In the panel, the issues of language politics, identity and discrimination in Turkey’s education system were discussed under the moderation of Ayşe Gül Altınay with the participation of Şerif Derince, Elmas Arus and Melisa Soran.

With the contribution of Zafer Kıraç, Mustafa Eren and Seçil Doğuç, the panel on the history of prisons and the discriminatory practices of the prison system in Turkey was held under the moderation of İdil Işıl Gül.

The discussion on popular culture, TV series sector, discrimination and representation was held with the participation of Tomris Giritlioglu, Gaye Boralıoğlu and Nilgün Öneş, who have accomplished many works in the sector.

The panel was held with the participation of Jonathon Lee, Communication Coordinator of European Roma Rights Center, and Turkey Coordinator of the Global Media Monitoring Project Prof. Dr. Nezih Orhon.

The panel on the ways in which literature forms a new language took place under the moderation of Karin Karakaşlı and with the participation of authors Ayfer Tunç and Kemal Varol.

In the first event of the ASULIS, with the contribution of Ebru Nihan Celkan, Melek Özman and Ahmet Sami Özbudak, how theatre and cinema can be used as a tool for combatting against discrimination was discussed.

With the contribution of Istanbul Bilgi University Children’s Studies Unit and Hayat Sende Youth Academy Association, the media-children relation and the representation of children under legal protection in the media were discussed.

Based on the prominent findings of the Media Watch on Hate Speech project, discriminatory discourse and hate speech in the media directed against religious and ethnic identities were discussed.

In the panel 'Combating Discriminatory Discourse: Theoretical Discussions & European Experience regarding Hate Speech Laws', the boundaries between freedom of expression and hate speech and European hate speech laws were discussed.

With the contribution of Hatice Çetinkaya and Nilay Vardar, combating discrimination and discriminatory discourse against Roma people in the media and the representation of them especially in the mainstream media were discussed.

In collaboration with AccessAbility Istanbul Exhibition, the representation of persons with disabilities in the media and discriminatory discourse against persons with disabilities in the print media were discussed.

With the contibution of Itır Erhart, Çiçek Tahaoğlu and Yıldız Tar, homophobic and transphobic discourse in the news and possible ways to increase non-discriminatory news examples were discussed.

With the contribution of alternative media platforms Cinsomedya, 5Harfliler and Reçel blog, the problem of discriminatory discourse against women and representation of women in the media were discussed.

With the contributions of Hakan Ataman and Eda Bekçi, the discriminatory and exclusionary discourse in the news and opinion columns covering the Syrian refugees and the concepts related to asylum were discussed.

In the panel moderated by Fuat Keyman, with the participation of Susan Benesch and Dr. Elda Brogi, the notion of "dangerous speech" and practices of monitoring pluralism in media are discussed.