ICANN-ICONIP-2003
Photos taken at the ICANN-ICONIP 2003 conference in Istanbul. 
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  Welcome to Istanbul! 
 Okyay Kaynak, general chair of the 3 conferences in a row! Great job! | 
  Plenary talk by Teuvo Kohonen.  | 
  Plenary talk by Shun-ichi Amari | 
  ENNS executive committee board meeting | 
  Lunch at the 9th floor of Hilton, with wonderful view on the Bosphorus.  | 
  Coffee break: Andrew Paplinski with Lai-Wan Chan and Teuovo Kohonen in the background. | 
  Tom Gedeon and Nikhil Pal  | 
  Welcome party at Bogazici University | 
  From right, Erol Gelenbe, plenary speaker, and Ethem Alpaydin, technical program co-chair | 
  Short speech from our general chair, with his wife (as always) right behind him | 
  Some hand-waving arguments | 
  Organs in the great hall with some Polish fellows in front | 
 Thanking Teuvo Kohonen for his plenary speech
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  Thanking Erol Gelenbe for his plenary speech | 
  At the ship, Wolfram-Manfred Lippe, Robert Duin and others at the Bosphorus cruise. | 
  In the middle: Shiro Usui and Soo-Young Lee | 
  Lend me your ear, says Ryotaro Kamimura to Cees van Leeuwen | 
  Shun-ichi Amari is quite happy | 
  while John Taylor seems to be engaged in a serous discussion | 
  Soo-Young Lee resting with his wife | 
  Okyay Kaynak with his family | 
  Magic sunset, but most people are already eating | 
  After dark the belly dancer tries to undress terrified Yoshifusa Ito, while Kunihiko Fukushima laughs behind him | 
  but than she grabs me, so I grab her; you may wonder why I prefer the photo in this position ... | 
  Poster session: Ethem discussing with Miroslaw Kordos | 
  Irena Koprinska classifying emails | 
  Erkki Oja with his wife and Okyay Kaynak | 
  Final session: time to say thank you and good bye. | 
IFSA conference - few photos