NETSA/BUTSA Boston Talks 2025
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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 – İpek Özer, Ph.D. (Sales Enablement & Insights, Amazon) – Presentation & Q&A
🎤 1:00 – 1:30 PM – Melda Akin Frederick (Founder, SiriusLabs.ai) – Presentation & Q&A
🎤 1:30 – 2:00 PM – Hande Aksoy (Managing Director, Meta) – 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)
Şefika Uslu Cil, MD (Global Medical Director, Sanofi)
İpek Ö. Stillman (Vice President, Head of GHE, Takeda)
Ömer H. Yılmaz, MD, Ph.D. (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, Ph.D. (Director of Responsible AI Practice, Northeastern University)
Doğan Yirmibeşoğlu, Ph.D. (Roboticist / Applied Scientist, RAI Institute)
🔚 6:00 – 6:10 PM – Closing Remarks