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Conference 2025

Participants

  • November 11–14, 2025

  • Istanbul Planning Agency, Florya
    Basınköy Mahallesi Valilik Yolu Caddesi İBB Hizmet Binaları Sitesi No: 2/1 İç Kapı No: 1
    34153 Bakırköy/İstanbul
    Turkey

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  • Abeba Birhane AI accountability researcher and leader

  • Adolfo J. Acosta Ph.D., Universidad Iberoamericana

  • Akkanut Wantanasombut Ph.D. student, Chulalongkorn University

  • Ali Ercan Özgür Co-founder of Needs Map

  • Alper Can Kılıç Permaculture Designer & Communications Lead at ÇEKÜL Foundation

  • Amanda Claro Ph.D. Student in Organization Studies, Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo School of Business Administration

  • Amy Gittins Co-operatives UK’s IT & Digital Manager

  • Ana Margarida Esteves Faculty Fellow, ISCTE Lisbon

  • Andi Argast Strategist, researcher, and a member of the Hypha Worker Cooperative

  • Picture of Andreas Arnold

    Andreas Arnold Founder & board member Platform Coops eG

  • Angela Chukunzira Tech and society fellow at the Mozilla Foundation

  • Anne-Pauline De Cler Ph.D. Candidate, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

  • Antonio A. Casilli Professor of sociology Institut Polytechnique de Paris

  • Artem Zhiganov Developer of Harmonica; Contributor at Metagov Interoperable Deliberative Tools Program

  • Austin Robey Co-founder, Ampled

  • Ayşenur Göktürk Member of the conference coordination team

  • Barış Taşkın Cooperative ethical tech innovator, Patio

  • Bereket A. Tsegay Content Moderator, TikTok (Teleperformance Kenya); Head of Union Organizing, Africa Tech Workers Movement

  • Berna Övül Deputy General Manager at Needs Map

  • Beyza Polat Member of the conference coordination team

  • Burak Karabey Associate Professor, Math-Coop Co-Founder

  • Canan Urhan Senior Research Fellow, Istanbul Technical University

  • Ceylin Sürmeli Member of the conference coordination team

  • Clara Punzi Ph.D. Student in AI for Society, Scuola Normale Superiore

  • Claudia Henke founder & board member Platform Coops eG

  • Dilan Karakoç Member of the conference coordination team

  • Dorleta Urrutia-Onate Ph.D. student, University of Deusto

  • Doğa Seyli Member of the conference coordination team

  • Duncan MacKenzie Engineer at Luminally

  • Duygu Can Engin Member of the conference coordination team

  • Ege Doğukan Yücel Member of the conference coordination team

  • Ekin Kazan Member of the conference coordination team

  • Ela Kagel Platform Coops eG / founder of SUPERMARKT

  • Elif Berra Şentürk Member of the conference coordination team

  • Emircan Kürküt Researcher, Coordinator, Partner at NeedsMap

  • Esra Arslan Seyithanoğlu Turkish social entrepreneur

  • Evren Aydoğan Executive Director, NeedsMap

  • Ezgisu Badak Member of the conference coordination team

  • Picture of Felix Weth

    Felix Weth CEO, Platform21

  • Ferit Serkan Öngel Labor Economist & Social Policy Scholar, Associate Professor at Gaziantep University

  • Firdevs Çazım Kamçıcı Member of the conference coordination team

  • Ganesh Gopal Ph.D. student, Gandhigram Rural Institute

  • Giuseppe Guerini President of Cooperatives Europe

  • Gözde Aydın Member of the conference coordination team

  • Hatice Kurşuncu Themes Coordinator, Istanbul Plan 2050 – Istanbul Planning Agency

  • Hayrettin Özen Member of the conference coordination team

  • Hilal Ebru Karakurt Member of the conference coordination team

  • Hüseyin Kuyumcuoğlu Researcher in AI Ethics & Governance

  • Istanbul City Orchestra

  • Itir Erhart Associate Professor, lstanbul Bilgi University

  • Jeongone (Joh) Seo Ph.D. Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, and Ph.D. student, Rutgers University

  • Kasia Zaniewska Social Scientist and Strategy Designer, Jutro Lab / For a Change Foundation

  • Kaya Genç writer and journalist

  • Kenzo Soares Seto ICDE research fellow at The New School, and Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Law School

  • Lila Gaudêncio Ph.D. candidate, University of Cambridge

  • Linda Huber Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan

  • Ludovica Rogers Head of Co-op Development, Co-operatives UK

  • Marcelo Vieta Associate Professor, University of Toronto

  • Mark Esposito Ph.D., École des Ponts in Paris, expert in AI governance, public policy, and business economics

  • Mary Watson Professor and Special Advisor to the Provost at The New School

  • Mattia Frapporti Junior Researcher, INCA Project, University of Bologna

  • Maurilio Pirone Junior Researcher, University of Bologna

  • Mehmet Sarıca Partner, Needsmap

  • Melissa Terras Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage at the University of Edinburgh

  • Mert Fırat Actor, screenwriter, and director

  • Michelle Nie Visiting Fellow, Technology and National Security Program, Center for a New American Security

  • Mina Rabia Oğuz Member of the conference coordination team

  • Morshed Mannan Lecturer in Global Law and Digital Technologies at Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh

  • Muhammed Alahmad Member of the conference coordination team

  • Nazmiye Muhafız Member of the conference coordination team

  • Niccolò Cuppini Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland

  • Nicholas Bequelin Senior Fellow, Yale University's Paul Tsai China Center

  • Nil Tibukoğlu Sustainable Social Impact Leader

  • Oktay Kargül General Manager at Istanbul Planning Agency

  • Orkun Doğan Economist and PhD researcher focused on rural development, agro-ecology, and cooperative economics.

  • Pamela Gil-Salas Doctoral researcher at the Umeå Institute of Design

  • Payal Arora Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures at Utrecht University and co-founder of the Inclusive AI Lab

  • Rafael Grohmann Assistant Professor of Media Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)

  • Rana Birden Communications and social impact leader

  • Robert O’Malley Policy Advisor on AI in Education, UK Department for Education

  • Rojda Kına Member of the conference coordination team

  • Sait Beyazyurek Communication and sustainability strategist

  • Saıda Gulmuradova Member of the conference coordination team

  • Selin Yıldız Facilitator of Tech–Nonprofit Partnerships for Social Impact, Tech To The Rescue

  • Senanur Akyıldız Member of the conference coordination team

  • Simon Pek Associate professor of business and society, University of Victoria

  • Stefan Ivanovski Ph.D. student, Cornell University

  • Stefano Tortorici Ph.D. student, Scuola Normale Superiore

  • Stuart Fulton Researcher and Director of Change, COBI

  • Sümeyye Kılıç Member of the conference coordination team

  • Tianlong Mu Master’s Student in Interaction Design, Umeå Institute of Design

  • Trebor Scholz New School professor, Author, and Founding Director of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium

  • Tuana Demir Member of the conference coordination team

  • Tuana Ertürkan Member of the conference coordination team

  • Uygar Özesmi Founder & Instigator of Good4Trust.org

  • Vangelis Papadimitropoulos Postdoctoral researcher; Panteion University of Athens

  • Veronyka “Travahacker” Gimenes Director, Código Não Binário

  • Vincent Charlebois Artist-Researcher and Creative Technologist, Hypha Worker Cooperative

  • Yuliy Lobarev Cooperative governance researcher, Patio

  • Yusuf Umur Member of the conference coordination team

  • Zeynep Dönmez Member of the conference coordination team

  • Zeynep Özmen Member of the conference coordination team

  • Özge Acar Tech for Good Innovator

  • Ünal Örnek Agricultural engineer, journalist