TurkishWIN Talks

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20:22

Cansen Başaran Symes has been the PwC Turkey leader and senior partner in charge of country operations since 1 July 1998. Cansen, shares her story and leadership lessons she has learned during her successful, 32-year long career at PwC.

This talk was recorded by İltek Media.


16:05

Mike Harrell shares the secrets of success behind the Women's Leadership Development program at UPS Turkey. Under his leadership, UPS women leaders charged forward and now run a successful corporate women's initiative- a great model for others. 

This talk was recorded by İltek Media on International Women's Day as part of our "Guys Who Rock" talk series in 2013. 


13:07

Batuhan Aydagul passionately argues for an inclusive and out-of-box approach to close the gender gap in girls' schooling in Turkey. Setting the goal as the empowerment of girls to make the best choices for their own education, he calls for change agents and mentors to help Turkish men shed their masculine identities to turn them to worthy individuals for the Turkish woman.

This talk was recorded by İltek Media on International Women's Day as part of our "Guys Who Rock" talk series in 2013. 


02:36

Tugce Uysal is our youngest TurkishWIN speaker. She is a ninth grader at Darussafaka who has been pursuing her passion in robotics since she was twelve. Tugce is one of the heros of Bilim Kahramanlari (Science Heros project). 

This talk was recorded by İltek Media.


11:29

Hakan Habip empowers change by running a science tournament, Bilim Kahramanlari, to enable science heros to transform Turkey to an idea society. Hakan, his wife Fatma and an army of volunteers run this platform to encourage children to think of scientific solutions to big problems, execute projects with team work and have fun along the journey. 

This talk was recorded by İltek Media on International Women's Day as part of our "Guys Who Rock" talk series in 2013. 


04:44

Ali Ustundag tells us why he has the passion to give back. He generously supports NGOs and shares his imagination, time and resources of the wonderful Iltek team. If you are curious about the film mention in this talk, please follow this link. Ali and Iltek Media have been one of the lead supporters of TurkishWIN since 2011. We cannot thank him enough! 

This talk was recorded by İltek Media on International Women's Day as part of our "Guys Who Rock" talk series in 2013. 


10:54

Giovanni Guidetti is the head coach of the Vakifbank Gunes Sigorta, a team that won the  2013 CEV Volleyball Champions two days after this talk. He emphasizes the importance of listening, empathy for each woman’s individual circumstance, and the wisdom to manage the team as a unit as key elements of his coaching success. 

This talk was recorded by İltek Media on International Women's Day as part of our "Guys Who Rock" talk series in 2013. 


17:09

Monika Schmutz Kirgöz is the Consul General of Switzerland in Istanbul. In her talk, Monica navigates around gender, cultural and societal gaps surrounding our lives with a wonderful comparison between Switzerland and Turkey. 

 

This talk was recorded by İltek Media.


15:45

Charlotte Anne Lamprecht is the CEO of Casper Computer.Charlotte Lamprecth guides us through her adventure to grow as broad as she can as a business woman, a journey that brought her to Turkey as the CEO of Casper four years ago. She shares with us a comprehensıve career manual that only an engineer can compıle. If you are bored, you may be ın luck. Fınd out why! 

 

This talk was recorded by İltek Media.


16:30

Leyla Alaton, after graduation from Notre Dame de Sion French High School, completed her undergraduate studies in Fairleigh Dickinson University and her graduate education at New York University in social studies.

She is a true powerhouse and a believer of strong women networks. Listen to her thoughts and advice on the importance of prioritization, mentors, taking notes and more.  

 

This talk was recorded by İltek Media.


18:41

Ayla Goksel is the CEO of ACEV, a Turkish NGO working in early childhood, female literacy and parent training. She reflects on her career path in early childhood, female literacy and parent training. With the help of a state subsidy for childcare, the path she is currently paving will enable women with children to work, and thereby will increase women’s participation in the Turkish work force.

 

This talk was recorded by İltek Media.


04:50

Seda Kaya Güler is the Founder of Rengarenkirmizi.com. She curates the history of women’s magazines in Turkey starting with Kadinca to “rengarenk kırmızı,” her latest magazine, which is funded by 1,000 TL contributions of 150 women and more counting.

 

This talk was recorded by İltek Media.


06:45

Bedriye Hulya is the Founder of B-fit.She shares with us how she challenges de-facto model, a journey that led to 207 B-FIT branches all around Turkey, including one in Sırnak.

 

This talk was recorded by İltek Media.


13:01

Tara Agacayak takes us along her journey from a data specialist in the U.S. Department of Defense to becoming an entrepreneur based in Istanbul, with a stop-over as a housewife in Pendik.

 

This talk was recorded by İltek Media.


12:32

Hatice Gökce shows how a Turkish design identity rose from locality at “Argande”, a social responsibility project supported by Turkish designers, UNDP and Mudo.

 

This talk was recorded by İltek Media.


15:56

Safak Pavey tells us how innovation connects us to new and many indispensable friends and its role for equal right to life. She invites us to acknowledge and embrace the innovation that surrounds us every day.

 

This talk is recorded by Iltek Media.


12:12

Tara introduces us to the ladies at Cop(M)adam and how she became a change maker following her passion.

 

This talk is recorded by Iltek Media.


11:30

Melek Pulatkonak is the Founder and Curator of the TurkishWIN. She outlines her strategic intuition for launching the TurkishWIN and shares with us her dream of growing it to 10,000 women with cultural, professional ties to Turkey.

 

This talk was recorded by Iltek Media.


29:03 min

Defne Ayas shares with us the connections between the goddess culture and our contemporary lived experience and what it is that we share with our ancestors. The talk promises to be a visual compendium from a variety of contexts, encompassing both Eastern and Western references, with a special focus on Asia Minor and Mesopotamia, and draws upon art, mythology, and spirituality.

This talk was recorded by Isilay Yanbas.