How will the cities we live in today look like in the near future? Which sectors will digitalization and new technologies change? What role will entrepreneurs play in this ecosystem? The answers to these questions were discussed on December 5, 2017, by leading CEOs and startups that are already beginning to build the future at Zorlu PSM.
The special event organized under the main sponsorship of Zorlu Holding, Zorlu Enerji, and Kale Group, which embarked on the mission of building Turkey's deep tech startup ecosystem focused on science and technology, was held with the theme “The Future of Smart Cities.”
Smart Cities, the Internet of Things & Digitalization, and “Energy Efficiency” were the topics discussed by leading figures and organizations in the field during the event, which was accompanied by promising innovators from around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Copenhagen, Tel Aviv, and Dubai. Additionally, Dirk Ahlborn, CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, explained Hyperloop, a new transportation technology pioneered by Elon Musk that is described as traveling at the speed of sound. Furthermore, the world’s innovators developing “Energy and Blockchain” technologies, as well as kinetic energy storage, microgrids, the Internet of Things & big data, robotics and smart buildings, energy, green and new generation mobility were first discussed in Turkey.
