Speaker

Mr. Torun graduated from Istanbul Technical University in 2004. He worked at Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration during 2005 - 2008 as supervising engineer for the construction of distribution and transmission pipelines, water reservoirs and pumping stations projects. He was officially charged as Topic Coordinator on behalf of Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration during the preparation process of the 5th World Water Forum which was held in Istanbul in 2009. With his graduation dissertion entitled ‘Water Management in The Metropolises and Evaluation of Water Management in Two Metropolises (Istanbul and Moscow)’ at Istanbul University MBA in 2010, he carried his professional background to academic dimension. He serves as International Council Member at ISTT (International Society for Trenchless Technology). He served as a Governor at WWC (World Water Council) during 2018 - 2022. He has several technical papers presented in international conferences. He has articles published in magazines and book under his editorship. He served as Scientific Committee Member at several international conferences. He gave interviews to several television-radio channels and newspapers. He serves as Chairman of TSITT (Turkish Society of Infrastructure and Trenchless Technologies). He leads the Organization Committee of Water Loss Forum (WLF) events since 2014 to highlight the importance of Non-Revenue Water (NRW) in the region. He works as Managing Director at TORENCON Engineering and Consulting Ltd. which provides engineering and consulting services for water and trenchless industries