Assoc. Prof. Tiryaki delivered a keynote speech at the Creative Women Platform’s Gateway to a Sustainable Future Forum on 9 May 2025

“It’s about people. About dignity. About whether our young people live long enough to grow old.” This was the message of the keynote speech, which Assoc. Prof. Tiryaki delivered at the Creative Women Platform’s Gateway to a Sustainable Future Forum on 9 May 2025 in Plaisterers’ Hall in London. Every 9 May for the past 25 years of her academic career, Assoc. Prof. Tiryaki has asked her students, “What does the future mean to you?”. She gives her answer in the title of her keynote: “The Sustainable Future is Human.” Assoc. Prof. Tiryaki reminded the attendees that while the sustainability that is conventionally associated with the environment is a priority for the young generations, in a world of several ongoing conflicts and wars, there is even greater concern — the young lives that have been lost to war, and the irrevocable change to lives of those who had survived. With a quiet sense of urgency—not one that seeks attention, but one that naturally commands it—she concluded just as she had started: sustainability is human.

More details about the keynote and photographs from the event are available here: https://www.parliamentarysociety.com/post/the-future-is-human-a-rousing-call-from-dr-sylvia-tiryaki-at-the-creative-women-platform-forum

A recording of Assoc. Prof. Tiryaki’s keynote is available here: https://youtu.be/G02dbDRxOSU?si=G7qTMuLcuWaMre3G