ICT 500 Ceremony postponed to September 8th
The results of the ‘Top 500 ICT Companies Turkey 2020 Research’, which includes companies that develop information technologies and provide solutions that have significant contributions to the development of Turkey and the business world in every field, have been postponed to September 8 due to the forest fires in our country. In the statement made by BTHABER Corporate Group, it was said that:
“We are devastated; our forests are on fire. The fire disasters in the lungs of our country deeply saddened us all. In such an environment, we decided that it would be more appropriate to postpone the ICT 500 ceremony to September 8th. We wish to be able to stand up again by wrapping all our wounds that day. We would like to thank our state elders, sponsors and hundreds of our friends who have registered with us.”
The ceremony to announce the results of the ICT 500 Research, which will be held for the 22nd time this year with the motto of “Unicorns of Tomorrow at ICT 500 Today!” was postponed, however the panels within the scope of ICT 500 Week were held in digital environment.
The first panel, “The Power of Technoparks in Informatics”, was held on August 2nd. İTÜ ARI Teknopark General Manager Prof. Attila Dikbaş, Dijitohum Founder Engin Işık, Erciyes Technopark General Manager Serhat Dalkılıç, Informatics Valley Ecosystem Development Office Director Tuba Öztepe and Gazi Teknopark General Manager Dr. S. Tuğrul İmer attended the panel.
On August 3rd, the “Informatics 500 Economy” panel was held with the participation of experienced names of the IT sector. Oracle Turkey General Manager and LEENA Region Vice President Zeynep Keskin, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan General Manager Güngör Kaymak and KoçSistem General Manager Mehmet Ali Akarca attended the event, which was moderated by BTHABER Corporate Group President Murat Göçe.
#Marketplace for Investors: ICT 500” panel was held on August 4th. The panel moderated by Journalist-Author, Corporate TV Founder Volkan Akı; Initiative Turkish Angel Investment Fund Board Member Başak İlisulu, Turkven Privati Equity Director Göktekin Dinçerler and Vestel Ventures General Manager Metin Salt attended the panel. On Friday, August 6th, BThaber Angels – Investor Entrepreneur Meeting event was held in digital environment. You can find detailed content about these events in our ICT 500 Special file, which will be available in the coming weeks.
