae-slider=\"63414\" data-id=\"52f1fec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a06f48f elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"a06f48f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_a06f48f_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#a06f48f_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MasturaSidikova.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6076\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MasturaSidikova.webp 319w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MasturaSidikova-187x300.webp 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_a06f48f_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssoc. Prof. Mastura S\u0131d\u0131kova\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Head of Department of History and Cultural Heritage, Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-a06f48f\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_a06f48f_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MasturaSidikova.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6076\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MasturaSidikova.webp 319w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MasturaSidikova-187x300.webp 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Assoc. Prof. Mastura S\u0131d\u0131kova<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Head of Department of History and Cultural Heritage, Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSince 2021, she has been an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of History and Cultural Heritage at the Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage. Concurrently, she serves as co-chair of the UNESCO department at the same university. As of August 2021, she has been teaching courses on Uzbek Studies, Cultural Heritage in Tourism, History of Uzbekistan, and History of Samarkand. To date, she has participated in several international scientific events, scientific conferences, and seminar trainings organized by UNESCO. Her research focuses on the preservation of cultural heritage and its integration into tourism activities.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e20d3b\" data-eae-slider=\"2498\" data-id=\"2e20d3b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b97dd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"2b97dd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_2b97dd4_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#2b97dd4_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1921\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-scaled.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6058\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-scaled.webp 1921w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-769x1024.webp 769w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-768x1023.webp 768w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-1153x1536.webp 1153w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-1537x2048.webp 1537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1921px) 100vw, 1921px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_2b97dd4_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProf. Mavluda Yusupova\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Director of &quot;Silk Road&quot; International Research Institute<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-2b97dd4\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_2b97dd4_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1921\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-scaled.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6058\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-scaled.webp 1921w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-769x1024.webp 769w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-768x1023.webp 768w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-1153x1536.webp 1153w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MavludaYusupova_foto-1537x2048.webp 1537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1921px) 100vw, 1921px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Prof. Mavluda Yusupova<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Director of &quot;Silk Road&quot; International Research Institute<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProfessor, Doctor of Science in Architecture, Director of \u201cSilk Road\u201d International Research Institute under the \u201cSilk Road\u201d International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage. Specialist in the field of history and theory of architecture, restoration of architectural monuments of Central Asian countries. She researched and developed a number of poorly studied aspects of the architecture of Uzbekistan and Central Asia. Author of over 250 scientific papers published in Uzbekistan and abroad. She trained at Oxford University (England), as a Visiting Professor, she read lecture courses at the Gumilyov Eurasian University in Astana (Kazakhstan), at the University of Potsdam (Germany) the Leiden University (Holland) and the Michigan State University (USA). She delivered scientific reports in France, USA, China, T\u00fcrkiye, Kingdom of Bhutan and in a number of other countries. For many years she led an active professional activity on the competent preservation and restoration in practice of objects of the architectural heritage of Uzbekistan. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d40ec62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"4396\" data-id=\"d40ec62\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d3e950a\" data-eae-slider=\"7885\" data-id=\"d3e950a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcf4d5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"dcf4d5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_dcf4d5b_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#dcf4d5b_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MendigulNogaibaeva.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6088\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MendigulNogaibaeva.webp 299w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MendigulNogaibaeva-261x300.webp 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_dcf4d5b_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssoc. Prof. Mendigul Nogaibaeva\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Al-Farabi Kazakh National University<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-dcf4d5b\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_dcf4d5b_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MendigulNogaibaeva.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6088\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MendigulNogaibaeva.webp 299w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MendigulNogaibaeva-261x300.webp 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Assoc. Prof. Mendigul Nogaibaeva<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Al-Farabi Kazakh National University<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNogaibayeva Mendigul Sagatovna (b. 1978) is a Ph.D., Associate Professor. Currently she is a seconded researcher at KU Leuven from March 5, 2025 to December 31, 2025. Her main place of work is the Department of History of Kazakhstan at al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan. She has held various leadership positions, including Dean of the Faculty of History, Archeology, and Ethnology (2016-2022) and Director of Educational Work at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.  Mendigul Sagatovna is the author of around 80 scientific works, including textbooks, scientific articles, and monographs. She actively participated in international conferences and completed advanced training at universities in Germany (Bonn University), and T\u00fcrkiye (Istanbul University and Haji Bairam Veli University). As a research supervisor, she mentors both masters and doctoral students. Her research interests focus on ethnic and cultural relations in ancient and medieval times. She currently leads the project \u201cMedieval toponyms in the aspect of the formation of the ethnic territory of the Kazakh people\u201d (2024-2026).  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed4477c\" data-eae-slider=\"76918\" data-id=\"ed4477c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f95a659 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"f95a659\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_f95a659_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#f95a659_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Morteza-Khanipour.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6059\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Morteza-Khanipour.webp 333w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Morteza-Khanipour-210x300.webp 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_f95a659_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Morteza Khanipour\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Archaeologist, Assistant Professor, Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-f95a659\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_f95a659_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Morteza-Khanipour.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6059\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Morteza-Khanipour.webp 333w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Morteza-Khanipour-210x300.webp 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Dr. Morteza Khanipour<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Archaeologist, Assistant Professor, Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorteza Khanipour, Associate Professor is an Iranian archaeologist specializing in the prehistory of the Iranian Plateau. He received his Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of Tehran in 2018 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship there from 2018 to 2020. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage. Dr. Khanipour has directed numerous archaeological surveys and excavations at Neolithic sites across southern Iran. His research focuses on the origins of agriculture, early settlement systems, and socio-economic developments in prehistoric West Asia.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce23a7b\" data-eae-slider=\"87417\" data-id=\"ce23a7b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a801273 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"a801273\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_a801273_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#a801273_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MukhsinKhidirov.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6060\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MukhsinKhidirov.webp 390w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MukhsinKhidirov-254x300.webp 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_a801273_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssoc. Prof. Mukhsin Khidirov\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Department of History and Cultural Heritage, Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-a801273\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_a801273_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MukhsinKhidirov.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6060\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MukhsinKhidirov.webp 390w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MukhsinKhidirov-254x300.webp 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Assoc. Prof. Mukhsin Khidirov<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Department of History and Cultural Heritage, Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMukhsin Kidirov is an Associate Professor of Department of History and Cultural Heritage at International University of tourism and Cultural Heritage. M. Khidirov graduated from Samarkand State Architectural and Civil Engineering University in1980. As PhD student Mr. Khidirov studied at Kiev State Technical University of Architecture and Construction. Khidirov defended his PhD dissertation \u201cArchitectural and Planning Organization of Shopping Centers in Uzbekistan\u201d in 1994. During 2004-2006, he completed a research project under a grant from the German foundation \"Architecture of Trade Buildings of the Silk Road\". During 2020-2023, he was the participant of the ERASMUS+ project \"The Impact of Environmental Factors on Cultural Heritage Sites\". \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa4963e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"10146\" data-id=\"aa4963e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cae7553\" data-eae-slider=\"71417\" data-id=\"cae7553\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ceed6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"3ceed6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_3ceed6b_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#3ceed6b_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"483\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NargisNurulla.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6061\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NargisNurulla.webp 483w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NargisNurulla-283x300.webp 283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_3ceed6b_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProf. Nargis T. Nurulla-Khoja\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Department History and Cultural Heritage, Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-3ceed6b\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_3ceed6b_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"483\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NargisNurulla.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6061\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NargisNurulla.webp 483w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NargisNurulla-283x300.webp 283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Prof. Nargis T. Nurulla-Khoja<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Department History and Cultural Heritage, Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProf. Nurulla is a scholar specialising in cultural studies, philosophy, and oriental studies, with professional experience spanning Central Asia, Russia, and the United Kingdom. Fluent in Tajik, English, Russian, and Persian, she earned her doctorate in 2013 with research on Central Asian communities. Based in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, she currently teaches at the International Silk Road University at the department History and Cultural Heritage, focusing on the region\u2019s cultural heritage and identity. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-963e3cc\" data-eae-slider=\"68240\" data-id=\"963e3cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-786021a elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"786021a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_786021a_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#786021a_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OdiljonBoynazarov.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6062\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OdiljonBoynazarov.webp 292w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OdiljonBoynazarov-241x300.webp 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_786021a_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssoc. Prof. Odiljon Boynazarov\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Department of History and Cultural Heritage, Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-786021a\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_786021a_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OdiljonBoynazarov.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6062\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OdiljonBoynazarov.webp 292w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OdiljonBoynazarov-241x300.webp 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Assoc. Prof. Odiljon Boynazarov<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Department of History and Cultural Heritage, Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSince 2000, he has been teaching at the \u00abSilk Road\u00bb International University of Tourism and cultural heritage, Department of History and Cultural Heritage in the subjects of \"Intercultural Dialogue, Ethnogenises, Museology, History of Tourism and Sociology of Tourism\". In 2024, he published the monograph \"Dialectics of Creative Thinking\", and in 2025, the textbook \"Creativity in Museology. In 2023, he participated in an educational internship at Beijing International Studies University on the topic of cultural heritage in the study of tourism history, and in 2024, he participated in an educational project at the University of Tehran, Iran on the topic of \"Water Resources and Cultural Heritage\".\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71c11fe\" data-eae-slider=\"83162\" data-id=\"71c11fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fda74b elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"3fda74b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_3fda74b_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#3fda74b_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OnaVileikis_photo-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6077\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OnaVileikis_photo-1.webp 552w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OnaVileikis_photo-1-240x300.webp 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_3fda74b_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Ona Vileikis\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Secretary-General of CIPA Heritage Documentation International Scientific Committee, ICOMOS<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-3fda74b\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_3fda74b_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OnaVileikis_photo-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6077\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OnaVileikis_photo-1.webp 552w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OnaVileikis_photo-1-240x300.webp 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Dr. Ona Vileikis<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Secretary-General of CIPA Heritage Documentation International Scientific Committee, ICOMOS<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Ona Vileikis serves as Secretary-General of CIPA Heritage Documentation International Scientific Committee and leads the unit of Documentation and Data Analytics at the Historic Environment, DCT - Abu Dhabi. She has worked as international researcher and advisor at the International Institute for Central Asian Studies in Samarkand. Dr. Vileikis holds a PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Leuven and MA in World Heritage Studies, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. Her academic experience includes research positions at the University College London, UK and Carleton University, Canada. She has played a key role in the development of the UNESCO Silk Roads World Heritage nominations and has contributed as a trainer for the UNESCO digital initiative Dive into Heritage. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7094cc8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"34578\" data-id=\"7094cc8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5715c62\" data-eae-slider=\"47014\" data-id=\"5715c62\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a00501 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"2a00501\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_2a00501_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#2a00501_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"789\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OzlemOktayCerezci_foto.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6063\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OzlemOktayCerezci_foto.webp 789w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OzlemOktayCerezci_foto-231x300.webp 231w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OzlemOktayCerezci_foto-768x997.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_2a00501_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistant Prof. \u00d6zlem Oktay \u00c7erezci\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-2a00501\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_2a00501_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"789\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OzlemOktayCerezci_foto.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6063\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OzlemOktayCerezci_foto.webp 789w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OzlemOktayCerezci_foto-231x300.webp 231w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OzlemOktayCerezci_foto-768x997.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Assistant Prof. \u00d6zlem Oktay \u00c7erezci<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00d6zlem Oktay \u00c7erezci was admitted to the Department of Art History at the Faculty of Science Literature, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 1998. In 2003, she started her master's degree in the Turkish-Islamic Arts Program within the Department of Art History at the Institute of Social Sciences of the same university. Later, she completed her doctoral thesis titled \"Metal Art in Central and Inner Asia between the 6th-9th Centuries: The Gokturk Period\" in 2013 in the same program and got her doctoral degree (PhD). Since 2021, she has been serving as an Associate Professor at the same university, giving undergraduate and graduate courses on Turkish Mythology; Early Period Turkish Arts of Central and Inner Asia; Turkish Art in Asia between the 10th - 20th centuries; and the Art of Pre-Ottoman Turkish Communities in Eastern Europe. And also she continues her research and publications in these fields. She is the author of two books titled \"Art of the Khazar Period (With Traces from the Gokturk Period Art)\" and \"Metal Art and Craftsmanship in the Gokturk Period.\" As of 2025, she has also been appointed Director of the \"Eurasian Culture and Art Practice and Research Center\" at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b16e159\" data-eae-slider=\"9341\" data-id=\"b16e159\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f844f8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"f844f8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_f844f8c_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#f844f8c_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_f844f8c_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssoc. Prof. Shakhboz Mustafoev\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Tashkent University of Architecure and Civil Engineering<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-f844f8c\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_f844f8c_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Assoc. Prof. Shakhboz Mustafoev<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Tashkent University of Architecure and Civil Engineering<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c1d666\" data-eae-slider=\"25938\" data-id=\"7c1d666\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7c008e elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"f7c008e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_f7c008e_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#f7c008e_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SimoneMantellini.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6064\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SimoneMantellini.webp 502w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SimoneMantellini-294x300.webp 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_f7c008e_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistant Prof. Simone Mantellini\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Dept. of History and Cultures, University of Bologna<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-f7c008e\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_f7c008e_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SimoneMantellini.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6064\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SimoneMantellini.webp 502w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SimoneMantellini-294x300.webp 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Assistant Prof. Simone Mantellini<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Dept. of History and Cultures, University of Bologna<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistant Professor in History and Archaeology of India and Central Asia at the University of Bologna, Department of History and Cultures. Main research interests regard landscape archaeology, long-term socio-environmental relations and water management in ecological marginal zones. Director of the Italian Archaeological Expedition in Uzbekistan, and the Upper Zeravshan Valley Archaeological-Ethnographic Project in Tajikistan. He participated in several international research projects in Pantelleria, Arabia Peninsula (Siria, Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman), T\u00fcrkiye, Iraq, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b5ab4bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"6979\" data-id=\"b5ab4bc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0225857\" data-eae-slider=\"80672\" data-id=\"0225857\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e979ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"5e979ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_5e979ce_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#5e979ce_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SukhrobBabaev_photo.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6065\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SukhrobBabaev_photo.webp 640w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SukhrobBabaev_photo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SukhrobBabaev_photo-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_5e979ce_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSukhrob Babaev\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">UNESCO-Assisting Expert, Academic-Strategic Advisor<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-5e979ce\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_5e979ce_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SukhrobBabaev_photo.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6065\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SukhrobBabaev_photo.webp 640w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SukhrobBabaev_photo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SukhrobBabaev_photo-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Sukhrob Babaev<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">UNESCO-Assisting Expert, Academic-Strategic Advisor<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProf. (Hon.) Sukhrob Tuygunovich Babaev is a cultural heritage researcher, UNESCO-assisting expert, and ICOMOS member, actively engaged in academic and field projects across Central Asia. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and the nationally adopted textbook World Cultural Heritage, reflecting his expertise in heritage preservation, restoration theory, and vernacular architecture. Since 2018, he has led multiple initiatives, including collaboration with the World Monuments Fund and the Central Asian Archaeological Landscapes project with UCL. He contributed to the development of management plans for World Heritage Sites in Bukhara, Shakhrisabz, and Khiva\u2014one of which was ranked among the global top ten by Springer. As a senior academic and strategic advisor at Asia International University, Prof. (Hon.) Babaev contributed to the integration of UN Sustainable Development Goals and the promotion of international mobility and academic cooperation. His work continues to bridge research, policy, and education in the field of heritage protection.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-454ae03\" data-eae-slider=\"1084\" data-id=\"454ae03\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd31f94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"bd31f94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_bd31f94_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#bd31f94_6033\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TattigulKartaeva_Foto.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6066\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TattigulKartaeva_Foto.webp 853w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TattigulKartaeva_Foto-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TattigulKartaeva_Foto-682x1024.webp 682w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TattigulKartaeva_Foto-768x1152.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_bd31f94_6033\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProf. Tattigul Kartayeva\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\">Faculty of History, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Ethnographer <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-bd31f94\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_bd31f94_6033\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TattigulKartaeva_Foto.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6066\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TattigulKartaeva_Foto.webp 853w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TattigulKartaeva_Foto-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TattigulKartaeva_Foto-682x1024.webp 682w, https:\/\/expoheritage.com\/heritageturquoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TattigulKartaeva_Foto-768x1152.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Prof. Tattigul Kartayeva<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\">Faculty of History, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Ethnographer <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProfessor at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Faculty of History. Research themes: regional ethnography, historical ethnography, museum ethnography, ethnoarchaeology. Scientific leader of regional ethnographic expeditions. Coordinator of the educational program \"Museum Studies and Protection of Monuments\".\u202fHead of scientific projects: \u201cTraditional methods of water supply in arid zones of Kazakhstan:\u202f ethnological and geoarcheological approaches\u201d (2018-2020); \u201cEthnographical and geoarchaeological study of agro-pastoral landscapes of desert deltas of Kazakhstan: historical phases of occupation and abandonment\u201d (2020-2022); \u201cEthnozooarchaeological study of the role of the wolf and the dog in ancient and modern cultures of\u202fKazakhstan\u201d (2022 \u2013 2024). \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-812d9ef\" data-eae-slider=\"49925\" 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His main design practice was based in Berlin, focused on exhibition design as well planning and refurbishment of archeological sites. In addition to restoration and modern adaptive reuse, designing and building on existing fabric, he also worked and teached on building archeology in the context of traditional and vernacular architecture. In 2015 he received his doctoral degree from the Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Institut Bauforschung und Denkmalpflege (Technical University of Berlin, Institute of Building Archeology and Heritage Preservation) the title of his work is: \u2018A House of many Faces - Additions and Interventions by Architects on Vernacular and Traditional Domestic Architecture in Mount-Lebanon from the 1920s until Today\u2019. Beyond the historic and geographic context, the focus of the work is how interventions on existing buildings and spaces change and affect them. Youssef was employed as researcher and exhibition designer at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Museum of Islamic Art since 2009, until he joined the LAD team in March 2020 as Permanent Galleries and External Artwork Unit Head. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPEAKERS Prof. Ahmet Ta\u015fa\u011f\u0131l Head of History Department, Yeditepe University Prof. Ahmet Ta\u015fa\u011f\u0131l Head of History Department, Yeditepe University Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ta\u015fa\u011f\u0131l graduated from the Department of History at Istanbul Universities, Faculty of Letters. In 1987, he became a research assistant at the Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Mimar Sinan University. 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