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AGENDA 2025

10:00 - 10:20
OPENING CEREMONY
Main Stage
Fire of Anatolia: A synthesis of hundreds of folkdance figures and music from different regions.
11:00 - 11:30
TURCORN SUCCESS STORY
Impact Stage
This session spotlights the global success journey and scaling strategies of billion-dollar 'Turcorns' emerging from Türkiye
#TURCORN
11:20 - 11:40
TÜRKİYE: YOUR NEXT FRONTIER MARKET FOR TECH & VC
Main Stage
This session explores the evolution of Türkiye’s early-stage investment landscape and the financing of entrepreneurship, highlighting the expanding roles of angel investors, venture capital funds, corporate venture capital, venture capital investment funds, and the recent involvement of the Türkiye Wealth Fund in tech ventures.
#Market Entrance #Venture Capital #Finance

Speaker

A. BURAK DAĞLIOĞLU

A. BURAK DAĞLIOĞLU

President, Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye

11:30 - 11:50
THE HARD ECONOMICS OF CORPORATE–STARTUP INTERACTION
Impact Stage
This session addresses the hard economic realities, financial foundations, and mutual value creation processes in collaborations between large corporations and startups.
#Finance
11:40 - 12:00
THE ERA OF GENERATIVE CONNECTIVITY
Main Stage
This keynote traces a 200-year journey of human ingenuity, from Niépce’s first fixed image to Bell’s breakthrough in voice transmission, and reveals how these milestones laid the foundation for today’s intelligent, data-driven ecosystems. The speech presents a four-layer architectural model -5G as the physical infrastructure, Google Cloud as the digital infrastructure, AI as the decision infrastructure, and venture capital as the business-model infrastructure.
#Data #AI #Network

Speaker

DR. ALI TAHA KOC

DR. ALI TAHA KOC

CEO, TURKCELL

11:50 - 12:10
PROPTECH REALITY CHECK: WHAT WORKS IN THE FIELD, WHAT DOESN’T
Impact Stage
This session moves beyond the theoretical promises of property technology (PropTech) to examine applications that deliver genuine value in the field versus approaches that fall short.
12:20 - 12:40
GLOBAL INVESTMENT TRENDS: WHERE THE NEXT WAVE OF INNOVATION WILL COME FROM
Main Stage
To deliver a fast-paced, insight-rich conversation between two leading investors, highlighting emerging global investment trends, rising sectors, hardware vs. software opportunities, and regional potential, offering the audience clear takeaways on where innovation and capital are heading.

Speaker

AHU SERTER

AHU SERTER

Founder, Fark Labs & Arya

SAEED AMIDI

SAEED AMIDI

CEO & Kurucu, Plug and Play Tech Center

12:30 - 13:00
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DUAL-USE STARTUPS UNDER NATO DIANA
Impact Stage
This session spotlights the global access and support mechanisms offered by the NATO DIANA program for startups developing dual-use technologies applicable to both civil and defense sectors.
12:40 - 13:00
TBA
Main Stage
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14:00 - 14:30
DATA-DRIVEN FINANCE: A PERSONALIZED FINANCIAL UNIVERSE
Impact Stage
This session explores how big data and AI technologies are reshaping financial services and opening the doors to a specialized, unique financial universe for every individual.
#Data
14:00 - 14:30
GLOBAL CAPITAL, LOCAL IMPACT: THE ROLE OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Main Stage
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14:50 - 15:10
WHAT KEEPS US IN OUR SEATS IS THE STORY
Main Stage
A practical look at how a technology brand evolves through real decisions and lived experience.
#Market Entrance #Inspiration

Speaker

İLHAN YILMAZ

İLHAN YILMAZ

Co-CEO, Monster Notebook & Semruk Games

14:30 - 15:00
CLEAN TECH: COST, ADOPTION, IMPACT
Impact Stage
This session comprehensively evaluates the cost barriers, market adoption processes, and the environmental and economic impacts of sustainable energy and production technologies.
#AI
15:45 - 16:15
REVERSE PITCHING
Impact Stage
This special session flips the traditional script, featuring a dynamic format where investors take the stage to pitch their value proposition to entrepreneurs.
16:00 - 17:30
STARTUP PITCHINGS: GROWTH STAGE
Main Stage
A pitching session where growth-stage startups present their traction and next-phase scaling plans.
10:00 - 11:30
STARTUP PITCHINGS: GROWTH STAGE
Main Stage
A pitching session where growth-stage startups present their traction and next-phase scaling plans.
10:30 - 11:00
DEFENSE SPIN-OUTS AND DUAL-USE INNOVATION PATHWAYS
Impact Stage
This session examines the strategic commercialization pathways that enable new ventures (spin-outs) born from defense industry deep-tech and the adaptation of military technologies for civilian markets (dual-use).
11:00 - 11:30
RESILIENCE IN ACTION: BUILDING IN CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS
Impact Stage
This session maps out the strategic resilience required to found and scale startups in ecosystems facing economic uncertainty, geopolitical risks, or limited resources.
11:30 - 11:50
GOVERNING THE FUTURE: TECH GIANTS, PUBLIC POLICY & THE AI AGE
Main Stage
Discover how AI, public policy, and tech giants are shaping the governance frameworks of the future.
#Policy #Economy #AI
11:30 - 12:00
WORKING WITH STARTUPS IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY: COMMERCIALIZATION, INVESTMENT, AND CO-DEVELOPMENT MODELS
Impact Stage
This session delves into strategic collaborations, joint product development processes, and investment mechanisms between established defense prime contractors and agile startups.
11:50 - 12:10
AI POWERED TRANSFORMATION OF E-COMMERCE
Main Stage
E-commerce has evolved into an AI-powered ecosystem where personalization, intelligent content creation, real-time operations and elevated customer experience shape the entire shopping journey.
#E-commerce #AI

Speaker

ALEXEY SHEVENKOV

ALEXEY SHEVENKOV

CTO, Hepsiburada

12:00 - 12:30
INVESTING IN EMERGING MARKETS FROM A VCs PERSPECTIVE
Impact Stage
This session evaluates the high growth potential of emerging markets and the unique risks and opportunities associated with investing in these regions through the lens of a Venture Capitalist (VC).
12:30 - 13:00
CROSS-MARKET STRATEGIES FOR TECH ECOSYSTEMS
Impact Stage
This session addresses the integration of local tech ecosystems into global markets, growth corridors, and strategic collaboration bridges built across different geographies.
12:40 - 13:00
TBA
Main Stage
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Speaker

AHMET AKYOL

AHMET AKYOL

CEO, ASELSAN

13:50 - 14:50
STARTUP PITCHINGS: GROWTH STAGE
Main Stage
A pitching session where growth-stage startups present their traction and next-phase scaling plans.
14:00 - 14:30
EDUCATION IN MOTION / THE NEW ARCHITECTURE OF LEARNING
Impact Stage
This session examines the dynamic, personalized, and tech-driven new learning ecosystems replacing static models in education, along with the concept of the future classroom.
14:30 - 15:00
REGIONAL STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS: AZERBAIJAN, BANGLADESH
Impact Stage
This session spotlights the growth dynamics, digital transformation processes, and investment potentials of the startup ecosystems in Azerbaijan and Bangladesh, the rising stars of Eurasia and South Asia.
15:00 - 15:20
ADVANCING AGRITECH THROUGH PUBLIC–PRIVATE COLLABORATION
Impact Stage
This session examines the collaborative models between public institutions and the private sector that play a vital role in modernizing agriculture, focusing on the journey of R&D efforts from the lab to the field.
15:00 - 15:30
GLOBAL CHALLENGES, SHARED SOLUTIONS: THE POWER OF WOMEN ENTERPRENEURS
Main Stage
Explore the global impact of women entrepreneurs and the investment dynamics shaping the FemTech ecosystem.
#FemTech #Venture Capital

Speaker

LISA BRUNET

LISA BRUNET

CEO, DLZP Group

BURCU ÖZSOY

BURCU ÖZSOY

President, TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center

JENNY JENNISH

JENNY JENNISH

Founder & Venture Partner IMPACT DESIGN & Big Sky Capital VC

15:20 - 15:40
TRANSFORMING PILOT PROJECTS INTO NATIONAL STRATEGIES AND BROADER ADOPTION
Impact Stage
This session explores how innovative projects starting as local or limited-scope pilot initiatives are successfully scaled into national policies and adopted country-wide.
15:30 - 15:50
TBA
Main Stage
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Speaker

DIANA VIRGOVICOVA

DIANA VIRGOVICOVA

CEO & Co-founder, Xatoms

16:30 - 16:50
TBA
Main Stage
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16:50 - 17:30
CLOSING CEREMONY
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