NETSA/BUTSA Boston Talks 2025 [04/19/25]

BOSTON TALKS – April 19, 2025

🕦 Time: 11:30 AM – 6:00 PM

📍 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 & BUTSA President (Murat Kerem Ersin, H. Zeynep Haciguzeller)

🕛 12:10 – 12:20 PM – Speech by the Consul General of Boston (Halime Diğdem Buner)

🕛 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 (Moderated by H. Zeynep Haciguzeller)

🤝 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)
Doğan Yirmibeşoğlu (Applied Scientist / Roboticist / SM Influencer )

🔚 6:00 – 6:10 PM – Closing Remarks

NETSA/BUTSA Boston Talks 2025