Participants of the Istanbul School of Earthquake Diplomacy are: Türkan Arpacı, Sıla Yılmaz, Nazlıcan Kaymak, Gülcan Coşkun, Belit Unlutürk, Ali Tıknazoğlu, Tuana İnhan, Safa Yağmurcu, Hanse Yalçınkaya, Mert Sarısu, Mehmet Şah Karasu, Eymen İbil, Esra Gürel, and Ece Haskan.

The workshops took place in August and September 2018 at Arter in Beyoglu, one of the many sites across the city taking part in the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial. The workshops took place with the assistance of Eylul Senses and Anastasia Perahia.