Building Creative Communities will bring together founders and members from over 40 creative hubs across Turkey and the UK. The event’s talks, workshops, case studies and networking opportunities aim to foster themes of future success and sustainability among creative hubs in Turkey.
Building Creative Communities follows the recent mapping work undertaken in partnership between British Council and ATÖLYE to identify the growing number of creative hubs in Turkey. Also present in Istanbul will be speakers from the UK, sharing a variety of experiences in building creative communities.
Both venues for the event are creative hubs located in Istanbul—with the first day being located on the European side of the city, the second day on the Asian side.
Topics under discussion include:
- The role of Creative Hubs as interdisciplinary interaction platforms
- How Creative Hubs develop entrepreneurial education and mentorship programmes
- Approaches to strengthen the startup communities/creative ecosystem
- Creative Hubs to develop urban solutions and trigger social impact
- Creative Hubs to offer co-working environment & revitalizing neighborhoods
- From co-working to co-creating society
Speakers:
Ayşe Sabuncu - Co-founder, Impact Hub Istanbul
Ahmet Onur - Co-founder, Kolektif House
Amy Martin - Co-founder, BearHeart & FAMALAM
Andy Reeve - Director, Impact Hub Birmingham
Bager Akbay - Co-founder, İskele 47
Can Saraçoğlu - Founding Partner, String Ventures
Engin Ayaz - Co-founder, ATÖLYE
Enis Erkel - Director, Koc University Incubation Center
Faruk Göksu - Founder, TAK Kadıköy
Gökçe Okandan - Director of Cultural Management Master Program, Bilgi University
Görkem Çetinkaya - Co-founder, Gestalt Zone
Helene Guillaume - Business Development, MarketTech
İhsan Elgin - Founder, FIT Startup Factory
Imandeep Kaur - Co-founder, Impact Hub Birmingham
Indy Johar - Co-founder, Project 00
Lora Schellenberg - Marketing Lead, General Assembly
Louise Latter - Head of Programming, Birmingham Open Media
Lu Li - Founder, Blooming Founders
Markus Lehto - Founder, Joint Idea
Memet Ünsal - Co-founder, InnoCampus
Nazey Erdilek & Esra Gönen - Co-founders, OriginN
Neşen Yücel - Co-founder, Stage-Co
Oliver Marlow - Creative Director, Studio Tilt
Building Creative Communities is produced by British Council with the support of the Great Campaign, in partnership with ATÖLYE and Kadıköy TAK, and UK-based creative producers Imandeep Kaur and Lora Schellenberg.