The 5th Turkey Innovation Week Conference was held in İstanbul on 8-10 December 2016 organized by TİM. The Smart Cities panel was organized on the 2nd day of the Conference in which the Future of Smart Cities was emphasized. Berrin Benli who is the Co-Founder of NOVUSENS Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute assessed the current situation of Turkey in Smart Cities by referring to the “Turkey Smart Cities Assessment Report” that they published on 1st of Mart 2016. Benli shared the needs and actions that are required for smart city transformation by analysing the current challenges and related potential solutions.

The Smart City panel was moderated by Muhammed Alyuruk who is the General Manager of ISBAK. Dincer Celik, General Manager of Temsa, Archana Amarnath, Global Director of Innovation Team of Frost & Sullivan, Berrin Benli, Co-Founder of NOVUSENS Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute, Alex Ivancic , Aiguasol City Enerrgy and Planning Consultant and Ömer Korkut, CTO of STM (Defense Technologies Engineering) attended to the panel.