Tomorrow's Innovation starts now
Türkiye Innovation Week, organized by TIM (Turkish Exporters Assembly), brings together entrepreneurs and investors while experts discuss how artificial intelligence is shaping the future
Türkiye’s flagship innovation gathering, Türkiye Innovation Week 2025 (TIW), opens on October 9 at Istanbul’s Haliç Congress Center under the theme “Tomorrow: Now.”Organized by the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) with the support of the Ministry of Trade, the three-day event will examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping business—from manufacturing and logistics to education, law, and defense.
TİM Chairman Mustafa Gültepe says TIW has matured into a nationwide platform for spreading a culture of innovation, accelerating high-value production, and powering export growth. The 12th edition doubles down on practical outcomes: connecting entrepreneurs with buyers and investors, showcasing applied R&D, and turning academic know-how into commercially viable products. “Our goal is to move Türkiye higher up the global value chain and make innovation a daily discipline,” Gültepe notes.
Across three days, the program convenes thought leaders, founders, corporate CTOs, policymakers, and investors. Football referee Pierluigi Collina will headline a session, sharing decision-making lessons from high-pressure moments—insights that resonate with executives navigating AI disruption. Tracks focus on the interface of technology and human capability. Among the featured sessions:
Innovation Design: Humans, institutions, and futures transformed by AI
Skills for Tomorrow: Career roadmaps in the age of AI
New Educational Architecture: Building curricula for an AI-native generation
Through the Investor’s Lens: How to build a billion-dollar AI startup
Discussions will also cover AI governance and ethics, data strategy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, and defense applications.
Beyond the stage, TIW will host demonstrations, workshops, and a startup pavilion highlighting solutions in manufacturing tech, fintech, healthtech, and the green transition. Matchmaking and pitch sessions will link export-ready companies with partners and cross-border capital, while sector briefings will spotlight demand patterns and standards shaping market access.
The aim: to position Istanbul as a regional hub for creativity, digital transformation, and export-led growth—where the future is built today.
Türkiye Innovation Week 2025 runs October 9–11 at Haliç Congress Center, Istanbul. More.
