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Speaker Name
Speaker Title
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Emmett Shear
Co-founder at Twitch & Softmax AI
Bryan Kim
Partner at a16z
Simon Schmincke
General Partner at Creandum
Julie Kainz
Partner at Lightspeed
Dhruv Parthasarathy
Chief Technology Officer 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
Chibuzor Oluo
GTM Director 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
Thilo Teboho Winter
Operating Partner at Atlantic Labs & FoodLabs
Abdallah Abu Sheikh
Ex-founder at Astra Tech & ex-CEO at Botim
Michael Parry
Associate Director & Head of Venture Capital Funds at EBRD
Anissa Kanoun
Regional Lead for Venture Capital Investments & Funds, Middle East and Pakistan at IFC
Oliver Poledniok
Country Director for Türkiye, Middle East & CIS at KfW-DEG
Stefan Klestil
General Partner at SpeedInvest
Noa Khamallah
General Partner at Don't Quit Ventures
Maxim Frenkel
Partner at Blossom Capital
Dieter Rappold
Co-Founder & CEO of ContextSDK
Kamil Rodoper
Chief Product & Technology Officer at Forto
Mike Butcher
Former Editor-at-Large at TechCrunch
Anthony Doeh
Partner & Head of EMEA at Princeville Capital
Yiannis Varelas
Founder at Five North
Karolina Mrozkova
General Partner at Emergence Ventures
Riadh Dridi
Operating Advisor & Board Member
Bethany Ayers
CEO at Metomic
Kushal Shah
Senior Advisor at Roland Berger
Arjun Kapur
Vice President at Left Lane Capital
Julien Leze
Fintech VC at Speedinvest
Oleksii Yermolenko
Co-Founder & Partner at Flyer One Ventures
Faris Al Mazrui
Head of Technology Investments at Mubadala
A. Burak Dağlıoğlu
President at Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye
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
Erdem İnan
CEO at Trendyol Group
Onur Ayan
Industry Partner - Tech Apps at Meta
Mehmet Ali Ersarı
CEO & Board Member at Ak Asset Management
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
Numan Numan
Founder & Managing Partner at 212
Ali Ustun
Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company
Yiğit Çağlayan
CEO at GetirFinans
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
Simten Ozturk
Managing Director & CEO at DOME Group
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
Alperen Adikti
Co-Founder & CEO at Heltia
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
Emre Ertan
Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Cenoa
Gül Yüksel Akkaya
Director of Türkiye at Meta
Baturay Kaya
Partner at Bek Ventures
Prof. Dr. Şahin Albayrak
CEO of the Center for Tangible Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization (ZEKI)
Prof. Dr. Atilla Dikbas
CEO at ITU ARI Teknokent
Kaan Taş
General Manager at Lime
Acil Sezen
Editor-in-Chief at Bloomberg HT
Yalçın Güngören
VC & Growth Investor at EBRD
Gözde Büyükacaroğlu
Co-founder and COO at Vivoo
Göksenin Akdeniz
Co-Founder & CEO at Mundi
Dr. Umut Genc
CEO at Eatron
Yunus Celebiler
Co-founder at Turknet and Host at TRVC Podcast
Nezih Sipahioğlu
Founder at Sipay
Sinan Akdal
CEO at IdeaSoft
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
Püren Uçar
VC Talent Advisor & Founder at Milele
Tugce Ergul
Managing Partner at Hypernova Capital
Fezal Okur Eskil
Chief Strategy Officer at Yildiz Holding
Atilla Ucur
Investment Manager at Sabanci Ventures
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