Speakers
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Speaker Title
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Anton Levy
Ex-Chairman & Advisory Director at General Atlantic
Emmett Shear
Co-founder at Twitch & Softmax AI
Bryan Kim
Partner at a16z
Simon Schmincke
General Partner at Creandum
Julie Kainz
Partner at Lightspeed
Tanay Tandon
Founder & CEO at Commure
Márcio Colunas
Co-founder & CSO at Sword Health
Peter Hill
Chief Technology Officer at Synthesia
Tim Kohn
Technologist-in-Residence at Summit Partners
Jose Marin
Founding Partner at FJ Labs
Christian Miele
General Partner at Headline
Sandeep Bakshi
Head of European Investments at Prosus Ventures
Zeynep Yavuz
Partner at General Catalyst
Josh Bell
General Partner at Dawn Capital
Alexander Joël-Carbonell
Partner at HV Capital
Daniel Keiper Knorr
Founding Partner at SpeedInvest
Dan Lupu
Venture Partner at Earlybird
Walid Mansour
Co-founder & Co-CEO at MEVP
Jason Shuman
General Partner at Primary
Khaled Talhouni
Managing Partner at Nuwa Capital
Sameer Saifi
Investor at Mubadala
Trevor Thompson
Global Managing Director at
Scale AI
Kabir Gill
GTM Partnerships at ElevenLabs
Joe Schorge
Founder & Managing Partner at Isomer Capital
Gregor von dem Knesebeck
Co-founder & Managing Partner at Blue Future Partners
Gonzalo Rodes
Founder at Aldea Ventures
Hussein Kanji
Founding Partner at Hoxton Ventures
Lucanus Polagnoli
Founding Partner & CEO at Calm Storm
Hisham Al-Falih
Co-founder & CEO at Lean Technologies
Abdallah Abu Sheikh
Founder at Astra Tech & ex-CEO at Botim
Stefan Klestil
General Partner at SpeedInvest
Noa Khamallah
General Partner at Don't Quit Ventures
Maxim Frenkel
Investor at Blossom Capital
Dieter Rappold
Co-Founder & CEO of ContextSDK
Kamil Rodoper
Chief Product & Technology Officer at Forto
Bethany Ayers
CEO at Metomic
Kushal Shah
Senior Advisor at Roland Berger
Hande Cilingir
Co-founder & CEO at Insider
Melis Kahya Akar
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Egem Eraslan
Founder & CEO at Midas
Yusuf Ozdalga
Partner at QED Investors
Ozan Sonmez
Partner at Molten East
Akin Babayigit
Co-founder at Tripledot Studios
Burak Vardal
Co-founder & CEO at Rollic
Rina Onur Sirinoglu
Co-founder & CEO at Spyke Games
Feyza Haskaraman
Principal at Menlo Ventures
Mustafa Namoglu
Co-founder & CEO at ikas
Sina Afra
Founder at Markafoni & Tiko and Founding Partner at Founder One
Kazim Koseoglu
Board Member at ESAS Holding
Kaan Gur
Board Member & CEO at Akbank
Cenk Bayrakdar
Founding Partner & Managing Director at Revo Capital
Barbaros Ozbugutu
Co-founder at Donnerstag.ai & iyzico
Magdalena Yesil
Entrepreneur & Board Member at SoFi
Ali Karabey
Founding Partner at 212
Ozgun Erdogan
Co-founder at Ubicloud
Enis Hulli
General Partner at e2VC
Pelin Akin Ozalp
Board Member at Akfen Holding
Emre Eczacibasi
Member of the Board & Coordinator of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Eczacibasi Holding
Asli Kurul Turkmen
Managing Director at Endeavor Turkey
Faruk Eczacibasi
Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors at Eczacibasi Holding
Ozge Oz
Partner at QNBEYOND Ventures
Arin Ozkula
General Partner at e2vc
Anil Simsek
Co-Founder & CEO at Cypher Games
Haluk Nisli
General Manager at Inveo Ventures
Dilek Dayinlarli
Founder & Managing Partner at ScaleX Ventures
Gorkem Turk
Founding Partner at Laton Ventures
Ilker Koksal
Co-founder & CEO at Finch Network
Baturay Kaya
Partner at Bek Ventures
Prof. Dr. Atilla Dikbas
CEO at ITU ARI Teknokent
Fatih İşbecer
Chairman of Commencis
Acil Sezen
Editor-in-Chief at Bloomberg HT
Gözde Büyükacaroğlu
Co-founder and COO at Vivoo
Dr. Umut Genc
CEO at Eatron
Emre Tekin
Founder & CEO at Promake.ai
Yusuf Hilmi
Founder & CEO at Polymet
Berkay Adlim
Founder & CEO at Kamion
Emre Gucer
Co-founder & CEO at Fume
Tugce Ergul
Managing Partner at Hypernova Capital
Fezal Okur Eskil
Chief Strategy, Business Development and M&A Officer at Yildiz Holding
Atilla Ucur
Investment Manager at Sabanci Ventures
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