Seminar Series of the School of Applied Sciences – Fall 2020 – 4. Seminar

Dear Students of the School of Applied Sciences,

You are kindly informed to welcome the Founder of Futurist, Economist, Author, Head of Software Company, Ms. Ufuk Tarhan as the guest speaker of the seminar series.

Please comply with the expected 'Dress Code'.

Date      : Thursday, 14 November 2019

Time      : 14:40-16:30

Place     : AB-3 / Law Auditorium

Futurist, Economist, Author Ms. Ufuk Tarhan graduated from the Middle East Technical University (METU), Department of Economics. Between 1982-2005, she worked as the Top Executive, General Manager and Board Member in various companies and industries mainly in IT and telecommunication sectors. She founded M-GEN Future Planning Center in 2006 and M-GEN Software and Digital Communication Services Ltd. in 2011. In 2002, she was awarded as “The Most Successful Businesswoman in the IT Industry”. She is ranked among Futurist Influencers, “All Futurists” Google Search, top 100 female futurists in the world lists and known as the Business Designer and Avatar.  Ms. Ufuk Tarhan is giving conferences and lectures like “Be a T-Human”, “Get Prepared for Digital, AI, Robotic, Energy Revolutions”, “Future” etc. She is the Former President of the Futurists Society (TFD) in Turkey and still the only woman futurist keynote speaker, moderator, and facilitator in Turkey. She is one of the well-known bloggers and shown in lists among 30 social influencers and writes articles at various online and published business magazines. She is giving lectures about “Future Studies” in METU and various universities. Ms. Ufuk Tarhan took the master degree in “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” at Bahçeşehir University. She took active roles as the Member of World Future Society and Association of Professional Futurists. She was the Board Member of Kagider. She wrote the preface for the Futurist Dr. Verne Wheelwright’s book “O Senin Geleceğin – It’s your Future” and contributed to the translation into Turkish. She is the author of two books titled “Your Dream Future” about future planning for high school students and Winner of the Most Successful Innovative Business Book Award (2017) “T-Human” about the successful human model of the future for adults and young adults. Ms. Ufuk Tarhan is going to make a presentation about “Future” in the Seminar course.