Chief Strategy Advisor at VINNOVA
Rector at Istanbul Technical University
Board Member at Inci Holding
General Manager at Vestel Ventures
VC Investments Group Manager at Koç Holding
Innovation Program Manager at Siemens Energy Innovation Center – Abu Dhabi
Co-Founder of Workinlot
Chief Science Officer at Fark Labs
Head of EuroQuity at BPIfrance
Digital Technologies Director at Nurol Teknoloji
CEO at Simularge
CEO at Karbonomics
President of Strategy at Sabancı Ventures
Energy, Environment and Climate Change Round Table Leader at TÜSİAD
Evaluation Board Member at Vestel Ventures
REACT refers to our motto of “Rethinking Valorization of Transformative Technologies”. Focusing on climate crisis, the biggest problem of humanity in 21st century, emergence of climate technologies appears in the center of all transformative technologies, presenting a rich opportunity with structural challenges. Hence, as TTGV, we have decided to start rethinking transformative technologies with a focus on climate technologies.
Many climate technologies depend on science-based laboratory work. Most projects with promising results in the laboratory hardly ever yield into a commercially viable product. In their essence, climate technologies challenge many of the existing technologies, and are often judged based on their commercial and technical performance merits. Moreover, markets expect these novel technologies to build at scale, which further complicates the commercialization process. The required scale and expertise result in a further complicated version of the classical and relatively straightforward VC approach that scales software-based technologies, which has been mainstream over the recent years. This observation leads us to the belief that commercialization of climate technologies is a demand side issue, as well as a supply side problem. The demand side aspect brings infrastructure investors to the table, in addition to the operators, as well as regulators. As TTGV, in recognition, we have decided to start a series of meetings which we hope will bring all the stakeholders around the table for the whole picture to emerge.
While we have launched the REACT series specifically focusing on climate technologies, in accordance with the current main focus of TTGV and because climate technologies are one of the most complex transformative technologies around, we are planning to expand our perspective to all transformative technologies and bring stakeholders with different perspectives together in the coming events. As TTGV has done since its foundation, we are aiming to once again rethink the current means of innovation with our community, react and touch our stakeholders in a unique way, and transform together.
Session |
Speaker |
| Keynote Speech: How to Become Better in Creating Value Out of Research and Knowledge Assets: Guidelines for Valorization in Climate Tech | Kjell Hakan Narfelt |
| Keynote Speech: Climate Technology Valley of Death: Why is SaaS not Enough? | Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal |
| Panel: Venture Capital Perspective: How can the VC Model Be Kept Relevant | Şelale Zaim Gorton, Utku Gökkaya, Samir Deliormanlı |
| Fireside Chat: Institutional Capacity Building for Climate Technologies | Özge Akbulut, Gilles Le Cocguen |
| Fireside Chat: Technology Acquisition: The Value of Valorization for Corporate | Özgü Özsoy, Baran Korkut |
| Fireside Chat: Strategic Investments for Valorization and Transformation | Sinem Akyol, Büryan Turan |
| Fireside Chat: Technology Valley of Death and How to Climb Over It with Real Life Perspectives | Kjell Hakan Narfelt, Doruk Işıl |
| Wrap-Up Panel: Valorization for Türkiye: What is Next? | Baran Korkut, Gökhan Eyigün, Cevdet Alemdar, Cengiz Ultav |
On November 28, we gathered at the REACT Launch Event to discuss the challenges and solutions in the development, valorization, and commercialization of deep technologies within the climate technologies perspective, starting from early stages. Our goal was also to bring together qualified stakeholders in this field.
You can access the Reflections on The Launch Event document from the HUB.
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