PRESS & MEDIA
unıted kıngdom
turkey
partnerhıp
Fatih Kenber & Dame Julia King
Interview
Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, has a distinguished background in academia and business. She spent sixteen years as a researcher and university lecturer at Cambridge and Nottingham universities before joining Rolls-Royce in 1994 where she held a number of senior executive appointments.
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In 2002 Julia became Chief Executive of the Institute of Physics, and two years later returned to academia as Principal of the Engineering Faculty at Imperial College, London. In December 2006 she became Vice-Chancellor of Aston University. A former member of the Board of the Department of Business Innovation and Skills, An Airports Commission Commissioner and now a member of Lord Stern’s review of the REF, Julia regularly advises Government on education and technology issues.
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She is a non-executive director of the Green Investment Bank and a member of the Committee on Climate Change. She was elevated to the Peerage in 2015, as Baroness Brown of Cambridge, and sits as a crossbencher.
ınnovatıon
entrepreneurshıp
turkey
ınnovatıon
entrepreneurshıp
week
Held at Istanbul Congress Center between December 6 and 9, 2017, the 6th Turkey Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week was a firm step towards making Istanbul a hub of entrepreneurship.Held by Turkish Exporters’ Assembly in coordination with the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Economy, the event began with an impressive ceremony, and lasted four days, welcoming many prominent local and international personalities with conferences, discussion panels, networking sessions and workshops.
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Our sister brand, NETWORKINN designed, organised and operated Investor & Entrepreneur Meeting Networking Sessions. Over 1200 participants got the chance for face to face meeting opportunity. This event is one the biggest networking event in Turkey bring all the actors of innovation ecosystem.
desıgn
INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCT
DESIGN
Fatih Kenber & Prof. Dr Hakan Gürsu
Interview
Industrial Designer Hakan Gürsu graduated from Middle East Technical University Industrial Design Department in 1984 in first rank and completed his master degree in Architecture and PhD in City Regional Planning. He continued his profession in various projects in product design, interior, architecture and city planning and in diverse centers including Russia and Japan. In 1991, Japanese Industrial Design Association deemed him worthy of the ‘Pioneer of Design’ award. His product and space designs received several honors and accolades. DESIGNNOBIS Design / Innovation firm that he founded in 2006 is selected among Turkey’s Top 40 Entrepreneur Firms. He’s been honored in world’s prestigious design competitions by winning over 200 design awards within 12 years and made Turkey rank second in World Design Rankings held in EU.
He contributed to several national and international organizations as a speaker on innovation, creative thinking, design and R&D, including TEDx, Intel, Coca Cola, IBM and World Bank. His book “Innovation”that reflects upon his experience on the area was published in 2014. Consecutively, he was honored as “Designer of the Year” by International Association of Designers in Milano. Ranging from boats, toys and furniture to consumer electronics, his environmentally friendly and visionary projects are introducing unusual solutions to common problems. Gürsu continues to train design students at METU.
CULTURE INDUSTRIES
herıtage
global
HERITAGE GLOBAL is a platform for professionals, entrepreneurs and culture innovators in Restoration, Archeology, Museology and Exhibition Sectors to follow current developments, innovations & to grow their existing business networks and create new opportunities with our innovation hub.
Heritage Istanbul and Heritage Middle East by bringing together all the actors of the sector in the year with exhibitions, continues to be one of the most important platform.
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HG Innovation Hub is a British-Turkish joint work aiming to bring together multi-disciplinary innovators, entrepreneurs and professionals in Culture Industries to create innovative partnerships, collaborations & cooperations.
transhumanısm
platın MAG
TRANSHUMANISM
transhumanısm
ın the 22nd
CENTURY
Fatih Kenber & Natasha Vita-More
Interview
Natasha Vita-More PhD is an expert on emerging technology and humanity's future. She is the author and co-editor of The Transhumanist Reader, designer of Primo Posthuman, and an international speaker on human enhancement, radical life extension, and humanity's future.
She is Chair of Humanity+ and faculty at the University of Advancing Technology. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Media Arts, University of Plymouth, UK), Master of Science (School of Engineering, Communication and Technology, University of Plymouth, UK), and a Master of Science in Future Studies (Social Science & Humanities Department, University of Houston, US).
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ınvestment
INNOVATION
INVESTMENT
TURKEY
Fatih Kenber & Ömer HızıroÄŸlu
Interview
Omer Hiziroglu is the managing partner of TLS.IP, an IP and innovation management firm, providing services to R&D-intensive corporations, research institutions and technology transfer offices, law firms and M&A and private equity funds. TLS.IP is focused on IP and innovation portfolio management, transactional and legal advisory services, including litigation support, as well as IP valuation for IP-based transactions.
Mr Hiziroglu has a track record of delivering high-quality strategic advisory services to identify, manage and maximise the value of intellectual assets in a transformative process in line with corporate business goals.
Before TLS.IP, Mr Hiziroglu was a senior partner with Diffusion Capital Partners, an early-stage technology investment fund of €35 million based in Amsterdam. Formerly, he was the general manager of Inovent, the technology transfer fund of Sabanci University, which was the first of its kind in the country. He is a founding member of the Galata Business Angels Network, the first angel network in Turkey, and past vice president and board member of the Licensing Executives Society International. He is a member of the Istanbul, New York and Massachusetts Bars.
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CREATIVITY
GREAT
BRITAIN
CAMPAIGN
The GREAT Britain campaign was launched in 2012 to capitalise on the excitement and interest generated by the Diamond Jubilee and London Olympics and Paralympics.
Since then the campaign has grown. It can now be seen in 144 countries worldwide and nearly 300 cities – from Shanghai to San Francisco, from Copenhagen to Cape Town. And in the UK, the campaign is helping British companies to export for the first time and expand into new markets.
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We have been the solution partner of The GREAT Britain project and served as innovation concept design
ınnovatıon
INNOVATION
unıted kıngdom
turkey
partnerhıp
Fatih Kenber & Claire Durkin
Interview
Claire is an expert on Government policies and affairs, regulatory frameworks for energy and infrastructure and international trade issues.
Three years as Vice President, Regional Executive for Europe for Energy and Construction at URS Corporation. Developed strategies for URS Corporation in the key sectors of nuclear new build, decommissioning and fuel management, unconventional oil and gas, integrated infrastructure provision.
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Previously Claire had 22 highly successful years with the UK National Government. Director of policy on security of energy supplies, safety and security of nuclear energy; Director and lead UK negotiator on international trade. Director level work in key policy areas including energy and climate change, where she set the regulatory framework for OFGEM, negotiated international pipeline developments and major import facilities, and the regulatory regime for nuclear safety and security. In international trade she led negotiations of the Doha round Free Trade Agreements with India, Korea and others, and was responsible for policies and strategies on Europe, including Single Market and European commercial integration and trade policies. Previous responsibilities include legislation on competition and consumer issues, regulatory affairs for labour market and the benefits system.
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
ALLDESIGN
ISTANBUL
EVENT
“Alldesign 2015”, the 4th Creative Industries and Emerging Technologies Fair & International Design Conferences, took place at Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center (ICEC). By integrating the latest emerging tech developments into alldesign 2015, attandees experienced the synergic impress of the design and technology. The latest development in Emerging Technologies such as Nanotechnology, Robotics, ICT, AI Technologies were discussed and exhibited in our event platform by crossing the bridge between the creativity and innovation from the design and technology world.
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We, BTI Global, were the co-concept creator of Alldesign 2015, bringing an innovative approach to Alldesign by extending design scope with emerging tech trends such as Artificial Inteeligence, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Information Techologies, Augmented Realities, Virtual Realities and so on…We have also designed the first ever Networking Event in this unique concept for the hybridisation of Creative Industries & Emerging Technologies Proffesionals from all over the world.
emergıng tech
DESIGN
IN
NANOWORLD
Fatih Kenber is a Turkish born, British serial entrepreneur, innovator, concept creator, innovation designer, value raiser, vision maker, author, humanist and philanthropist living on the axis of London and Istanbul.
technology
INNOVATION
unıted kıngdom
turkey
partnerhıp
Fatih Kenber & Mike Weston
Interview
The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) carries out world-class research into sustainable future energy systems. UKERC acts a focal point for UK energy research and a gateway between the UK and the international energy research communities. Our interdisciplinary, whole systems research informs UK policy development and strategies of public, private and third sector organisations.
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UKERC is funded by UK Research and Innovation Energy Programme. UKERC reports to a Funders Group convened by UKRI, and is advised by an independent Advisory Board. Find out more about UKERC Governance.