At BV A.I. Summit, dive into the full spectrum of artificial intelligence — from visionary innovation to ethical responsibility, from transformative business cases to the unseen dynamics of creativity and infrastructure. AI is not just one story — it's many perspectives, many layers, many colors.
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Pankaj Kedia is a globally recognized, award-winning AI thought-leader as an early-stage AI investor, chief AI officer, CXO advisor & board member, adjunct MBA professor, and keynote speaker. Previously, Pankaj played pivotal roles incubating and growing a series of new businesses during the Internet, Mobile, and Cloud technology eras across three decades at Intel Corp and Qualcomm.
As the Founder and Managing Partner of 2468 Ventures, Pankaj has directly invested in 150+ early-stage startups and 15+ VC funds across silicon, systems, software, and services. He is now bringing the benefits of AI to society-at-large and is focused on accelerating the AI ecosystem globally. Pankaj has a knack for spotting trends, was an early believer (and investor) in Nvidia and Bitcoin, holds 15+ unicorns in his portfolio, has had 13 exits over the past 13 quarters, and has been an early investor in many of today's high-flying AI start-ups including Anduril, Anthropic, CoreWeave, Figure AI, Groq, OpenAI, Shield AI, and SpaceX. Pankaj has been recognized with the Lifetime AI Innovation Award by TiE, included in the CAIO Innovators Circle by Bloomberg Tech, and inducted in the Global AI150 Hall of Fame by Constellation Research for his contributions as an investor, inventor, and intrapreneur. As a lifelong learner, Pankaj has degrees from Stanford, Wharton, Univ of Michigan, and the Indian Institute of Technology.
Emma Edhem is an Alderman of the City of London Corporation, Professor in Practice at Durham University in the Space Research Centre and the Durham University Law School. Emma was previously Professor in Practice of Economics & Finance at Durham University...
Serdar Gürbüz is a leader who has managed technology and data-driven transformation in industries such as aviation, telecommunications, retail, and financial technologies driving technology-based innovations throughout his career. He currently serves as General Manager of Turkish Technology, which develops technology...
With 45 years of business and management experience in senior leadership roles, he is the former long-term CEO of Borusan Group, one of Turkey’s largest conglomerates. He began his career in audit (as a Chartered Accountant in England) and banking before joining Borusan...
Faruk Eczacıbaşı, who completed his higher education at the Technical University of Berlin, began his career in 1980 at the Planning Department of Eczacıbaşı Holding. After serving as a product manager at Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals, he became Deputy General Manager and then General Manager...
A computer engineer, she began his career in 1994 as an intern engineer at Ford Otosan. Alongside various roles in IT, she also worked as System/Project Deployment Manager in the Ford Trucks Business Unit. In 2012, he was appointed IT Director, and in 2016, became Turkey’s first CDO, serving...
Cahit Erdoğan earned his Mechanical Engineering degree from Istanbul Technical University and an MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He began his career at Xerox Corporation as a Business Analyst and later joined Accenture Turkey, where he held various leadership roles until 2009...
Yang Kan is the Head of the BytePlus Solutions division at ByteDance, where he leads the development of technical solutions for global markets, builds the worldwide technology ecosystem, and implements market strategies. He spearheads a team that systematically distills best practices from ByteDance's internal technologies...
Fatma is a senior leader and expert in mobile industry and AI-driven growth strategy, currently heading the top-tier Partnerships team across EMEA at Google. With two decades of experience, her career trajectory is rooted in the mobile sector, spanning critical areas from app development and product management to large-scale monetization strategies across diverse sectors including...
Hande Ocak Başev is an AI-focused business strategist with over 25 years of experience in management consulting and digital transformation. She has completed advanced AI programs at MIT and Oxford, serves on WSI’s Global AI Leadership Board, and designs CPD-accredited AI training programs for executives worldwide. As a Forbes Turkey AI consultant and writer, she advises boards...
With over 20 years of experience in the environmental sector, Dr. Dinçbaş has held various expert and managerial positions across public institutions. Since 2022, she has served as Deputy Director at Directorate of Climate Change, where she is responsible for coordinating Türkiye’s mid- and long-term climate policy...
Neşen Sürmeli Anaç has over 15 years of experience leading complex, cross-sectoral initiatives in sustainability, governance, and climate change. Her work spans strategic advisory across corporates, SMEs, utilities, and municipalities, often in collaboration with international development programmes and financing...
Rukiye Aydın Türktaş graduated from the Department of Geomatics Engineering at Yıldız Technical University in 2006 and started working at the Geographic Information Systems Directorate of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in the same year. She currently holds the position of Head of the...
Shum has been advising on mergers and acquisitions for over 25 years in tech related industries whilst employed in both New York and London. Shum is an investor and non-executive director of Heroic Labs Ltd, Torpor Games UG, and Pretty Soon SA. He is also an early stage investor...
After completing his undergraduate studies in Electronical Engineering, Turan pursued his graduate studies in Business. In 2000, he became a founding member of Infomag Yayıncılık. In 2005, he took part in the forming of Businessweek Türkiye. Turan, who also took part in the forming of Harvard Business Review Türkiye, has been...
Aslan Doğan is the co-founder and CEO of Etiya. In addition to managing all operations, Doğan has in-depth expertise in business, product development, strategic planning, and ecosystem management, with more than 20 years of experience in the software industry. While significantly improving Etiya's infrastructure and diversifying the products offered, he has also preserved its strong...
With over 20 years of senior management experience in multinational companies across the technology, gaming, HR, and investment sectors, he has played a pivotal role in shaping several high-impact ventures. He led the exit of Joygame, marking Türkiye’s first gaming exit through...
With over 20 years of experience in strategic operations, communication, and emerging technologies—particularly in blockchain—she brings a multidisciplinary approach to innovation and leadership. She is an assistant professor and the head of the "Entrepreneurship in Technology and...
Betül is an organizational psychologist, change catalyst, and entrepreneur and prospect impact investor with 20 years of experience spanning corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. After a decade in organizations such as Adecco, Turkcell, Yapı Kredi, and Allianz TR & Germany, she founded IF ...
Ayşen has been leading, developing, and managing sustainability and green and just transition projects for over 20 years, spanning the United Nations, World Bank, private sector, and civil society organizations. Her work covers diverse thematic areas, including industrial decarbonization, agribusiness, waste management...
Graduated from Koç University Industrial Engineering and completed his Masters in International Management in Koç University. Haluk took the role of Investment and Legal Affairs Manager in StartersHub, an early-stage technology investment fund based in İstanbul. In order to add seller-side...
Can Bakır, CEO of Yapay Zeka Fabrikası, has nearly 25 years of experience at the intersection of technology, investment, and entrepreneurship. Throughout his career spanning from the United States to Turkey, he has taken on roles in product development, marketing, sales, investment management...
Petar is the Chief AI Officer at Eleven Ventures where he is helping a portfolio of 70 startups Implement AI in every possible way to stay competitive. He is also the co-founder of AI company BigBongo that helps companies optimize employee workflows. He studied finance and neuropsychology at City University of New York, which sparked his interest in natural and later artificial...
Gulay Ozkan is a global voice and founder of the award-winning GEDS Strategic Design Consultancy, bridging exponential technologies with real human context. A Singularity University GSP13 alum at NASA Ames, she has been recognized among Fast Company’s Top 100 Female Founders and honored with Microsoft’s 2020 Woman Leader Award...
He graduated from the Department of Philosophy at METU in 1999. After completing his Master’s studies at the same university, he pursued further Master’s and Doctoral studies in the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. Since 2013, he has been teaching courses on Logic...
Hüseyin Sayın, a graduate of the Economics Department at Dokuz Eylül University, completed his master’s degree in Strategic Marketing and Brand Management at Bahçeşehir University. He has management experience across six different sectors on both national and international scales, having...
Dr. R. Erdem Erkul is a prominent technology entrepreneur and co-founder of Cerebrum Tech. He currently serves as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Korea in Sivas (appointed May 2024), and is also a Galatasaray Congress Member. He held key roles at Microsoft Türkiye and the MEA Region...
Bringing over 35 years of global experience in the technology, cloud, and software industries, he has held leadership roles at top-tier companies such as Microsoft and Siemens. He led an IT services organization of 2,000 people, serving both local and international clients, and has...
One of the most influential investors and startup mentors in the ecosystem, Kenan Çolpan is an entrepreneur, serial investor, and senior executive with over 25 years of experience in early-stage investments and the technology sector.</p><p>He serves as a Board Member in various...
Zeynep Özgür Çağlayan earned her Bachelor’s (2007) and Master’s (2009) degrees in Economics from Bilkent University and began her professional career in the Treasury team at Turkcell. She went on to hold strategic roles at TEB Treasury-ALM and Odeabank, gaining deep expertise...
Since April 2024, Sercan Çelebi has been serving as the CEO of Enocta and is among the alumni of McKinsey & Company. He has led management consulting projects for multinational corporations and public institutions across different continents. He has worked in various fields...
Mehmet Uvez was appointed to the position of Associate Director, Head of Ankara, Deputy Head of Turkey effective from January 2022 at EBRD. Mr. Uvez is based in Ankara, Turkey and reports directly to Managing Director for Turkey. Mehmet Uvez has been with EBRD since...
Tolga Tunç is a marketing and business development professional with more than 20 years of experience in the consumer products and software industries. He graduated from the Department of Economics at Hacettepe University and has built his career across...
Burak Ertaş graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and received his Master of Business Administration degree from Koç University. He started his professional career as a founding partner...
Batuhan Ozcan is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Syntonym. He bears responsibility for the The development of Syntonym's technology, in addition to the company's operations in their entirety, is of paramount importance. He holds an MSc from...
From visionary leaders to disruptive technologies — explore the diverse colors of artificial intelligence at the BV AI Summit.
Colors of A.I.” represents the diverse, multi-dimensional nature of artificial intelligence — a spectrum of innovation, responsibility, creativity, and transformation shaping our world.
By embracing the “Colors of A.I.”, the BV A.I. Summit highlights the richness and complexity of AI across sectors — from its brightest innovations to its darkest ethical dilemmas. This theme encourages participants to explore AI not just as a technology, but as a living ecosystem of perspectives, values, and impact. It invites us to see A.I. as more than code — as a palette of change influencing how we work, create, learn, and lead.
The BV A.I. Summit will spotlight the dynamic and multi-dimensional nature of artificial intelligence. Under the theme "Colors of A.I.", the summit will explore how innovation, ethics, creativity, and impact intersect — shaping industries, policies, and futures. Participants will engage with leading voices to examine AI’s role across diverse domains, from healthcare and finance to art and education.
Artificial Intelligence is not a single breakthrough — it’s a full spectrum transformation. As AI continues to accelerate change, the need for cross-disciplinary skills, ethical foresight, and sector-specific strategies is more urgent than ever. Fields such as semiconductors, IoT, gaming, cloud, and autonomous systems are expanding rapidly, demanding both technical readiness and imaginative leadership.