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Turkey's first public Open Data Conference with public and private stakeholders will take place online on June 10.

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İSTANBUL (TR) - The Open Data Summit, organized by the Open Data and Technology Association and the Association of Municipalities of Turkey, will take place online on June 10, 2021 with the emphasis on ‘Open Data for the future of Turkey’. 

At the opening session of the event, which will be performed by 15 different speakers of value from each other in seven different sessions, T.C. President Of The Office Of Digital Transformation Dr. Ali Taha Koc and the Union of Municipalities of Turkey and Gaziantep Metropolitan Mayor Fatma şahin will host. At the Open Data Summit, different issues will be raised, from open government structure to open data law, from open data opportunities to commercial applications of open data.

The Open Data Summit, which will bring together academicians, lawyers, public and private sector employees who are experts in the field of open data of Turkey, will last throughout the day and will also seek answers to audience questions. 

The Open Data Summit, which aims to bring thousands of people together on the internet this year, aims to bring the cultural, commercial and public aspects of open data to the agenda every year as a traditional conference.
https://acikverizirvesi.org event schedule:

09: 00-10: 00-Opening

Bilal Eren-President of Open Data and Technology Association
Dr. Ali Taha Aries-T.C. Head Of The Presidential Office Of Digital Transformation
Fatma Şahin-Union of Municipalities of Turkey and Mayor of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality

10: 00-11: 00 - WHAT IS OPEN DATA? WHAT IS NOT?

Assoc. Dr. Deniz Tunçalp ( moderator) - ITU Business Engineering Faculty Member
Assoc. Dr. Shahika Eroglu-Faculty Member Of Hacettepe University
Dr. Şebnem Özdemir-Head Of Management Information Systems Department Of Istinye University

11: 00-12: 00 - WHAT PROBLEMS DOES OPEN DATA SOLVE FOR A BETTER FUTURE? (EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS)

Sertel Şıracı ( Moderator) - Sistem Global Consulting, Partner
Prof. Dr. Mete Yıldız-Hacettepe University Faculty Member
Alim Küçükpehlivan-Co-Founder and CEO of Başarsoft

13: 00-14: 00-OPEN DATA IN TURKEY: OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS

Yüksel Koçak ( Moderator) - Head Of Information Processing Department Of The Union Of Municipalities Of Turkey
Dr. Erol Özgüner-Head Of Information Processing Department Of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Ilker Şahin-Head Of Information Processing Department Of Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality
Ahmet Ata Temiz-Head Of Information Processing Department Of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality

14: 00-15: 00-OPEN DATA IN THE WORLD: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Fırat Demirel ( Moderator) - Technology Writer, Girisimler.net Founder
Prof. Dr. Murat Okcu-Suleyman Demirel University faculty member, Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Dizem Özalp Sarı-data and Digital Strategy leader

15: 00-16: 00-OPEN DATA LAW

Okşan Gülşen Uz (moderator) - Vice President of Open Data and Technology Association
Mustafa Şeref Işcan - Personal Data Protection Specialist
Gökçe Çobansoy Hızel-Turkcell Innovative Technologies Law Manager

16: 00-17: 00-OPEN DATA ECONOMY

Akan Abdula (Moderator) - FutureBright Group, Co-Founder
Omar M. Wilson-Senior Marketing Executive Asia Pacific, Co-Founder & CEO Anatolia.Asia Consulting Group Dr. R. Erdem Erkul-Cerebrum Tech founder and Chairman

17: 00-Closing

About open data and Technology Association: AVTED was founded in 2020 to expand the open data culture and application areas in Turkey. The Istanbul-based association aims to create an open data culture and awareness, establish an open data application developers community, and lead the establishment of an open data index. 

About the Union of Municipalities of Turkey: founded in 1945 as a public interest Association to operate in the field of municipality, TBB has been serving as a local administrative Association since 2002. TBB, which gathers all municipalities in Turkey under one roof, continues its activities to take all kinds of activities and initiatives in order to develop municipalities. https://www.tbb.gov.tr