“Shaping the Future of Transportation”
Organized by the Intelligent Transportation Systems Association of Turkey without considering profit, SUMMITS is aimed to be the most comprehensive and rich-content event of our country in the field of smart mobility and digitalization of transportation and to be the gateway to the world.
We create synergies and collaborations by bringing together industry organizations.
1While we aim to convey the experiences of experts and officials in the field of smart mobility and digitalization of transportation from the public, private sector, universities and NGOs to the participants, we do not forget about start-up companies.
3While we mediate the delivery of the works carried out in our country and in the international arena to the stakeholders, we open the door to cooperation between the stakeholders.
2It is an event that includes panels, presentations, exhibition space, trainings and bilateral meetings in order to guide the ITS studies in our country in line with the developments in the world.
4Minister of Transport and Infrastructure
He was born on May 19, 1969 in Trabzon. He graduated from Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering. He completed his master's degree in Bahçeşehir University Urban Systems and Transportation Management program.
He started his career in Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Transportation Coordination Directorate in 1995. In 1998, he moved to the General Directorate of IETT. He worked as an engineer and manager in various units of IETT.
While working as the Deputy Director responsible for traffic control center, signalization and smart traffic systems at the IMM Traffic Directorate since 2002, he was appointed to the Transportation Coordination Directorate on 16 November 2009. He assumed the position of Head of Transportation Department on 23 July 2014.
Adil Karaismailoğlu was appointed as the Head of the Istanbul Real Estate Department at the Prime Ministry Mass Housing Administration (TOKİ) in July 2016, and as the Deputy Secretary General of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in April 2018.
He has been serving as the Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure since September 2019. He was appointed as Minister of Transport and Infrastructure on 27 March 2020.
Adil Karaismailoğlu is married and has two children.
Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure
Ömer Fatih SAYAN was born in 10.06.1977 in Istanbul.
Sayan first started his career in 1995 at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, after completing his university education he went on to work in private sectors of Turkey, Germany and United States of America. His work there focused on chip production, mobile phone design and R&D.
Sayan, having participated in Silicon Valley Initiative to carry out a work on entrepreneurship, gave lectures at various universities in Turkey and Germany on IT Law and New Trends in Informatics. He established the Istanbul – Turkey local committee of EESTEC European Union Students of Electrical Engineering. He is a member of IEEE and Ankara Branch of EMO. He worked as the Chairman of Turkish – German Committee on Fellowship and Türkische Gesprachkreis of Osnabrück Germany. He worked as the vice chairman of Mimar Sinan Association and as the member of supervisory board. He served as the Head of Committee of Turkey regarding WSIS World Information Society Conferences. He took the role of coordinator for Artificial Intelligence Turkey Conference. Currently, Sayan is the President of USOM (National Cyber Incidents Response Center) and the Chairman of 5G Turkey Forum.
Ömer Fatih Sayan has many published articles in various conferences and scientific journals.
Between 2007 and 2014, he served as the adviser and principal adviser at Prime Minister’s Office.
In January 2014, he was assigned as a board member of Information Technologies and Communication Authority. From August 2015 to July 2018, he served as the President of Information Technologies and Communication Authority.
Dr. Sayan is currently serving as the Deputy Minister at the Turkish Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure since July 2018.
Deputy Director General of Communications at Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure - President of ITS Turkey
Esma Dilek was born in Denizli in 1981. She graduated from Yıldız Technical University Computer Engineering Department in 2003. After working as a Software Engineer in the private sector for approximately 1.5 years, she started to work as a Computer Engineer in the Traffic Directorate of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) in 2006.
As part of the local government-funded overseas study project initiated by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in 2008, she had an opportunity to have a master’s degree in USA. She completed her master's degree in Computer Science Department at Boston University in 2010, obtained the "Certificate in Academic Excellence" certificate, and continued her duty as a Software Development Specialist at IMM’s Traffic Directorate.
Until she was appointed as the Deputy Traffic Director in April 2015, she worked in many projects as an application developer of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for desktop, internet and mobile platforms at the Traffic Control Center, which serves under the IMM’s Traffic Directorate. During three years as the Deputy Traffic Director, she served as the technical and administrative officer of ITS components, and software used by IMM that are managed from the Traffic Control Center.
During the years she was employed at the Traffic Directorate of IMM, she worked as Project Manager in many international projects carried out by Transportation Department of IMM. As the Project Manager of the VITAL and R4E (Roadmaps for Energy) Projects, for which IMM was entitled to receive grants within the scope of the 7th Framework and Horizon 2020 programs of the European Union, she contributed IMM to benefit from the European Union funds.
Ms. Dilek has many research papers about Intelligent Transportation Systems and the effects of mega projects on Istanbul’s transportation, which were presented and published in various international congresses.
Ms. Dilek, who served as IMM’s Director of Information Technology (IT) and the Director of Smart City between August 2018 - April 2020, has been working as the Deputy Director General of Communications at the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure since April 2020. She is also volunteering as the President of ITS Turkey since April 2021 and has a good command of English.
Dilek pursues her doctoral studies at Gazi University Department of Information Security Engineering.
Mayor of Samsun Metropolitan Municipality
Head of Strategy Development Department
Dr. Yunus Emre AYÖZEN was born in 1986 in Edirne.
He graduated from Sakarya University Faculty of Engineering Constructing Engineering Department. He completed his master’s degree on transport engineering at Istanbul Technical University; and his doctorate on construction engineering at İstanbul Aydın University.
After he served respectively as supervisor engineer, chief and deputy director in Highway Projects, Rail System Projects and Transportation Master Plan units within Directorate of Transportation Planning of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, he was assigned as Director of Traffic in 2015.
He carried out the duty of Head of Transportation Department at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality between 2016 – 2019.
Between 2015 and 2019, he served as the member and deputy chairman for the Board of Directors of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Kiptaş Inc.
Between 2019 – 2020, he performed the duty of Deputy Chairman and Member of Board of Directors of State Airports Administration. While performing these duties, he participated in the studies of Istanbul Transportation Master Plan, Istanbul Parking Lots Master Plan, Istanbul Logistics Master Plan, Istanbul Traffic Safety Master Plan.
He contributed to the preparation of project and feasibility planning of Highways, Railways, Airways, Seaways, and to the implementation of many projects.
He has many published national and international articles, especially his Master thesis with the title of “Investigation of Impacts of Longitudinal Slope Effects on Metro Project’s Investment and Operating Costs”, and his Doctorate thesis “Examination of the Impact of the Change in The Magnitude of Traffic Analysis Area on Journey Assignment Results in Transportation Demand Estimation Models: Istanbul as a Case Study”.
He is currently carrying out the duty of Head of Strategy Development Department at Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure which he was assigned in accordance with the Presidential Decree published in Official Gazette dated 06.07.2020.
Along with his current duty as the Head of Strategy Development Department at Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, he is also the Board of Directors Member of TÜRKSAT Inc.
Ayözen speaks English, and is married with a child.
EU DG Move, Head of Unit Sustainable and Intelligent Tranport
A Finnish national, Mr Hedberg holds an MBA/Economics degree from the Turku School of Economics in Turku, Finland and a post-graduate diploma from the School of International Relations of the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He joined the European Commission as a desk officer in DG Competition in 1996 and later worked in DG Enlargement. Mr Hedberg pursued his career as a Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Liikanen (Enterprise policy and Information society) and thereafter of the Cabinet of Commissioner Rehn (Enlargement policy). In 2007, he became the Deputy Head of the Cabinet of Commissioner Kuneva (Consumer policy). In 2009, he joined DG Enlargement as the Head of Unit responsible for relations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In 2012, he took up the post of Head of Unit dealing with Land Transport Policy in the Commission’s Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE). From 2014 to 2019 he was the Deputy Head of Commissioner Bieńkowska's Cabinet (Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs). In 2019, he returned to DG MOVE as the Head of Unit responsible Policy co-ordination and Inter-institutional Relations. In 2021, he was appointed Head of Unit for Sustainable & Intelligent Transport.
ERTICO - ITS EUROPE, Chairman
Dr. Angelos J. Amditis is Research and Development Director in the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems and member of its Board of Directors. He is the founder and the Director of the I-SENSE Research Group (http://i-sense.iccs.gr/ ). Since June 2018 he is the ERTICO-ITS Europe Chairman while he has been a member of ERTICO Supervisory Board since 2012. Through his position in ERTICO – ITS Europe he is supporting the vision for safer, smarter and cleaner mobility through multi-stakeholder engagement and cooperation across Europe. He is the Vice President and one of the founding members of ITS Hellas. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Athens Urban Transport Organisation (OASA). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company (EYDAP S.A.) and Chairman of the Staff Board and the Risk Management Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Strategy and Innovation Committee of the company's Board of Directors. He is a member of the Executive Board of ETP-ALICE (Co-chairing the WG3 "ALICE Systems & Technologies for Interconnected Logistics"). He is participating or has participated to the CCAM, C-ITS Platform, INATBA, EGVIA, OCG, A.SPIRE, DTLF, GEAR2030, TM2.0 Platform (Steering Body member), Trilateral WG on Automation, euRobotics, SENSORIS, WssTP, UITP, AIOTI and many other EC Groups and Platforms. He is the writer of 90 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters and more than 240 conference papers. His current research interests in the field of ITS include Automated Transport Systems, Cooperative Systems, Electromobility, Smart Mobility both for people and cargo (ITS for Logistics), sensor and information fusion, data management/aggregation, communication technologies, highly and fully automated driving and embedded systems, vehicle to grid connectivity and charging optimization strategies, control algorithms, human machine interaction, and FOTs. He is also quite active on Internet related research (IoT, Cloud services etc.), 5G networks, ICT for environmental and security applications, including cyber security and circular economy, etc. He has participated in a large number of Research projects being the scientific responsible of more than 150 projects in the last 20 years and currently he is the coordinator of the following ones: NIGHTINGALE, EIFFEL, 5G-IANA, CitySCAPE, eCharge4Drivers, ICT4CART, DIONE, HYPERION, CYBER-MAR and RESIST.
ERTICO - ITS Europe CEO
Joost is a Belgian national with 30 years of experience in legal and regulatory policy affairs combined with a strong track in strategy and project management. He served as legal and regulatory affairs director with incumbent operators in the telecommunications, postal, eCommerce/logistics and automotive sectors. He had leading policy-making roles in European associations such as PostEurop, FEDMA, ACEA as well as at the United Nations level (UPU). Joost has also been a member of the cabinet of the Belgian Minister of Economy and director at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, an EU consultancy firm.
Before joining ERTICO in January 2022 as Chief Executive Officer, he was the Smart Mobility Director of ACEA for over five years. Joost hold positions as chair of the Strategy Committee of ERTICO-ITS Europe as well as a member of its Supervisory Board. He served also as a member of the Board of the European Mobility as a Service Alliance (MaaS). Furthermore, Joost was selected as a member of various Expert Groups of the European Commission.
As a frequent speaker at conferences and author of papers, he engages with stakeholders on European and international policy issues and research and innovation project management issues in mobility and digital agenda context.
Fluent in Dutch, French, English and German, Joost holds a Master’s Degree in Economic Business Law, a Master’s Degree in law and a Diploma in Teaching Law (Universities of Leuven, Poitiers and Louvain-la-Neuve). He gained additional education in the economic, business and management areas.
Innovation & Deployment Director, ERTICO- ITS EUROPE
A Greek national, Johanna Tzanidaki holds a PhD in EU Law from the Universities of Southampton and Cambridge, UK, and an LLM from Leiden Law School, The Netherlands. She also holds an MA and an MPhil from the UK Universities of Bristol and Cambridge UK and has professional qualifications in Project Management (PRINCE2), in CSR (Harvard Business School) and in Social Accountability (SAI). With long experience in EU Affairs and Policy, she has previously worked for the TomTom Group as Director of Public Affairs. She has launched and co-Chaired the ERTICO Innovation Platform TM 2.0 on Interactive Traffic Management since 2014. Johanna has been extensively involved in the TISA ITS Directive WG and the EU EIP-TISA work on the ITS related EU Commission Delegated Regulations. She has been a member of the C-ITS Platform and the Single Platform for CCAM run under the auspices of the European Commission and now serves as the co-leader of cluster 4 in the CCAM PPP. She joined the ERTICO team in July 2017 and leads the Innovation and Deployment department with a team of 20 great colleagues, responsible for projects (24) and innovation platforms (7) in the focus areas of Clean and Urban mobility, Transport and Logistics and CCAM.
European Commission Principal Scientific Officer
Dr. Pereira obtained the Engineering and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal in 1983 and 1987, respectively, and received the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering-Systems from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, in 1993.
Between 1983 and 1988, he taught in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of IST as Full Lecturer in the areas of Electrotechnics and Electrical Measurements, Applied Electronics and Telecommunication Systems, and became Assistant Professor in 1994.
From 1988 to 1990, he worked at LinCom Corp., Los Angeles, in a NASA project on space-to-space communications, and on synchronization issues. From 1991 to 1993, he worked for Caltrans (California Department of Transportation) and PATH (Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology) on Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (IVHS)/Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). From 1993 to 1996, at GTE Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA, was responsible for Communication Analysis and Simulation in the Federal Highway Administration National IVHS Architecture study; represented GTE at the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) IVHS Section, and in the High Speed Data Systems workgroup of the CDMA Development Group (CDG).
He has been with the European Commission since September 1996, initially as Scientific Officer, becoming Principal Scientific Officer in 2005. He has been dealing with ICT, covering a broad variety of areas, with a focus on networking, devices, applications and services, testing and validation, as well as deployment. He is, since 2016, in the area of Future Connectivity Systems, focusing on 5G and beyond, where he is responsible for the areas of Advanced Spectrum Management; optical-wireless convergence; Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM); and Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR).
He is a member of the Advisory Board of John Wiley's Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal, and of the Editorial Board of Kluwer Academic Publishers' Wireless Personal Communications Journal.
He is a Member of the IEEE, where he is Associate Editor for Mobile Radio, including Vehicular Communications, for the IEEE VTS Magazine, and a member of the IEEE Future Networks Summit Steering Committee of the IEEE Communications Society, responsible for CAM. He also served as Associate Editor of the ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks.
He is a Chartered Electrical Engineer in Portugal.
He received the Industry Achievement Award of the Software-Defined Radio (SDR) Forum in 2003, in recognition of his “outstanding contributions, research and development in the field of SDR”, and was inducted as life-member of the Wireless Innovation Forum.
He was inducted in the IPv6 Hall of Fame, at the IPv6 Forum Summit in Nanjing, China, in October 2019.
Director General of Highways
Abdulkadir Uraloğlu was born in Trabzon in 1966 and graduated in 1988 from the Department of Civil Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University.
After starting his working life as a field engineer in the private sector, Mr. Uraloğlu was appointed as a survey team engineer at the General Directorate of Highways in Erzurum 12th Regional Directorate in 1989. In 1990, he was appointed to Ankara 4th Regional Directorate, where he held positions of increasing responsibility until 1998. Mr. Uraloğlu was then promoted to be the Chief Engineer of Road Construction Service for Erzurum's 12th Regional Directorate.
In 2003, he became the Deputy Regional Director of the 10th Regional Directorate in Trabzon, where he remained until 2005. In 2005, he was promoted to the position of Regional Director of Kayseri 6th Regional Directorate, and a year later became the Regional Director of Samsun 7th Regional Directorate.
After a brief period as the Regional Director of Bursa 14th Regional Directorate in 2009, Mr. Uraloğlu served six and a half years as the Regional Director for Samsun. In 2012 he was appointed as Regional Director of İzmir 2nd Regional Directorate.
Most recently, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu was appointed as Director General of the General Directorate of Highways by the Presidential Decree issued on 23 July 2018.
Mr. Uraloğlu is also the President of the Turkish Road Association and the Highways Foundation and has made significant contributions to improve the country's road network. He has played a major role in highway construction, helping to build more than 3000 km of divided highways and motorways across Turkey.
The many important and large-scale projects in which Mr. Uraloğlu has participated include:
- Northern Marmara Motorway
- İstanbul–İzmir Motorway
- Menemen–Aliağa–Çandarlı Motorway
- Ankara–Niğde Motorway
- Black Sea Coastal Road, including – Ordu Nefise Akçelik Tunnel
- Ankara–Pozantı Motorway
- Aydın Peripheral Motorway
- Bursa Peripheral Motorway
- Konak Tunnel
- Sabuncubeli Tunnel
- Amasya Peripheral Highway
- Kahramanmaraş–Göksun Highway
- Kömürhan Bridge and Tunnels
- Hasankeyf-2 Bridge
- Ankara–Kayseri Highway
- Ankara–Samsun Highway
- Northern Route of TETEK (Turkey Transit Highway) Project
As Director General of the General Directorate of Highways, Mr. Uraloğlu continues his efforts to bring major new highways into service. Among these projects are the Malkara–Çanakkale Motorway and the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, the Aydın–Denizli Motorway, the Zigana Tunnel, the Mediterranean Coastal Highway, the Başakşehir–Bahçeşehir–Hadımköy Motorway, the Istanbul Canal Sazlıdere Bridge, the Yusufeli Dam Relocation Roads and other projects that will further improve the standard of Turkey's road network.
Abdulkadir Uraloğlu is married and is the father of three children.
Director General of Communications
Gökhan EVREN was born in 1978 in Tokat. He completed his bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Marmara University. Then he completed his master's degrees in Science and Technology Policies (MS) from Middle East Technical University, and in Communications Policy (MA) from Westminster University (London). He currently continues his doctorate education in Political Sciences in Hacettepe University.
EVREN, who previously carried out the duty of department head in Information Technologies and Communication Authority, has been carrying out the duty of Directorate General of Communications since 2018 September, and is a member of the Board of Directors of General Directorate of State Airports Authority since March 2019.
TNO ENSEMBLE Integrated Vehicle Safety Project Manager
Dr. Marika Hoedemaeker is a senior project manager at TNO, where she has been conducting human factors research in mobility since 1999. After finishing her study in experimental psychology, she went to the Delft University of Technology to work as a PhD student on the introduction of Automated Vehicle Guidance systems in personal road transport, especially the effects of Adaptive Cruise Control on individual driver behavior and the acceptance of driver support systems by individual drivers. She performed driving simulator experiments and conducted a large-scale questionnaire study. She received her PhD in 1999.
At present her main activities are focused on managing complex research projects.
As an example Marika was technical coordinator of the EU-UDRIVE project with 20 international partners performing naturalistic driving studies all over Europe. Before, Marika acted as the coordinator of the GOAL project (5 international partners, 1.000.000 euros) which investigated the transport needs of an ageing society. The GOAL project delivered an important action plan with seven research actions that need to be addressed because of the considerable transport challenges we face by the growth of the older people populations in the coming decades.
Another example of her project management work is a projects for the Pharmaceutical industry focusing on the effects on driving behaviour and cognitive performance of medicines by testing with healthy participants in the TNO driving simulator.
At this moment she is the coordinator of the ENSEMBLE project. The ENSEMBLE project (H2020 with 20 million euros funding) has implemented and demonstrated multi-brand truck platooning on European roads over the next three years. This paves the way for the adoption of multi-brand truck platooning in Europe that will improve fuel economy, CO2 emissions, traffic capacity and throughput for the road freight sector. Also impacts of platooning on behaviour of other road users, fuel economy, CO2 emissions, traffic capacity and throughput were studied.
Senior Teaching Fellow at Imperial College Business School / Head of Analytics at VLTN
Profession: Senior Teaching Fellow at Imperial College Business School/ Head of Analytics at VLTN
Place of Employment: London, United Kingdom/ Athens, Greece
Brief description of professional background:
I have an engineering background, and a PhD in Operations Research and Transport. I am an expert in Optimization, ML & AI expert with applications on modelling transport networks and supply chains, for improving efficiency and robustness through digitization and the implementation of disrupting technologies such as the Physical Internet. Over the last few years, I have worked as a consultant and researcher for EU projects on the Physical Internet, e-Commerce distribution networks and smart sustainable cities.
ITS Japan President & CEO
-Worked for Toyota Motor Corporation for over 30 years.
Transferred to ITS Japan in 2021 and became president of ITS Japan in June.
-At Toyota Motor Corporation, engaged in information systems and corporate planning and since 2014 a leader of ITS / Connected business and product planning.
-Participated particularly in data business (how to make money from data), M&A projects, ITS products and service planning.
ITS America President & CEO
Laura Chace was named President and CEO of ITS America in August, 2021. Previously, she served as the association’s Chief Operating Officer. In her role as COO and now as President and CEO, her focus is to promote policies that advance the development and safe deployment of intelligent transportation technologies throughout the United States.
Chace has extensive experience in strategic planning, operations, communications and advocacy, and a proven track record of implementing complex initiatives with strong engagement and collaboration among stakeholders. As COO, she led operations across ITS America with a focus on technology’s ability to save lives and reduce crashes on U.S. roadways, reduce congestion, minimize transportation’s carbon footprint, and provide seamless mobility and transportation choices for all Americans.
She is passionate and speaks often about the need to include more female and diverse voices in the transportation workforce to create better outcomes for all who use the transportation system. Chace is a founding member of the MobilityXX initiative, which is focused on increasing the number of women in transportation by 10 percent in 10 years.
Chace brings 15 years in trade association management to her new role, having previously worked at USTelecom and the American Trucking Association. Early in her career, she served in the Clinton Administration at the U.S. Department of Justice Office and in the White House. She holds a Bachelor of Art’s degree from Colgate University.
Director General of Transport Services Regulation
Born in 1980 in Ankara.
After completing his secondary school education in Istanbul, he graduated as Geodesy and Photogrammetry Engineer from Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Faculty of Engineering
He started to work at Directorate of Transport Coordination Unit at Transport Department in Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in 2005. He worked at different tasks including reporter at Anatolian and European Sides Regional Directorates, Chief and Deputy Director. He was involved in various transport projects in Istanbul including urban transport projects, multi-storey intersections, road study and projects and metrobus project. Under Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, he also worked as Board Member of BELBIM (Electronic Money and Payment Services) and ISTAC (Industrial Waste Management) Corporations.
He was appointed as Regional Director in Istanbul under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure in February 2020 and later as Director General of Transport Services Regulation in 23.06.2020 under the same Ministry. Currently he continues his task under this Ministry.
As Director General, he carries out digitalization projects in transport services such as e-Government Portals (online licence applications, e-permit project, online reservation for permits etc). E-Government services in road transport have become one of the most commonly used services in Turkey especially in COVID-19 pandemic. Studies are in progress to ensure more digitalization in transport.
Murat BAŞTOR is married and has two children. His foreign language is English.
Director General of TCDD (Turkish State Railways)
Mr. Metin AKBAŞ was born in Akçakale, Şanlıurfa in 1971.
After completing his primary and secondary school education in Pozantı, Adana, he graduated from Eskişehir Railway Vocational High School in 1987 and graduated from Yıldız Technical University Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering in 1992 as an Electrical Engineer. He has a master's degree in Urban Systems and Transportation Management.
Metin AKBAŞ, who started his career in 1987 in the Directorate General of Turkish State Railways, has worked in the same institution until the beginning of 2015, respectively as a civil servant, Telecommunication Engineer in Charge of Thrace Region, Control Engineer, Istanbul Suburban Service Manager (Founder), Deputy Director and Director of the 1st Region of TCDD.
He also carried out important duties such as being responsible for the investment units of TCDD, the Chairman of the Marmaray Coordination Commission on behalf of TCDD, and the head of the team that carried out and operated the Preparation of Marmaray for Operation.
He served as the Deputy Director General of Infrastructure Investments of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure between March 2015 and May 2016, and was the Acting Director General in the same Institution between May 2016 and August 2016.
Among the projects he carried out during his term in office at the General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments include Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport - Kaynarca Subway Line Construction Work, Bakırköy - Kirazlı Subway Line Construction Work, Construction and Consultancy Service for the Marmaray Project, Vehicle Procurement for Marmaray Subway, Rehabilitation Project for Istanbul Suburban Lines, Eurasia Tunnel BOT Construction Work, Survey-Project Work for Istanbul New Airport’s Rail System Connection, Three-Storey Great Istanbul Tunnel Project, Construction of Ankara Subway Lines and Vehicle Procurement, Survey-Project Work for Ankara Esenboğa Airport Subway Line, Survey-Project Work for Konya Subway, Antalya Expo Tram Line Construction and Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Construction Projects.
He was appointed as the Deputy Director General of İstanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (İSKİ) of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on September 1, 2016, where he carried out his duty for 3 years as the Deputy Director General in charge of Information Technologies, Research-Development and Planning, Planning, Project and Investments, Property Expropriation, Basin Protection and Control, Wastewater Treatment, Support and Machinery Supply Departments. Among the other important projects he managed are: The “2018 Istanbul Water Congress and Fair (istsu-waterist)” event which was held for the first time with the participation of 8,500 academics and water and wastewater sector representatives from Turkey and abroad attended by nearly 70 companies, of which he was the Chairman of the Steering and Executive Board; İSKİ İnstitutional Asset Management System Based Smart Grid Project İSKİ 4.0 and Istanbul Water Control and Automation Centre (İSKOM); Integrated Quality Management System work and; Istanbul Water and Wastewater Master Plan Studies with the target of year 2053.
He resigned from his duty as Deputy Director General of İSKİ on 2 August 2019 at his own request. Metin Akbaş, who was a member of the Board of Directors and Audit of VADEMSAŞ Switch Factory, an affiliate company of TCDD, and who was the Acting Deputy Chairman of the Board of Istanbul Asphalt Factory (ISFALT), an affiliate company of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, took up the position of Deputy Director General of TCDD on January 29, 2020 and has been a member of the Board of TCDD since 2020. He has started to work as Acting Chairman and Director General of TCDD as of 14 September 2021.
Metin AKBAŞ is married with children and speaks English.
Lecturer at Istanbul Commerce University
He was born in Ilıca, Erzurum in 1954. He graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering. He worked in various departments of the Ministry of Public Works for about 4 years. He started to work at Yıldız Technical University as an assistant in 1979 and completed his doctorate on Transportation Engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in 1988. In 1994, he was given the title of Associate Professor by the Interuniversity Board, and in 2000 he was appointed to the Professorship in the Department of Transportation. In 1994-1999, he undertook the duties of Transportation Consultant, Head of Transportation Department and a member of the board of directors of various municipal companies during the time of President Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN's Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayorship. He was elected as AK Party Deputy from Erzurum in 2002 and served as Deputy Chairman of Public Works, Reconstruction, Transport and Tourism Commission, Member of Turkish delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Turkey-Austria Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Chairman and AK Party MKYK Member. Between 2008 and 2015, he broke new ground at Bahçeşehir University and became the Founding President of the master's program for municipalities and Turkey's first Transportation Engineering undergraduate program. In 2015, he worked as a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering at Istanbul Commerce University. In addition, between 2007 and 2015, he served as the advisory of President of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and the consultant of many central units. He was re-elected as AK Party Erzurum Deputy in the General Elections of November 1, 2015. During this period, he has a very important role in Erzurum being a candidate for the 2026 Winter Olympics. In addition, he has personally followed all the processes from the preparation of the Rail System Project, which will be a solution to Erzurum's transportation problem, to its approval by the Council of Ministers. It has been instrumental in the implementation of many projects in order to prevent unemployment, which is the biggest problem of the region, and the resulting migration. An example of this is the Turkcell Call Center, which opened its services in Erzurum for the first time in 2005, apart from the three big cities. Currently, approximately 5,000 people are working in this sector. Some of the projects he is the coordinator of: Transportation Master Plan Strategy, Erzurum Great Municipality Regional Development Plan, DAB Tourism Oriented Regional Development Project and Winter Tourism and Thermal Tourism Development Agreement between Turkey and Austria. He also gave lectures on local governments in almost every province of Turkey at the AK Party Political Academy. He has Legislation Proposal and Realized Regional Development Projects and many Transportation - Traffic projects. Ilıcalı, who served as AK Party Erzurum Deputy until 2018, has been the Head of Istanbul Commerce University Transportation Systems Application and Research Center since 2018. In addition, he served as the Chairman of the Istanbul Public Transportation Science Board, which was established by the Governorship of Istanbul in order to operate the urban transportation service in accordance with the controlled social life rules, together with the Covid-19 pandemic that affected the whole world. He has many national and international publications.
Strategic Research and Efficiency General Manager
Lecturer at Pamukkale University
Prof. Dr. Halim Ceylan graduated from Dokuz Eylul University, Engineering Faculty, Civil Engineering Department in 1990. He started Pamukkale University, Engineering Faculty, Civil Engineering Department, Division of Transport as a research assistant. He also completed his master’s degree in Newcastle University, Civil Engineering Department, Division of Transport Operation Group, England in 1996, and started his Ph.D. Degree at the same university and completed in 2002. He is still working at Pamukkale University as a professor, giving a lecture on transportation engineering, public transport planning, soil work, railway engineering, intelligent transportation systems, pavement materials. He has published more than 100 national and international papers and a book chapter in nearly 30 international indexed journals. He completed TÜBITAK and BAP projects. Mr. Ceylan is at the forefront of national and international scientific fields. Prof. Ceylan has been involved in many national and international traffic control, public transportation rehabilitation, traffic circulation, feasibility studies, smart transportation applications, adaptive traffic control projects, Sustainable Urban Logistics Plans (SULP) and transportation master plan studies. Prof. Ceylan has been in the consultancy of Turkey National Transportation Master Plan and the consultancy of TCDD Survey and Project Department is continuing. He is fluent in English language. Prof. Ceylan is married and has two children.
Lecturer at Sabancı University
Bülent Çatay is a Professor of Industrial Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences at Sabancı University. He received his B.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and his Ph.D. degree in Operations Management from the University of Florida. He worked as a consultant at IBM Microelectronics Burlington, Vermont in 1997 and as a visiting lecturer at the University of Florida during 1999-2000. He joined Sabancı University in 2000. His research interests include transportation and logistics systems, sustainable transport planning, vehicle routing, electromobility, and heuristic optimization. He has published over 80 academic articles in various international and national scientific journals, conference proceedings, and edited books. He is the recipient of IBM Faculty Award and founding director of the Smart Mobility and Logistics (sml.sabanciuniv.edu) Laboratory at Sabancı University.
University of Sussex Senior Research Fellow
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yaşanur Kayıkcı completed her PhD degree in Information Business and Logistics at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. She obtained MSc and BSc degrees in Industrial Engineering from Graz University of Technology, Austria and Yildiz Technical University, Turkey respectively. Also, she received her M.A degree in Management Organisation from Istanbul University, Turkey. She is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering. She is currently a Senior Research Fellow on the design and development of digital systems and solutions in the area of transport and logistics at the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex, UK. She also serves as an expert on various advisory boards in the field of freight transport and logistics in the European Union. She has worked as an academician in various positions in higher education institutions in England, Germany, Austria and Turkey, and she has taken part as a coordinator and researcher in academic projects funded by international institutions and bodies. She has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications, including peer-reviewed international journal papers, books, book chapters and conference proceedings. In addition, she has project management and technology consultancy experience in the execution of industrial digital transformation projects of international companies for more than 25 years. She can speak fluent Turkish, English, German and French.
Marmara University Director of VeNIT Lab
Mujdat Soyturk, Associated Professor at Marmara University, received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Engineering in 2007 and 2002 respectively from Istanbul Technical University. His expertise and research interests include V2X Communications/Connected Cars, Wireless Networks, IoT, and Cyber-Physical Systems. In addition, he has extensive skills in statistical analysis and performance evaluation of the various network types. He is directing the VeNIT Research Laboratory (www.venit.org), which he founded in 2013 for studies in the field of ITS and V2X Communications. He carried out many R&D projects funded by the European Union and nationally funded. He has contributed to many R&D projects. He has many academic publications, including ITS and V2X. He served as a member of the Editorial Board, TPC, and as a reviewer for many high-ranked journals and conferences (TPC member of 100+ scientific conferences, reviewer of 100+ SCI/SCIE journals, reviewer of 1000+ conferences).
Additionally, specific to ITS;
He is also a member of the “Board of Directors” of “Marmara University Innovation and Technology Transfer Application and Research Center” to collaborate and cooperate with the industry and to carry out technology transfer between university and industry.
On-going EU-funded R&D Projects:
Director General of HAVELSAN
Having graduated from the Department of Computer Engineering, Trakya University back in 1995, Dr. Mehmet Akif Nacar holds a master's degree in Electronics & Computer Teaching granted by Gazi University in 1998. Earning another master's degree in Computer Science from Syracuse University in 2000, Dr. Nacar went on to get a PhD on a research scholarship from Indiana University in 2008.
Having returned to the homeland the same year, Dr. Nacar took office as a lecturer in Harran University, and focused on Grid Informatics, Cloud Computing and High-Performance Computing as a part of his academic endeavors. Dr. Nacar ran and delivered high-budget projects sponsored by the Ministry of Development, TUBITAK and GAP BKI.
Mehmet Akif Nacar served as the head of Harran University's Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from 2009 to 2010, the Department of Industrial Engineering from 2010 to 2011, and the Department of Computer Engineering from 2010 to 2014.
Dr. Nacar also took office as the Director of the IT Research and Application Center from 2009 to 2013, and the Director of the Information Technologies Application and Research Center from 2013 to 2016 within the body of Harran University, and then went on to serve as a Secretary General between 2016 and 2017, and a Consultant to the Rector of the University from 2015 to 2017.
Appointed as an Assistant General Manager of Training and Simulation Technologies at HAVELSAN on 16th of May, 2017, Dr. Nacar took office as the chairman of the board at EHSIM (Electronic Warfare Systems Engineering Trading Inc.) in 2018.
Dr. Nacar was appointed as a board member of HAVELSAN in 2017, and has been serving as the chairman of the board at Quantum3D, a technology company in Silicon Valley, USA, since 2020.
in 2019, Dr. Mehmet Akif Nacar also took office as a board member of Cornea Aero Systems Industry and Trade Inc., which was founded in cooperation between HAVELSAN and Turkish Technic in 2018 to develop in-flight entertainment systems, and he now serves as the vice chairman of the board.
As a part of academic-industrial partnerships, Dr. Nacar has served as a founding and board member of Şanlıurfa Teknokent, a member of the R&D Board at KOSGEB, a provincial agent of Public-Academic-Industrial Partnership (KUSI) for the Ministry of Industry and Technology, and an academic representative for the Project on Intellectual and Industrial Rights by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TPE). As a part of academic-industrial partnerships, he also took office as an R&D project consultant for KOSGEB, an arbitrator and an observer for TEYDEB by TUBITAK, a panelist and an observer for KAMAG by TUBITAK, and a panelist of Research Projects for the Ministry of Development. Dr. Nacar has been involved in scores of domestic R&D and entrepreneurship projects (TEYDEB, Santez, Teknogirişim) as a panelist/arbitrator/observer/consultant. Dr. Nacar has also served as a member of the Advisory Board of TUBITAK's Ulakbim TRUBA, and of the Advisory Board of TUBITAK's TEYDEB Cloud Computing.
Having participated in 7 different national and international projects, Dr. Nacar was appointed definitively as the General Manager of Havelsan on July 21, 2020, an office which he held by proxy since June 23, 2020, by the Decision of the Board of Directors of HAVELSAN. Nacar is married with 3 children.
Istanbul Technical University Founder of CIDDI (City Development Through Design Intelligence)
Imdat is an architect, entrepreneur, academician, and the recipient of the prestigious Turkish Scientific Research Council (TUBITAK) 2232 Grant and Fellowship. He leads the City Development through Design Intelligence (CIDDI) lab at Istanbul Technical University (ITU). His work focuses on new technologies that shape the morphology of the future city.
He received his doctoral degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD), his M.Sc. in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and his B.Arch. from the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey.
He co-authored, Dynamic Digital Representations in Architecture: Visions in Motion (Taylor & Francis, 2008), and founded Arcbazar.com in 2011 -- the first-of -its-kind crowdsourcing platform for architectural design. Arcbazar has been featured as one of the “Top 100 Most Brilliant Companies” by Entrepreneur Magazine. In 2017, he received a DARPA grant -in collaboration with Raytheon- to use Arcbazar’s design data to generate novel architectural compositions via artificial intelligence (AI). He currently works on two upcoming books on AI, one for Taylor & Francis, (May 6, 2021), and the other for Elsevier (July 2022).
TÜBİTAK BİLGEM President
Dr. Ali Görçin is a faculty member of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Department in Yıldız Technical University, since 2016. Same year, he was appointed as the VP of Test&Evaluation in TUBITAK BILGEM (Scientific and Technological Research Instution of Turkey, Informatics and Information Security Research Center). He carries his duty as the President of BILGEM since the last quarter of 2020.
After completing his Ph.D. in the field of telecommunications at the University of South Florida, he has undertaken roles such as research engineer, system engineer and product development officer in large companies and enterprises in the telecom field between 2006-2016. Before that, he worked at national and international projects within TUBITAK for five and a half years, after completing his undergraduate education at Istanbul Technical University.
Lecturer at Istanbul Commerce University / Smart City Consultant
Dr. Fatih Gündoğan graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering. He completed his master's degree at the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany and his doctorate studies on "intelligent transport systems" at the Technical University of Graz in Austria. He worked at various levels in ISBAK Inc., a subsidiary company of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, and carried out smart city / smart transportation projects. Between 2015 and 2019, he served as Deputy General Manager responsible for technical affairs. Between the years 2019-2021, he served as the general manager of one of Turkey's leading smart city technology companies. Working as a visiting lecturer at Yıldız Technical University and Istanbul Commerce University, Dr. Fatih Gündoğan is the founder of Smart Cities Strategy and Technology Laboratory, StreadLAB. Gündoğan is married, has three daughters, and speaks German and English.
Lecturer at Başkent University
Dr. M. Berna Çağlar Kalkan graduated from Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School and she recevied her BA from İstanbul University , Transport and Logistics, and recevied her MBA from İstanbul University, International Business Administration.
She received her PhD from Yıldız Technical University, Business Administration.
She is still working in Başkent University, Kahramankazan Vocational School, Logistics Program and also gives various courses in the field of business and logistics.
She has national and international academic articles and researches on logistics information technologies, e-logistics, fourth-party logistics, supply chain flexibility, supply chain agility, which are among his fields of study.
Marketing Manager of Kentkart
Volkan Şen, who was born in Izmir in 1980, graduated from Dokuz Eylül University's Faculty of Business Administration in 2004. Later he received a master's degree in Strategic Management from Ege University. Finally, in 2020 he completed his doctorate degree in Marketing at Akdeniz University.
After beginning his career in 2005 at Vestel Company as a Sales Representative, he then moved to Türk Telekom company in 2008. From 2008 to 2016, he worked in different managerial positions at Türk Telekom. Volkan Şen joined the Kentkart family in 2016 as Antalya Regional Manager and carried out important tasks in Smart Transportation Projects in Antalya, Alanya, Burdur, and Isparta cities of Turkey. Since 2021, he has been working as the Marketing Manager of Kentkart.
Volkan Şen is married and has a daughter. He speaks English.
Secretary General of Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa
Ulaş AKHAN was born in Edirne in 1978. He graduated from Uludağ University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in 2001. After serving as deputy tax inspector in revenue administration in the ministry of finance in the year 2005, he was appointed to the civil administration profession as Bursa District Governor Candidate in 2006.
After completing his assignments as Koyulhisar Deputy District Governor in Sivas, Seydiler District Governor in Kastamonu, Alacakaya District Governor in Elazığ, Deputy Governor in Kilis, Doğubayazıt District Governor in Ağrı and Kaş District Governor in Antalya, he has been serving as Secretary General to Bursa Metropolitan Municipality since 08.11.2019. District Governor Ulaş AKHAN married with two children.
TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE Technology Strategies and Digital Business Models Focus Area Leader
Sertaç Yerlikaya was appointed as a strategy consultant at TÜBİTAK to work on the development of the "National Technology Move" strategy and roadmaps of the Ministry of Industry and Technology carried out by TÜSSİDE. She worked as an executive in “2023 Industry and Technology Strategy” and “National Artificial Intelligence Strategy” studies.
Sertaç Yerlikaya, who is the Advisor to the Deputy Minister, is also a Steering Committee Member of the 4th Industrial Revolution Center of Turkey, established by the World Economic Forum, and the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the Turkish Metal Industrialists' Union. She is the Vice President of the Industry 4.0 Platform of Boğaziçi University.
She is also the manager of the "Turkey Open Source Platform", one of the pioneer projects of the 2023 strateg. She is charge of the development of open source projects in partnership with the private sector, public authorities, NGOs, universities and communities, and the establishment of 42 software development schools.
Prior to these duties, she had experience in different sectors from retail to telecommunications, from consumer goods to consultancy. She worked as a Strategy Planning Manager in a private company, responsible for a wide geography in Africa and the Middle East. Later, she became the Strategy Planning and Business Development Manager at a telecommunications company. She is the founder of Afillikitap.com, Turkey's first online photobook service.
She is married and has a son named Kaya who enjoys learning with curiosity. She is actively involved in the empowerment and guidance networks of women and youth in Turkey.
Director General of PTT Technology
Born in 1969 in Istanbul, Ali Taşkın graduated from Pertevniyal High School and then Istanbul Technical University as an "Electronics and Communications Engineer". After graduation, he started his career at Türk Telekom (PTT) in 1991. Taşkın also attended the "Accounting and Financial Control in Management" master program at Istanbul University in the period of 1991-1992. After his military service in 1996, he continued his career in the private sector, Turkcell and Netaş. Mr. Taşkın went to the USA at the end of 1998 and served in managerial positions in various technology companies such as LCC Int, Nortel Networks, Comsearch until 2003. During this period, he also took courses on "Marketing" and "Human Resources Management" at Strayer University in the USA. Returning to Turkey in 2003, he continued his career at Türk Telekom's GSM company Aycell (Avea) as the Director in charge of network investments, installation and optimization. Taking an active role in the Aycell - Aria merger, Mr. Taşkın assumed the duties of Network Performance & Quality Director and Project Management Office Director at Avea after the merger. He joined Çalık Holding at the end of 2007 as the founding General Manager of Eagle Mobile, the GSM operator in Albania and held this position until 2011. Between 2011-2013, he provided management consultancy focused on e-Government, Telecom and Energy projects in Turkey and the Balkans. Taşkın started to work as Director of Technology, Operations and Strategy at İşNet, a subsidiary of İşbank, in 2013, and played an active role in the launch of new products and sevices and restructuring in the company until 2018. Joining BTK in 2019 as the Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Mr. Taşkın was appointed as the Deputy General Manager of PTT Teknoloji in August 2019 and serves as General Manager since February 2020. Mr. Taşkın also works as a advisor to the General Manager in PTT A.Ş.
Smart Solutions Program Manager at TÜRKSAT
Born in Izmir in 1982, Halit İnce completed his primary and secondary education in Ankara and graduated from Yıldız Technical University Computer Science Engineering. He has been working in the informatics and telecommunication sector for 15 years.
Halit İnce, who started his business life in Istanbul and continued in Ankara; After working in positions such as software engineer, system specialist, system security and planning engineering, solution architect, he shifted his career to project manager and took part in many turnkey projects in areas such as information networks and infrastructures, consolidation projects, system, data center and disaster recovery applications, and TRNC(Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) public joint data center installation, software projects, digitalization, integration projects, e-government applications, traffic and camera monitoring systems, smart city applications, smart systems and solutions.
Halit İnce, who has many professional studies and certifications in his field in the country and abroad, has a good command of English and is married with 2 children. He is still working as the Smart Solutions Program Manager at Türksat Informatics.
General Manager of NMM Anatolian Motorways
Aynur Uluğtekin was born in 1949 in Yozgat. She has graduated from the Civil Engineering Department of Ankara Gazi University Faculty of Engineering, in 1971. Her career journey has started at the 2nd Regional Directorate of Highways in İzmir on the year she has graduated from the university. In 1979, she has appointed to the Directorate of Highways to the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. In Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, she has first served as a Director, then as a Coordinator and afterwards as the Vice President.
She has left Izmir Metropolitan Municipality in 1984 and started to work as the General Manager at Göçay A.Ş. In 1988, she has left Göçay and established her own company. For 7 years, she has conducted various contracting works obtained from the 7th Regional Directorate of Highways and Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKI).
In 1999, she has returned back to corporate life and carried out highway projects as the Coordinator at Kolin İnşaat and as the General Manager at Murtezaoğlu. In 2003, she has returned to the state institution due to the job of her spouse and she has started to serve as the general consultant at the Directorate General of ISKI (İstanbul Water and Sewerage Administration) until the end of 2010. She has made great contributions to the improvement works of Istanbul streams and to the establishment of treatment facilities.
In 2011, she has started to work as the Deputy General Manager at Kalyon İnşaat. In 2018, she has been appointed as the General Manager of the Northern Marmara Motorway and she still holds this position. Aynur Uluğtekin, who speaks English as foreign language, is married and has 2 children.
IC Holding Corporate Governance and Sustainability Director
After completing his high school education at TED Ankara College, Burak Işık graduated from Middle East Technical University Petroleum Engineering and received his MBA from Koç University. He started his career at Petrol Ofisi and continued his career at OPET and SOCAR Turkey, respectively. Specializing in investment and development in the energy sector, he took part in the preparation of OPET's first sustainability report, and during his duty at SOCAR, he carried out the processes of establishing the CNG - compressed natural gas station network, which is an environmentally friendly fuel used for the first time in heavy vehicles in Turkey.
Burak Işık, who joined ICA in 2015 as Investment Development Manager, led the publication of two sustainability reports in 2017 and 2020, which were the first in the private highway management sector. He has been working as IC Holding Corporate Governance and Sustainability Director since 2021 and represents IC Holding in important NGOs such as TUSIAD (Turkish Industry & Business Association), SKD (Sustainable Development Association), TMB (Turkish Contractors Association) and ASECAP (European Private Highway Operators Association).
Turkcell Digital Business Services, Strategic Partnership and Business Development Deputy General Manager
Süha Bayraktar started his career in 1998, as a Customer Support Team Leader at LHS. Between 2000-2005; he continued his duty as Business Development and Sales Support Manager at Kabira company. He worked as Turkey Country Manager at LHS between 2005-2010, General Manager at Arkonsis between 2011-2016, and Country Director at Netcracker between 2016-2018.
Joined Turkcell Family in 2018, and he worked as the Director of Cloud and IoT Services until February 2020, and since March 2020 he is working as the Strategic Partnership&Business Devolopment Assistant General Manager at Turkcell Dijital İş Servisleri.
He completed his undergraduate education at Yıldız Technical University “Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering” and his master's degree in Business Administration from City University of Seattle. He is still continuing his PhD in Computer Engineering at Yeditepe University.
Product & Services Director at Turk Telekom
Fatih Türkoğlu graduated from Istanbul Technical University and Mr. Türkoğlu worked for IBM Turkey and Accenture Turkey as a consultant by focusing on technology and business strategy in early years of his career. Mr. Türkoğlu has taken roles to build and lead new emerging business domains including “Digital Transformation”, “Smart City”, “Cyber Security”, “Cloud and Big Data Analytics” for Turkey leader technology companies. Mr. Türkoğlu, who has Telecommunication Strategy certification from University of Texas already, works as product and service director for Turk Telekom.
Product & Services & Partner Management Director at Vodafone
Oğuz Cıdam was born in 1980 in Hannover/Germany. After graduating from Ege University, Department of Electrical and Electronics, he completed his master's degree in Business Administration at Istanbul Bilgi University where he currently is doing his PhD. in Organizational Management.
Cıdam, who started his career as an R&D Software Design Engineer at Nortel Netaş in 1998, continued his career as a Project Manager at Nokia Siemens Network in 2006.
Joining Vodafone Turkey in 2010, Cıdam worked as Customer Technology Consultant and Enterprise Customer Management Executive before joining the Vodafone Global Enterprise team in 2014, where was assigned in National Account Manager, Global Solutions Sales Manager and Sales Senior Manager roles respectively. Cıdam, is currently continuing his career as Head of Product and Solutions in the same company since January 2022.
Cıdam, who is an expert in business development, sales and enterprise solutions in the telecommunication sector, has been granted many awards by Vodafone Global Enterprise in these fields.
Innovation and New Ventures Director of Ford Otosan
Canalp completed his undergraduate education at Yıldız Technical University Mechanical Engineering in 2008 and completed his graduate education on “MSc Management and Entrepreneurship” in the UK.
Canalp started working in 2011 at Ford Otosan. During 2019-2020, he represented Ford Otosan in Silicon Valley, at the World Economic (WEF) Autonomous and Urban Mobility Space; and he wrote a white paper on Autonomous Movement of Goods.
He served as the Smart Mobility Leader between February 2019 and February 2022, and he recently he is assigned as the Innovation and New Ventures Leader.
UTIKAD President of Board of Directors
Mrs. Ayşem Ulusoy, born in 1972 in Istanbul Turkey, undertook the Presidency of UTIKAD as a result of General Assembly elections held in September 2021.
After having graduated from Bilkent University Faculty of Humanities and Letters, Department of English Language and Literature, she started her career at combined transport department of Türksped International Transport Trade. Inc.
She has been working as the General Manager of her family company ATC Group International Transport & Commerce Ltd since 2002.
She has training in psychodrama and she is actively engaged in the art of sculpting.
A member of the Trade Facilitation Coordination Committee of Turkey representing UTIKAD, Mrs Ulusoy
She speaks English and French. She is married with one child.UTIKAD President of Board of Directors
Technical Director of Intetra
Education
B.Sc.
Middle East Technical University Electronics and Electronics Engineering Computer Telecom
1983-1990
High School
Kadıköy Anatolian High School Science - Mathematics
Work Experiences
06.2017-continues
Technical Manager / CTO - Board Member Intetra A.Ş.
Management, tracking, research and development management of technological developments in line with the studies on Smart Transportation Systems and Smart Cities within the company. National and international transportation highway project development, project design, system design and management, management of product and systems development
12.2014-06.2017
Deputy general manager Intetra Ltd.Şti
Offering project solutions in line with customer needs, projecting, project management, managing projects, designing products, production, purchasing follow- up and decisions planning, managing and directing assembly details, as well as products produced by the company working on traffic systems and smart transportation systems, as well as the products produced from abroad.
09.2008-11.2014
Technical manager Intetra Ltd.Şti
Traffic systems, communication systems, intelligent transportation systems, products sold from foreign companies that it represents, and products selling products with traffic products, led systems, etc. transforming it into a company that manufactures its own products, makes projects and develops business. To work on electronic software and hardware designs and mechanical designs within the company.
09.2004-08.2008
Project Manager ortana A.Ş.
Follow-up of LED systems, traffic systems projects of the company at home and abroad. Determining customer requests, meetings and project requirements from the beginning of the project. Production planning and coordination of systems. Performing tests at the installation and acceptance stages after production and the operation and organization of customer acceptance procedures.
08.1999-09.2004
R&D Manager ortana Ltd. Sti.
To be used in projects on traffic systems and LED systems, from research development to customer, making designs, organizing production, organizing installations and installing in communication with customers in necessary installations.
08.1996-08.1999
R&D Engineer ortana Ltd. Sti.
Design and production of software for the systems produced by the company producing led systems and traffic systems. Organization in preparing products for production. Tracking of card designs. Organization of the production preparation and testing team.
06.1994-10.1995
Electrical electronics Engineer ortana Ltd. Sti.
Design and preparation of cards to be used in electronic production. Directing production.
Project Experience
2021
Design / Management – Malkara Çanakkale Highway and 1915 Canakkale Bridge Project ITS project
Production, construction and installation of the entire ITS project management and integration bridge and highway parts.
2020
Design / Management – Ankara Niğde Highway ITS project
Ankara Niğde ITS – infrastructure, system, data center design, installation and software design and development. Automatic Incedent detection system development.
2019
Design / Management - Gebze Orhangazi İzmir Motorway ITS project Nömayg
Production, construction and installation of the entire ITS project, the first part of which was previously built on the Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir highway.
2018
Design - Şanlıurfa motorway ITS project KGM 9th District Diyarbakır
ITS systems on the highway located in the 9th Region between Adana and Sanliurfa, VMS, VTS, meteorology etc. systems design, layout design.
2017
Design / Product Development- Traffic Warning Trailer KGM-Ankara
Electronic traffic warning trailer project developed based on the appropriate budget and usage requests requested by the highways
2016
Design- Osman Gazi Bridge Siemens
Design of the carriers that are desired to be built without touching the bridge over the bridge on the Gulf of Izmit. The design made in this project was made with the approval of the bridge designer construction company.
2016
Design / Software- ITS design Nömayg
ITS systems design on Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Highway, design, layout, product development. End-user software design used in the control of VMSs.
2016
Design - ITS design / carrier design ICA
Product development, product layout project, system design, design of carriers, design of L type carrier that can be installed in active traffic outside the project in ITS projects of Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge and connection roads. Development of end- user DMI and system software.
2015
Design / Product development - Box Office Over DMI Aselsan
VMS product design, product development, software development works to be used in the new Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Highway, 3rd Bridge and connection road projects and similar projects.
2014
Design- ALO153 screen
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality
LED information display design, carrier and projecting works on the existing ALO153 building in Ankara, facing 3 directions.
2014
Design- LED Palm
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality
The shape, mechanical design, production, application of palm leaves made with specially designed LEDs about 8 meters in height, which visually appeals to 360 degrees in Ankara Kızılay square.
2014
Design- Traffic Signaling Graphic Countdown Timer CMS-India
A countdown timer is designed to display the remaining time of green or red with both latin numbers and Indian “marathi numbers” to be used at traffic intersections at Mumbai, India.
2013
Design / Management - Taksim Underpass Junction ITS Project Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality / Isbak
ITS project design, application, software development for the underpass in Taksim.
2012
Design / Management - Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium LED screen Fenerbahçe Sports Club
Design, layout and software design of 2 large LED screens requested for the exterior areas of Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium. Ensuring simultaneous operation and design of energy distribution boards
2011
Design / Management - Çağlayan Junction ITS project Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality / Isbak
Istanbul Çağlayan Junction ITS project design, carrier design for the project, software development, product development, project assembly, commissioning
2011
Design / Management - Metro Passenger Information Izmir Metro
Construction of new technology Passenger Information Systems for new stations added to existing stations in Izmir Metro and integration into the old system. Software development, product development, application.
2009-2011
Design / Application - ITS system, fiber infrastructure, monitoring center
Ashgabat-Turkmenistan
ITS system design, product development, implementation, project management in road projects carried out by Turkish contractors in Ashgabat
2009
Design / implementation - Traffic Signaling, crosswalk Ashgabat-Turkmenistan
Urgent necessary special design for the Turkish contractor company in Ashgabat Design, production, application, installation and commissioning of traffic signalization and pedestrian crossing lamps.
2009
Design / product development Antalya Kemer Tunnels ITS project KGM 13th Region Antalya
VMS, VTS, to be used in tunnels built between Antalya Kemer. Etc. systems design, implementation, software development, carrier design, management.
2008
Design / Product development In Tunnel Distance Sign Savronik Albania Thirra Tunnel
Design and production of the distance sign construction work within the tunnel, with the CE certified backlight required for abroad.
2007
Design / Product development, Nefise Akçelik Tunnel KGM 7th District
ITS design and implementation work of Nefise Akçelik tunnel and associated tunnels, which are an important pillar of the Black Sea highway.
2006-2008
Design / Product development - Dubai ITS project RTA United Arab Emirates
In the Smart Transportation Systems project required for the city of Dubai, product development, project management, production, application, commissioning and software development works were carried out. In the project, Arabic alphabet design was also made and the same design was marketed to different companies abroad. The products and software developed in the project are still used.
2004
Design / Product development Passenger Information System Ercan Airport, Nicosia, TRNC
Within the scope of the renovation of Ercan Airport, the design, product development, production, software development, implementation and commissioning of the necessary Passenger Information systems
2002-2004
Design / Product development Variable Message signs İsbak - Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
With the increasing traffic in Istanbul, variable message signs design, hardware design, embedded software and communication design, central control software development software were made for the information systems need to direct the 1st and 2nd Bridge traffic on the roads to inform the drivers. This project is the first visual systems installed on the roads of Istanbul. With the software made, the traffic control center cameras were observed and the instant status was given to the systems as bridge states by the operator.
2001
Design / Product development Akay Junction ITS project Ankara Metropolitan Municipality
Hardware design and software development, project management of the project, which is one of the first smart transportation applications carried out in front of the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara.
2000
Design / Product development İzmir Selatin Tunnel Siemens - KGM 2nd Region
Card design, software development and project implementation work of the products of ITS systems in Selatin tunnel on the highway in Selçuk, İzmir. This project was made with the first ITS tunnel project in Turkey.
1999
Design / Product development - Bolu Mountain Transition project KGM Region 4
Design, software development and product development works were carried out in the project, which was carried out on the state road on the Bolu and Düzce side at the Bolu Mountain pass, to report the situations in Bolu mountain. The project carries the distinction of being the first electronic traffic information system in Turkey. With the software, information was sent to the DMIs located at the mountain entrance from the control center on the mountain.
Competences
Languages
English
Advanced
French, German, Spanish
Beginner
Computer Science
Windows, Windows Server, MS SQL installation, setup
Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio, CorelDraw Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Premier,
SolidWorks, AutoCad, Fusion 360, SAP2000 Programming
Delphi, TurboPascal, C, PHP, VisualBasic, Data Structures, algorithms, Fortran
Industrial Experience
Project Management, Product development, Product management, Artificial Intelligence, Game Development, Mobile game, R&D, Game design,
Experiences
Traffic Engineering, System programming, LED system design, product development, Project planning, Project management, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Tunnel marking design, Traffic marking design, Electronics, Software, algorithm protocol design, Smart Cities, Digital Transformation Management
Tools
Android, Delphi, Embedded C, MySQL
Groups Followed
İstanbul Metu Alumni Association
Traffic Engineer and Transportation Planner Network International Tunneling and Underground Space Association
Institute of Transportation Engineers
Kadıköy Anatolian High School Alumni Association Traffic Management Centers
ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems)
Turkish Games Business Network
Association Memberships
Transportation Systems Industrialists Association www.ussad.org.tr
Intelligent Transportation Systems Society of Turkey
Working Groups
Tübitak Intelligent Mobility cluster
Intelligent Transportation Management Systems maritime transport and Communications Ministry
R&D Activities, Domestic Product and Production Group
Seminars
ISO Digital Transformation, Mini MBA Smart Cities Istanbul
ISO Agile (Agile) Project Management Training ITS World Congress Copenhagen
Integrated Systems Amsterdam
Intertraffic Amsterdam Intertraffic Istanbul
Huawei Transportation Systems Senior Solution Manager
Ufuk Yurtsever has graduated from METU EE in 1999. He joined Huawei Technologies in 2012 with over 10 years of experience in managing wireless telecommunication solutions in operator and government networks.
His focus on telecommunication solutions was GSM and 3G RF Planning and Optimization in Turkish and International Wireless Operators Networks. He also acted as team leader for governmental satellite-based project deployment and operation.
He has been working in transportation field in Huawei for 10 years and is appointed as Solution Manager for Railway and Metro Sector in Huawei Turkey, leading a team of product managers to create tailored and turnkey solutions for various railway and metro project’s needs. His area of interest in Huawei is GSM-R, LTE-R, Wireless LAN Storage, CCTV and Transmission solutions.
In his role, he acts as the technical consultant for railway, metro and tram projects for both customers and partners trying to create optimum solutions to achieve project goals.
Chairman of the Executive Board of the Turkish International Transporters’ and Logistics Association (UND)
ALPER OZEL, MBA
EDUCATION
MBA
Istanbul University, Institute of Social Science. Masters in Business Management and Organization (1997-2000) Master Thesis: Quality Awards-Total Quality Management Applications in Industrial and Service Companies According to the EFQM Excellence Model.
Certificate
Istanbul University, Institute of Business Economics. Certificate in Business Management (1997-1998)
Diploma
Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters. Four-year diploma program in Slavic/Russian
Philology and Linguistics (1993-1997) & Certificate of Pedagogical Competency
Certificate
Pushkin Institute, Russian Federation, Moscow
Scholarship “Business Russian Program” Summer Academic Program (1995-1997)
Certificate
Aston American University, Marketing Program (2018-2019)
Aston American University, Principles of E-Commerce (2018-2019)
Aston American University, Business English Communications (2019)
WORK EXPERIENCE
June 2019- Turkish British Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TBCCI), London, UK Member of Board of Directors
May 2019- Appointed as Chairman of the Executive Board of the Turkish International Transporters’ and Logistics Association (UND)
Nov 2018- May 2019 Warehouse Associate, Estee Lauder Cosmetics Canada Distribution Center, Toronto, Canada
Sep 2018- Nov 2018 Warehouse Associate, Synaptive Medical, Toronto, Canada
Sep 2017- Aug 2018 Business Development Manager, Sapci Exim Inc., Toronto, Canada
May 2017- Aug 2017 Lufthansa German Airlines, Customer Relationship Management (German and English), Peterborough, Canada
Dec 2001-May 2017 Vice Chairman, International Transporters’ and Logistic Association of Turkey (UND), Istanbul
2003-2014 Lecturer, Faculty of Logistics and Transportation, University of Istanbul
INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT
2018 Completed Transportation of Dangerous Goods Training/Workplace Law Consulting- Toronto, Canada
2009-2017 Consultant and Instructor, International Road Transport Union Academy, Geneva, Switzerland
2014- 2016 US European Air Force Command Director of Logistics, Ramstein, Germany
2009-2013 Vice President, Dangerous Goods Working Group International Road Transport Union, Geneva, Switzerland
2003- 2017 Advisor and Instructor, Dangerous Goods Advisor by the Chamber of Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria, Germany
2013-2017Auditor, Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization Union of Road Transporters’ Association (BSEC-URTA), Istanbul, Turkey
2013-2017 Boreas International Consult, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003-2015 Attending in various trainings of transportation and logistics of dangerous goods in Germany and Switzerland (TÜV Akademie, Dekra Akademie, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Munich and Upper Bavaria, IRU Academy)
Work Experience in various countries e.g. Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Canada
PUBLICATIONS
Ozel, Alper (Co-Writer/2000). Learning Organizations. (Publisher. KalDer Yayinlari TR)
Ozel, Alper (Co-Writer/2012). Leadership of Change. (Publisher: Varlik Yayinlari TR)
OTHER SKILLS
LANGUAGES · Fluent in Turkish, German, English and Russian (certain degree)
REFERENCES Available upon request.
Design and R&D Director at ULAK Communication Inc.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
* Pursued Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering
* Big experience in system engineering, architectural design, RF & microwave design, modelling and simulation
* Gained high knowledge of Communication Technologies (5G, 4.5G/LTE, TADIL – Link 16, PMP), EW (Electronic Warfare) Systems and Radar Systems
* Experienced in project planning, team management and work breakdown structure determination
* Specialized in analysis, definition, specification, validation and verification of system and subsystem requirements
EDUCATION:
M.Sc. HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Thesis: EFFECTS of ROCKET EXHAUST PLUME to COMMUNICATION LINKS in TELEMETRY BAND
B.Sc. HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Project: RADAR CROSS-SECTION ANALYSIS of an AIRCRAFT by USING GENETIC ALGORITHM APPROACH USING SuperNEC
High School MERSIN SCIENCES HIGH SCHOOL
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2017 – … ULAK HABERLEŞME A.Ş.
Design and R&D Director (Dec. 2020 - …)
RAN System Engineering Manager (Sept. 2017 - Dec. 2020)
R&D Manager (Proxy)
* Responsible for 5G Base Station (gNB) development process
* Technical coordination with the UUYM5G Project partners
* Responsible for the V2X (Vehicle to Everything) Communication Studies
* 4.5G Base Station Development Activities
* Describing the GaN (Gallium Nitrate) PA (power amplifier) development project with partners (KUVV and NERO Defense Industries)
* Making site surveys and project management for Kayı Project
* Preparation of the RFP documents for ÇINAR and DIOT Projects
* Determination of the system engineering and project management processes
2015 – 2017 TÜBİTAK BİLGEM İLTAREN
Chief Researcher
* Lead the modelling and simulation team
* Managed an EW & Radar Simulation Project
* Worked for developing a software tool for radar coverage, radar interception, EW detection, and interference analysis
* Developed the ray tracing algorithms for different atmospheric conditions (including duct) by determination of refractivity profiles
* Developed the empirical and deterministic analysis by using Fourier Split Step method
* Implemented the ITU propagation models (P.368, P.373, P.525, P.529, P.530, P.676, P.833, P.838, P.839, P.840, P.1546)
* Led the Aircraft / Store Integration Work Package
* Designed a system for Pod and MIDS terminal integration
* Determined the content of the Link 16 messages
* Coordinated the aircraft and store compatibility analysis and tests in accordance with Mil-Hdbk-1763
* Coordinated the aircraft and store EMI/EMC (ElectroMagnetic Interference/Compatibility) interaction analysis and tests in accordance with Mil-Std-464
2011 – 2015 STM A.Ş.
Consultant / Senior System Engineer
* Technical consultant at SSB R&D and Technology Management Department
* Planned the future works related to R&D activities
* Technical responsible for Kement Project, determined the AMC (Adaptive Modulation and Coding) schemes and operational concepts
* Gave consultancy about Ulak Project including 4G/LTE Base Station and Tetra Base Station development, determination of wide band waveform features
* Determined the MILAT (SDN (Software Defined Networks) controller development) Project technical requirements
* Evaluated the missile seeker algorithms
* Evaluated the tactical data link solutions for UAV Platforms
* Evaluated Mil-Std-461 and Mil-Std-810 test procedures for SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) Development Project
* Determined the specifications for GaN PA, SPDT (Single Pole Double Throw) and SP4T switches development project
* Determined the specifications for SiGe (Silisium Germanium) LNA (Low Noise Amplifier) development project
* Evaluated the algorithm for signature recognition by hyperspectral imaging sensors (SWIR, MWIR, LWIR Cameras)
* Prepared roadmaps for sensor systems and critical military technologies
* Evaluated the PMP (Point-to-MultiPoint) channel models
* Determined the technical requirements of Mildar-2 (Millimeter Wave Radar) Project
* Determined the wideband communication public safety network architecture
* Dealt with GenKur R&D meetings
2007 – 2011 METEKSAN SAVUNMA SANAYII A.Ş.
System Design Engineer (UMTAS RF VBB Project)
RF Design Engineer (Mildar Project)
* System engineering activities of UMTAS RF VBB Project
* Made research on telemetry transmitter design according to Irig-106 Standard
* RF design activities of Mildar (Millimeter Wave Radar) Project
* Contributed to the NATO NIAG workshop about “Alternative TDLs for Aerospace C2” and made the PHY layers analysis of Link-16, Link-11, and WiMax systems
2005 – 2007 SELEX KOMÜNIKASYON A.Ş.
System Design Engineer
* Made system analysis for marine type military platforms
* Made system designs for LF, MF, HF, VHF, UHF bands military radio systems
* Evaluated the antennas for given platform types
* Made electromagnetic interaction analysis for the antenna and the platform
* Analyzed CASA CN-235 HF and V/UHF communication systems and made integration of a road antenna to the platform
* Answered to RFP documents issued by SSB (including Coast Guard Search and Rescue Boat, Afsudes, New Type Patrol Boat, IMSS-AddOn (Uzun Ufuk), 80 Class, New Type Submarine, Moship and Kuryed, MilGem, Rakas-Mukas, CN-235, MİTÜP)
PUBLICATIONS:
“C. Arslan, E. Yazgan, ‘Rocket Exhaust Plume Effects to Communication Links in Telemetry Band’, ELECO 2010”
“Mahmut Demirtaş, Furkan Aydın, Gülçin Tanış, Caner Arslan, ‘Indoor Coverage Analysis for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Base Stations’, SIU 2019”
“Mehmet Can Büyükyavuz, Mahmut Demirtaş, Eray Kargı, Caner Arslan, ‘Narrow-Band IOT NPRACH Channel Coverage Analysis for Unmanned Air Vehicle Base Stations’ SIU 2020”
“Mahmut Demirtaş, Kerem Çağdaş Durmuş, Gülçin Tanış, Caner Arslan, Metin Balcı, ‘Downlink Indoor Coverage Analysis for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Base Stations’, ASTESJ”
“Hüsne Şahan, Kerem Çağdaş Durmuş, Mahmut Demirtaş, Caner Arslan ‘Downlink Service Extension for UAV 5G Micro Base Stations through V2V Communications’, SIU 2021”
INTERESTS & ACHIEVEMENTS:
Mathematics (18th of High Schools Mathematics Olympics),
Chess (3rd of Hatay),
Table Tennis (5th of Mersin),
Volleyball (2nd of Mediterranean Region (2 times) – 1st of Hatay (2 times) – 2nd of Hacettepe University (3 times))
SWARCO - Transportation Engineer & Planner
Itir Coskun is working as an Innovation Engineer as a part of the Fast Prototyping team at SWARCO. She focuses on new trends in the mobility field in order to develop future-proof solutions in the context of ITS. She especially works in the areas of CCAM, MaaS, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Multi-modal and Sustainable Transport. Her current activities involve managing fast prototyping projects on mobility management and representing SWARCO Solution Center in multiple publicly funded projects. Before joining SWARCO, she has worked at EIT Urban Mobility where she advised partner institutions on relevant programs in the areas of innovation. She especially put effort in supporting Turkish partners’ involvement in European Funded Projects.
After graduating from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the Technical University of Istanbul, Itir was granted a full scholarship from DAAD-TEV for her master’s studies. She studied Transportation Systems at the Technical University of Munich. During her studies, her main focus areas were Intelligent Transportation Systems, Travel Demand Management and C-ITS. She is still involved in academic activities at the Technical University of Munich. Both in her career and her studies, she took part in many interdisciplinary projects and continues to learn and share knowledge internationally. Fluent in Turkish, English and German, Itir is especially passionate to take part in shaping future mobility.
iSIMPlatform Chief Growth Officer
Hakan Metin Akgün, who works as an Executive Committee Member / Chief Growth Officer at iSIMPlatform; completed his bachelor’s degree in the major of Public Finance at Marmara University. After that, he completed his MBA degree in SME Management at Bahçeşehir University.
Hakan Metin Akgün who worked in the private sector in managerial positions in the fields of sales, marketing and product management for many years, participates in training and seminars on entrepreneurship at universities as a speaker, and comes together with student and entrepreneur candidates at various sectoral events. He is also among the mentors of TÜBİTAK, İTÜ Çekirdek, Turkish Technology Team (T3) Foundation and Digital Transformation Center.
EY Consulting - Data & Analytics Services Senior Manager
Can ÖZTÜRK was born in 1989, Ankara. He graduated from Istanbul Technical University Department of Industrial Engineering at 2010. He kicked-off his career at PwC Consulting, then served 5 years at Turk Telekom Mobile (Avea) Customer Analytics team between 2012-2017, followed by with the CRM Analytics Manager role at Boyner Holding. He’s been working for EY Consulting Data & Analytics Services since January, 2019; he is particularly experienced in E2E Data Management & Advanced Analytics topics, therewithal he takes on leadership for consulting projects at EY Turkey regarding Smart Cities and Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Further being a Kabataş Erkek Lisesi graduate, he is a member of congress of Fenerbahçe Sports Club. Some major credentials under his management through his EY career are as follow: Transforming Bursa into a Smart City, Istanbul Smart City Strategy, Metro Istanbul Corporate Development Program, MDM, Data Governance and Data Quality Design Project for a leading local bank.
SAS Turkey Professional Services Executive Consultant
Mert Özgür is a Principal Consultant in SAS Institute Turkey, Ukraine and Central Asia Professional Services and Delivery. He is in consulting business over a decade within reputable global companies in management, technology strategy and analytics field.
He holds BSc. from Yildiz Technical University, MSc. from Istanbul Technical University and Meng. degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York with Fulbright Scholarship by U.S. Department of States.
He led and engaged as subject matter expert to many large-scale cross-sector digital transformation projects within Turkey and region countries. He participated in delivery activities of notable smart city, logistic, mobilization projects while he focuses on emerging technologies such as data and artificial intelligence.
Mert also contributes to society by holding executive board member title in Informatics Foundation of Turkey (TBV) to drive Turkey into digital society with various projects. He is also co-founder of Baslangic Noktasi (social platform) and frequently mentoring start-ups in various scales in terms of social entrepreneurship.
Munich Municipality Department of Mobility Traffic Engineer
Mustafa Erciyas graduated Civil Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. Then he completed his master's degrees in „Traffic Engineering“ at the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany.
Between 2007 and 2016, he worked as a traffic engineer by different engineering companies in Germany. He works since 2016 as a traffic engineer by the Municipality of Munich. His specifications focus on Planning of adaptive intersections, Priorisation of public transport at signalized intersections, Green wave planning for bicycles/vehicles and planning of bike paths.
Erciyas is married and has one child. He speaks in German and English.
Ekol Logistics System Development Director
Erdem Özsalih received his Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering from Bogazici Universitesi in 2004. He started his career in 2004 as an International Project Coordinator in Sistem Reklamcilik and he joined Ekol Logistics in 2006 as a Process Development Engineer. He was responsible for integrated logistics solution design and process improvement in warehousing and transportation operations.
After he worked as Process Development Manager in Ekol between 2010 and 2012 he took active role in the management of the first Research and Development Center in logistics industry in Turkey starting from the application and registration of the center as R&D Director starting from January 2013.
Currently responsible with the System Development division, Erdem and his team is developing in-house technology solutions for logistics operations used by Ekol subsidiaries in 13 countries.
Business Development & Strategy Coordinator at Karsan Automotive
Kürşad Yamaç completed his undergraduate education in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Boğaziçi University and started his career as a Product Development Engineer at Ford Otosan.During this period he also continued his education at Koç University Business School for MBA Program.After Ford Otosan, he worked as a Product Manager at Arçelik and later on he moved to Karsan Automotive as the Strategic Planning Coordinator.
He is currently the Head of Business Development and Strategy departments at Karsan Automotive.Lately Karsan has developed the first driverless bus of Europe and America and develop new collaborations for the company vision "One step ahead in the future of mobility".
Product Manager of Ottomotive Engineering and Design Inc.
EXPERIENCE(Total: 10 yrs,)
06.2021-… Product Manager
Ottomotive Mühendislik ve Tasarım A.Ş. Kocaeli, Turkey
02.2020-06.2021 Senior Expert System Engineer (1 yrs, 5 mths)
Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi A.Ş. Sakarya, Turkey
06.2016-01.2020 Expert R&D Engineer (3 yrs, 8 mths)
Temsa Ulaşım Araçları A.Ş. Adana, Turkey
07.2015-06.2016 Expert Project Engineer (11 mths)
Koluman Otomotiv Endüstri A.Ş. Mersin, Turkey
10.2014-07.2015 Design Engineer (10 mths)
Hidromek A.Ş. Ankara, Turkey
11.2012-10.2014 Project Engineer (1 yr, 11 mths)
Koluman Otomotiv Endüstri A.Ş. Mersin, Turkey
EDUCATION
09.2007-06.2012 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering 2.36/4.00
Çukurova University Adana, Turkey
09.2003-06.2007 Physics Sciences 84/100
İçel Anadolu Lisesi Mersin, Turkey
SKILLS
Language English(C1)
Knowledge / Soft Skills Product Management, Project Management, Leadership
Tools & Technologies Catia, MS Office, Creo Parametric, AutoCad, Ansys, ERP
SEMINARS &CERTIFICATIONS
2021 Project Management
LABA İstanbul, Turkey
2019 Yönetim Sistemleri Kuruluş İçi Kalite Tetkiki
BQS Adana, Turkey
2018 Kaynak Tasarımı ve Kaynak Kalitesi
Gedik Eğitim Vakfı Adana, Turkey
2018 Enerji Altında Güvenli Çalışma Eğitimi
TMMOB Elektrik Mühendisleri Odası Adana, Turkey
2018 Geleceğin Liderleri Eğitimi
EDU Adana, Turkey
2017 Project Management
Yönetim Academy Adana, Turkey
2016 Ansys Mechanical
Anova İzmir, Turkey
2014 Temel Hidrolik Eğitimi
Mert Teknik Mersin, Turkey
ISSD Data Analytics Team Leader
Education:
Anadolu University, Turkey [2013-2018] Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB ETU, Turkey [2019-2021] Master’s Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
Turkish Mother tongue
English Reading 1, Speaking 1, Writing 1
Membership of professional bodies: -
Other skills: Matlab, Python, VHDL, Anomaly Detection, Time-Series Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Distributed Computing
Present position: Data Analytics Team Leader
Years within the firm: 3 years
Key qualifications:
Developed algorithms for processing Bluetooth sensor data and Floating Car Data (FCD), both offline and real-time to integrate with traffic control systems using Python. Used machine learning and deep learning algorithms for anomaly detection with different data types. Used cloud technologies, several distributed processing tools (Spark, Dask), and different database types (MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, InfluxDB) for finding the optimal solution for each data pipeline.
Worked in Fed4FIRE+ - Urban-based FCD processing in real-time for speed profile calculation, queue length estimation, and incident detection. In this project, a Kubernetes cluster is used to calculate speed profiles, estimate queue length, and find incidents in the regions.
Solid academic background in Electrical and Electronics Engineering through a Bachelor’s Degree from Anadolu University and Master’s Degree from TOBB Economy and Technology University.
Pioneered and utilized Agile Methodology within the company premises of ISSD.
Specific experience in the region:
Turkey 2019-ongoing
Professional experience:
6/2021 - Ongoing
ISSD Electronics, Inc. Data Analytics Team Leader
4/2019 - 6/2021
ISSD Electronics, Inc Data Scientist
7/2018 - 8/2018
Havelsan Teknoloji Radar (HTR) Intern
Other relevant information (eg, Publications):
Publiçatjonşı Tulgaç, Murat & Yüncü, Enes & Mohamad-Alhaddad & Yozgatligil, Ceylan. (2021). Incident Detection on Junctions Using Image Processing.
Projects (TUBITAK):
INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND IMPACT EVALUATION
Other relevant information (eg, Publications):
Publiçatjonşı Tulgaç, Murat & Yüncü, Enes & Mohamad-Alhaddad & Yozgatligil, Ceylan. (2021). Incident Detection on Junctions Using Image Processing.
Projects (TUBITAK):
INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND IMPACT EVALUATION
SUMMITS’22
SUMMITS, which is the first and the only event of our country in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems, is supported by many public and private sector organizations, especially by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. It is an international event, where senior officials, those who lead the ITS sector and representatives from our country participate as speakers. Participation to event by professionals is important, as it is the event where prominent projects are exhibited, opportunity to meet start-ups, industry experts, exchange ideas, and see successful ITS projects and applications in our country.
Other prominent features of SUMMITS are as follows:
-It is the only event where ITS industry stakeholders come together in Turkey,
-Start-up companies are given special importance and opportunity to share their projects/ideas,
-“Smart Way of the Transportation Awards”, where successful ITS projects are awarded, are presented at this event.
SUMMITS'22 invites organizations across the broad spectrum of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) ecosystem to play a role in the ongoing development of smart mobility. The SUMMITS Program offers a unique opportunity for delegates to learn about the latest ITS technologies and new mobility concepts. Experts, researchers, policy makers, solution providers from the transport sector and all related sectors invites you to SUMMITS 2022 to share innovative ideas and lessons learned, and to discuss the mobility challenges cities face today and how they can be overcome with ITS solutions.
Increased connectivity between vehicles and road infrastructure brings new opportunities for safer, smoother and better managed traffic on roads. At the same time, higher levels of vehicle automation are being considered worldwide. Best practices and guidelines on how road authorities should prepare their policies, regulations and roads for CCAM will be presented and discussed at the training. To understand CCAM in more practical terms, the Compass4D, C-Mobile, SHOW and 5G-MOBIX projects will be presented as case studies.
Trainer:
Itır COŞKUN, SWARCO - Transportation Engineer & Planner
You can watch this training video from our YouTube channel using below link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIfDCfkWKDDd-Ye6U5IY-zg/featured
Traffic management is the backbone of mobility in any city or country. Latest traffic management schemes take into account information from all road users, such as vehicles, bicycles and more. Furthermore, positive incentives are provided to nudge travellers to take a specific action before entering the road or while on route. Best practices from cities, such as Rome or Antwerp, will be presented, and the work from EU projects developing cutting-edge traffic management services, such as the SOCRATES2.0 project. The training will also give the developments of the TM 2.0 concept and its principles of co-opetition and trust among public and private stakeholders.
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is widely seen as a new type of user-centric service to plan, book, and pay for multiple mobility services. The ultimate goal is to provide users with a viable alternative to car ownership. It is expected that public authorities will be able to benefit from increased use of public transport, increased use of active modes of transportation (walking/cycling) and lowered traffic congestions. However, how should public authorities prepare the ground for MaaS services in their cities/countries? Best practices from MaaS implementation from different cities and regions will be presented and discussed, as well as recommendations for how MaaS should be introduced.
Trainers:
Dr Johanna Tzanidaki, ERTICO - Innovation &Deployment Director
Itır COŞKUN, SWARCO - Transportation Engineer & Planner
You can watch training videos from our YouTube channel using below link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIfDCfkWKDDd-Ye6U5IY-zg/featured
09:30 Opening, Tribute and National Anthem
09:35 Summit Video
09:40 Opening Speeches
Esma DİLEK, ITS Turkey President
Dr. Angelos AMDITIS, ERTICO Chairman
Kristian HEDBERG, EU DG Move, Head of Unit Sustainable and Intelligent Tranport
10:35 Adil KARAİSMAİLOĞLU, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure
11:05 The Smart Way of the Transportation Award Ceremony
11:45 Taking a Family Photo
11:50 Opening the Exhibition Area and Protocol Visits
12:30 Lunch
You can watch this session from our YouTube channel using below link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTCwDf1JnZs
You can download the presentations of this session from below link:
https://auszirvesi.org/2022/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/8-Açiliş-Konuşmacilari.zip
Together with the ITS policies and projects carried out in our country and around the world, the projects planned for the near future will be discussed by policy makers and experts.
Moderator:
Dr. Ömer Fatih SAYAN, Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure
Panelists:
Mustafa DEMİR, Mayor of Samsun Metropolitan Municipality
Joost VANTOMME, ERTICO CEO
Gökhan EVREN, MoTI, Director General of Communications
Laura CHACE, ITS America President&CEO
Prof. Dr. İlker Murat AR, Strategic Research and Efficiency General Manager
You can watch this session from our YouTube channel using below link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVPKWYUzRho
You can download the presentations of this session from below link:
https://auszirvesi.org/2022/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-AUS-Politikalari.zip
Moderator:
Sertaç YERLİKAYA, TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE Technology Strategies and Digital Business Models Focus Area Leader
Panelists:
Dr. Volkan ŞEN, Kentkart Marketing Manager
Hakan Metin AKGÜN, iSIMPlatform Chief Growth Officer
Mert ÖZGÜR, SAS Turkey Professional Services Executive Consultant
Murat TULGAÇ, ISSD - Data Analytics Team Leader
Mustafa ERCİYAS, Munich Municipality Department of Mobility ITS Expert
Can ÖZTÜRK, EY Consulting - Data & Analytics Services Senior Manager
You can watch this session from our YouTube channel using below link:
You can download the presentations of this session from below link:
https://auszirvesi.org/2022/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2-AUS-Çözümleri-1.zip
The following topics will be discussed as the subtitles of this session, in which the latest developments in logistics, one of the most important elements of transportation, will be evaluated:
Moderator:
Murat BAŞTOR, MoT&I General Director of Transport Services Regulation
Panelists:
Cumali YÜKSEK, Deputy Director General of PTT Inc.
Ayşem ULUSOY, UTİKAD President of Board of Directors
Alper ÖZEL, UND Chairman of the Executive Board
Erdem ÖZSALİH, Ekol Logistics System Development Director
Assoc. Prof. Yaşanur KAYIKCI, University of Sussex Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Kostas ZAVITSAS, Senior Teaching Fellow at Imperial College Business School/ Head of Analytics at VLTN
Dr. Macide Berna ÇAĞLAR KALKAN, Lecturer at Başkent University
You can watch this session from our YouTube channel using below link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y4obGBA7eE
You can download the presentations of this session from below link:
https://auszirvesi.org/2022/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/3-Akilli-Lojistik.zip
In this session, autonomous vehicles technologies, one of the most important technologies that will shape the future, and related issues and developments in the world as well as in Turkey will be discussed.
Moderator:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Müjdat SOYTÜRK, Marmara University, Director of VeNIT Lab.
Panelists:
Dr. Ali GÖRÇİN, TÜBİTAK BİLGEM President
Kristian HEDBERG, EU DG Move, Head of Unit Sustainable and Intelligent Tranport
Dr. D. Marika HOEDEMAEKER, TNO ENSEMBLE Integrated Vehicle Safety Project Manager
Canalp GÜNDOĞDU, Innovation and New Ventures Director at Ford Otosan
Kürşad YAMAÇ, Business Development & Strategy Coordinator at Karsan Automotive
Süha BAYRAKTAR, Turkcell Digital Business Services, Strategic Partnership and Business Development Deputy General Manager
Dr. Jorge PEREIRA, European Commission Principal Scientific Officer
You can watch this session from our YouTube channel using below link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVruCCK_gxg
You can download the presentations of this session from below link:
https://auszirvesi.org/2022/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/4-Kooperatif-Bağlantili-ve-Otonom-Hareketlilik.zip
The session where products, services and similar solutions for ITS will be transferred will be held in the Academy Hall.
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Halim CEYLAN, Lecturer at Pamukkale University
Panelists:
Dr. İmdat AS, Lecturer at İstanbul Technical University / Founder of CIDDI (City Development Through Design Intelligence)
Recep BAHAR, İntetra Technical Director
Halit İNCE, Smart Solutions Program Manager at TURKSAT
Onur NOYAN, Product Manager at Ottomotive Eng. and Design Inc.
Caner ARSLAN, Design and R&D Director at ULAK Communication
You can watch this session from our YouTube channel using below link:
You can download the presentations of this session from below link:
https://auszirvesi.org/2022/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/5-AUS-Çözümleri-2.zip
Minimizing the negative effects of the transportation sector on climate change, which forms the world's agenda, what needs to be done for climate neutral transportation and smart and sustainable transportation studies will be discussed by experts in this session.
Moderator:
Dr. Fatih GÜNDOĞAN, Lecturer at İstanbul Commerce University, Smart City Consultant
Panelists:
Dr. Johanna TZANIDAKI, Innovation & Deployment Director, ERTICO- ITS EUROPE
Metin AKBAŞ, General Director of TCDD Turkish State Railways
Ulaş AKHAN, Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, Secretary General
Oğuz ÇİDAM, Product & Services & Partner Management Director at Vodafone
Fatih TÜRKOĞLU, Product & Services Director at Turk Telekom
Burak IŞIK,IC Holding Corporate Governance and Sustainability Director
Ufuk YURTSEVER, Transportation Systems Senior Solution Manager at Huawei
Akio YAMAMOTO, ITS Japan, President & CEO
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Up-to-date information about the latest ITS applications in the field of ITS will be shared by the domain experts.
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Mustafa ILICALI, İstanbul Commerce University, Director of Transport Center
Panelists:
Abdulkadir URALOĞLU, Director General of Turkish Highways
Aynur ULUĞTEKİN, General Manager of NMM Anatolian Motorways
Dr. Mehmet Akif NACAR, Director General of Havelsan
Prof. Dr. Bülent ÇATAY, Lecturer at Sabancı University
Durmuş Ali TAŞKIN, Director General of PTT Technology
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Müjdat SOYTÜRK, Marmara University, Director of VeNIT Lab.
Dr. Yunus Emre AYÖZEN, MoTI Head of Strategy Development Department
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