Free shuttle bus to the conference venues

Aug 14, 2015

We will be providing a shuttle bus service to participants staying at certain hotels & areas of Istanbul to bring you to the different venues free of charge in the morning and return you to the hotel at the end of the day on each day of OpenLivingLab Days. This should help you move around the city stress free during the conference and allowing you to select a hotel from any part of the city.

There will be a pick up points from Downtown Istanbul, Old Town Istanbul and at all 3 of hotels we have suggested in Basaksehir, you can find more details specific details below. We will be able to indicate specific times of pick up to you closer to the date.

Pick up points in Basaksehir:

• Holiday Inn İstanbul Airport
• WOW Airport Hotel
• Hampton by Hilton Kayaşehir Hotel

 Pick up points downtown:

• Atatürk Culture Center, near the Marmara Hotel
  (41°02′ 12.52”N, 28 59′ 14.73” E see here on the map)
• Opposite side of the road of the Radison Blu Hotel
  (41°01′ 51.53”N, 28 58′ 19.28” E see here on the map)
• Beşiktaş, behind the Shangri La Hotel, on sea front
  (41°02′ 26.38”N, 29 00′ 21.17” E see here on the map)

Pick up point in the old town:

• İşpark Otoparking Place, near Beyazıt Mosque
  (41°01′ 00.34”N, 28 57′ 50.50” E see here on the map)

For more ideas about hotels to book whilst in Istanbul please read suggestions here.

Local Visits on Thursday 27th of August

Aug 14, 2015

We are pleased to be able to announce the list of confirmed visits to a selection of Turkish innovation centers and organizations so you will be able to discover their exciting research, products, services and culture.

The visits will take place on the afternoon of Thursday the 27th of August from 14h30 to 18h and will include a trip to the following places:

• Turkish Airlines Air flight Simulator Center visit
• TAV – Airport Management Company
• İSTAÇ – İstanbul Waste Management and Recycling Company
• Istanbul Municipality Project Demonstration Museum

There are only a limited number of spaces for this trip so we will require participants to sign up in advance. More details for this registration to come soon. Please find more details about the companies we will be visiting below:

TURKISH AIRLINES SIMULATION CENTER

Turkish Airlines(THY) was formed in 1933 and started operations with 24 personnel and 2 King Bird (5 seater), 2 Junkers F-13 (4 seater) ve 1 ATH-9 (10 seater) aircraft’s in its fleet. Today THY is Europe’s leading Airline with 290 aircraft’s and flying to around 110 countries and over 220 destinations all around the world. For more detail “http://www.turkishairlines.com ”

Turkish Airlines Simulator Center provides trainings to its own pilot trainees as well as training to other international airlines. THY has 4 simulators B737-400, B737-800, Avro RJ ve Thales A320 (used for A319/320/321 models).

TAV – Airport Management Company

TAV Airports is a success story built on the accumulation of knowledge, experience and creativity gained in airport operations, one of the world’s most challenging sectors. TAV’s history started in 1997 with the tender for the Istanbul Ataturk Airport International Terminal. Having grown to become a great success story within a very short period of time, TAV soon became a global brand in airport construction projects as well as airport operations. In May 2012, 38 percent of TAV Airports’ shares was sold to Aéroports de Paris.

Today, TAV Airports, Turkey’s leading brand in the global airport operations sector, operates Istanbul Atatürk, Ankara Esenboğa, Izmir Adnan Menderes and Gazipaşa-Alanya airports in Turkey. The Tbilisi and Batumi airports in Georgia, Monastir and Enfidha-Hammamet airports in Tunisia, Skopje and Ohrid airports in Macedonia, Madinah Airport in Saudi Arabia and Zagreb Airport in Croatia are also operated by TAV Airports. The Holding also operates in other areas of airport operations including duty-free, food and beverage, ground handling services, IT, security and operation services. As part of these diversified services TAV Airports also operates the duty-free, food and beverage and other commercial areas at Riga Airport in Latvia. In 2014, the company provided services for 743,000 flights and 95 million passengers.

For more detail ” http://www.tavhavalimanlari.com.tr/en-EN/Pages/Main.aspx”

İSTAÇ – İstanbul Waste Management and Recycling Company

Within the scope of waste management activities, İSTAÇ carries out activities of disposing domestic and medical wastes, recycling of packaging wastes, management of construction and excavation wastes, building and operation of sanitary landfill areas, treatment of landfill water leakage, production of electricity from landfill gas, collection and disposal of wastes from ships and sea surface, cleaning of seacoast lines, squares and streets, stream mouth mud scanning and betterment works, compost production and recycling from organic wastes.

İSTAÇ A.Ş., which is a leading company in the efforts for obtaining a sustainable development with the environmental awareness,  takes basis the Integrated Solid Wastes Management Strategic Plan compliant with EU Environment Legislation in all its activities.  It’s main objectives are Prevention of Waste Formation at Its Resource and Reduction, Reuse, Recycling, Recovery and Disposal in a manner to minimize the adverse effects on human health and the environment at the final point.

For more detail “http://www.istac.com.tr/en ”

İSTANBUL MUNICIPALITY PROJECT DEMONSTRATION MUSEUM

İstanbul Municipality is one of the largest cities in our world with a population nearing 15 million people and has 39 municipalities. Istanbul covers a land area of 5.300 km² and sits on Europe and Asia continents. Istanbul is the cultural and economic center of Turkey and many projects are developed and implemented to make life better for residents as well as visitors. The museum provides people with a visual exhibition of major projects implemented in Istanbul.

For more details http://www.ibb.gov.tr/en-US/Pages/Home_Page.aspx

Innovation visits & social events at OpenLivingLab Days 2015

Aug 14, 2015

We are pleased to be able to announce the first confirmed visits to a selection of innovation projects, organisations and touristic attractions so you will be able to discover their exciting research, products, services and culture during your trip to Istanbul.

Hosts of OpenLivingLab Days 2015: Başakşehir Living Lab

Aug 14, 2015

The hosts of ‪OpenLivingLab Days 2015‬ are Başakşehir Living Lab. Based just outside of Istanbul, Başakşehir Living Lab is Turkey’s first Living Lab on information and communication technologies

Başakşehir is one of 39 districts of Istanbul. With its population of 380.000, it is located on the European side of Istanbul and covers a large area of 104 km2. The objectives of Başakşehir Living Lab are to be one of the leading cities/municipalities in the world in which new developed and IT-related products and services from all over the world are experimented in addition to making the people of Başakşehir inspiring examples for the other cities around the world, in terms of technology usage and creativity.

During OpenLivingLab Days we will visit their spaces and we’re looking forward to experiencing their activities live in Turkey this August.