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Turkish AmericanTechnology Summit

  • September 5, 2026
  • Türkevi, New York

For one day at Türkevi, Türkiye's engineering, manufacturing and R&D capacity meets the capital, markets and deep tech infrastructure of the United States. TATS is built to turn that meeting into a lasting bridge between the two ecosystems.

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Panels

Talks

Four thematic panels and the people taking the stage. This section grows as new speakers are announced.

Funding the Future: Investment Ecosystems in the Deep Tech Era

  • To be announced

  • To be announced

  • To be announced

  • To be announced

The Strategic and Tactical Evolution of Technology

  • Mahmut Bölükbaş — ADDMIRAL announcement poster
  • To be announced

  • To be announced

  • To be announced

Navigating the AI Era: Building with AI Across Products and Industries

  • Loay Elbasyouni — AstraQua announcement poster
  • Bradley Rothenberg — nTop announcement poster
  • Bilge Zeren Aksu — IBM announcement poster
  • Tunga Bayrak — Freya announcement poster

Founders of the Future: Founding a Start-up in the Deep Tech Era

  • To be announced

  • To be announced

  • To be announced

  • To be announced

About the summit

A lasting bridge between two ecosystems

TATS sets out to take technological cooperation and economic exchange between Türkiye and the United States to its highest level. It is designed as a strategic meeting point where Türkiye's dynamic engineering, manufacturing and R&D capacity comes together with the global capital, market reach and deep tech infrastructure of the United States.

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Vision

To gather the civil and strategic technology stakeholders of Türkiye and the United States under one roof, and to act as the catalyst for joint innovation projects and commercial integration with global impact.

Mission

To bring together the engineers, founders, academics and investors working on the critical technologies of the future — space, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and advanced engineering — and to accelerate technology transfer, B2B integration and collaboration.

Agenda

How the day runs

The summit runs as a single session at Türkevi on September 5, 2026: opening remarks, four thematic panels and a closing ceremony.

  1. 12:00

    Foyer opening

    Registration, welcome and opening of the foyer area.

    Registration
  2. 12:3012:45

    Opening speeches

    Opening remarks from the host institutions and the organisers.

    Opening
  3. 12:4513:30

    1st Keynote — “Forging Turkish-American Tech Ecosystem”

    The vision for a lasting bridge between the two technology ecosystems.

    Keynote
  4. 13:3013:45

    Break

    Break
  5. 13:4514:30

    The Strategic and Tactical Evolution of Technology

    How technology is reshaping both strategy and tactics.

    Panel
  6. 14:3014:45

    Break

    Break
  7. 14:4515:30

    Founders of the Future: Founding a Start-up in the Deep Tech Era

    What it really takes to start a company in deep tech.

    Panel
  8. 15:3015:45

    Break

    Break
  9. 15:4516:45

    Navigating the AI Era

    Product, partnership and strategy in the age of AI.

    Panel
  10. 16:4517:00

    Break

    Break
  11. 17:0017:45

    Funding the Future: Investment in the Deep Tech Era

    Where deep tech investment stands and where it is heading.

    Panel
  12. 17:45

    Closing ceremony

    Wrap-up and closing remarks.

    Closing

Note:Times and the running order may change.

Speakers

First names announced

A first look at the people who will share the summit stage. The list grows as the line-up is confirmed.

All speakers
  • Loay Elbasyouni

    Loay Elbasyouni

    AstraQua

    Founder & CEO

    • Ex-NASA
    • Ex-Blue Origin
  • Bradley Rothenberg

    Bradley Rothenberg

    nTopology

    Founder & CEO

  • Bilge Zeren Aksu

    Bilge Zeren Aksu

    IBM

    Senior AI Product Manager

    • Ex-Microsoft
  • Tunga Bayrak

    Tunga Bayrak

    Freya

    Founder & CEO

    • YC26
  • Mahmut Bölükbaş

    Mahmut Bölükbaş

    ADDMIRAL

    CEO

3 more organizations will name a speaker soon.

TATS 2026

Take your seat at the summit

Send in your application for an invitation to the day that brings the deep tech ecosystems of Türkiye and the United States together in New York.

Places are limited; invitations are sent after applications are reviewed.

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