BLISS 2024
CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
NETSA BLISS Conference 2024: Technology with a special focus on AI/ML, Innovation and Business Applications
Join us for a large-scale, professional symposium that will allow you to learn from, ask questions to, and network with professionals in various information sessions that will cover the following topics:
SESSION 1: Consulting, Strategy & Economy
SESSION 2: Technology & Software
SESSION 3: Biotechnology & Pharma
BLISS 2024 Conference Schedule
April 21, Sunday, Boston University from 12:30 PM to 7:00 PM
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM: Registration & Raffle Check-In
12:50 PM - 1:15 PM: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Aykut Turkoglu, Ph.D., New England Turkish Student Association, President
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM: 1st Session (Consulting)
Aysegul Tumer, Ph.D., Astrophysicist at MIT
Tugba Firdolas Efendigil, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor at BU
Metin Celebi, Ph.D., Energy and Economic Consultant at The Brattle Group
Ilker Carikcioglu, Expert Associate Partner at Bain & Company
James Reginald Colimon, MBA, Deputy Director of Global Affairs and Protocol, City of Boston - Global Affairs
Q&A Session
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM: Selim Önal, Head of Engineering at Ladder | (Keynote & Behavioral Mock Interview)
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM: Coffee & Networking
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM: 2nd Session (Tech)
Furkan Ercan, Ph.D., Staff Research Scientist at Intel
Burak Gözlüklü, Ph.D., Principal AI/ML Specialist at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Onder Ondemir, Ph.D., President President at Ubiros Inc
Egehan Asad, Co-Founder & CEO at Novus
Selim Önal, Head of Engineering at Ladder
Q&A Session
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM: Coffee & Networking
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM: Çağrı Mert Bakırcı-Taylor, Ph.D., Founder & CEO at Evrim Ağacı | (Keynote)
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM: 3rd Session (Bio-Tech)
Demet Aybar, CEO and Founder at US Lab Partners
Jeremiah Genest, Senior Director of Global Quality Engineering and Validation at Just
Çağrı Mert Bakırcı-Taylor, Ph.D., Founder & CEO at Evrim Ağacı
Q&A Session
6:45 PM - 7:00 PM: Open Mixer & Networking, Closing