16.10.2026
16.10.2026
Hello Tomorrow Türkiye Summit 2026
Main Stage Program
08:30 - 09:30
Registration & Refresments
08:30 - 09:30
Registration & Refresments
09:30 - 09:40
Welcome by the Day’s MC
Arkın Çelik, Expression Designer & Founder, EVNX.Live
09:30 - 09:40
Welcome by the Day’s MC
Arkın Çelik, Expression Designer & Founder, EVNX.Live
09:40 - 09:55
Welcome Remarks
Timur Topalgökçeli, Founder & CEO, Hello Tomorrow Türkiye
09:40 - 09:55
Welcome Remarks
Timur Topalgökçeli, Founder & CEO, Hello Tomorrow Türkiye
09:55 - 10:10
Keynote 1: Engineering the Impossible: Behind CERN’s Greatest Discoveries
Dr. Jochen Jens Heinrich, Researcher, CERN & University of Oregon
09:55 - 10:10
Keynote 1: Engineering the Impossible: Behind CERN’s Greatest Discoveries
Dr. Jochen Jens Heinrich, Researcher, CERN & University of Oregon
10:10 - 10:25
Keynote 2: From Smart Cities to Human Cities: Turning Data into Quality of Life
Luis Alberto Alonso Pastor, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab
10:10 - 10:25
Keynote 2: From Smart Cities to Human Cities: Turning Data into Quality of Life
Luis Alberto Alonso Pastor, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab
10:25 - 11:15
Panel 1: The New Energy Frontier: Capital, Technology and Scale
- Moderator: Funda Çetin, Strategy, Sustainability and Innovation Executive Director, Tüpraş - Christina Gyenge, Founder & CEO, Agora Energy Technologies - Dr. Ulderico Ulissi, Business Fellow, Breakthrough Energy - Levent Zağra, Assistant General Manager for Investment and Planning, Tüpraş - Marcus Clover, Co-Founder & General Partner, Energy Revolution Ventures
10:25 - 11:15
Panel 1: The New Energy Frontier: Capital, Technology and Scale
- Moderator: Funda Çetin, Strategy, Sustainability and Innovation Executive Director, Tüpraş - Christina Gyenge, Founder & CEO, Agora Energy Technologies - Dr. Ulderico Ulissi, Business Fellow, Breakthrough Energy - Levent Zağra, Assistant General Manager for Investment and Planning, Tüpraş - Marcus Clover, Co-Founder & General Partner, Energy Revolution Ventures
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:35 - 11:50
Keynote 3: Beyond the Qubit: From Quantum Hype to Real-World Impact
Adam Hammond, Business Leader, Europe, Middle East & Africa, IBM Quantum
11:35 - 11:50
Keynote 3: Beyond the Qubit: From Quantum Hype to Real-World Impact
Adam Hammond, Business Leader, Europe, Middle East & Africa, IBM Quantum
11:50 - 12:20
Panel 2: Reinventing Industry: Leadership & Shared Prosperity in the Age of Intelligent Production
- Moderator: Manolya Yazarkan, Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company - Dina H. Sherif, Executive Director, MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship - Zeynep Bodur Okyay, President & CEO, Kale Group of Companies
11:50 - 12:20
Panel 2: Reinventing Industry: Leadership & Shared Prosperity in the Age of Intelligent Production
- Moderator: Manolya Yazarkan, Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company - Dina H. Sherif, Executive Director, MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship - Zeynep Bodur Okyay, President & CEO, Kale Group of Companies
12:20 - 13:00
Panel 3: AI Across the Healthcare Value Chain: From Discovery to Scalable Impact
- Moderator: Prof. Dr. Elif Damla Arısan, Vice Rector, Gebze Technical University - Dr. Desiree Cox (MD, MPhil, PhD), Founder & CEO, HEALinc - Dr. Münevver Gönenç, Country President, AstraZeneca Türkiye - Vanela Bushi, Founder & Managing Partner, Dendritic Capital
12:20 - 13:00
Panel 3: AI Across the Healthcare Value Chain: From Discovery to Scalable Impact
- Moderator: Prof. Dr. Elif Damla Arısan, Vice Rector, Gebze Technical University - Dr. Desiree Cox (MD, MPhil, PhD), Founder & CEO, HEALinc - Dr. Münevver Gönenç, Country President, AstraZeneca Türkiye - Vanela Bushi, Founder & Managing Partner, Dendritic Capital
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:15
Keynote 4: Deep Tech 2.0: Flipping the Venture Model on its Head
Dr. Adam Sharkawy, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Material Impact
14:00 - 14:15
Keynote 4: Deep Tech 2.0: Flipping the Venture Model on its Head
Dr. Adam Sharkawy, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Material Impact
14:15 - 15:05
Panel 4: Why Deep Tech Investment is no Longer an Exotic Niche Asset Class
- Moderator: İlkay Demirdağ, Founder & CEO, Energy Shift Capital - Bill Liao, General Partner, SOSV - David Grimm, Partner, AlbionVC - Gizem Yağız, General Partner, 212 NexT - Maxi Pethö-Schramm, Principal, HV Capital
14:15 - 15:05
Panel 4: Why Deep Tech Investment is no Longer an Exotic Niche Asset Class
- Moderator: İlkay Demirdağ, Founder & CEO, Energy Shift Capital - Bill Liao, General Partner, SOSV - David Grimm, Partner, AlbionVC - Gizem Yağız, General Partner, 212 NexT - Maxi Pethö-Schramm, Principal, HV Capital
15:05 - 15:45
Panel 5: From Lab to Global Champion: Funding Deep Tech from Early Stage to Growth Capital
- Moderator: Güzem Yılmaz Ertem, Strategy and Business Development Director, Istanbul Asset Management - Chris Corbishley, Managing Partner, Benevolent Capital - Elsa Hyland, Angel Investor & Advisor - Mahir Şahin, Founder & General Partner, Cloudberry Ventures
15:05 - 15:45
Panel 5: From Lab to Global Champion: Funding Deep Tech from Early Stage to Growth Capital
- Moderator: Güzem Yılmaz Ertem, Strategy and Business Development Director, Istanbul Asset Management - Chris Corbishley, Managing Partner, Benevolent Capital - Elsa Hyland, Angel Investor & Advisor - Mahir Şahin, Founder & General Partner, Cloudberry Ventures
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:15
Keynote 5: Dancing with a Blade: Are We Happening to AI, or Is AI Happening to Us?
Bill Liao, General Partner, SOSV
16:00 - 16:15
Keynote 5: Dancing with a Blade: Are We Happening to AI, or Is AI Happening to Us?
Bill Liao, General Partner, SOSV
16:15 - 16:30
Keynote 6: SIGNALS: An Exclusive Session for Innovators Building the Next Wave of Agentic and Physical AI
Basil Fateen, Head of Startups and VC, Middle East, Türkiye and Africa, NVIDIA
16:15 - 16:30
Keynote 6: SIGNALS: An Exclusive Session for Innovators Building the Next Wave of Agentic and Physical AI
Basil Fateen, Head of Startups and VC, Middle East, Türkiye and Africa, NVIDIA
16:30 - 17:20
Panel 6: Pioneering Deep Tech in Growth Markets
- Moderator: Afşin Yurdakul, Journalist, Harvard Nieman Fellow ‘19 - Ana Avaliani, Director of Enterprise, Royal Academy of Engineering - Basil Fateen, Head of Startups and VC, Middle East, Türkiye and Africa, NVIDIA - Dina H. Sherif, Executive Director, MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship - Dr. Adam Sharkawy, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Material Impact
16:30 - 17:20
Panel 6: Pioneering Deep Tech in Growth Markets
- Moderator: Afşin Yurdakul, Journalist, Harvard Nieman Fellow ‘19 - Ana Avaliani, Director of Enterprise, Royal Academy of Engineering - Basil Fateen, Head of Startups and VC, Middle East, Türkiye and Africa, NVIDIA - Dina H. Sherif, Executive Director, MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship - Dr. Adam Sharkawy, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Material Impact
17:20 - 18:10
Panel 7: Legacy Capital: How Family Offices Back the Future
- Moderator: Özge Doğan, Founder, Karman Beyond Family Office - Defne Kocabıyık Narter, Founder & Chair, Borusan Ventures - Giorgio Sella, General Manager, Kitenergy - Orkan Uzunyayla, General Manager, STFA Holding - Pelin Akın Özalp, Board Member, Akfen Holding
17:20 - 18:10
Panel 7: Legacy Capital: How Family Offices Back the Future
- Moderator: Özge Doğan, Founder, Karman Beyond Family Office - Defne Kocabıyık Narter, Founder & Chair, Borusan Ventures - Giorgio Sella, General Manager, Kitenergy - Orkan Uzunyayla, General Manager, STFA Holding - Pelin Akın Özalp, Board Member, Akfen Holding
18:10 - 18:30
Award Ceremony
18:10 - 18:30
Award Ceremony
Networking for Standard Ticket Holders
Networking for Standard Ticket Holders
Pioneers Stage Program
11:35 - 11:45
Welcome by the Day’s MC
Ayça Can, Science and Health Communicator & Founder, İçeriden Bi’olog
11:35 - 11:45
Welcome by the Day’s MC
Ayça Can, Science and Health Communicator & Founder, İçeriden Bi’olog
11:45 - 12:20
Finalist Startup Pitches 1 | Climate Technologies and Environmental Protection (3 min. presentation + 2 min. Q&A)
- Altan Türel, CEO, Beaver Nexus - Melda Şener, Legal & Operations, Hummingdrone - Yusuf Furkan Ergür, Founder & CEO, Phoenix Energy - Hakan İşeri, Factory Director, RePG Energy
11:45 - 12:20
Finalist Startup Pitches 1 | Climate Technologies and Environmental Protection (3 min. presentation + 2 min. Q&A)
- Altan Türel, CEO, Beaver Nexus - Melda Şener, Legal & Operations, Hummingdrone - Yusuf Furkan Ergür, Founder & CEO, Phoenix Energy - Hakan İşeri, Factory Director, RePG Energy
12:20 - 12:50
Finalist Startup Presentations 2 | Resource Efficiency and Circular Systems (3 min. presentation + 2 min. Q&A)
- Kaan Yapıcı, Co-Founder & CEO, Beespenser - Ali İhsan İşgüder, Founder & CEO, Biomix Mixer Technologies - Müge Baltacı, Founder & CEO, Mol-e - Doruk Çelebi, CMO, NANOTerial
12:20 - 12:50
Finalist Startup Presentations 2 | Resource Efficiency and Circular Systems (3 min. presentation + 2 min. Q&A)
- Kaan Yapıcı, Co-Founder & CEO, Beespenser - Ali İhsan İşgüder, Founder & CEO, Biomix Mixer Technologies - Müge Baltacı, Founder & CEO, Mol-e - Doruk Çelebi, CMO, NANOTerial
12:50 - 13:10
Finalist Startup Pitches 3 | Digital Health and Medical Devices (3 min. presentation + 2 min. Q&A)
- Serhat Tozburun, Co-Founder, Healysense - Lütfi Mutlu, General Manager, Innolife - Berkay Karacaer, General Manager, K&K Technology
12:50 - 13:10
Finalist Startup Pitches 3 | Digital Health and Medical Devices (3 min. presentation + 2 min. Q&A)
- Serhat Tozburun, Co-Founder, Healysense - Lütfi Mutlu, General Manager, Innolife - Berkay Karacaer, General Manager, K&K Technology
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
Finalist Startup Pitches 4 | Food and Agriculture (3 min. pitch + 2 min. Q&A)
- Emre Tunalı, CEO, Agrovisio - Furkan Yılmazsoy, Founder, BIOMECORP - Onur Nurtan, Co-Founder, DetectaNova - Murat Merdin, CEO & Co-Founder, DRONEQUBE - Selin Arslan, Founder, Farmhood - İsmail Bozdağ, Founder & CEO, Layerscate - Dilara Üzünlü, Founder, Tech2Biology - Dr. Canan Tiryaki, Founder & CEO, Vegg Foods
14:00 - 15:00
Finalist Startup Pitches 4 | Food and Agriculture (3 min. pitch + 2 min. Q&A)
- Emre Tunalı, CEO, Agrovisio - Furkan Yılmazsoy, Founder, BIOMECORP - Onur Nurtan, Co-Founder, DetectaNova - Murat Merdin, CEO & Co-Founder, DRONEQUBE - Selin Arslan, Founder, Farmhood - İsmail Bozdağ, Founder & CEO, Layerscate - Dilara Üzünlü, Founder, Tech2Biology - Dr. Canan Tiryaki, Founder & CEO, Vegg Foods
15:00 - 15:10
Finalist Startup Pitches 5 | Medical Biotech and Pharmaceuticals (3 min. presentation + 2 min. Q&A)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Katı, CEO & Co-Founder, Omica Biotechnology
15:00 - 15:10
Finalist Startup Pitches 5 | Medical Biotech and Pharmaceuticals (3 min. presentation + 2 min. Q&A)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Katı, CEO & Co-Founder, Omica Biotechnology
15:10 - 15:30
Finalist Startup Pitches 6 | Industrial Biotech and New Materials (3 min. presentation + 2 min. Q&A)
- Prof. Dr. Burcu Saner Okan, CTO & Co-Founder, Euronova - Ece Zeynep Kalyoncuoğlu, Director of Strategy and Business Development, PolyPrintt
15:10 - 15:30
Finalist Startup Pitches 6 | Industrial Biotech and New Materials (3 min. presentation + 2 min. Q&A)
- Prof. Dr. Burcu Saner Okan, CTO & Co-Founder, Euronova - Ece Zeynep Kalyoncuoğlu, Director of Strategy and Business Development, PolyPrintt
Investor–Startup Matchmaking
16:00 - 18:00
Hello Tomorrow Türkiye Summit | Investor–Startup Matchmaking
Selected startups will take part in curated one-on-one meetings with local and international investors.
16:00 - 18:00
Hello Tomorrow Türkiye Summit | Investor–Startup Matchmaking
Selected startups will take part in curated one-on-one meetings with local and international investors.