NETSA/BUTSA BOSTON TALKS
🕦 Time: 11:30 AM – 6:00 PM
📅 Date: Saturday, April 19, 2025
📍 Location: George Sherman Union – Room 228, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Program Schedule
Opening & Welcome
🕦 11:30 AM – Doors Open
🕛 12:00 – 12:10 PM – Welcome Speech by NETSA and BUTSA Presidents (Murat & Zeynep)
🕛 12:10 – 12:20 PM – Speech by the Consul General of Boston
🕛 12:20 – 12:30 PM – Program Overview & Introduction of First Speaker
Business & Management Session
🎤 12:30 – 1:00 PM – Hande Aksoy (Managing Director, Meta) – Presentation & Q&A
🎤 1:00 – 1:30 PM – İpek Özer (Sales Enablement & Insights, Amazon) – Presentation & Q&A
🎤 1:30 – 2:00 PM – Melda Akin Frederick (Founder, SiriusLabs.ai) – Presentation & Q&A
☕ 2:00 – 2:20 PM – Coffee/Networking Break
Biotech Session
🎤 2:20 – 2:50 PM – Dr. Michael Frederick (Founder & Plastic Surgeon, Le Spa Plastic Surgery) – Presentation & Q&A
🎤 2:50 – 3:50 PM – Biotech Panel Discussion & Audience Q&A
Şefika Uslu Cil, MD (Global Medical Director, Sanofi)
İpek Ö. Stillman (Vice President, Head of GHE, Takeda)
Ömer H. Yılmaz, MD (Associate Professor of Biology, MIT)
🤝 3:50 – 4:50 PM – Networking Session
✈️ 4:50 – 5:00 PM – Turkish Airlines Giveaway
Tech Session
🎤 5:00 – 6:00 PM – Tech Panel Discussion & Audience Q&A
Nurtekin Savaş (Head of Global Credit Infrastructure, Data & AI - VP, PayPal)
Cansu Canca (Director of Responsible AI Practice, Northeastern University)
Osman Doğan Yirmibeşoğlu (Roboticist / Applied Scientist, RAI Institute)
🔚 6:00 – 6:10 PM – Closing Remarks
Location
GSU George Sherman Union 228 - Conference Auditorium