Your Story Is Here…” ECITE’s First Information Meeting Held in Ankara

Creative industry professionals, freelancers and student groups operating in the fields of Gaming, Next Generation Film and Wearable Technologies came together at “METU Crea Knowledge Days – Ankara”.

The opening speech of the event was delivered by Mr. Mustafa Verşan KÖK, Rector of Middle East Technical University. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Verşan KÖK, Rector of Middle East Technical University, stated that METU, with the ECITE project and METU Crea brand, will host an important umbrella organization for SMEs, micro-enterprises and entrepreneurs in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem, and through METU Design Factory, ATOM and GİSAM with their renewed infrastructures, consultancy and training opportunities will be offered on product development and commercialization, increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of the creative sectors on the global stage.

Project Team Leader Rasmus Wiinstedt TSCHERNING, METU Design Factory Director Prof. Dr. Arzu Gönenç SORGUÇ, Entrepreneur and Experience Designer Yakup BAYRAK and the project’s sector experts Dr. Leyla Türker, Dr. Serkan Şavk and Nihat Baran Menteş also made presentations and speeches at the event.

02/16/2024



Prof. Dr. Mustafa Verşan KÖK
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Rektörü

Rasmus Wiinstedt TSCHERNING
ECITE Projesi Takım Lideri

Prof. Dr. Arzu Gönenç SORGUÇ
ODTÜ Tasarım Fabrikası Direktörü

Nihat Baran MENTEŞ, Dr. Leyla TÜRKER, Dr. Serkan ŞAVK
ECITE Projesi Sektör Uzmanları

Yakup BAYRAK
Girişimci ve Deneyim Tasarımcısı