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