Conference Venue

The conference will take place at Istanbul Bilgi University Santral Campus. Situated on a green field of 118 decares on the shores of Golden Horn, accessible from every part of the city, it is an arts and cultural complex within an educational environment and encompasses Turkey's first power plant, which is an Energy Museum today. Many buildings of the campus were renovated maintaining their historic features. 

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santralistanbul Campus

santralistanbul Campus

Eski Silahtarağa Elektrik Santralı

Kazım Karabekir Cad. No: 2/13

34060 Eyüpsultan İstanbul

Welcome Reception

September 17, 2025- Wednesday 18:00-21:00 Energy Museum, santralistanbul Campus, İstanbul Bilgi University (Same campus where the conference is held).

Let us welcome you to the EMAC 2025 Fall Conference by joining us at the Welcome Reception at the Energy Museum, located within the grounds of Istanbul Bilgi University’s santralistanbul campus. This remarkable venue serves as Türkiye’s first industrial archeological museum which once was the Ottoman Empire’s earliest urban-scale electric power plant. Today, the power plant stands as a unique national industrial heritage site following its conversion into santralistanbul, a project that involved the collaboration of the public, private sector and non-governmental organizations.

Attendance is included in the conference registration fee. Entry is not permitted before 18:00 hours and it is mandatory to use the conference badge.

Following the completion of your registration, you will be contacted to indicate your attendance at the Welcome Reception.

Address: santralistanbul Campus, İstanbul Bilgi University (same campus where the conference is held).

Conference Gala Dinner

• Thursday 18th September 2025, 19:30 – 23:00
• Let’s celebrate the EMAC 2025 Fall Conference during the Gala Dinner.

• Attendance is included in the conference registration fee. Entry is not permitted before 19:30 hours and it is mandatory to use the Conference badge.
• Please inform us when registering your attendance at the Gala Dinner.

Address: Madera Restaurant Harbiye, Darülbedai Caddesi No:4, 34100 Şişli / Istanbul, Türkiye (Located near Harbiye and Taksim, close to Istanbul Congress Center and Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Theater) 

Website: https://www.maderaistanbul.com/#

Public Transportation:

From santralistanbul Campus to Madera Restaurant:

(T5 Tram → M2 Subway → Short Walk )

• From İstanbul Bilgi University santralistanbul Campus, walk to the Silahtarağa Station of the T5 Tram Line (Cibali–Alibeyköy Cep Otogarı).
• Take the T5 Tram in the direction of Cibali.
• Get off at Eminönü Station, and walk a short distance to connect to M2 Subway Line at Haliç Station.
• Take the M2 Subway in the direction of Hacıosman.
• Get off at Osmanbey Metro Station, Pangaltı exit.
• From there, it’s approximately a 15-minute walk to the restaurant via Halaskargazi Street and the Harbiye area.

From Taksim to Madera Restaurant:

• Take the M2 Subway in the direction of Hacıosman.
• Get off at Osmanbey Metro Station.
• From there, it’s approximately a 15-minute walk to the restaurant via Halaskargazi Street and the Harbiye area.
• Take the M2 Yenikapı–Hacıosman metro line and get off at Osmanbey Station. From there, it’s approximately a 15-minute walk to the restaurant via Halaskargazi Street and the Harbiye area.