Conference Speakers 2026

Abdullah Özver

TROESTER ROBOTICS

Marketing & Business Development / President

Ali Gençer

Opticoms

COO

Ali İhsan Demir

POLAT GROUP REDÜKTÖR SANAYİ VE TİCARET AŞ.

Technical and ERP Manager / Mechanical Engineer

Ali Sami Gözükırmızı

ENOSAD

AI Director

Alp Eren Göktürk

Ezcacıbaşı Holding

Senior Entrepreneurship Projects Manager

Altuğ Karataş

ENVER

Board Member

Altuğ Karayel

Tofnatech

Founder

Andreas Faath

VDMA

Managing Director

Anıl Tepe

SCHAEFFLER TURKEY ENDÜSTRİ VE OTOMOTİV TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ

Sector Manager – Cement & Mining

Arda Berkay Çağın

BE Advise

Founding Partner

Aybars Akıncı

Emerson

Control Systems and Software Service Leader

Bahadır Sevim

Air Liquide Gaz San. ve Tic. A.Ş.

Business Development Manager & ITCL - Welding/Cutting, Gas Applications

Banu Aslan

Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change

General Directorate of Vocational Services

Barış İnan

Bosch

Energy Manager Bosch Türkiye & Middle East Energy Efficiency Cluster Leader

Barış Toğrul

INFINIA

Head of Electronics

Berat Sözen

KUKA Türkiye

Industry Segment Manager Tier 1, Regional Account Manager East Marmara

Berksu İçli

INTECRO

Sales and Business Development Manager

Beste Özdeşlik

EFSİAD

President

Çağatay Cangüloğlu

UPU.IO

CEO & Co-Founder

Cem Zeki Kaba

INNOMOTICS MOTORLAR VE YÜKSEK GÜÇLÜ SÜRÜCÜLER ANONİM ŞİRKETİ

Country Head of Sale

Cemil Topak

ETMD

Chairman of The Board of Directors

Doç. Dr. Nevin Karabıyık Yerden

Marmara University

Department of Marketing and Advertising, Vocational School of Social Sciences

Doç. Dr. Ozan Çoban

Gedik Vocational School

Machine and Metal Technologies Department Welding Technology Programm

Dr. Çetin Nazikkol

cena impact GmbH

CEO

Dr. Caner Batıgün

Middle East Technical University

Deputy Director of the Welding Technologies and Non-Destructive Testing Center (KATAMER) and Head of the Welding Technology Unit

Dr. Mehtap Hıdıroğlu

Coşkunöz Metal Form

R&D Advanced Manufacturing Development Department Manager

Dr. Murat Tolga Ertürk

Middle East Technical University

Coordinator of the Mechanical Testing Laboratory, Welding Technologies and Non-Destructive Testing Center (KATAMER)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ayşin Kaya Şişman

Istanbul Gedik University

Director of Research and Application Centers For Women's Entrepreneurship

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Aytaç Uğur Yerden

Istanbul Gedik University

Head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence Engineering olacak.

Dr. Önder Kul

Bilgiyi Ticarileştirme Merkezi

General Manager

Dr. Oğuz Can

ENVER

Board Member

Dr. Süha Tirkeş

Middle East Technical University

Manager of the Mechanical Testing Group, Welding Technologies and Non-Destructive Testing Center (KATAMER)

Dr. Turhan Karakaya

Doğuş University

HUB Director

Dr. Zafer Karadayı

NaraXR

President

Ekin Görgü

Nurol Makina ve Sanayi A.Ş

Manufacturing Process Engineer, Welded Manufacturing

Ekrem Erkut

Dosider

President

Elçin Karakolcu

Arçelik-LG

IT & AI Manager

Emin Kalıp

TÜYİDER

Vice Chairman of The Board

Emre Tuğberk Gülnergiz

International Institute of Welding

Türkiye Representative

Enver Kayakıran

EMF Motor San. ve Tic. A. Ş.

General Manager

Erdem Şakar

MEXT Technology Center

Sustainability Manager

Ersan Gönül

MMO

KEMM Manager

Ersin Uçan

Bosch Manufacturing Solutions (BMG)

Managing Director

Ersoy Metin

Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources

Project Supports Division, Head of Division

Ertuğrul Şen

Enver

Board Member

Faruk Aykan

Cenk Endüstri Tesisleri İmalat ve Taahhüt A.Ş

Productivity and R&D

Fatih İğrek

MİB

President

Fatih Karakaya

RD&IT Executive

Fatma Aydoğdu

Gaia.win Co-founder, TOBB Vice President of the Women Entrepreneurs Board, Tezmaksan Makina Board Member

Feyzanur Türkoğlu

Welder

Fırat Çamlıca

Istanbul Chamber of Industry

Assistant Specialist, Working Life and Professional Development Branch

Fikret Kemal Akyüz

FESTO TÜRKİYE

Technology Management Director

Hakan Boyacı

INOVANCE

Sales Manager

Hartwig Kühn

Smart Solar Technologies

International Sales Director

Hasan Basri Kayakıran

EMOSAD - EMF Motor

EMOSAD Board Member, Chairman of EMF Motor

İhsan Özcan

Nokia

Private 5G Country Sales Manager

İlker Temuzkuşu

Zorlu Capital

Managing Partner

Kadem Berker Yaşar

INFINIA

CGO

Kadir Dağyıkan

Gedik Test Center

Director

Mehmet Akyüz

MİS Otomasyon

Founder

Mehtap Çapan Dikel

Kayalar Kimya

Factory Manager

Melih Kıyan

ESAB - ÖZMETAL

Robot & Automation Product Manager

Melih Sarıçiçek

Quick Carbon

Head of Quick Carbon

Mert Kalpar

Siemens

Head of Sustainability & Efficiency Services

Merve Mete

Kalekim

Project & Innovation Manager

Murat Bayazıt

Director of Special Events and Technology Content

HFT

Mustafa Ensari

VTC Enerji

CEO

Mustafa Kemal Zoralioğlu

Aselsan

Robotic Automation Manager

Naim Hakan Eren

ETMD Ankara

Vice Chairman of The Board of Directors

Neslihan Mahmutyazıcıoğlu

NONNDT Teknik Kontrol Eğitim Vasıflandırma Danışmanlık Ltd.

Technical Manager

Nisa Öztürk

DACEL

Solution Sales Manager

Nissrin Heymann

Fraunhofer IOSB-INA

Innovation Manager

Ömer Orkun Düztaş

Büyütech

Co-Founder & CTO

Ömür Danışkan

Gedik Welding

Training Manager

Oğuzhan Dedeci

Roketsan

Senior Engineer

Onur Aşık

Cormind

COO

Onur Ece

Daikin Türkiye

Solution Sales & Energy Efficiency Consulting Section Manager

Onur Ünlü

ESCON

CEO

Pauline Seyfert

Adlera Group

Founder and Chairman

Pelin Y. Mamati

Anadolu Shipyard, Turkish Chamber of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

Quality Director, Member

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Karaarslan

Istanbul Gedik University

Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering

Prof. Dr. İbrahim Dinçer

Hydrogen Technologies Association

President

Prof. Dr. Nihat Akkuş

TEGEV

Chairman of the Board and Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Ulaş Yaman

Middle East Technical University

Director of the Welding Technologies and Non-Destructive Testing Center (KATAMER)

Recep Kanmaz

Başak Traktör

COO

Rıdvan Gültekin

Ataves Group

CEO

Şuayip Demir

I-MAK REDUKTOR - Gearboxes and Drives

Planetary Gearbox Design & Analysis Engineer

Sabrina Ageça

International Institute of Welding

International Welding Engineer

Salim Haffar

EUROTRANS

Board Member

Samet Sarıkaya

KUKA Türkiye

Sales Director

Semih Karakaş

GSL Mühendislik

Sales Coordinator

Semih Şenocak

BOYSİS

Sales Manager

Sena Mengül

HFT

Head of WIN EURASIA

Sinan Taşçı

MECH DYNAMIX

CEO

Tolga Kutlu

FESTO TÜRKİYE

General Manager

Tuğba Purtul Kılıç

Middle Black Sea Development Agency Çorum Investment Support Office

Investment Support Office Coordinator

Tunç İşcan

WAT Motor Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş

Marketing Leader

Tunç Korun

İSKİD

President

Tuncay Soydaş

ENOSAD

General Secretary

Umut Ekici

ETMD

Board Member

Uzm. Psk. Rahime Gökboğa

Istanbul Gedik University

M.A-M.Ed Head of the Career Center

Volkan Demirtaş

Tüpraş

Head of İzmir Rafinery

Yakub Tüfekçi

KOMSAD

President

Yasemin Somuncu

EYODER

Secretary General

Yavuz Şentürk

PODİM

Director of Business Development

Yiğit Ersoy

Yiğit Ersoy Redüktör SAN. TİC. LTD. ŞTİ.

General Manager

Zafer Filiz

Middle East Technical University

Coordinator of the Applied Training School, Welding Technologies and Non-Destructive Testing Center (KATAMER)

Zeynel Abidin Ayyıldız

ETMD

Board Member

Zühtü Bakır

MAKFED

General Secretary